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Each of the confidential clerks appointed pursuant to section one hundred ninety-seven of this chapter by the county judges of Kings and Queens counties shall receive for their services the same aggregate annual salary paid to the clerks to judges of the court of general sessions of the county of New York, so as to maintain a continuing equalization of the gross salary and compensation paid to such clerk. Such salary or compensation shall be paid by the comptroller of the city of New York, in equal monthly installments. The confidential clerk appointed pursuant to said section by the county judge of Erie county and the confidential clerk appointed pursuant to said section by the special county judge of Erie county shall receive such salary as shall be fixed from time to time by the board of supervisors of said county, to be paid by the treasurer of the county of Erie in equal monthly installments. The confidential clerk appointed pursuant to said section by the county judges of Nassau county, Onondaga county, Rockland county and Dutchess county shall receive such salary as shall be fixed from time to time by the respective boards of supervisors of said counties, to be paid by the treasurers of said counties in equal monthly installments. The confidential clerk appointed pursuant to said section by the county judge of Saint Lawrence county shall receive a salary of three hundred dollars per annum, to be paid by the treasurer of the county of Saint Lawrence, in equal monthly installments.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New York Consolidated Laws, Judiciary Law - JUD § 281. Salary of confidential clerks to county judges of Kings, Queens, Erie, Nassau, Onondaga, Rockland, Dutchess and Saint Lawrence counties and to special county judge of Erie county - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/judiciary-law/jud-sect-281/
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