§ 10-267. Chief judge; powers and duties; chief judge pro tempore.

The chief judge of said court, in addition to the exercise of all the other powers of a judge of said court, shall have the general superintendence of the business of said court, and shall preside at all meetings of the judges. He shall, from time to time, determine the number of parts into which said court shall be divided and how many shall be devoted to criminal and how many to civil business, and shall assign the associate judges to duty in the several divisions of said court, from time to time, as he may deem necessary for the prompt disposition of the business thereof. He shall prescribe the hour for the opening of the various divisions of the court and for the attendance of the judges, clerks and marshals thereat. It shall be the duty of each associate judge to attend and sit at any division of the court to which he may be assigned by the chief judge and at the time prescribed by the chief judge. The chief judge shall also superintend the preparation of the calendars of cases for trial in such court and shall make such classification and distribution of the same upon different calendars as he shall deem proper and expedient. The chief judge shall establish and supervise a system for keeping the records of said court, and shall give his attention faithfully to the discharge of the duties especially pertaining to his office and to the performance of such additional judicial work as he may be able to perform; provided, in case of the illness or absence of the chief judge, the other judges of the court may designate one of their number to act as chief judge pro tempore, who shall have all of the powers and authority herein given the chief judge, during the incapacity or absence of such chief judge.

(1913 Ga. Laws (Act No. 276), page 145, § 18)