All offices, positions or employments held with any county park commission in a county of the first class created or existing pursuant to sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of the Revised Statutes, other than the office of secretary and the position of chief engineer, by persons employed by such park commission on January 16, 1957, and all such offices, positions or employments held with any county park commission in a county of the first class having a population of less than 700,000, other than the office of secretary and the position of chief engineer, by persons employed by such park commission on July 16, 1959, which can be allocated to the classified service in accordance with the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, shall be so allocated under appropriate titles by the Civil Service Commission and such persons shall be recorded, without examination, as having been permanently appointed thereto as of the dates of their respective original appointments by the park commission under said titles and shall thereafter be under and subject to all provisions of Title 11 relating to the classified service of the civil service.

L.1957, c. 98, p. 193, s. 1. Amended by L.1963, c. 110, s. 1, eff. June 13, 1963.