Section 94. Appointment of clerical and other assistants of appellate division in first department

The justices of the appellate division  of
  the  supreme  court  in  the first judicial department, or a majority of
  them, are authorized to appoint and at pleasure remove a  clerk,  deputy
  clerk  and all necessary other assistants in said court and to prescribe
  the duties and fix the salaries thereof. Except as provided in the state
  finance law, such salaries and all  other  necessary  expenses  of  such
  appellate  division,  shall  be  audited by the state comptroller out of
  moneys appropriated therefor by law. The state  department  of  taxation
  and  finance  shall pay such salaries in equal biweekly installments and
  shall apportion the total amount of such salaries and expenses among the
  counties comprising the first judicial department. Such  counties  shall
  reimburse  the state for such salaries and expenses. The time and method
  of such reimbursement shall be as specified in section  seventy-four  of
  this   chapter.  Provided,  however,  that  the  present  deputy  clerk,
  assistant clerks, confidential clerk, typewriter  operators,  crier  and
  assistant  to the crier of said appellate division shall be continued in
  office.