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375. The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City and
the Clerk of the Circuit Court Number Two of Baltimore City
are respectively authorized and empowered to appoint a night
watchman, whose duty shall be to strictly and vigilantly guard
throughout the year, between the hours of six P. M. and seven
A. M., the records and papers deposited in their respective
offices, and who shall be removed in the discretion of the said
clerks, respectively, for neglect or carelessness in the discharge
of his duties, or for other good and sufficient cause.

376. The City Register shall pay to the said watchmen the
sum of nine hundred dollars per annum, as and for their re-
spective salaries, in the same manner as is provided for the
payment of the salaries of the bailiffs of the courts.

377. The Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in Balti-
more 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.

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.

379. The Judges of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City
are authorized and directed to appoint from time to time as
many court stenographers, not exceeding in number altogether
the number of said judges, as shall in their discretion be re-
quired 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 fifteen hundred dollars per annum, when such
stenographers shall be required to attend the courts regularly,
or ten dollars per diem for each day of actual employment,
when he shall be appointed to attend only when his service
shall be specially required by the judge; said salaries to be