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The judges of the circuit court for the county are hereby authorized to appoint two (2) court reports, who shall be sworn officers of such court. The salary of such reporters shall be fixed by order of the judges of such court within the limits of amounts appropriated therefor, and shall be paid by the county. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 7-17; 1910, ch. 380, § 1; 1912, ch. 790, § 104; 1943, ch. 116, § 140.)
The reporters so appointed shall be skilled in the practice of their art and shall hold their positions during the pleasure of the judges of such court. It shall be their duty to perform such stenographic and typing work, connected with the business of such court, at law and in equity, as they may be directed to perform by the judges of such court. Section 12-12 and this section shall not be construed as preventing the same person from holding the positions of "court reporter" and "examiner in chancery" at the same time. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 7-18; 1910, ch. 380, § 2; 1912, ch. 790, § 105; 1943, ch. 116, § 141.)
Each of the judges of the sixth judicial circuit resident in Montgomery County is hereby authorized to appoint a competent secretary who shall have had some previous experience in secretarial work, involving duties that demonstrate the ability to take rapid dictation, typing and to exercise independent judgment. Each of said secretaries shall hold his or her position at the pleasure of the judge by whom he or she is appointed and shall receive compensation therefor in the following manner:
The judge who appoints his or her secretary shall fix such secretary’s salary in the discretion of such judge between step A in grade 12 and step E in grade 15 in the pay schedule for employees of Montgomery County in force at the time such salary is fixed. The salary shall be fixed annually and may be changed, within such limits, from year to year by such judge, without regard to length of service. The compensation for such salaries shall be levied annually by the County Council of Montgomery County and shall be paid as are the salaries of other county employees. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 7-20; 1957, ch. 77, § 1.)
The clerk of the circuit court of the county shall make a full and general alphabetical index, after the method known as the Campbell System, in a book well bound for that purpose, of all judgments recovered in such court, which index shall be indexed in the name of each defendant in such judgments, and shall also show the plaintiff, the amount of the judgment, the date at which it was obtained, and from which it bears interest, the term of the court at which it was rendered, the number of the case on the term docket; and if the records of such court show that the same has been satisfied, made, or in any way discharged, the index shall set forth the fact, and the clerk shall be allowed the usual fees therefor, to be taxed to the plaintiff. Such clerk shall also keep an index of all judgments rendered by a justice of the peace, which shall be recorded in this office, and have become liens on real estate. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 7-21; 1888, Art. 16, § 60; 1912, ch. 790, § 123.)
The clerk of the circuit court for the county is hereby directed to make, or cause to be made, a general index of all causes appearing upon the equity docket of such court, beginning with the earliest of such docket, the general index to be made upon the same plan, and in similar books, as now used in his office for general indexes of the land records; in which index he shall place the name of every party to each cause, and where the suit is for the sale of lands of any person deceased or otherwise, the name of such owner shall also appear in its proper place in such general index. The clerk shall enter, in connection with the name of each person, the number or year of the docket, and the number of the case thereon in which such person is a party or in which his property is involved, and where the papers in any cause have been recorded, the book and page of such record. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 7-22; 1906, ch. 757, § 1; 1912, ch. 790, § 124.)
The clerk of the circuit court for the county is hereby authorized to make or cause to be made a general index of the land, mortgage, equity, judgment, magistrate judgment and plat records of the county, or such portion of them as may be necessary, according to an approved modern system. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 7-23; 1927, ch. 613, § 1.)
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