Constitution of the State of Kansas

Article 9.--COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION

1: Counties. The legislature shall provide for organizing new counties, locating county seats, and changing county lines; but no county seat shall be changed without the consent of a majority of the electors of the county; nor any county organized, nor the lines of any county changed so as to include an area of less than four hundred and thirty-two square miles.
 
2: County and township officers. The legislature shall provide for such county and township officers as may be necessary.
 
5: Removal of officers. All county and township officers may be removed from office, in such manner and for such cause, as shall be prescribed by law.

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