Section I. Of sheriffs and coroners
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County officers
County officers shall consist of sheriffs, coroners, prothonotaries, register of wills, recorder of deeds, commissioners, treasurers, surveyors, auditors or controllers, clerks of the courts, district attorneys and such other as may from time to time be established by law; and no treasurer shall be eligible for the term next succeeding the one for which he may be elected.
County officers
County officers shall consist of sheriffs, coroners, prothonotaries, registers of wills, recorders of deeds, commissioners, treasurers, surveyors, auditors or controllers, clerks of the courts, district attorneys and such others as may be from time to time be established by law; and no sheriff or treasurer shall be eligible for the term next succeeding the one for which he may be elected.
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Of sheriffs and coroners
Sheriffs and coroners shall, at the times and places of election of representatives, be chosen by the citizens of each county. One person shall be chosen for each office, who shall be commissioned by the Governor. They shall hold their offices for three years, if they shall so long behave themselves well, and until a successor be duly qualified; but no person shall be twice chosen or appointed sheriff, in any term of six years. Vacancies in either of the said offices shall be filled by an appointment, to be made by the Governor, to continue until the next general election, and until a successor shall be chosen and qualified as aforesaid.
Of sheriffs and coroners
Sheriffs and Coroners shall, at the times and places of elections of Representatives, be chosen by the citizens of each county; Two persons shall be chosen for each office, one of whom for each respectively shall be appointed by the Governor. They shall hold their offices for three years, if they shall so long behave themselves well, and until a successor be duly qualified; but no person shall be twice chosen or appointed Sheriff in any term of six years. Vacancies, in either of the said offices, shall be filled by a new appointment, to be made by the Governor, to continue until the next general election, and until a successor shall be chosen and qualified as aforesaid.
Sheriffs and Coroners shall be elected annually in each City and County by the Freemen, that is to say, two persons for each office, one of whom for each is to be Commissioned by the President in Council. No person shall continue in the office of Sheriff more than three successive years or be capable of being Elected again during four years afterwards. The Election shall be held at the same time and place appointed for the Election of Representatives. And the Commissioners and Assessors and other officers chosen by the People, shall also be then and there Elected as has been usual heretofore until altered or otherwise regulated by the future Legislature of this State.