§ 703-A — Employment of stenographer

New York § 703-A

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law CNT: County
• Art. 18: District Attorney

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§ 703-a. Employment of stenographer. Whenever the district attorney of\nany county in the performance of his duties shall be required to\nprosecute a contested criminal proceeding before a magistrate of a town\nor village, unless pursuant to law a stenographer be regularly employed\nby such magistrate or in the court over which he presides, said district\nattorney may employ a stenographer to take the testimony on such trial.\nThe board of supervisors of each county shall fix the rate of\ncompensation to be paid to such stenographer for such services rendered;\nand in addition thereto such stenographer shall be entitled to and shall\nbe allowed for a copy of testimony furnished to the district attorney\nthe same rate per folio as is now allowed to the stenographers of the\ncounty court in their respective counties, and such stenographer shall\nreceive the same compensation for all copies of the evidence in excess\nof three copies furnished by him to the district attorney. Such\ncompensation shall be a county charge, and shall be audited and paid\nupon the affidavit of the stenographer and the certificate of the\ndistrict attorney specifying the number of days of actual service and\nthe number of folios furnished.\n