§ 27-3. Clerk, compensation; sheriff, compensation.

The clerk of the Circuit Court for Nassau County shall be the Clerk of the Small Claims Court of Nassau County. The clerk shall appoint such assistants as may be necessary for the proper operation of his office. The clerk shall receive as his compensation one-third ( 1/3 ) of all fees and commissions collected by the court, but in no event shall he receive more than two thousand one hundred dollars ($2,100.00) per annum nor less than one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00) per annum. The Board of County Commissioners of Nassau County is hereby authorized and directed to pay from county funds to such clerk the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00) per annum, payable one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) monthly and the board shall have a settlement annually with the clerk and in the event one-third ( 1/3 ) of the fees and commissions collected by the court shall exceed the minimum amount paid by them to the clerk as salary, then the board shall be paid from such fees and commissions an amount equal to the salary paid and the clerk shall be entitled to retain one-third ( 1/3 ) of the amounts of such fees and commissions over and above such salary payments, but not to exceed the sum of two thousand one hundred dollars ($2,100.00) per annum. Should one-third ( 1/3 ) of such fees and commissions exceed two thousand one hundred dollars ($2,100.00) per annum, such amounts over that sum shall be paid by the clerk into the funds of the county commissioners; provided, that if the fees and commissions do not aggregate sufficient to repay the county commissioners such salary, there shall be no duty on the part of such clerk to refund any deficiency amount since it is the intent of this Act [chapter] to authorize payment of the salary of such clerk in the full amounts set forth above. The Sheriff of Nassau County shall be the executive officer of the small claims court and his powers, duties and qualifications shall be the same as those of the sheriff while acting as the executive officer of the circuit and county courts and as executive officer of courts generally, and his compensation shall be in fees the same as allowed for like services in the circuit and county courts; but the schedule of compensation of said sheriff as provided by law shall not be increased by reason of the duties herein prescribed.

(Ch. 27268, § 3, Gen. Laws 1951; Gen. Laws, Ch. 65-1147, § 1; Gen. Laws, Ch. 67-640, § 1)