The justices of the supreme judicial court shall appoint the clerk of the supreme judicial court for the commonwealth for a term of five years from the date of his appointment, and may appoint an assistant clerk of said court for a term of three years from the first day of January next after his appointment, and may remove him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, § 1
Clerk of court for commonwealth; appointment; term, etc
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