There shall be a clerk of said court, a chief deputy clerk, a calendar clerk and one
deputy clerk. The clerk, chief deputy clerk and deputy clerk or clerks of said court,
shall be elected by the judges of said court from the qualified electors and residents
of Fulton County, Georgia; and in [the] event said judges are evenly divided as to
said applicant, the nominee of the chief judge shall be selected. The calendar clerk
shall be appointed by the chief judge from the qualified electors and residents of
Fulton County, Georgia, who shall hold his office during the pleasure of said chief
judge of said court, whose duties and powers shall be the same as a deputy clerk,
and such other duties as fixed by the rules of said court. The clerk shall be responsible
for the acts of the deputy clerks. The term of office of such clerk, chief deputy
clerk and deputy clerks shall be four years. Provided that the Board of Commissioners
of Fulton County, Georgia, may authorize, in their discretion, the appointment of
one or more additional deputy clerks to hold office under the terms and conditions
prescribed for the deputy clerks herein authorized. The Board of Commissioners of
Fulton County may provide for such clerical assistance in the clerk's office as may
be necessary, at such salaries as, in their discretion, may be reasonable and proper.
Each deputy clerk, chief deputy clerk and calendar clerk shall, before entering upon
the discharge of his or her duties, enter into a bond approved by the chief judge
of said court, in the sum of $1,000.00, payable to the Board of Commissioners of Fulton
County, for the faithful discharge of his or her duties.
