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[CITE: 28USC675]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                 PART III--COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
 
                        CHAPTER 45--SUPREME COURT
 
Sec. 675. Law clerks and secretaries

    The Chief Justice of the United States, and the associate justices 
of the Supreme Court may appoint law clerks and secretaries whose 
salaries shall be fixed by the Court.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 919.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1926 ed., Sec. 328 (June 1, 1922, ch. 
204, title II, 42 Stat. 614; Jan. 3, 1923, ch. 21, title II, 42 Stat. 
1081; May 28, 1924, ch. 204, title II, 43 Stat. 218; Feb. 27, 1925, ch. 
364, title II, 43 Stat. 1028).
    Section is derived from Appropriation Acts for fiscal years cited in 
the credits. It was omitted from the 1934 and 1940 editions of the U.S. 
Code because it was considered to be probably of a temporary nature. 
This section is consistent with other provisions authorizing the 
appointment of similar personnel for circuit and district judges.
    The 1942 appropriation act (July 2, 1942, ch. 472, title IV, 56 
Stat. 501) made provision for ``all other officers and employees, whose 
compensation shall be fixed by the Court, except as otherwise provided 
by law and who may be assigned by the Chief Justice to any office or 
work of the Court.''
    The salary limitation of $3,600 was omitted and the Court authorized 
to fix law clerks' salaries. Current appropriation acts provide that 
salaries of the Court's officers and employees, except the clerk and 
reporter, shall be fixed by the Court.
    See section 711 et seq. and section 751 et seq., of this title, 
relating to appointment of law clerks and secretaries to circuit and 
district judges.
    Changes were made in phraseology.
