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                           RULE 6
          TWO DEPARTMENTS--ASSIGNMENT OF JUSTICES

    The court may be divided into two departments for the
hearing of motions and such other matters as the Chief
Justice may designate. The Chief Justice shall assign four
of the associate Justices to each department, and such
assignment may be changed by the Chief Justice from time to
time, provided that the associate Justices shall be
competent to sit in either department and may interchange
with one another by agreement among themselves, or, if no
such agreement is made, as ordered by the Chief Justice.
    The Chief Justice shall sit in both departments and
shall preside when so sitting.
	

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