{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-221-1","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, § 1","heading":"Clerk of court for commonwealth; appointment; term, etc.","body":"Section 1. 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.","path":["Part III","Title I","Chapter 221"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleI/Chapter221/Section1","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:46Z","sha256":"91049b0332bd8eaab2b2423c8d6bee1133aaa11042a590a303bf5a1b0d73d1d2","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-220-19","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-221-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}