Section IX-15

Section IX-15: Creation - Terms of office - Vacancies.

  A Corporation Commission is hereby created, to be composed of
three persons, who shall be elected by the people at a general
election for State officers, and their terms of office shall be
six years:  Provided, Corporation Commissioners first elected
under this Constitution shall hold office as follows:  One shall
serve until the second Monday in January, nineteen hundred and
nine; one until the second Monday in January, nineteen hundred
and eleven; and one until the second Monday in January nineteen
hundred and thirteen; their terms to be decided by lot
immediately after they shall have qualified.  In case of a
vacancy in said office, the Governor of the State shall fill such
vacancy by appointment until the next general election, when a
successor shall be elected to fill out any unexpired term.