N.Y. JUD Law § 387
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Temporary appointment of interpreters
Official statutory text
§ 387. Temporary appointment of interpreters. If the services of an\ninterpreter be required in any court and there be no unemployed official\ninterpreter to act therein, the court may appoint an interpreter to act\ntemporarily in such court. Such interpreter shall before entering upon\nhis duties file with the clerk of the court the constitutional oath of\noffice. The court shall fix the compensation of such interpreter at not\nmore than twenty-five dollars per day for each day's actual attendance\nby direction of the presiding judge or justice and such compensation\nshall be paid from the court fund of the county upon the order of the\ncourt.\n
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