Section 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.