Section IX. Classification of associate judges

Classification of associate judges

The Legislature at its first session under the amended constitution, shall divide the other associate judges of the State into four classes. The commissions of those of the first class shall expire on the twenty seventh day of February, eighteen hundred and forty; of those of the second class on the twenty seventh day of February eighteen hundred and forty one; of those of the third class, on the twenty seventh day of February eighteen hundred and forty two; and of those of the fourth class, on the twenty seventh day of February eighteen hundred and forty three. The said classes from the first to the fourth shall be arranged according to the seniority of the commissions of the several judges.