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panies to obtain them, shall be paid out of the funds or revenues of said
Water Board.

CIRCUIT COURT.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 76. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 79.

130. There shall be two terms of the circuit court for Kent county,
commencing at Chestertown on the third Monday of April and the third
Monday of October in each year.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 15, sec. 77. 1860, Art. 14, sec. 80.

131. The judges of the circuit court for Kent county may, in their
discretion, appoint intermediate terms for the transaction of business not
requiring a jury, to which terms process may be also returnable.

COURT STENOGRAPHER.

1896, ch. 299, sec. 1.

132. The judges of the Second Judicial Circuit of this State are hereby
authprized and empowered to employ a competent stenographer to serve
in the respective courts of said circuit.

1896, ch. 299, sec. 2. 1908, ch. 526, sec. 2 (p. 678). 1912, ch. 43, sec. 2.

133. The salary of said stenographer shall be sixteen hundred dollars
($1,600.00) per year from the first day of April, nineteen hundred and
twelve; the said salary to be paid as follows: The County Commissioners
of Cecil County shall pay four hundred and twenty dollars ($420.00)
thereof; the County Commissioners of Talbot County shall pay three
hundred and twenty-five dollars ($325.00) thereof; the County Commis-
sioners of Kent County shall pay three hundred and ten dollars ($310.00)
thereof; the County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County shall pay
three hundred and ten dollars thereof, and the County Commissioners of
Caroline County shall pay two hundred and thirty-five dollars ($235.00)
thereof, said payments to be made in quarterly instalments, from the first
day of April, nineteen hundred and twelve.*

1896, ch. 299, sec. 3. 1908, ch. 526, sec. 3 (p. 628). 1912, ch. 43, sec. 3.

134. The stenographer appointed under this Act shall serve for one
year, and shall be removed at any time for cause, and shall perform such
duties as may be imposed upon him by such judges of said court, or any
of them.

*Ch. 244, 1918, Increased the salary of the Court Stenographer $10 per month
in each of the five counties in the Second Judicial Circuit and Ch. 280, 1920,
increased his salary $50 per year in each of the five counties, these increases to
be payable only to a person who has served as Court Stenographer for at least
five years.

Ch. 598, 1927, increased his salary ?500 per year, $100 to be paid by each of the
five counties.