Court clerks; appointment, compensation and removal

§ 2413. Court clerks; appointment, compensation and removal. The board of judges shall appoint one court clerk for each judicial district and, subject to the applicable civil service laws, such additional court clerks, deputy court clerks, stenographers and other assistants and employees in the clerk's office as may be necessary. Court clerks and deputy court clerks shall at the time of their appointment be residents of the districts for which they are appointed and removal of any of them from the district for which he was appointed shall vacate the office. All the officers and employees provided by this section shall receive compensation to be fixed by the members of the board of supervisors from the towns comprising the first judicial district, which salaries together with other expenses of their offices as provided by the annual budget shall be a charge against the first judicial district. Any court clerk or deputy court clerk may be removed by the board of judges for cause, provided that written charges are first filed with the board of judges, and that such court clerk or deputy court clerk be given due notice thereof and be afforded an opportunity to be heard; and the president of the board of judges may, in his discretion, suspend such court clerk or deputy court clerk from the performance of his official duties pending a hearing upon the charges. Upon charges being preferred against a court clerk or deputy court clerk by a judge of the district court, the board of judges shall forthwith cause notice of suspension of such court clerk or deputy court clerk to be served upon him, and such court clerk or deputy court clerk shall thereupon remain suspended until the hearing and determination of the charges.