Excerpt from Acts of the General Assembly: Passed at the Regular Session, Held December Second, 1861, at the City of Wheeling Sec. 24. Every such oflicer, other than a Justice of the Peace, shall, either in the proper Court or before a Judge of a Circuit Court, in vacation or in term, take such oaths and give such bond within sixty days after his election; except a. Sheriff, who shall lee allowed one hundred and twenty days in which to qualify and give the bonds of ofl'ice. And if any officer shall fail to do so within the time pre scribed, his office shall be deemed vacant; but his qualifica tion, unless he be elected to fill a vacancy, shall not be deemed to take effect before the day appointed in the pre ceding section fer his term of office to commence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.