Section 4. Supreme court; selection of chief justice
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Supreme court; selection of chief justice
The supreme court of the state shall consist of at least five justices who shall be chosen as provided in this constitution. One of the Justices shall be selected as chief justice as provided by law.
Supreme court; selection of chief justice
The supreme court of the State shall consist of three justices, who shall be elected at the
general election for Representatives in Congress for a term of eight years. At the first election for State officers after the adoption of this constitution, there shall be elected three justices of the supreme court, who shall immediately qualify and classify themselves by lot, so that one of them shall hold office until four years, one until six years, and one until eight years, from and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and thirteen. A certificate of such classification shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. Until otherwise provided by law, the justice who has the shortest term to serve shall be the chief justice and shall preside at all the sessions of the court; and in his absence the justice who has the next shortest term to serve shall preside; but no justice appointed or elected to fill a vacancy shall be chief justice.