§ 158-c. Appointment of calendar clerk for Putnam county and other
necessary assistants. Subject to the provisions of article 7-A of this
law, upon the nomination of the administrative judge of the supreme
court for the ninth judicial district, the justices of the appellate
division or a majority of them may appoint and at pleasure remove a
calendar clerk, and other necessary assistants, in and for the County of
Putnam and their compensation shall be fixed by said justices of the
appellate division within the amount appropriated for such purposes by
the board of supervisors of said county. No person shall be eligible to
such appointment unless he shall be a resident elector of the county of
Putnam.