268 - Compensation of clerks and deputy clerks of appellate division.

§ 268. Compensation of clerks and deputy clerks of appellate division.    2.  The  salary  of  the clerk of the appellate division in the second  judicial department shall be fixed by the justices of the said appellate  division or a majority of them, to be paid quarterly by  the  department  of taxation and finance out of the public treasury of the state.    3.  The  clerks  of  the  appellate  division in each of the third and  fourth departments shall be paid an annual salary to  be  fixed  by  the  justices  of  said  departments  at  not  exceeding  eight thousand five  hundred dollars to be paid by the department of taxation and finance  to  such appointees monthly.    4.  The  salary  of  the deputy clerk of the appellate division of the  third department shall be not to exceed six thousand two  hundred  fifty  dollars per year and shall be certified by the presiding justice of such  appellate  division  to  the state comptroller who shall audit the same.  The state department of taxation  and  finance  shall  pay  such  salary  monthly,  and  shall  apportion  the  amount  thereof among the counties  comprising the third judicial department. Such counties shall  reimburse  the state for such salary. The time and method of such apportionment and  the  time  and  method  of  such  reimbursement shall be as specified in  section seventy-four of this chapter.    5. The clerk of the appellate division of each of the third and fourth  departments, in addition to the salary herein provided shall be entitled  to receive his necessary disbursements for postage, telephone, telegraph  and express charges, to be certified by the presiding  justice  of  said  department, and to be paid in the same manner as his salary.    6. The compensation herein provided for the clerk and the deputy clerk  of  the appellate division of the third and fourth departments, shall be  in lieu of all fees and charges, and neither said clerk nor deputy clerk  shall hereafter be permitted to charge or receive any  fee  whatever  in  addition to his salary, for any official service rendered by him.    7.  The  compensation of the consultation clerk to the justices of the  appellate division of the  third  department  shall  be  fixed  by  said  justices  at  not  to  exceed fifty-five hundred dollars per year, to be  paid in the same manner as the  salary  of  the  deputy  clerk  of  said  department.    8.  The  salary  of  the deputy clerk of the appellate division of the  fourth department and of the consultation clerk to the justices  of  the  appellate  division  of  the  fourth  department  shall be fixed by said  justices at not to exceed six thousand two  hundred  fifty  dollars  per  year  for  the  deputy  clerk  and  at  not to exceed five thousand five  hundred dollars per year for the  consultation  clerk.    Such  salaries  shall  be  certified by the presiding justice of such appellate division  to the state comptroller who shall audit the same. The state  department  of  taxation  and  finance  shall  pay  such salaries monthly, and shall  apportion the total amount thereof among  the  counties  comprising  the  fourth judicial department.  Such counties shall reimburse the state for  such  salaries.  The  time and method of such apportionment and the time  and method of such  reimbursement  shall  be  as  specified  in  section  seventy-four of this chapter.