Section 35-14-4 - Election; term; vacancyA. Municipal judges shall be elected, for terms of four years, at a regular municipal election. B. In municipalities with a population of thirty thousand persons or more, additional judges may be elected if the municipal governing body determines the workload of the court requires more than one judge. Municipalities with a population of less than thirty thousand persons shall have only one municipal judge. C. The governing body of any municipality may fill vacancies by appointment of a municipal judge to serve until the next regular municipal election. 1953 Comp., § 37-1-4, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 208, § 4; 1967, ch. 215, § 2; 1973, ch. 208, § 2; 1993, ch. 222, § 1.