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who are most distinguished for integrity, wisdom and sound
legal knowledge.

Sec. 3. The Judges shall be appointed, commissioned and
designated as Chief or Associate Justices, by the Governor,
with the advice and consent of the Senate. Each Judge shall
hold his office during good behavior, or until he shall attain
the age of sixty years, when, in the discretion of the Gover-
nor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, he
may be re-appointed for a term not exceeding ten years, after
which he shall not be re-appointed.

Sec. 4. Any Judge shall be removed from office by the
Governor, on conviction in a Court of Law, of incompetency,
of wilful neglect of duty, misbehavior in office, or any other
crime, on impeachment according to this Constitution or the
laws of the State, or on the address of the General Assembly,
two-thirds of each house concurring in such address, and the
accused having been notified of the charges against him, and
had opportunity of making his defence.

Sec. 5. All Judges shall, by virtue of their offices, be con-
servators of the peace throughout the State, and no fees or
perquisites, commission or reward of any kind shall be al-
lowed to any Judge in this State besides his annual salary or
fixed per diem for the discharge of any judicial duty.

Sec. 6. No Judge shall sit in any case wherein he may be
interested, or where either of the parties may be connected
with him by affinity or consanguinity within such degrees as
now are or may hereafter be prescribed bylaw, or where he shall
have been of counsel in the case.

Sec, 7. The Judge or Judges of any Court may appoint
such subordinate officers for their respective Courts as may be
found necessary, but none other; and no Crier shall be ap-
pointed in any Court, but Clerks or Assistant Clerks, Sheriffs
or their Deputies, or Bailiffs, as the Court directs, shall,
without additional compensation, perform the duties hereto-
fore performed by Criers.

Sec. 8. The Clerks of the several Courts created or contin-
ued by this Constitution, shall have charge and custody of
the records and other papers, shall perform all the duties
and be allowed the fees which appertain to their several
offices, as the same now are or may hereafter be regulated by
law.

Sec. 9. The Legislature shall provide for the trial of causes
in case of the disqualification of all of the Judges of the Cir-
cuit, but the parties to any cause may, by consent, appoint a