§ 122. Compensation of official referees. Every official referee
continued in office and serving under the provisions of this article
shall receive as compensation one-half of the amount now or hereafter
paid to the incumbent of the office which he held prior to his
retirement; provided, however, that any official referee of the
municipal court of the city of New York in the first or second judicial
department so continued in office shall receive as compensation
three-fourths of the amount paid to the incumbent of the office which he
held prior to his retirement. Any official referee of the city court of
the city of New York who is serving as such on April tenth, nineteen
hundred forty-six, shall be entitled to receive as compensation,
two-thirds of the amount paid to the incumbent of the office which he
held prior to his retirement. Any official referee of the supreme court
heretofore or hereafter appointed who shall be assigned for service as
such official referee in any county outside of the county wherein he
resides, and any official referee of the court of appeals who shall be
assigned for service as such official referee in any county outside of
the county wherein he resides, shall receive in addition to the
compensation provided for by this chapter, his actual traveling expenses
from his residence to the place in such county where he has been
assigned for services as such official referee and, if such place is
less than twenty-five miles from his residence, the sum of ten dollars
per diem and if such place where he has been so assigned is more than
twenty-five miles from his residence the sum of twenty dollars per diem
and he shall receive such additional moneys during the time that he is
actually engaged in rendering services as an official referee in such
county. The manner of payment of such compensation and its sources are
to be the same as in the case of the incumbent of the office from which
such official referee has retired.