* § 168. Classification of certain attendants. A confidential
attendant to a justice of supreme court who has held such position for
not less than ten years shall, upon the death or retirement of such
justice, be classified as a court attendant under the provisions of the
civil service law, and shall retain such classification after the death
or retirement of such justice; but a justice who shall succeed such a
retiring justice shall have the same right and power to appoint a
confidential attendant outside of the civil service list as has existed
heretofore.

* NB There are 2 § 168's