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CAN ACT regulating the appoint
Clerk, Of Courts and the tenure
off es'

CAN ACT regulating the appointment o.
Clerks Of Courts and the tenure oil tAef
off es"
/ Be !! saac.sa BIZ the General .7sssm5'g,
That hereafter the oii;e Of Clerk oil any coar
of record within this Commonwealth +h1it
continue, s be held, and enj 5yed, for ard du-
ring the term 3f seven years from The coh-
nencemen. the term Of service. and 10 Ion
ger: Irovilsd, hq,ecvsr, that nothing herein
contained shall be 50 construed as TO prevent
the re appointment Of any clerk.
: Be Il further enacted. ahat any clerk o.
any court Of record within this Coafa0a
wealth. nav be re a4sgsl from oiite at any
time during the term for mhlaa he l1ay have
beeu appointed, at tue discretion ol tic court,
Of which l.. is CLERK: Froridsd, hoeertF, that
before any SUCH removal, by any equity O.
corporation court, all tho scuag iaasi>if-te.
Of such county or operation court sAa'l
be- sag. noncd Tor that purpose: = majority q
whom shall BE present and two thisds thtr7sl
concur in the pToPcsiy 81 SUCH remo"a!' ana
srsci3fd. ats0. tAat tAe clerk OF any court %
record within this common"eaith, shall ana
NAV be renewed far malltasance sr coffnp-
ton IN office. on conviction tNcre-i upon N
formation 81 indictment in the Superior curt,
fer the e0antE or corporation, "hcfeIA tuea
clerk shall reside.
8. The office aaa Ggt-, 81 ~ present
clerk Of the Cart 81 Appeale, asd OF tAs
present clerk OF every county anal corpora
ton court within tins Cemnoa wealth, shall
terminate on lhe first Mon4ay 10 July next:
and It SHALL b. the duty Of the court Of APP
peais. at its first session after the al earn
ment Of the present Legislature, to pressed
to the appointments Of = cisrE thereof; whose
Office aad duties shall commence and run
from The said Gr,t Monday -Jaly next: Aud
il shall be the duty Of every county and cor
porstJn court within tuls commonwealth, Al
It's MAY term next. 20 cause az order 10 be
made, directing al the acting magistrates OF
such comfy or corporation to he sursmoned
- the next succeeding court, whose dGty It
shah be, being SO summoned, aud sIajSltty
Of such Justices being present, to proceeG to
the appointment If a clerk to al the vacancy
created BY this act; aud tue office and duties
OF tie clerks thus appointed, shall commences
and run from tho SAID east Monday ~ July
next
j. In all cases Of vacancy in the office 81
clerk Of any clerk in this Commonwealth, &C
casiSncd by death. resign alton, remoyrti,om
olIce, or by the expiration OF the term Of at.
fec, the election shall be FOR the term OF se-
ven years: Provids4, that before any county
or corporation court shall make such appoint
mont, the acting justices Of the peace fer
such county or corporation, shall be summon
ed for that purpose by an order Of such court
previously saade. saj majority thereof BE-
present, and. in the mean Cme, il Necessary,
such court may appoint a clerk pig !srspore
3 Tho first appointment Of clerk, to any
courts within this Commonwealth either now
existing, or which may be hereafter estab-
hshed, not enumerated in this act, shall be
after sush manner and form as may be here
after provided by law.
Is Nothing in this act contained shall be
SO construed as to repeal, or in any manner
impair. the provisions of an act concerning
clerks ofcsurts, passed the ninth day q jan
usry, eighteen hundred and nineteen. SO
far as they agree with the provisions oil this;
bat the same are hereby declared 10 BE IN
foil force.
~, st sl2n cen -cs-cs and So 'Yrce
fgSm the passing tAercoi.
Passed The II orneicgates March 1881
Passed tie Senate, March Is. 1891
W1vCHFsrER, March 81