Section 251-A. Confidential clerks to justices of supreme court not to be appointed referees, receivers or commissioners

No  person  holding  the
  office  of  confidential  clerk  or  law  secretary  to a justice of the
  supreme court shall hereafter be appointed by any court or judge in  any
  action  or  proceeding  instituted  in  the  supreme  court,  a referee,
  receiver  or  commissioner,  except  that  in  uncontested   matrimonial
  actions,  a  confidential  clerk  or law secretary who is an attorney in
  good standing admitted to practice in the state may be appointed  by  an
  administrative  judge  to serve without fee as a referee for the purpose
  of hearing and reporting to the court.