The Department of the Attorney-General heretofore existing and the offices and positions of assistant attorneys-general, legal assistants to the Attorney-General, special counsel or legal counsel to or by appointment of or under the Attorney-General hereby are abolished, and all other employees of the Department of the Attorney-General hereby are transferred to the Department of Law and shall serve in appropriate similar positions in said department and shall retain all of their rights and privileges under Title 11, Civil Service, of the Revised Statutes.

L.1944, c. 20, p. 56, s. 16.