Opinion No.

The Honorable Bobby L. Glover State Senator Post Office Box 1 Carlisle, Arkansas 72024-0001

Dear Senator Glover:

I am writing in response to your request for an opinion on seven questions concerning a vacancy in the office of city clerk in a city of the first class. You recite the following information and pose the following seven questions:

In Ward, a city of the first class, the city clerk, an elected official, has submitted her resignation. The city clerk was two (2) years into a four (4) year term, and her term is not set to expire until 2008. In addition, Ward has, by proper Ordinance,…