Opinion No. 23-77 (1977)

Honorable Bradshaw Smith Prosecuting Attorney Cape Girardeau County P. O. Box 552 Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63701

Dear Mr. Smith:

This is in response to a request by your predecessor for an opinion from this office as follows:

"By virtue of the adoption of the Judicial Reform Amendment on August 3, 1976 (Article V, Section 27 of the Missouri Constitution) will there be an office of the Clerk of the Common Pleas Court for Cape Girardeau County on January 2, 1979? If so, will such position be appointive or elective?

"The fact giving rise to this question is that the Judicial Reform Act of 1976…