10-2-227. Acting officer -- how appointed. The governor, in the case of district judges and officers elected from the state at large, and the board of county commissioners, in the case of members of either house of the legislature and county, township, or district officers elected from such county, shall appoint an "acting" officer to temporarily replace any elected officer, designated in 10-2-221(2), who enters military service in the manner set forth in 10-2-221. "Acting" officers so appointed shall be appointed for a period not to exceed the unexpired term of the officer whose duties he assumes, and such appointment shall be subject to the right of the elected officer to the restoration of his position.

     History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 47, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 49, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 77-707.