Section 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.