§ 327. Compensation and payment of stenographers. Each stenographer
appointed as aforesaid shall receive such compensation for services
rendered while engaged in taking testimony before a grand jury, as shall
be determined by the board of supervisors or county legislature of the
county in which he is appointed, excepting that in the county of New
York, such compensation shall be fixed by the board of estimate and
apportionment of the city of New York, and such compensation shall not
be less than five nor more than ten dollars per day; and in addition
thereto such stenographer shall be entitled to and shall be allowed for
a copy of testimony furnished to the district attorney the same rate per
folio as is prescribed by the civil practice law and rules, and such
stenographer shall receive the same compensation for all copies of the
evidence in excess of three copies, furnished by him to the district
attorney. Such compensation shall be a county charge, and shall be paid
by the treasurer of such county upon the affidavit of the stenographer
and the certificate of the district attorney specifying the number of
days of actual service and the number of folios furnished; excepting
that in the counties of Broome, Cayuga, Delaware, Erie, Monroe, Oneida,
Otsego, Rockland, Schenectady, Tioga and Westchester the salaries of
said stenographers shall be fixed by the board of supervisors or county
legislature and in the counties of Monroe, Niagara and Oneida such
stenographers in addition to such salary, shall be entitled to and shall
be allowed for a copy of testimony furnished to the district attorney
the fees prescribed by the civil practice law and rules. Such
compensation shall be a county charge, and shall be paid by the
treasurer of said county upon the affidavit of the stenographers and the
certificate of the district attorney specifying the number of folios
furnished; and excepting that in the county of Queens said stenographers
shall receive a salary of one thousand dollars per annum, and in the
county of Ulster, twelve hundred dollars per annum; and excepting that
in the county of Kings the salaries of said stenographers shall be fixed
by the board of estimate and apportionment of the city of New York; and
excepting that in the county of Orange said stenographers shall receive
a salary in an amount as shall be prescribed in the annual county
budget. Such salaries shall be a county charge and shall be paid
monthly, and in Erie, Oneida, Rockland, Westchester and Niagara counties
semi-monthly, by the treasurer of said county in the same manner as the
salaries of other county officers are paid.