271-A - Appointment of administrative clerk in fifth judicial district.

§  271-a.  Appointment  of  administrative  clerk  in  fifth  judicial  district.  1. The justices of the supreme court for the  fifth  judicial  district,  or  a  majority of them, may designate and at pleasure remove  one of the clerks of the court as an administrative clerk. He shall have  charge of all the calendars  of  the  supreme  court  in  and  for  such  district  and  shall  have  such  additional  powers  and  perform  such  additional duties as are provided by the rules  or  regulations  adopted  from  time  to time in accordance with statute, or as may be assigned by  the justices.    2. The actual and necessary expenses of such clerk incurred by him  in  the  performance  of his official duties shall be paid upon proper proof  thereof, and upon the approval of a justice of the supreme court in  the  fifth judicial district designated for such purpose by a majority of the  other  justices  therein  in  a  written instrument filed with the state  comptroller. The state comptroller shall  audit  the  expenses  of  such  administrative  clerk  and  the department of taxation and finance shall  pay the same when certified to  the  state  comptroller  in  the  manner  herein prescribed.    3.  The  administrative clerk hereby authorized shall annually receive  as compensation for services rendered  in  connection  with  the  duties  hereby  imposed,  not  to exceed two thousand dollars in addition to the  salary or compensation paid him by the county by which he  is  employed.  The  additional  compensation  provided for by this subdivision shall be  determined and paid in the same manner as expenses under this section.    4. The total amount of the additional  compensation  and  expenses  of  such  clerk  as herein authorized shall be apportioned by the department  of taxation and  finance  among  the  counties  of  the  fifth  judicial  district,  which  shall  reimburse  the state therefor, and the time and  method of apportionment and  reimbursement  shall  be  as  specified  in  section seventy-four of this chapter.