§ 8.
Selection of the chief justice.
The chief justice shall be selected from among the
justices of the Supreme Court for a term and in a manner to be provided by law. The chief justice
may resign his office without resigning from the Supreme Court.
History: 1889 Const., art. V, § 9; amendment proposed by SL 1972, ch 2, approved Nov. 7, 1972.
