§ 174. Maintenance of supreme court house building in Kings county.
The supreme court house building in Kings county shall be maintained
under the supervision of the justices of the supreme court residing in
the county of Kings and their successors in office, who shall appoint
and may at pleasure remove a custodian, an engineer and such other
employees as may be necessary therefor. The expense of such maintenance
shall be borne by the city of New York and shall be provided for as in
the case of other public buildings in such city.