306 - Compensation of stenographers and confidential clerks appointed by justices of the appellate division.

§ 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.