§ 18-85. Appointment of initial members; election of successors.

(a)

The governor shall appoint the first three judges of the general sessions court, who shall serve until September 1, 1940, and until their successors have been elected and qualified.

(b)

Their successors shall be elected by the qualified voters of the county at the general election on the first Thursday of August, 1940, to serve until September 1, 1942, or until their successors are qualified. Their successors shall be elected every eight years thereafter for a term of eight years.

(c)

Any person who shall become a candidate for election in August, 1940, and shall hold such office from September 1, 1940, or thereafter, for any one of the offices of judge of such court shall designate to the board of election commissioners of the county the division of the court to which he seeks to be elected, and the candidate who shall receive the highest number of votes cast for judge of that division of such court shall be declared elected thereto.

(Priv. Acts 1939, ch. 54, § 11; Ord. No. O-91-8-102, § 1, 8-29-91)