§ 317 — Stenographers of county courts

§ 317. Stenographers of county courts. 1. The stenographer of the\ncounty court of each of the counties of Albany, Erie, Monroe, Oneida,\nRensselaer, Jefferson and Niagara must attend each term of the said\ncourt where issues of fact in civil and criminal cases are triable. The\nstenographers of the county court of Kings and Queens counties must\nattend each term of said court. The stenographer of the county court of\nJefferson county shall as a part of his official duties also act as\nstenographer to the grand jury of said county, and shall, at the request\nof the district attorney, attend preliminary hearings in criminal cases\nprior to the action of the grand jury thereupon.\n 2. The stenographers appointed in the various counties specified in\nsubdivision two of section one hundred and ninety-eight of this chapter,\nshall also report and transcribe opinions for the said county judges, as\nwell as special proceedings where a stenographer is required, without\nadditional compensation.\n 3. The stenographer of the county court of Niagara county shall within\ntwenty days after notice by a party that he intends to appeal, make a\ncase and exceptions or bill of exceptions in a civil or criminal action,\nor that briefs are to be made or arguments prepared in an action tried\nbefore the court without a jury, file with the clerk of said county a\ntranscript of the minutes taken by him upon such trial.\n 4. Each of the stenographers appointed in the county court of Albany,\nKings, Queens, Richmond and Bronx counties as prescribed in section one\nhundred and ninety-eight of this chapter, may, with the consent of the\ncounty judge, or judges, appoint an assistant stenographer, to aid him\nin the discharge of his duties, whose compensation shall be paid by the\nstenographer appointing him, and is not a county charge.\n