9-7-51 - Nineteenth district; number and election of judges; divisions.
§ 9-7-51. Nineteenth district; number and election of judges; divisions.
(1) There shall be three (3) circuit judges for the Nineteenth Circuit Court District. For the purposes of appointment and election, the three (3) judgeships shall be separate and distinct and denominated for purposes of appointment and election only as "Place One," "Place Two" and "Place Three."
(2) The senior judge of the Nineteenth Circuit Court District may divide the court of any county within the district into civil, criminal and appellate court divisions as a matter of convenience by the entry of an order upon the minutes of the court.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 1411.8; Laws, 1970, ch. 333, §§ 1-5; Laws, 1978, ch. 379, § 1; Laws, 1985, ch. 502, § 56; Laws, 1994, ch. 564, § 70, eff from and after September 6, 1994 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to the amendment of this section).