§ 98. Appointment of confidential stenographer and assistant deputy
clerk in third and fourth judicial departments. The justices of the
appellate division of the supreme court, in each of the third and fourth
judicial departments, may appoint and at their pleasure remove a
confidential stenographer to the court, who shall also act as an
assistant deputy and stenographer to the clerk of said court, at an
annual salary to be fixed by said justices at not to exceed five
thousand dollars per annum. The salary of each such confidential
stenographer shall be certified by the presiding justice of the
department to which the stenographer is appointed to the state
comptroller who shall audit the same. The state department of taxation
and finance shall pay such salaries in monthly installments and shall
apportion the amount of the salary of the confidential stenographer to
the appellate division of the supreme court in each of the third and
fourth judicial departments among the counties comprising the third and
fourth judicial departments respectively. Such counties shall reimburse
the state for such salaries. 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.