908 – Appointment and Salary of County Clerks.

§  908.  Appointment and salary of county clerks. 1. The county clerks
  of the counties comprising the city of New York shall be  appointed  and
  removable  in  pursuance  of section thirteen of article thirteen of the
  constitution.
2. Each of the county clerks of the counties comprising  the  city  of
  New  York  shall  receive  an annual salary of not less than the minimum
  annual compensation received by a justice of the supreme  court  of  the
  state  of  New York elected from the same judicial district in which the
  county for which the county clerk serves is located.
3. Said salaries shall be in lieu  of  all  other  fees  or  forms  of
  compensation  for  services rendered in the performance of the duties of
  the office.
4. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this  section  or  of  any
  other  law,  the  salaries of any such county clerks may be increased by
  the chief administrator of the courts upon  the  recommendation  of  the
  administrative board of the courts, provided that if the salaries of any
  such county clerks are thus increased above the salaries provided for in
  this  section,  such  salaries may likewise be decreased to any salaries
  not lower than the salaries provided for in this section.