Table of Contents Sec. 51-75. Messengers of the Supreme and Superior Courts. (a) The judges
shall appoint as many messengers and assistant messengers as may be required. Secs. 51-76 and 51-76a. Messengers and assistant messengers: Of Court of
Common Pleas; of the Circuit Court. Sections 51-76 and 51-76a are repealed. Sec. 51-77. Filling of vacancies. Whenever a vacancy exists in the office of messenger or assistant messenger, the judges of the Superior Court or any authorized committee thereof may fill the vacancy until the next July first. Sec. 51-78. Retired messengers may be continued in service. (a) When a duly
appointed and acting messenger of any constituent court of the Judicial Department is
retired under the provisions of section 5-162 because of having reached the age of seventy years, the person so retired may continue in the service of the court which appointed
him as such messenger as an employee at the salary to which he was entitled at the date
of his retirement unless the court, at its next annual meeting of judges following the
effective date of his retirement, or at any proper meeting of the judges thereof thereafter,
votes that his employment shall terminate.
Sec. 51-75. Messengers of the Supreme and Superior Courts.
Secs. 51-76 and 51-76a. Messengers and assistant messengers: Of Court of Common Pleas; of
the Circuit Court.
Sec. 51-77. Filling of vacancies.
Sec. 51-78. Retired messengers may be continued in service.
Sec. 51-79. Duties of messengers of the Supreme and Superior Courts.
(b) Each messenger and assistant messenger shall receive a salary to be determined
in accordance with the provisions of section 51-12.
(c) The assistant messengers provided for in this section shall be subject to all provisions of the general statutes concerning court messengers so far as such provisions may
be applicable.
(d) The Chief Court Administrator may assign, reassign and modify the assignments
of such messengers and assistants as he deems necessary for the efficient operation of
the court.
(1949 Rev., S. 7711; 1957, P.A. 651, S. 29; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 60; 1972, P.A. 165, S. 10; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S.
20; P.A. 76-436, S. 10a, 76, 681; P.A. 77-576, S. 23, 65; P.A. 82-248, S. 65; P.A. 84-529, S. 3.)
History: 1972 acts added references to judicial districts, effective September 5, 1972; P.A. 76-436 changed term of
appointment from two years to one year and added provisions re transfer of messengers serving in common pleas court to
superior court and re chief court administrator's power to assign, reassign and modify assignments, effective July 1,
1978; P.A. 77-576 specified July first as commencement date for terms, deleting reference to service until successor's
appointment, removed restrictions on number of messengers appointed, i.e. one for supreme court and one for each county
or judicial district, authorizing appointment of as many as required and deleted provision whereby a judge could appoint
additional messenger for as long as he determines is necessary to be paid upon vouchers by superior court judge at rate
provided in Sec. 51-12, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 82-248 reworded section, divided section into Subsecs. and deleted
obsolete language re messengers serving in court of common pleas on July 1, 1978; P.A. 84-529 amended Subsec. (a) to
eliminate annual appointment and one-year terms of office of court messengers and assistant messengers.
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(1949 Rev., S. 7616; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 59; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 19; P.A. 74-183, S. 45, 280, 291; P.A. 76-436, S.
77, 681.)
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(1949 Rev., S. 7713; 1972, P.A. 165, S. 11; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 20; P.A. 77-576, S. 24, 65; P.A. 82-248, S. 66.)
History: 1972 acts added judicial districts, effective September 5, 1972; P.A. 77-576 deleted provision allowing removal
of messenger for cause and proviso re interim appointments to fill vacancies until judges' annual meeting, at which time
judges fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term, specifying instead that vacancies are to be filled until the next July
first by judges or a committee of judges, and included reference to assistant messengers, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 82-
248 changed "such court" to "superior court" and "such" to "the".
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(b) The existing retirement rights of any person so continuing in the employment
of any constituent court of the Judicial Department as of the date when he became
seventy years of age shall not be affected by his continuance in the employ of the court
in such capacity thereafter, but additional rights or benefits shall not accrue to the benefit
or interest of any person so continuing in employment.
(c) No such person may receive a retirement salary during the period of the continuance of his employment after his retirement.
(d) The provisions of any statute dealing with examinations, certifications and appointments to and separations from the service shall not apply to any such person so
continuing in the employment of any court after his retirement.
(e) Immediately upon the retirement of such person the Comptroller shall record
him as an employee and continue to pay his salary until receipt of certification from the
Chief Justice that the employment has been terminated.
(1949, S. 3139d; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 96; February, 1965, P.A. 574, S. 38; P.A. 81-19, S. 2, 3; P.A. 82-248, S. 67.)
History: 1959 act extended application of section from superior and common pleas courts to any constituent court of
judicial department; 1965 act corrected reference in first sentence from section 5-101 to 5-162; P.A. 81-19 deleted the
prohibition on retired court messengers continuing in employment after age seventy-five; P.A. 82-248 made technical
revision, rewording some provisions and dividing section into Subsecs. but made no substantive change.
See Sec. 5-164(d) re reemployment of retired messengers.
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