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COUNTY JUDGES-QUALIFICATIONS AND TENURE
OF OFFICE
November 13, 1926.
National Probation Ass'n., Inc.,
Attention MR. R. E. DROWNE, Field Sec.,
370 Seventh Ave.,
.
New York City.
Gentlemen:
This will acknowledge the receipt of your questionnaire
of the 10th instant.
Answering your first question, asking how the County
Judge is selected, Section 16 of the Constitution of the
State of Florida reads as follows:
"There shall be in each county a county judge
who shall be elected by the qualified electors of
said' county at the time and places of voting for
other county officers and shall hold his office for
four years. His compensation shall be provided
for by law."
Should the County Judge resign, die. or be impeached
the Governor can appoint a judge to fill the unexpired term.
Section 33 of the Florida Constitution reads:
"When the office of any judge shall become
vacant from any cause, the successor to fill such
vacancy shall be appointed or elected only for the
unexpired term of the judge whose death, resigna­
tion, retirement; or other cause created such va­
cancy."
Answering your second question the qualifications for
eligibility to the. office of county judge are that a person
must be twenty-one 'years of age and a qualified elector' of
the county."
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Answering your third question, his tenure of office is
Jour years.
.Answering your fourth question: The County Judge
gets no salary; just commissions and fees.
Very truly yours,
J. B. JOHNSON,
Attorney General.
TEACHERS-MUST HOLD CERTIFICATES
April 10, 1926.
R. M. Dorsey, Esq.,
Principal, Okeechobee High School,
OkeechfJbee, Florida.
Dear Sir:
Your favor of the 8th inst., with reference to teachers
and teachers' certificates, has been received.
Chapter 9122 of the Laws of Florida, Acts of 1923
governs your situation. Section 1 of this Act provides:
"N0 person shall be permitted to teach in.
the public schools of this State who does not hold
a teacher's certificate granted under this Act."
The Act then proceeds to provide for fourteen (14)
different kinds of certificates, including a temporary cer­
tificate. Temporary certificates are only· good until the next
regular examination.
If you will secure this Act from the courthouse or from
some attorney's office it will advise fully what can or can­
not be done.
Very truly yours,
J. B. JOHNSON,
Attorney General.