Section 317. Stenographers of county courts

1. The stenographer of the
  county court of each of the counties of Albany,  Erie,  Monroe,  Oneida,
  Rensselaer,  Jefferson  and  Niagara  must  attend each term of the said
  court where issues of fact in civil and criminal cases are triable.  The
  stenographers  of  the  county  court  of Kings and Queens counties must
  attend each term of said court. The stenographer of the county court  of
  Jefferson  county  shall  as  a  part of his official duties also act as
  stenographer to the grand jury of said county, and shall, at the request
  of the district attorney, attend preliminary hearings in criminal  cases
  prior to the action of the grand jury thereupon.
    2.  The  stenographers  appointed in the various counties specified in
  subdivision two of section one hundred and ninety-eight of this chapter,
  shall also report and transcribe opinions for the said county judges, as
  well as special proceedings where a stenographer  is  required,  without
  additional compensation.
    3. The stenographer of the county court of Niagara county shall within
  twenty  days  after  notice by a party that he intends to appeal, make a
  case and exceptions or bill of exceptions in a civil or criminal action,
  or that briefs are to be made or arguments prepared in an  action  tried
  before  the  court  without a jury, file with the clerk of said county a
  transcript of the minutes taken by him upon such trial.
    4. Each of the stenographers appointed in the county court of  Albany,
  Kings,  Queens, Richmond and Bronx counties as prescribed in section one
  hundred and ninety-eight of this chapter, may, with the consent  of  the
  county  judge,  or judges, appoint an assistant stenographer, to aid him
  in the discharge of his duties, whose compensation shall be paid by  the
  stenographer appointing him, and is not a county charge.