Section 21. Clerks of courts

Clerks of supreme court; clerk of court of appeals

Clerks of the several counties shall be clerks of the supreme court, with such powers and duties as shall be prescribed by law. The clerk of the court of appeals shall keep his office at the seat of government. His compensation shall be fixed by law and paid out of the public treasury.

Clerk of court of appeals; clerks of supreme court

Clerks of the several counties of this state shall be clerks of the supreme court, with such powers and duties as shall be prescribed by law. A clerk of the court of appeals, to be ex-officio clerk of the supreme court, and to keep his office at the seat of government, shall be chosen by the electors of the state; he shall hold his office for three years, and his compensation shall be fixed by law, and paid out of the public treasury.

District attorneys and clerks of courts; appointment and removal

The clerks of courts, except those clerks whose appointment is provided for in the preceding section, shall be appointed by the courts of which they respectively are clerks; and district attornies, by the county courts. Clerks of courts, and district attornies, shall hold their offices for three years, unless sooner removed by the court appointing them.

AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the register and clerks in chancery be appointed by the chancellor; the clerks of the supreme court by the judges of the said court; the clerk of the court of probates, by the judge of the said court; and the register and marshal of the court of admiralty, by the judge of the admiralty.–The said marshal, registers and clerks, to continue in office during the pleasure of those by whom they are to be appointed, as aforesaid.

And all attornies, solicitors and counsellors at law, hereafter to be appointed, be appointed by the court, and licensed by the first judge of the court in which they shall respectively plead or practice; and be regulated by the rules and orders of the said courts.