Section 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.