Article X.
County and Township Organizations

Section 3. Eligibility for sheriff and treasurer

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Eligibility of sheriff and treasurer

Eligibility for sheriff and treasurer

No person shall be eligible to the office of sheriff, or county treasurer, for more than four years, in any period of six years.

Organization and government of counties; county home rule; submission

The General Assembly shall provide, by law, for the election of such county and township officers as may be necessary.

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1803 Article VI. Section 1

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1803 Article VI. Section 3

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There shall be elected in each county one sheriff and one coroner by the citizens therof who are qualified to vote for members of the assembly; they shall be elected at the time and place of holding elections for members of assembly; they shall continue in office two years, if they shall so long behave well, and until successors be chosen and duly qualified; provided, that no person shall be eligible as sheriff for longer term than four years in any term of six years.

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1851 Article X. Section 1

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1851 Article X. Section 3

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