§ 346. Salary of attendants of courts in the first department and of the appellate division. The salaries of the attendants of the supreme court in the first judicial district shall be fixed by the justices of the supreme court of the first judicial district or a majority of them and the board of estimate of the city of New York shall provide for raising and paying the same. The salaries of the attendants of the appellate division, first department and the salaries of the confidential attendants to the justices of the appellate division, first department, who are stenographers, shall be fixed by the justices of the said appellate division and such compensation shall be paid by the department of taxation and finance as provided by section ninety-four of this chapter.