Section 36-9-5
Vacation of offices of clerk of circuit court, tax collector, etc., by failure to elect successor.
The offices of clerk of the circuit court, tax collector, tax assessor and county treasurer are respectively vacated from the expiration of the incumbent's term when there is a failure to elect a successor at any general election where such officers are elected by the people.
(Code 1867, §201; Code 1876, §214; Code 1886, §309; Code 1896, §3143; Code 1907, §1559; Code 1923, §2700; Code 1940, T. 41, §163.)