The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-26
Oklahoma Constitution
By ARTICLES


tice until ,he expiration % his term Of
ofice thereafter the chief justice shall T.
be elected 10 the manner prescribed /.
by lav. Ot the justices elected at the
first election. the term % Two Of them .
shall expire a. the close Of the day .
next preceding the frs; Monday In .
January. nineteen hundred and nine; .
and the term Of two % the otreIs .
shall expire Al the close of the day |
next preceding the first Monday in .
January. nineteen hundred and eley- !
en- and the term Of the other justices .
shall expire az the close Of the day |
next preceding the first Monday in |
January. nineteen hundred and thir- |
teen. The supreme court shall by or |
der duly entered In It's minutes, pro |
vide the means Of determining by lot |
the expiration oi the terms Of eacn |
Of the justices as H.rein provided.
and shall determine. in accordance
n erevith and enter In the minutes OF
the court its order showing the ex-
plation Of the term Of such justices.
After the first election. justices OF
the supreme court shall be elected at
the general biennial election next pre-
ceding the beginning Of their respect
i've terms.
Sec. :. There shall be elected by
the qualified electors Of the state at
each election for governor a clerk
Of the supreme court. who shall be
AT least twenty-five years II age and
a qualified elector OF the state, and
whose term shall be the same as that
OF the governor. and he shall give
bond for the faithful performance oil
his duty as may be presciroed by
law.
Sec S. The appellate OF the original
jurisdiction OF the supreme court shall
/ be invoked in the manner now pre-
scribed by the laws OF the territory
Of Oklahoma until the legislature
shall otherwise provide.
Sec. Q. Until otherwise provided by
law. the state shall be divided into
twenty.one judicial districts, and the
qualified electors In each of the said
districts shall elect a judge OF the dis
[ trict court as provided herein, except
/ I'm the thirteenth judicial district two
/ Judges shall be elected. Such judge
| shall be n citizen OF the United States,
and shall have been resident OF the
territory embraced within the state
two years and OF the territory COM
prising his district at least one year
prior to his election; and he shall
have been a lawyer licensed by some
court of recoid. for n Judge OF
some court OF record, or both such
lawyer and Judge for four years next
preceding his election and shall
reside in his district during ms term
/ OF Office The term OF office OF the dis
trict Judge shall be four years. and AZ
| the time OF his election he shall have
reached the age OF twenty-five years.
Regular terms Of the district court
/ shall ne hold IN each orgar<zed coul'
/ ty OF 'his state at least twice in e9 N
year. The time OF convenlng the dis
trict curt in each county in 'his
state until the Legislature shall ON
erwise provide, and the duration OF
/ the term, shall be fixed by the SUI
preme court ~ the state.
The term OF the district judges
elected at the first election shall ex-
pire on the last day next preceding
the first Monday in January, nine
| teen hundred and eleven, and the
| judges OF the district court thereaf'
ter shall be elected at the general
election next preceding the com
mencement Of their terms of office.
In case of the illness OF the Judge
elected in any district, or II for any
other cause he shalt be unable to pre-
side in the district in which he is
elected, the chief justice may desig-
nate any district judge in the state
to hold any term OF court in said dis
trict in lieu Of the judge elected to
hold tho courts of said district. When
ever the public business shall require
II, the chief justice may appoint any
district judge Of the state TO hold
court in any district, and two or more
district judges may sit in any district
separately at the same time In the
event any Judge shall be disqualified
for any reason from trying any case
in his district. the parties 10 such
case may agree upon a Judge pro
tempore to try the same, and, II such
parties cannot agree, at the request OF
either party, a Judge pro tempore may
DO elected by the members Of the
bar II the district, present az such
term. II no election for judge pro tenn
pore shall be had. the chief justice
Of the state shall designate some 9th.
er district Judge to try such case.