SECTION 1. Chapter 221 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby
amended by striking out section 4 and inserting in place thereof the following new section:-
"Section 4. The clerks of court for the counties of Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden,
Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Worcester shall appoint, and may remove, first assistant
clerks for said counties. First assistant clerks of courts, except in Suffolk county, shall act as assistant
clerks of the supreme judicial court, the superior court department, and the county commissioners.
The justices of the supreme judicial court shall appoint for a term of three years from the date of their
appointment, and may remove, the first assistant clerk of the supreme judicial court."
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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