Section 342. Duties of court officers, attendants and messengers of courts in Kings, Queens, Richmond, Nassau and Suffolk counties

Each  of  the
  persons appointed a court officer, attendant or messenger of the supreme
  court  or  county  court  of  Kings,  Queens  or  Richmond  counties  as
  prescribed in sections one hundred and sixty-eight and two  hundred  one
  of  this  chapter, must attend, from day to day, the terms and sittings,
  within his county, of the court to which he  is  assigned,  to  preserve
  order,  and  perform  whatever  services  may be required of him, by the
  judge presiding thereat. The attendant or messenger of the supreme court
  in Nassau and Suffolk counties, respectively, appointed as prescribed by
  section one hundred and sixty-eight of this chapter  must  attend,  from
  day  to  day,  the  terms  and sittings of the said court to which he is
  assigned by the justice  or  justices  by  whom  he  was  appointed;  to
  preserve  order  and perform whatever services may be required of him by
  the judge presiding thereat; and shall attend at the  chambers  provided
  for  the  justices  of  said court in said county and perform such other
  duties thereat, in addition to his duties as court attendant, as may  be
  prescribed by the justice or justices sitting therein.