N.Y. Judiciary Law § 273: Salary of clerks to justices of supreme court

§ 273. Salary of clerks to justices of supreme court. 1. Each of the

clerks appointed by the justices of the supreme court in the first

judicial district, pursuant to subdivision one of section one hundred

and fifty-seven of this chapter, shall receive as salary a sum to be

fixed by the justices thereof, or a majority of them, not designated as

justices of the appellate division.

2. Each of the confidential clerks to the justices of the supreme

court in the second judicial district, other than justices of the

appellate division, shall receive an annual salary, the amount of which

shall be fixed by a majority of said justices. The money required to pay

such salaries shall be raised and paid in the same manner as the money

required to pay salaries of attendants and officers of the supreme court

in said district.

2-a. Each of the confidential clerks appointed by the justices of the

supreme court in the eleventh judicial district shall receive as a

salary a sum to be fixed by the justices thereof, or a majority of them,

not designated as justices of the appellate division. The money required

to pay such salaries shall be raised and paid in the same manner

required to pay salaries of attendants and officers of the supreme court

in said districts.

3. Each of the confidential clerks to the justices of the supreme

court in the tenth judicial district, other than justices of the

appellate division residing in the tenth judicial district, shall

receive an annual salary to be fixed by the justices of the supreme

court residing in the tenth judicial district other than justices of the

appellate division, or a majority of them. Such salaries shall be

audited by the state comptroller and paid by the state department of

taxation and finance in equal monthly payments when certified to such

comptroller by the justice who made the appointment or in case of his

death or disability by any other justice of the tenth judicial district.

The total amount of such salaries shall be apportioned by such

department among the counties of Nassau and Suffolk. Such counties shall

reimburse the state therefor. 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.

4. Each of the confidential clerks to the justices of the supreme

court in the fifth judicial district appointed pursuant to subdivision

four of section one hundred fifty-seven of this chapter, shall receive

an annual salary of three thousand dollars; provided, however, that in

case of the appointment by such a justice of both a confidential clerk

and confidential deputy clerk, such confidential clerk and such deputy

clerk shall each receive an annual salary to be fixed by the justice

appointing him, or them, not to exceed in the aggregate for both such

confidential clerk and deputy clerk the sum of three thousand dollars.

Each of such salaries shall be audited by the state comptroller and paid

by the state department of taxation and finance, in equal monthly

payments when certified to such comptroller by the justice who made the

appointment or, in case of his death or disability, by any other justice

of the fifth judicial district. An appropriation in any year for salary

of such a confidential clerk, to any such justice, shall be available

for payment of the salaries of both the confidential clerk and

confidential deputy clerk to the same justice, if such be appointed. The

total amount of such salaries shall be apportioned by such department

among the counties comprising the fifth judicial district. Such counties

shall reimburse the state therefor. 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. Each of the clerks to the justices of the supreme court in the

sixth judicial district shall receive an annual salary to be fixed by

the justice appointing him, of not to exceed three thousand dollars.

Each of such salaries shall be audited by the state comptroller and paid

by the state department of taxation and finance in equal quarterly

payments when certified to such comptroller by the justice who made the

appointment or, in case of his death or disability, by any other justice

of the sixth judicial district. The total amount of such salaries shall

be apportioned by such department among the counties comprising the

sixth judicial district. Such counties shall reimburse the state

therefor. 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.

6. Each of the clerks to the justices of the supreme court in the

seventh judicial district shall receive an annual salary, to be fixed by

the justice appointing him, of not to exceed twenty-five hundred

dollars, provided, however, that in case of the appointment by such

justice of both a confidential clerk and one or two confidential deputy

clerk or clerks, such confidential clerk and such confidential deputy

clerk or clerks shall each receive an annual salary to be fixed by the

justice making the appointment, not to exceed in the aggregate for both

such confidential clerk and confidential deputy clerk or clerks the sum

of twenty-five hundred dollars. Each of such salaries shall be audited

by the state comptroller and paid by the state department of taxation

and finance in equal monthly payments when certified to such comptroller

by the justice who made the appointment or, in case of his death or

disability, by any other justice of the seventh judicial district. The

total amount of such salaries shall be apportioned by such department

among the counties comprising the seventh judicial district. Such

counties shall reimburse the state therefor. 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.

7. Each of the clerks to the justices of the supreme court in the

eighth judicial district, shall receive an annual salary, to be fixed by

the justice appointing him, of not to exceed six thousand dollars. Each

of such salaries shall be audited by the state comptroller and paid by

the state department of taxation and finance in equal monthly payments

when certified to such comptroller by the justice who made the

appointment or, in case of his death or disability, by any other justice

of the eighth judicial district. The total amount of such salaries shall

be apportioned by such department among the counties comprising the

eighth judicial district. Such counties shall reimburse the state

therefor. 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.

8. Each confidential clerk employed by a justice of the supreme court

in and for the ninth judicial district, pursuant to the provisions of

subdivision eight of section one hundred fifty-seven of this chapter,

shall receive an annual salary not to exceed the sum of eight thousand

five hundred ninety dollars, together with the actual and necessary

expenses incurred by him in the performance of his official duties, to

be paid upon proper proof thereof, and upon the approval of the justice

of the supreme court in whose behalf the official duties are rendered.

The state comptroller shall audit the salary and expenses of each

confidential clerk and the state department of taxation and finance

shall pay to each confidential clerk his salary, in equal monthly

payments, and also his expenses when certified to the state comptroller

by the justice who made the appointment, or if he has died or is

disabled, by any other justice of the ninth judicial district. The total

amount of all salaries and expenses of all confidential clerks of the

ninth judicial district shall be apportioned by the department of

taxation and finance among the counties of Westchester, Rockland,

Orange, Dutchess and Putnam which shall reimburse the state therefor,

and the time and method of apportionment and reimbursement shall be

those specified in section seventy-four of this chapter.

9. Each of the confidential law clerks to the justices of the supreme

court in the third judicial district shall receive an annual salary to

be fixed by the justice appointing him, of not to exceed five thousand

dollars. Each of such salaries shall be audited by the state comptroller

and paid by the state department of taxation and finance in equal

monthly payments when certified to such comptroller by the justice who

made the appointment or, in case of his death or disability, by any

other justice of the third judicial district. The total amount of such

salaries shall be apportioned by such department among the counties

comprising the third judicial district. Such counties shall reimburse

the state therefor. 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.

10. Each of the confidential law clerks to the justices of the supreme

court in the fourth judicial district shall receive an annual salary to

be fixed by the justice appointing him, of not to exceed five thousand

dollars. Each of such salaries shall be audited by the state comptroller

and paid by the state department of taxation and finance in equal

monthly payments when certified to such comptroller by the justice who

made the appointment or, in case of his death or disability, by any

other justice of the fourth judicial district. The total amount of such

salaries shall be apportioned by such department among the counties

comprising the fourth judicial district. Such counties shall reimburse

the state therefor. 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.