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1872. ch. 87. 1888, ch. 194. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 227.

376. The City Register shall pay to the said watchman the sum of
nine hundred dollars per annum, as and for their respective salaries, in
the same manner as is provided for the payment of the salaries of the
bailiffs of the Courts.

1S78, ch. 479. P. L. L. (1888), Art 4, sec. 228.

377. The Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in Baltimore City is
authorized and empowered to appoint a night watchman, whose duty it
shall be to strictly and vigilantly guard, throughout the year, the records
and papers deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas, and who shall be removed, in the discretion of the said clerk, for
neglect or carelessness in the discharge of his duties, or for other good
and sufficient cause.

1878. ch. 479. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 229.

378. The City Register shall pay to the said watchman the sum of
eighty-three dollars and thirty-three cents per month, as and for his
salary, in the same manner as is provided for the payment of the salaries
of the bailiffs of the courts.

1867, ch. 373. 1892, ch. 122. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 230. 1908, ch. 476.
1918, ch. 459. 1924, chs. 155 and 571.

379. The Judges of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City are author-
ized and directed to appoint from time to time as many court stenog-
raphers, not exceeding in number altogether the number of said judges,
as shall in their discretion be required for the services of the several
courts of Baltimore City, who shall be sworn officers of the court, and
shall each be paid a salary of three thousand dollars per annum when
such stenographers shall be required to attend the courts regularly, or
twelve dollars per diem for each day of actual employment when he shall
be appointed to attend only when his services shall be specially required
by the judges; the said salaries to be paid in like manner as the salaries
of the other officers of the courts are now paid, as prescribed in Section
372. Every official court stenographer of the Supreme Bench of Balti-
more City, including the stenographer assigned to the Grand Jury, who
after having served twenty-five preceding consecutive years, shall attain
the age of sixty-five years while in office, or shall have become physically
or mentally incapacitated from performing the duties of court stenog-
rapher from ailments or accidents not resulting from any own miscon-
duct, shall be entitled to retirement with a salary of $1,000 per annum,
payable as other official stenographers' salaries are now paid, provided
that such retirement shall be evidenced by a satisfactory certificate ap-
proved by the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, directed to the Comp-
troller of the City of Baltimore, advising him of the retirement of the
stenographer, and that said retirement is in accord with the provisions
of this section.