The prefent general aflembly Ihall con- tinue till the 42d day after the laft Mon- day of November in this prefent year. On the faid laft Monday of November in this prefent year, the feveral comities fliall by their eleftors qualified as provided by this conftitution, eledl delegates, which for the prefent fliall be, in number, one for every militia of the faid county, ac- cording to the lateft returns in pofleflion of the governor, and fliall alfo choofe fenato- rial electors in proportion thereto, which fenatorial eleftors fliall meet on the 14th day after the day of their eleftion, at the court-houfe of that county of their prefent diftrift which would ftand firft in an alpha- betical arrangement of their counties, and fliall choofe fenators in the proportion fixed by this conftitution. The elections and re- turns fliall be conduced, in all circum- ftances not hereby particularly prefcribed, by the fame perfons and under the fame forms, as prefcribed by the prefent laws in eled:ions of fenators and delegates of aflembly. The faid fenators and delegates {hall conftitute the firft general aifembly of the new government, and ihall fpecially apply themfelves to the procuring an exaft return from every county of the number of its qualified eleftors, and to the fettlement of the number of delegates to be elected for the enfuing general afTembly.
The prefent governor ihall continue in office to the end of the term for which he was eledled.
All other oificers of every kind fhall con- tinue in ofiice as they would have done had their appointment been under this confti- tution, and new ones, where new are hereby called for, fhall be appointed by the authority to which fuch appointment is referred. One of the prefent judges of the general court, he confenting thereto, fliall by joint ballot of both houfes of afTembly, at their firfl meeting, be transferred to the High Court of Chancery.
NoIII.