Judges: Removal.
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Sec. 4. Any Judge shall
be removed from office by
the Governor, on convic-
tion in a Court of Law, of
incompetency, of wilful neg-
lect of duty, misbehavior in
office, or any other crime,
or on impeachment, accord-
ing to this Constitution, or
the Laws of the State; or
on the address of the Gen-
eral Assembly, two-thirds of
each House concurring in
such address, and the ac-
cused having been notified
of the charges against him,
and having had opportunity
of making his defence.
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Sec. 4. Any Judge shall
be removed from office by
the Governor, on conviction
in a Court of Law, of in-
competency, of willful neg-
lect of duty, misbehavior
in office, or any other crime,
or on impeachment, accord-
ing 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
having had opportunity or
making his defence.
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Sec. 4. Any Judge shall
be removed from office by
the Governor on conviction
in a court of law, of in-
competency, of willful neg-
lect of duty, misbehavior in
office, or any other crime;
or on impeachment accord-
ing 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.
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Sec. 9. The judges of the
several judicial circuits shall
be citizens of the United
States, and shall have re-
sided five years in this State,
and two years in the ju-
dicial circuit for which they
may be respectively elected,
next before the time of
their election, and shall re-
side therein while they con-
tinue to act as judges; they
shall be taken from among
those who having the other
qualifications herein pre-
scribed, are most distin-
guished for integrity, wis-
dom and sound legal knowl-
edge, and shall be elected
by the qualified voters of
the said circuits, and shall
hold their offices for the
term of ten years, remov-
able for misbehaviour, on
conviction in a court of law
or by the Governor, upon
he address of the General
Assembly, provided that
two-thirds of the members
of each House shall concur
in such address, and the
aid judges shall each re-
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Declaration of Rights,
art. 30. That the indepen-
dency and uprightness of
judges are essential to the
impartial administration of
justice, and a great security
to the rights and liberties
of the people; wherefore
the chancellor and all
judges ought to hold com-
missions during good be-
haviour, and the said chan-
cellor and judges shall be
removed for misbehaviour
on conviction in a court of
law, and may be removed
by the governor upon the
address of the general as-
sembly, provided that two
thirds of all the members
of each house concur in
such address. That salaries
liberal but not profuse ought
to be secured to the chan-
cellor and the judges dur-
ing the continuance of their
commissions, in such man-
ner and at such time as the
legislature shall hereafter
direct upon consideration of
the circumstances of this
State. No chancellor or
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