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Appointment of county officers.
Grand jury shall appoint secretary.
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4. Upon the death, resignation, or removal of the present secretary of the grand jury it shall be lawful for the grand jury at any such presenting term to appoint a proper person to act as their secretary; and the secretary who shall be appointed under the provisions of this Act, shall continue to act as such until he shall be removed by the grand jury, or until another person, duly qualified, shall be in like manner appointed; and if any person appointed secretary shall happen to die, the clerk of the peace or his known deputy is hereby required to act as such until the last day of the ensuing presenting term; and for the performing all and singular the duties of such secretary such clerk of the peace or his said deputy shall be entitled to receive a rateable proportion of the salary of such secretary for the time during which he shall have performed such duties; but in case of the illness of the secretary it shall and may be lawful for such secretary to appoint a deputy, for whom he shall be responsible, and who shall perform the duties of said secretary during his illness: Provided always, that it shall not be lawful to appoint or continue joint secretaries, or more than one person as secretary in the said county.
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