Archer v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. This suit was brought on the 26th of April, 1890, by the appellee against the appellants, upon an official bond, dated the 27th of January, 1888, given to the appellee by Stevenson Archer, as Treasurer of the State of Maryland, as principal, and the other obligors as his sureties, and conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as Treasurer under his re-appointment by the Legislature made on the 13th of January,…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. This suit was brought on the 26th of April, 1890, by the appellee against the appellants, upon an official bond, dated the 27th of January, 1888, given to the appellee by Stevenson Archer, as Treasurer of the State of Maryland, as principal, and the other obligors as his sureties, and conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as Treasurer under his re-appointment by the Legislature made on the 13th of January, 1888. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The cause was argued before Miller, Robinson, Irvins, Bryan,…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
We have just decided in the preceding case that, under the clause of the Constitution which declares that the term of office of the Treasurer “shall he for two years and until his successor shall qualify,” Archer’s term of office, under his first appointment in January, 1886, commenced from the time of his due qualification under that appointment on the 2nd of February, 1886, and continued until the due qualification of his successor.
He was appointed by the Legislature his own successor on the 13th of January, 1888, hut failed and neglected *447to take the oath of office, and failed and neglected…
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