Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218 § 53
In the central division of the Boston municipal court department, there shall be a clerk and 13 assistant clerks of said court for criminal business and a clerk and 14 assistant clerks of said court for civil business. The assistant clerks shall be appointed by the clerks, respectively, subject to the approval of the court administrator with respect to compliance with the personnel standards promulgated under section eight of chapter two hundred and eleven B, and the clerks shall be responsible for the doings of their assistants, and may remove them at pleasure. The salaries of the clerks shall be 81.57 per cent of the salary of the chief justice of the department, and shall be paid, subject to appropriation, by the commonwealth. The salaries of the assistant clerks shall be seventy-seven percent of the salary of the clerks, and shall be paid, subject to appropriation, by the commonwealth.
The clerks and assistant clerks shall devote their entire time during ordinary business hours to their respective duties and shall not, directly or indirectly, engage in the practice of law.
Each clerk and assistant clerk of said court appointed to such position prior to January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven and serving continuously thereafter, shall be entitled to thirty days vacation and thirty days sick leave in each calendar year. Each such clerk may accumulate vacation leave and sick leave not used in any such year; provided, however, that the number of vacation days so accumulated shall not exceed sixty and the total amount of sick leave so accumulated shall not exceed one hundred and eighty days; and provided, further, that no additional such days shall be accumulated on or after said January first except in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the court administrator pursuant to section eight of chapter two hundred and eleven B. All other clerks and assistant clerks of said court shall be entitled to vacation leave and sick leave in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the court administrator pursuant to said section eight.
Assistant clerks appointed under authority of this paragraph who have held said appointment for three consecutive years shall hold office during good behavior, but subject to applicable retirement laws, and may be removed by the clerks, respectively, for cause shown, subject to the procedures authorized by section eight of chapter two hundred and eleven B.
The clerk of said court for civil business and the clerk of said court for criminal business may each designate such employees in his office as in his judgment may be necessary for the convenience of the public, as deputy assistant clerks of said court who shall have the same authority to administer oaths as the assistant clerks of said court.
Four assistant clerks with salaries payable by the commonwealth may be appointed in: Brighton division of the Boston municipal court department; East Boston division of the Boston municipal court department; South Boston division of the Boston municipal court department; Charlestown division of the Boston municipal court department.
Eight assistant clerks with salaries payable by the commonwealth may be appointed in: Dorchester division of the Boston municipal court department; West Roxbury division of the Boston municipal court department.
Twelve assistant clerks with salaries payable by the commonwealth may be appointed in: Roxbury division of the Boston municipal court department.
One of the 12 assistant clerks for the Roxbury division of the Boston municipal court department shall be appointed for juvenile sessions.
In the following courts, one of the assistant clerks shall be designated in charge of six-person jury sessions and shall be paid by the commonwealth in accordance with the job classification and pay plan established, subject to appropriation, by the chief justice of administration and management: Dorchester division of the Boston municipal court department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 53