§ 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.