EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS.
Mr. Shively, from the Committee on Executive Appointments, returned the following message from the Governor with a recommendation that the appointments therein made be confimed by the Senate:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT Indianapolis, January 25, 1885.
Gentlemen of the Senate:
By an examination of the official record I find there has been no appointment made for nearly four years of Trustee of the Indiana State Normal School, and by this means officers have been permitted to hold office for than four years contrary to the letter of the law and against the spirit of the constitution, which limits official terms unless reappointed subject to the approval of the Senate.
By Section 4, 544 of the Revised Statues of 1881, the term of office of a trustee is four years, and two members of the Board of Trustees of the Indiana State Normal School shall retire every two years.
Therefore, in order to comply with said section nd preserve the usual date for the retirement of said two members, I have the honor to make the following appointments, subject to the approval of the Senate, for the terms hereinafter stated, to-wit:
Murray Briggs, of Sullivan County, to be member of said Board of Trustees, to succeed himself and to serve as such for a term of four years from the 20th day of December, 1881, and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified.
William E. McLean, of Vigo County, to be a member of said Board of Trustees, to succeed Joseph Gilert, and to serve as such for a term of four years from the 20th day of December, 1881 and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified.
Benjamin F. Spann, of Madison County, to be a member of said Board of Trustees, to succeed George J. Reed, and to serve as such for a term of four years from the 20th day day of December, 1883, and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified.
Benjamin F. Spann, of Madison County, to be a meember of said Board of Trustees, to succeed George J. Reed, and to serve as such for a term of four years from the 20th day of December, 1883, and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified.
Barnabas C. Hobbs, of Parke County, to be a member of said Board of Trustees to succeed himself, and to serve as such for a term of four years from the 20th day of December, 1883, and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified.
ISAAC P. GRAY, Governor.
The report was concurred in, and so the appointments were confirmed by the Senate.
