Salary of stenographers appointed by justices of supreme court for each judicial district except first and second

§ 312. Salary of stenographers appointed by justices of supreme court
for each judicial district except first and second. Each of the
stenographers appointed by the justices of the supreme court pursuant to
subdivisions four, six, seven, eight, nine and ten of section one
hundred and fifty-nine of this chapter shall receive an annual salary of
six thousand six hundred forty-seven dollars and fifty cents. Each of
such salaries shall be audited by the state comptroller and paid by the
state department of taxation and finance in equal monthly payments when
certified to such comptroller by a justice of the supreme court of the
judicial district for which such stenographer shall have been appointed,
provided, however, if any such stenographer shall have been assigned to
or works principally for an official referee, such certificate may be
made by one of such justices or by the official referee. The salary of
the stenographer or stenographers for each judicial district shall be
apportioned by such department among the counties of the judicial
district for which such stenographer or stenographers have been
appointed and such counties shall reimburse the state therefor. The time
and method of such apportionment and the time and method of such
reimbursement shall be as specified in section seventy-four of this
chapter.