121 - Official referees of the municipal court of the city of New York.

§  121.  Official  referees  of the municipal court of the city of New  York.  Every official referee of the municipal court of the city of  New  York  in the first or second judicial department who, pursuant to former  provisions of this section, is acting and in the discharge of his duties  as such official referee at the time  this  section  as  hereby  amended  takes effect, may continue to act as referee and to hear and report upon  or to hear and determine any action, claim, motion, matter or proceeding  referred to him as provided in this section.    To any such official referee of the municipal court of the city of New  York  there  may  be  referred  to  hear  and report upon or to hear and  determine by the president justice or acting president justice  of  that  court  any  action,  matter, claim, motion or proceeding pending in such  court which now or hereafter may be referable by statute  or  rules  and  practice  of  court,  in which the president justice or acting president  justice shall deem that for any reason the  expense  of  such  reference  should not be borne by the parties to such action, claim, matter, motion  or  proceeding,  and such official referee of the municipal court of the  city of New York shall not charge or receive from  the  parties  to  the  action,  claim,  motion, matter or proceeding referred to him any fee or  compensation for any services rendered as such referee. The justices  of  the  appellate  division in each department shall also have power to fix  the times and places for the  hearing  of  references  by  the  official  referees of the municipal court of the city of New York hereby continued  in  office, and to assign such official referees for such service to any  court of record within such department, and to adopt, amend  or  rescind  rules therefor.    If  the  services  of  a stenographer shall be required in the action,  claim,  matter,  motion  or  proceeding   so   referred,   an   official  stenographer shall be selected by such official referee of the municipal  court  of  the  city of New York from the official stenographers of that  court,  and  the  parties  to  the  action,  claim,  matter,  motion  or  proceeding  shall  not  be  required  to  pay  any  of  the fees of such  stenographer for taking the testimony and furnishing one copy thereof to  the referee if the referee shall order such copy.