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6-15. South Carolina Court Personnel, Budget Cost, and Revenue Collected by Selected Office: 1996

                         NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES                   FISCAL YEAR 1996 - 1997                      REVENUE
                                                                              JUROR                        COLLECTED
                         PART-   FULL-          PERSONNEL     OPERATING      WITNESS         TOTAL        FISCAL YEAR
 OFFICE                  TIME    TIME   TOTAL    COST 1/         COST          COST          COST           1995-96

 Clerks of Court          33     704     737   $14,210,101    $4,551,557    $3,752,897    $22,514,555      $32,299,615
 Probate Courts           15     252     267    $6,419,239    $1,602,651        $8,400     $8,030,290       $4,707,638
 Masters-In-Equity        13      38      51    $1,729,670      $171,416            $0     $1,901,086       $1,213,566
 Public Defenders         75     182     257    $7,235,929    $1,546,376       $84,000     $8,866,305               $0
 Magistrates             248     565     813   $15,629,087    $4,220,925      $849,236    $20,699,248      $60,630,262
 Municipal Courts        322     196     518    $6,776,932    $3,021,778      $304,255    $10,102,965      $31,517,497

 STATE TOTAL             706   1,937   2,643   $52,000,958   $15,114,703    $4,998,788    $72,114,449     $130,368,578

Note: Based on the 1996 Annual Judicial Survey, conducted in October 1996.

Source: S.C. Court Administration, 1996 Statistical Summary of the Judicial Department of South Carolina.

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