N.Y. Judiciary Law § 387: Temporary appointment of interpreters

§ 387. Temporary appointment of interpreters. If the services of an

interpreter be required in any court and there be no unemployed official

interpreter to act therein, the court may appoint an interpreter to act

temporarily in such court. Such interpreter shall before entering upon

his duties file with the clerk of the court the constitutional oath of

office. The court shall fix the compensation of such interpreter at not

more than twenty-five dollars per day for each day's actual attendance

by direction of the presiding judge or justice and such compensation

shall be paid from the court fund of the county upon the order of the

court.