West Virginia Code § 51-1-17

Administrative office of Supreme Court of Appeals -- duties of director
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The director shall, when authorized by the Supreme Court of Appeals, be the administrative
officer of said court and shall have charge, under the supervision and direction of the
Supreme Court of Appeals, of:
(a) All administrative matters relating to the offices of the clerks of the circuit and
intermediary courts and of the offices of justice of the peace and all other clerical and
administrative personnel of said courts; but nothing contained in this article shall be
construed as affecting the authority of the courts to appoint their administrative or clerical
personnel; u
(b) Examining the state of the dockets of the various courts and securing information as to
their needs for assistance, if any, and the preparation of statistical data and reports of the
business transacted by the courts;
(c) The preparation of a proper budget to secure thle appropriation of moneys for the
maintenance, support and operation of the cosurts;
(d) The purchase, exchange, transfer and diistribution of equipment and supplies, as may be
needful or desirable;
(e) Such other matters as may be assigned to him by the Supreme Court of Appeals. The
clerks of the circuit courts, intermediate courts and courts of the justices of the peace shall
comply with any and all requests made by the director or his assistants for information and
statistical data bearing on the state of the dockets of such courts, or such other information
as may reflect the business transacted by them;
(f) Annual repVort of activities and estimates of expenditures. -- The director, when required
to do so by the Supreme Court of Appeals, shall submit annually to the court a report of the
activities of the administrative office and of the state of business of the courts, together with
the statistical data compiled by him with his recommendations;
(g) Serve as the chair of the court security board created under the provisions of section
fifteen, article three of this chapter.

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