Section 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.