Section 375. Compensation of registrars and deputy registrars, official examiners of title, and registration clerks

Where  county  clerks  and
  registers   are   salaried  officials,  the  local  authorities  (county
  officials who provide for county expense, in the city of New  York,  the
  mayor)  shall  fix their additional compensation as registrars, also the
  compensation of deputy registrars,  official  examiners  of  title,  the
  clerks, et cetera, needed to carry on the work under this article. Where
  a county clerk or a register is compensated directly by the fees paid to
  himself,  his deputies and assistants, the fees paid to him as registrar
  shall take the usual course and be used to compensate deputies, official
  examiners of title, clerks, et cetera, at such rates  as  the  registrar
  may fix, the remainder to belong to him.