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(a) The Chief Justice shall receive as compensation an annual salary fifteen percent higher than the annual salary of the presiding judge of the Superior Court, and each of the full-time associate justices shall receive an annual salary five thousand dollars lower than the annual salary of the Chief Justice. Justices of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands are officers of the Government of the Virgin Islands.\n(b) Salaries and expenses of justices of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands must be paid out of the Treasury of the Virgin Islands and constitute the total compensation for all duties performed by, and all expenses of, justices of the Supreme Court, and there may be no further payment made to or accepted by them for the performance of any duties required to be performed by them as justices under this chapter or under other law.\n(c) The compensation of a justice may not be reduced during the justice's term of office.