Assistant County Superintendents of Schools

Margiotti, Attorney General,

You have asked for an opinion as to whether a member of the State legislature may be appointed as an assistant county superintendent of schools.

This question is governed by article II, sec. 6, of the Pennsylvania Constitution, and by section 15 of the Act of May 15,1874, P. L. 186. Art. II, sec. 6, provides:

“No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office under this Commonwealth”.

Section 15 of the Act of May 15, 1874, P. L. 186, provides :

*129“No senator or representative shall, during the time…