The term of office of all officers, not otherwise provided for by law, shall be four (4) years and until their successors shall be duly qualified.Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 33, art 11; 1857, ch. 6, art § 183; 1871, § 307; 1880, § 396; 1892, § 3049; 1906, § 3456; Hemingway's 1917, § 2794; 1930, § 2881; 1942, § 4026.
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