Article Fifth.
Article Fifth
Section 18. Local judicial officers
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Local judicial officers
All judicial officers of cities and villages, and all such judicial officers as may be created therein by law, shall be elected at such times and in such manner as the legislature may direct.
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Justices' courts in New York
The special justices, and the assistant justices, and their clerks, in the city of New-York, shall be appointed by the common council of the said city; and shall hold their offices for the same term, that the justices of the peace, in the other counties of this state, hold their offices, and shall be removable in like manner.