Opinion of the Justices

To His Excellency the Governor, and the Honorable Council:

“Notaries public shall be appointed by the governor, with advice of the council.” P. S., c. 18, s. 1. The question submitted under date of September 25, 1905, whether a woman is qualified to fill the office of notary public in this state, therefore involves the power of the executive to appoint such a person notary public, and is, in that aspect, one which it is our constitutional duty to answer, because it is a question of law which the governor and council may be called upon to determine in the performance of the duties of their…