Section 9-7-51 - Nineteenth district; number and election of judges; divisions

(1) There shall be three (3) judges for the Nineteenth Circuit Court District. 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.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. 9/6/1994 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to the amendment of this section).Amended by Laws, 2015, ch. 476, HB 703, 56, eff. 4/22/2015.