Amend. Art. XIX
Election of county officers and district-attorneys
Duty
Voting & Elections
Partly superseded
Amendments · Articles of Amendment
Official text rightpowerlimitif conditionlegal term
The legislature shall prescribe, by general law, for the election of sheriffs, registers of probate, [commissioners of insolvency,] and clerks of the courts, by the people of the several counties, and that district-attorneys shall be chosen by the people of the several districts, for such term of office as the legislature shall prescribe.
Note (Massachusetts Legislature): [See Amendments, Art.XXXVI.
Simplified explanation
The legislature shall provide by general law for the people of the counties to elect sheriffs, registers of probate and clerks of the courts, and for the people of the districts to choose district-attorneys, for terms the legislature prescribes. Bracketed wording is printed as superseded.