Section 316. Compensation of stenographers appointed by certain justices of supreme court in third and fourth judicial districts

Each  stenographer
  appointed pursuant to subdivision five of section one hundred fifty-nine
  of  this  chapter,  by  a  justice of the supreme court assigned to hold
  special terms in the third or fourth judicial districts, shall receive a
  salary, fixed by the justice making the appointment, not exceeding three
  thousand dollars  per  annum  and  also  a  reasonable  sum  for  actual
  necessary  expenses  while  traveling  to and from said terms, and while
  attending court, including stationery, equipment and supplies  necessary
  to  the transaction of the duties of such stenographer. The salaries and
  expenses of each  such  stenographer  shall  be  audited  by  the  state
  comptroller  and paid by the state department of taxation and finance in
  equal quarterly payments when  certified  to  such  comptroller  by  the
  justice  who made the appointment or in case of his death or disability,
  by any other justice of the same judicial district as such justice. Such
  department shall apportion the total amount of the salaries  and  actual
  necessary expenses of the stenographer or stenographers appointed in the
  third  judicial  district  and  of  the  stenographer  or  stenographers
  appointed in the fourth judicial district among the counties  comprising
  the  third  and  fourth  judicial  districts respectively. Such counties
  shall reimburse  the  state  therefor.  The  time  and  method  of  such
  apportionments and the time and method of such reimbursement shall be as
  specified in section seventy-four of this chapter.