GARFINKEL, Deputy Attorney General, February 24, 1956.
You have requested an opinion as to the applicability to elective county offices of the provision of section 409 of the County Code of August 9, 1955, Act no. 130, P. L. 323, that a person appointed by the Governor to fill a vacancy shall continue in the office to which he was appointed for the balance of the unexpired term.
Section 409 provides that:
"In case of a vacancy, happening by death,...
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