§ 317. Stenographers of county courts. 1. The stenographer of the
county court of each of the counties of Albany, Erie, Monroe, Oneida,
Rensselaer, Jefferson and Niagara must attend each term of the said
court where issues of fact in civil and criminal cases are triable. The
stenographers of the county court of Kings and Queens counties must
attend each term of said court. The stenographer of the county court of
Jefferson county shall as a part of his official duties also act as
stenographer to the grand jury of said county, and shall, at the request
of the district attorney, attend preliminary hearings in criminal cases
prior to the action of the grand jury thereupon.

2. The stenographers appointed in the various counties specified in
subdivision two of section one hundred and ninety-eight of this chapter,
shall also report and transcribe opinions for the said county judges, as
well as special proceedings where a stenographer is required, without
additional compensation.

3. The stenographer of the county court of Niagara county shall within
twenty days after notice by a party that he intends to appeal, make a
case and exceptions or bill of exceptions in a civil or criminal action,
or that briefs are to be made or arguments prepared in an action tried
before the court without a jury, file with the clerk of said county a
transcript of the minutes taken by him upon such trial.

4. Each of the stenographers appointed in the county court of Albany,
Kings, Queens, Richmond and Bronx counties as prescribed in section one
hundred and ninety-eight of this chapter, may, with the consent of the
county judge, or judges, appoint an assistant stenographer, to aid him
in the discharge of his duties, whose compensation shall be paid by the
stenographer appointing him, and is not a county charge.