Avery v. Bower

. Per Curiam.

Eligibility to hold office is the general rule. Ineligibility is the exception. The right to hold office is a political privilege. The Civil Code (1910), § 258, subsections 1 to 8, inclusive, provides exceptions to the general rule. Subsection 1 makes all persons ineligible who are not citizens of this State. Subsection 7 provides that no person shall be eligible to hold any county office in any county of this State, unless he shall have been a bona fide resident of the county in which he shall be elected or appointed at least two years prior to his election or appointment, and…