and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until he shall
have attained the age of seventy years, whichever may first
happen, and be re-eligible thereto until he shall have attained
the age of seventy years, and not after. Provided, however,
that any judge whose term has been extended beyond the age
of seventy years by the General Assembly prior to April 7, 1931,
shall be permitted to continue in office in accordance with the
resolution of the General Assembly in each case. In case of the
inability of any of said Judges to discharge his duties with
efficiency, by reason of continued sickness, or of physical or
mental infirmity, it shall be in the power of the General Assem-
bly, two thirds of the members of each House concurring, with
the approval of the Governor, to retire said Judge from office.*

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, or on impeachment, according to this constitution, or
the laws of the State; or on the address of the General Assem-
bly, two-thirds of each House concurring in such address,
and the accused having been notified of the charges against
him, and having had opportunity of making his defence.

SEC. 5. After the election for judges, as hereinbefore pro-
vided, there shall be held in this State, in every fifteenth year
thereafter, on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November
of such year, an election for judges as herein provided; and in
case of death, resignation, removal or disqualification by reason
of age or otherwise of any judge, the Governor shall appoint a
person duly qualified to fill said office, who shall hold the same
until the next general election for members of the General
Assembly, when a successor shall be elected, whose term of
office shall be the same as hereinbefore provided, and upon the
expiration of the term of fifteen years for which any judge may
be elected to fill a vacancy, an election for his successor shall
take place at the next general election for members of the Gen-
eral Assembly to occur upon or after the expiration of his said
term; and the Governor shall appoint a person duly qualified
to hold said office from the expiration of such term of fifteen
years until the election and qualification of his successor.**

SEC. 6. 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,
for the discharge of any judicial duty.

* Thus amended by Act of 1931, Chapter 479, ratified by the people at the November
election, 1932.

** Thus amended by Act of 1880, Chapter 417, ratified by the people at November elec-
tion, 1881.