hereby particularly preſcribed, by the ſame perſons and under the ſame forms, as preſcribed by the preſent laws in elections of ſenators and delegates of aſſembly. The ſaid ſenators and delegates ſhall conſtitute the firſt general aſſembly of the new government, and ſhall ſpecially apply themſelves to the procuring an exact return from every county of the number of its qualified electors, and to the ſettlement of the number of delegates to be elected for the enſuing general aſſembly.
The preſent governor ſhall continue in office to the end of the term for which he was elected.
All other officers of every kind ſhall continue in office as they would have done had their appointment been under this conſtitution, and new ones, where new are hereby called for, ſhall be appointed by the authority to which ſuch appointment is referred. One of the preſent judges of the general court, he conſenting thereto, ſhall by joint ballot of both houſes of aſſembly, at their firſt meeting, be transferred to the high court of chancery.
