Section 315. Salary of stenographers appointed by justices of the supreme court residing in the second, tenth and eleventh judicial districts

1.
  The   stenographers  appointed  pursuant  to  section  one  hundred  and
  fifty-nine of this  chapter,  by  the  justices  of  the  supreme  court
  residing  in the second and eleventh judicial districts shall receive an
  annual salary to be fixed by said justices, or a majority  of  them,  in
  each  such  district  and  the expenses thereof shall be raised with the
  annual tax levy as a county charge.
    2. Each stenographer appointed as prescribed in  section  one  hundred
  fifty-nine of this chapter, by the justices of the supreme court for the
  tenth  judicial  district, shall receive an annual salary to be fixed by
  said justices, or a majority of them, at  not  to  exceed  six  thousand
  dollars.  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 tenth
  judicial  district.  The  total  amount  of  such  salaries   shall   be
  apportioned  by such department among the counties in the tenth judicial
  district.  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.