§ 125. Future official referees. Except as otherwise provided in this
article, no retired judge or justice of any court of this state shall
hereafter be designated or act as official referee under the provisions
of this article and the right heretofore existing of judges and justices
to act as official referee pursuant to appointment or without
appointment, except as otherwise provided in this article, is hereby
abolished. The term of office of each official referee qualifying,
pursuant to the provisions of this article, after the date when this act
becomes effective shall, notwithstanding any other provision in this
article, expire automatically on the thirty-first day of December in the
year in which he will have attained the age of seventy-six years.