Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221 § 1 : COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES — COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS — CLERKS, ATTORNEYS AND OTHER OFFICERS OF JUDICIAL COURTS — Clerk of court for commonwealth; appointment; term, etc.

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

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