Amendment #1134 to H3600

Worcester County Clerk of Courts 2

Representatives O'Day of West Boylston, Donahue of Worcester, Keefe of Worcester and Mahoney of Worcester move to amend the bill by adding following:

Section 4 of M.G.L chapter 221, shall be amended by striking, "justices of the supreme judicial court," and replacing it with, "Clerk of Courts for each county."

Section 4: First assistant clerks; appointment

Section 4. The justices of the supreme judicial court shall appoint for a term of three years from the date of their appointment, and may remove, first assistant clerks of courts for the counties of: Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Worcester and in Suffolk, a first assistant clerk of the supreme judicial court.

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.