101 - Power of justices of appellate division of second department to appoint clerical and other personnel of the appellate term.

§ 101. Power of justices of appellate division of second department to  appoint clerical and other personnel of the appellate term. The justices  of the appellate division of the supreme court in the second department,  or  a  majority  of them, are authorized to appoint in their discretion,  and to remove at pleasure, for the appellate term of the  supreme  court  in the second department, a chief clerk, one deputy clerk, one assistant  deputy  clerk,  and all necessary other assistants and personnel in said  court, and to prescribe the duties and fix the salaries thereof.  Except  as  provided  in  the  state  finance  law,  such salaries and all other  necessary expenses of such appellate term, shall be paid  by  the  state  comptroller  out  of  moneys  appropriated  therefor by law.   The state  department of taxation and finance shall  pay  such  salaries  in  equal  biweekly  installments  and  shall  apportion  the  total amount of such  salaries and expenses among the counties comprising the second  judicial  department.  Such  counties  shall reimburse the state for such salaries  and expenses. The time and method of  such  reimbursement  shall  be  as  specified in section seventy-four of this chapter.