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Rh Section 16.No person shall be eligible to the office of District Judge unless he be learned in the law, be at least thirty years old, and a citizen of the United States, nor unless he shall have resided in the State or Territory at least two years next preceding his election, nor unless he shall, at the time of his election, be an elector within the Judicial District for which he is elected; provided, that at the first election, any person of the requisite age and learning, and who is an elector of the Territory of Colorado, under the laws thereof, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of Judge of the District Court of the Judicial District within which he is an elector.

Section 17.The time of holding courts within the said districts shall be as provided by law, but at least one term of the District Court shall be held annually in each county, except in such counties as may be attached, for judicial purposes, to another county wherein such courts are so held. This shall not be construed to prevent the holding of special terms under such regulations as may be provided by law.

Section 18.The Judges of the Supreme and District Courts shall each receive such salary as may be provided by law; and no such Judge shall receive any other compensation, perquisite or emolument for, or on account of, his office, in any form whatever, nor act as Attorney or Counsellor-at-Law.

Section 19.There shall be a Clerk of the District Court in each county wherein a term is held, who shall be appointed by the Judge of the District, to hold his office during the pleasure of the Judge. His duties and compensation shall be as provided by law, and regulated by the rules of the Court.

Section 20.Until the General Assembly shall provide by law for fixing the terms of the courts aforesaid, the Judges of the Supreme and District Courts, respectively, shall fix the terms thereof.

Section 21.There shall be elected by the qualified electors of each Judicial District, at each regular election for Judges of the Supreme Court, a District Attorney for such District, whose term of office shall be three years, and whose duties and compensation shall be as provided by law. No person shall be eligible to the office of District Attorney who shall not, at the time of his election, be at least twenty-five years of age, and possess all the other qualifications for Judges of District Courts as prescribed in this article.

Section 22.There shall be elected at the general election in each organized county, in Ilie year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and every three years thereafter, except as otherwise provided in this article, a County Judge, who shall be Judge of the County Court of said county, whose term of office shall be three