Const 1963, art 7, § 4;
There shall be elected for four-year terms in each organized county a sheriff, a county clerk, a county treasurer, a register of deeds and a prosecuting attorney, whose duties and powers shall be provided by law. The board of supervisors in any county may combine the offices of county clerk and register of deeds in one office or separate the same at pleasure.
There shall be elected
bienniallyfor four-year terms in each organized county a sheriff, a county clerk, a county treasurer, a register of deeds and a prosecuting attorney, whose duties and powers shall beprescribedprovided by law. The board of supervisors in any county mayunitecombine the offices of county clerk and register of deeds in one office or separate the same at pleasure.
Const 1908, art 8, §§ 3 & 5;
§ 3: There shall be elected in each organized county in which they reside a sheriff, a county clerk, a county treasurer, a register of deeds, and a prosecuting attorney, and the said enumerated elective officers shall hold office for four years and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. This constitutional provision shall affect the aforesaid officers elected on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November, 1938, and every four years thereafter. Their duties and powers shall be prescribed by law. The board of supervisors in any county may unite the offices of county clerk and register of deeds in one office or separate the same at pleasure. This constitutional provision supersedes any and all existing constitutional or legislative provisions as it affects the term of the aforesaid enumerated elective officers.
§ 5: The sheriff shall hold no other office. He shall be elected at the general election for a term of four years in accordance with section 3 of this constitution. He may be required by law to renew his security from time to time and in default of giving such security, his office shall be deemed vacant. The county shall never be responsible for his acts.
See also: Const 1963, art 2, § 5 and art 7, § 6
§ 3: There shall be elected
bienniallyin each organized county in which they reside a sheriff, a county clerk, a county treasurer, a register of deeds, and a prosecuting attorney, and the said enumerated elective officers shall hold office for four years and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. This constitutional provision shall affect the aforesaid officers elected on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November, 1938, and every four years thereafter.whoseTheir duties and powers shall be prescribed by law. The board of supervisors in any county may unite the offices of county clerk and register of deeds in one office or separate the same at pleasure. This constitutional provision supersedes any and all existing constitutional or legislative provisions as it affects the term of the aforesaid enumerated elective officers.§ 5: The sheriff shall hold no other office. He shall be elected at the general election for
thea term oftwofour years in accordance with section 3 of this constitution. He may be required by law to renew his security from time to time and in default of giving such security, his office shall be deemed vacant. The county shall never be responsible for his acts.
See also: Const 1963, art 2, § 5 and art 7, § 6
Const 1908, art 8, § 5;
The sheriff shall hold no other office. He shall be elected at the general election for the term of two years. He may be required by law to renew his security from time to time and in default of giving such security, his office shall be deemed vacant. The county shall never be responsible for his acts.
See also: Const 1963, art 7, § 6
The sheriff shall hold no other office
, and shall be incapable of holding the office of sheriff longer than four in any period of six years. He shall be elected at the general election for the term of two years. He may be required by law to renew his security from time to time,and,in default of giving such security, his office shall be deemed vacant. The county shall never be responsible for his acts.
See also: Const 1963, art 7, § 6
Const 1908, art 8, § 3;
There shall be elected biennially in each organized county a sheriff, a county clerk, a county treasurer, a register of deeds and a prosecuting attorney, whose duties and powers shall be prescribed by law. The board of supervisors in any county may unite the offices of county clerk and register of deeds in one office or separate the same at pleasure.
There shall be elected biennially in each organized county
there shall bea sheriff, a county clerk, a county treasurer, a register of deeds and a prosecuting attorney,chosen by the electors thereof, once in two years, and as often as vacancies shall happen,whose duties and powers shall be prescribed by law. The board of supervisors in any county may unite the offices of county clerk and register of deeds in one office,ordisconnectseparate the same at pleasure.
Const 1874, art 10, § 5;
In each organized county there shall be a sheriff, a county clerk, a county treasurer, a register of deeds, one or more circuit court commissioners, and a prosecuting attorney, chosen by the electors thereof once in two years, whose duties and powers shall be prescribed by law. The board of supervisors in any county may unite the offices of county clerk and register of deeds in one office, or disconnect the same.
In each organized county there shall be a sheriff, a county clerk, a county treasurer, a register of deeds, one or more circuit court commissioners, and a prosecuting attorney, chosen by the electors thereof
,once in two years,and as often as vacancies shall happen,whose duties and powers shall be prescribed by law. The board of supervisors in any county may unite the offices of county clerk and register of deeds in one office, or disconnect the same.
Const 1868, art 14, § 4;
In each organized county there shall be a sheriff, a county clerk, a county treasurer, a register of deeds, a prosecuting attorney, and such other officers as may be provided by law, chosen by the electors thereof once in two years, and as often as vacancies shall happen, whose duties and powers shall be prescribed by the Legislature. The board of supervisors in any county may unite the offices of county clerk and register of deeds in one office, or disconnect the same.
In each organized county there shall be a sheriff, a county clerk, a county treasurer, a register of deeds,
anda prosecuting attorney, and such other officers as may be provided by law, chosen by the electors thereof,once in two years, and as often as vacancies shall happen, whose duties and powers shall be prescribed by the Legislaturelaw. The board of supervisors in any county may unite the offices of county clerk and register of deeds in one office, or disconnect the same.
Const 1850, art 10, § 3;
In each organized county there shall be a sheriff, a county clerk, a county treasurer, a register of deeds and a prosecuting attorney, chosen by the electors thereof, once in two years, and as often as vacancies shall happen, whose duties and powers shall be prescribed by law. The board of supervisors in any county may unite the offices of county clerk and register of deeds in one office, or disconnect the same.
Const 1835, amendment IV;
The legislature of this state for the year eighteen hundred and fifty shall provide by law for the election by the people of the following officers, viz: Judges of the supreme court, who shall be ineligible to any other than a judicial office during the term for which they are elected, and for one year thereafter, Auditor General, State Treasurer, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public Instruction and Prosecuting Attorneys; and the said judges are prohibited from receiving any fees of office or other compensation than their salaries for any civil duties performed by them.
See also: Const 1963, art 4, § 53, art 5, § 21, art 6, § 2, art 6, § 17, and art 6, § 21
Const 1835, art 7, §§ 3 & 4;
§ 3: There shall be an Auditor General, and an Attorney General for the State, and a prosecuting attorney for each of the respective counties, who shall hold these offices for two years, and who shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and whose powers and duties shall be prescribed by law.
§ 4: There shall be a sheriff, a county treasurer, and one or more coroners, a register of deeds, and a county surveyor, chosen by the electors in each of the several counties once in every two years, and as often as vacancies shall happen. The sheriff shall hold no other office, and shall not be capable of holding the office of sheriff longer than four in any term of six years: he may be required by law to renew his security from time to time, and in default of giving such security, his office shall be deemed vacant; but the county shall never be made responsible for the acts of the sheriff.
See also: Const 1963, art 4, § 53, art 5, § 21, and art 7, § 6
