Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Schedule 1, § 13. Judicial districts

The General Assembly shall, at the next session after the adoption of this Constitution, designate the several judicial districts as required by this Constitution.  The judges in commission when such designation shall be made shall continue during their unexpired terms judges of the new districts in which they reside;  but, when there shall be two judges residing in the same district, the president judge shall elect to which district he shall be assigned, and the additional law judge shall be assigned to the other district.