COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

By His Excellency

EDWARD J. KING
Governor

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 223

JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION

    WHEREAS, the authority of the Governor to nominate and appoint judicial
officers is conferred by Part II, Chapter 2, Section 1, Article 9, of the Constitution of
the Commonwealth; and

    WHEREAS, Governor Edward J. King has chosen to enlist aid to investigate
the availability of qualified candidates for judicial office through the vehicle of the
Judicial Nominating Commission; and

    WHEREAS, in Executive Order No. 151, as amended, Governor King set forth
the procedures and principles whereby the said Commission is charged with seeking
out and screening applicants of the highest quality, ability and temperament to fill
vacancies in the offices of judge and clerk in the courts of the Commonwealth; and

    WHEREAS, the Commission has labored diligently and unselfishly, with honor
and a conviction to the highest principles and ethics to identify those such
candidates; and

    WHEREAS, it is appropriate that each individual chief executive officer
determine the most proper and efficient method of discharging the duties of office;

    NOW, THEREFORE, I, Edward J. King, Governor of the Commonwealth, by
virtue of the authority vested in me as Supreme Executive Magistrate under the
Constitution and Laws of the Commonwealth, do hereby order that:

    Executive Orders numbered 114, 127, 151, 154 and 178 are hereby revoked.

Given at the Executive Chamber in Boston
this 28th day of December in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
eighty two and of the independence of the
United States of America, two hundred and
seven.

EDWARD J. KING
GOVERNOR
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNOLLY
Secretary of the Commonwealth

GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS