§ 290. Stenographers are officers of court. Each stenographer,
specified in this chapter or the civil practice act, surrogate's court
act, court of claims act or New York city civil court act is an officer
of the court or courts, for or by which he is appointed. From and after
the first day of September, nineteen hundred and sixty-two,
stenographers serving as such in the first judicial district who were
transferred thereto on that date from the court of general sessions of
the county of New York shall be deemed to be stenographers specified in
this chapter and subject to the provisions of this article nine.