§ 306. Compensation of stenographers and confidential clerks appointed
by justices of the appellate division. 1. The stenographers appointed by
the justices of the appellate division of the first department for each
part or term of the supreme court pursuant to section one hundred and
four of this chapter shall receive an annual salary to be fixed by such
justices of the appellate division, or a majority of them, and the board
of estimate of the city of New York shall provide for raising and paying
the same.

2. The compensation of each stenographer or confidential clerk
appointed by the justices of the appellate division of the third and
fourth departments shall not exceed three thousand seven hundred and
fifty dollars a year; provided, however, that in case of the appointment
by such a justice of both a confidential clerk and a stenographer the
apportionment of the respective salaries for such positions shall be
directed by such justice within the amount appropriated for both
positions; such compensation to be paid by the department of taxation
and finance upon the certificate of the justice by whom such person or
persons are employed.