Section 99-A. Appointment of employees of appellate divisions in the third and fourth departments

The justices of the appellate  division  of  the
  supreme  court  in  the  third  and fourth departments, or a majority of
  them, are authorized to appoint and at pleasure remove not more than two
  additional employees, than are employed  at  the  time  this  act  takes
  effect,  to prescribe the duties and fix the salaries thereof. Except as
  provided in the state finance law, such salaries shall be  certified  by
  the appropriate presiding justice of each such appellate division to the
  state  comptroller  who  shall  audit  the same. The state department of
  taxation and finance shall  pay  such  salaries  in  equal  semi-monthly
  instalments,  and  shall  apportion  the  total amount thereof among the
  counties comprising the appropriate judicial department.  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.