HOWARD COUNTY. 3041

COURT STENOGRAPHER.

1910, ch. 4, sec. 1 (p. 905). 1924, ch. 323, sec. 1.

51. The Judges of the Circuit Court for Howard County are hereby
authorized and directed to appoint a court stenographer for said court,
who shall be a sworn officer of said court, and said stenographer so ap-
pointed shall be paid a salary not less than the sum of five hundred dollars
per annum, the amount to be fixed from time to time by the County Com-
missioners of Howard County, who shall pay said Court stenographer
the sum so fixed by them for his services in quarterly installments, imme-
diately upon the presentation of the certificate of said Court or any one of
the Judges thereof, showing the attendance and services of said court
stenographer.

1910, ch. 4, sec. 2 (p. 905). 1924, ch. 323, sec. 2.

52. The stenographer so appointed shall be skilled in the practice of
his art, and shall hold his position during the pleasure of the Judges of
said Court; it shall be his duty, under the direction of the Judge or
Judges of said Court, to take full stenographic notes in all proceedings
of all oral testimony and judicial opinions orally delivered, at the regular
terms thereof; and it shall be his duty to furnish to any party to such
proceedings, upon request, a typewritten copy of the notea of testimony
and judicial opinions so taken by him or of such part thereof as may be
required, on payment by such party of the expense of such copy, at the
rate of five cents for every hundred words. Whenever any Judge of said
Court shall pass an order requiring a typewritten copy of all or any part
of the stenograrphic notes taken during any judicial proceedings at which
he presided to be made, it shall be the duty of the court stenographer to-
make such copy and said transcript shall be filed in the case under such
rules as shall be prescribed by said court.

COAL.

1924, ch. 258, sec. 38A.

53. Every person, firm or corporation dealing in or selling mineral
coal or coke within Howard County, and every person, firm or corporation
owning, occupying, leasing or maintaining yards used for the sale, storage
or handling of coal or coke in said county, shall maintain scales of suitable
capacity within or adjacent to said yards. Any violation of the pro-
visions of this section shall be ai misdemeanor and shall be punishable by
a fine of not more than $10.00 for each and every day that said violation
shall continue.

1924, ch. 258, sec. 38B.

54. Every person, firm or corporation dealing in or selling mineral
coal or coke within Howard County shall cause all coal or coke so sold to
be weighed upon the scales maintained, in accordance with the provisions,
of the preceding section. Any violation of the provisions of this section