Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 185c - Housing Court Department
Section 9a - Salaries of Clerks and Assistant Clerks; Practice of Law

Section 9A. The salaries of the clerks of the housing court department appointed under the provisions of section nine shall be 81.57 per cent of the salary of the chief justice of said department and shall be paid, subject to appropriation, by the commonwealth. The salaries of the first assistant clerks in said department shall be eighty-three and one-half percent of the salary of the clerks of said court and shall be paid, subject to appropriation, by the commonwealth. The salaries of assistant clerks in said department appointed under the provisions of section eleven shall be seventy-seven percent of said clerk's salary and shall be paid, subject to appropriation, by the commonwealth.
Said clerks and assistant clerks shall devote their entire time during business hours to their respective duties and shall not, directly or indirectly, engage in the practice of law.

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

Massachusetts General Laws

Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations

Title I - Title to Real Property

Chapter 185c - Housing Court Department

Section 1 - Housing Court Department; Composition; Definitions

Section 2 - Superior and General Jurisdiction; Presumption; Processes

Section 3 - Concurrent Jurisdiction; Powers of Superior Court Department; Enforcement Authority

Section 4 - Sittings of Court

Section 5 - Time for Transaction of Business

Section 6 - Seal

Section 7 - Rules and Forms of Procedure

Section 8 - Justices; Appointment; Disputes Between Justices and Clerks; Appeals; Removal

Section 8a - Chief Justice Authority and Responsibility

Section 8b - Deputy Court Administrator

Section 9 - Clerks; Appointment; Disputes Between Justices and Clerks

Section 9a - Salaries of Clerks and Assistant Clerks; Practice of Law

Section 10 - Temporary Clerks

Section 11 - Assistant Clerks

Section 12 - Oath of Office of Clerks

Section 13 - Bond of Clerks

Section 14 - Powers and Duties of Clerks

Section 15 - Court Officers

Section 16 - Housing Specialists

Section 17 - Practice of Law by Clerks or Housing Specialists

Section 18 - Recording System; Procurement of Law Books, Stationery, Etc.

Section 19 - Commencement of Proceedings; Fees; Non-Willful Offense Deemed Non-Criminal

Section 20 - Transfer of Civil Actions

Section 21 - Trial Without Jury; Exception; Report of Inspector as Prima Facie Evidence

Section 22 - Entry of Judgment or Order

Section 23 - Bond of Receiver