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33.100 .  The compensation of all circuit clerks shall be paid by the state and they shall be considered state employees for all purposes except the manner of their selection, appointment, or removal from office; except that, the circuit clerk of the City of St. Louis, the circuit clerk of St. Louis County, and the court administrator of Jackson County shall continue to be paid by the city and those counties and shall not become state employees, but the City of St. Louis, St. Louis County, and Jackson County shall be paid an amount which is equivalent to a circuit clerk's salary as provided in subsection 3 of section