Michigan § 600.565 - Judicial clerks; appointment, duties, salary.

Upon recommendation of the circuit judges of the county, the governor may

appoint the indicated number of judicial clerks in the specified circuits and counties as follows:

one clerk in counties having 2 or more judges,

three or more clerks in counties having more than 1,000,000 population;

remove the judicial clerks and appoint successors.

The judicial clerks shall

perform such duties as the circuit judges prescribe in connection with the court's business;

receive an annual salary from the county, payable in monthly installments,

in accordance with the official salary plan of the county where the county has adopted civil service under Act No. 370 of the Public Acts of 1941, as amended, being sections 38.401 to 38.428, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948;

as fixed and determined by the board of supervisors for the county where the county has not adopted civil service. The board of supervisors may increase the judicial clerk's salary at any regular October session.