Section 312. Salary of stenographers appointed by justices of supreme court for each judicial district except first and second

Each  of  the
  stenographers appointed by the justices of the supreme court pursuant to
  subdivisions  four,  six,  seven,  eight,  nine  and  ten of section one
  hundred and fifty-nine of this chapter shall receive an annual salary of
  six thousand six hundred forty-seven dollars and fifty  cents.  Each  of
  such  salaries shall be audited by the state comptroller and paid by the
  state department of taxation and finance in equal monthly payments  when
  certified  to  such comptroller by a justice of the supreme court of the
  judicial district for which such stenographer shall have been appointed,
  provided, however, if any such stenographer shall have been assigned  to
  or  works  principally  for an official referee, such certificate may be
  made by one of such justices or by the official referee. The  salary  of
  the  stenographer  or  stenographers for each judicial district shall be
  apportioned by such  department  among  the  counties  of  the  judicial
  district   for  which  such  stenographer  or  stenographers  have  been
  appointed and such counties shall reimburse the state therefor. 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.