The Text

Except in counties in the city of New York, sheriffs, clerks of counties, district attorneys, and registers in counties having registers, shall be chosen by the electors of the respective counties, once in every three years, and as often as vacancies shall happen. Sheriffs shall hold no other office and be ineligible for the next term after the termination of their offices. They may be required by law to renew their security, from time to time; and in default of giving such new security, their offices shall be deemed vacant. But the county shall never be made responsible for the acts of the sheriff. The governor may remove any officer, hereinbefore in this section mentioned, within the term for which he shall have been elected; giving to such officer a copy of the charges against him, and an opportunity of being heard in his defense. In each county in the city of New York a district attorney shall be chosen by the electors once in every two or four years as the legislature shall direct and shall be subject to removal by the governor within the term for which he shall have been elected; giving to such officer a copy of the charges against him, and an opportunity of being heard in his defense. The clerks of said counties shall be appointed, and be subject to removal by the appellate division of the supreme court in the judicial department in which the respective counties are located. In addition to their powers and duties as clerks of the supreme court, they shall have power to select, draw, summon and empanel grand and petit jurors in the manner and under the conditions now or hereafter prescribed by law, and shall have such other powers and duties as shall be res scribed from time to time by local law.