State ex rel. Gray v. Hodges
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; Guy Fulk, Judge; “The Governor may appoint a convenient number of notaries public for each county, who shall be citizens qf the county for which they are appointed,” etc. Kirby’s Dig. § 5743. The only requirement is that they be citizens, and it is not necessary that one be an elector in order to be a citizen. 6 Am. & Eng. Enc. of L. 15; 21 Wall. (IT.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; Guy Fulk, Judge; “The Governor may appoint a convenient number of notaries public for each county, who shall be citizens qf the county for which they are appointed,” etc. Kirby’s Dig. § 5743. The only requirement is that they be citizens, and it is not necessary that one be an elector in order to be a citizen. 6 Am. & Eng. Enc. of L. 15; 21 Wall. (IT. S.) 165,169,170; 24 Ark. 159. Unless there is something in our Constitution to prevent, a woman may be a notary public in this State. Since it is not an elective office but appointive, and…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
A petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the Secretary of State to issue a commission as notary public to Mary B. Gray was filed in the Pulaski Circuit Court. The petition states that Mary B. Gray is a citizen of Pulaski County and was appointed a notary public by the Governor of the State. That she applied to the Secretary of State to issue her a commission and that he refused to do so on the ground that she was a woman. The circuit court denied the petition for the writ of mandamus and the case is here on appeal.
Section 5743, Kirby’s Digest, provides that the Governor may appoint…
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