...elect Justices of the Peace, whoseterm of 'office shall be four years. In case of an election to Jilt a vacancy occurring before the expiration of a full term, they shall hold for the residue of the une/-pircd term. Their number and classification maybe regulated by law. Justices of the Peace and...

...the last clause of section 17 of article 6 of the Constitution of 1894, which reads as follows : " The electors of the several towns shall, at their...office shall be four years. In case of an election to till a vacancy occurring before the expiration of a full term, they shall hold for the residue of the...

...Constitution of 1894 changed the word "shall" to "may," and the provisions now read as follows : " § 17. The electors of the several towns shall, at their...Legislature may direct, elect justices of the peace, whose terms of office shall he four years. * * * Justices of the peace and District Court justices may be...

...to make a recognisance. People v. Maine, 20 XY 434 ; see People v. Taicnsciid, 102- NY 430. § 17. The electors of the several towns shall, at their annual town meetings, or at such other time and iu such manner as Uic Legislature may direct, eli-ct justices of the peaco, whose term of office shall...

...office shall be for two years, and until their successors in office shall be elected and qualified. In case of an election to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of a full term, the justice elected shall hold for the residue of the unexpired term. Their number and classifications...

...and is therefore in conflict with section 17 of article 6 of the constitution, which provides that the electors of the several towns shall at their annual town meetings, or at such other times and in such manner as the legislature may direct, elect justices of the peace, whose terms of...

...such other powers in special cases as are or may be provided by la.w. 17. Justices of the Peace. — The electors of the several towns shall, at their...Justices of the Peace, whose term of office shall be 4 years. In case of an election to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of a full term, they...

...one exception, for by section seventeen the electors of the several towns, not cities, are directed at their annual town meetings, or at such other time and in such manner as the legislature may direct, to " elect justices of the peace whose term of office shall be four years." Nothing is said...

...provision of the Constitution upon the subject is to be found in art. 6, § 17, which simply provides that the electors of the several towns shall, at their...justices of the peace whose term of office shall be four years. There is nothing whatever in the statute in question which in the slightest degree interferes...

...annual town meeting, and the electora of cities and villages, at their charter elections, shall in suc*i manner as the Legislature may direct, elect justices of the peace, whose term of office shall be for two years, and until their successors in office shall be elected and qualified. In case of an election...