§ A406-3. Judges: selection; terms; qualifications.

A. 

The Court shall consist of a City Judge and a Special City Judge.

B. 

The City Judge of the City of Kingston shall continue in office as Judge of the City Court continued by this act until the term of office for which he was duly elected shall have expired. At the annual election to be held in the City of Kingston in November 1953, there shall be elected a Judge of the City Court of Kingston, in the same manner as other city officers are elected, and the person so elected shall take office on the first day of January following such election. The term of office of the City Judge shall be four years.

C. 

The present Special City Judge shall continue in office until the term for which he was duly appointed shall have expired. On or before the first day of January 1954 and on or before the first day of January of each fourth year thereafter, the Mayor of the City of Kingston shall appoint a Special City Judge to hold office for four years beginning on January 1. The Special City Judge shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of the City Judge in the event of illness, absence, disability or disqualification of the City Judge and at such other times as the City Judge shall direct.

D. 

No person shall be eligible for the office of City Judge or Special City Judge unless he is an attorney and counselor-at-law of the State of New York of at least three years' standing and a resident elector of the City of Kingston.

E. 

A vacancy in the office of City Judge, occurring otherwise than by expiration of term, shall be filled at the next general election held not less than 30 days after such vacancy occurs; and until the vacancy shall be so filled, the Mayor of the City of Kingston shall fill such vacancy by appointment which shall continue until and including the last day of December next after the election at which the vacancy shall be filled. A vacancy in the office of Special City Judge shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment of the Mayor of the City of Kingston.

F. 

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for the Third Department may remove any Judge as provided by § 132 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The appellate Division, in its discretion, may also prohibit a Judge so removed from holding public office, elective or appointive, thereafter.