N.Y. Judiciary Law § 100: Power of justices of appellate division of first department to appoint confidential clerk of the appellate term

§ 100. Power of justices of appellate division of first department to

appoint confidential clerk of the appellate term. The justices of the

appellate division of the supreme court in the first department, or a

majority of them, are authorized to appoint in their discretion, and at

pleasure remove, a confidential clerk of the appellate term of the said

supreme court, or such tribunal as may hereafter be charged with the

duty of hearing appeals from the city court of the city of New York and

the municipal court of the city of New York, or either of them in the

first department, and fix the salary of said confidential clerk. The

board of estimate of the city of New York is authorized and empowered to

provide the means to pay such salary.