ART. 13.] HARFORD COUNTY. 851

SEC. 53c. Any person appointed clerk under the provisions
of this Act and having duly qualified, shall attend and be present
at the sessions of such grand jury so empanneled in said court,
and it shall be his duty to take fully and properly, in short-
hand, any testimony given before said grand jury and to fur-
nish to said grand jury and the State's Attorney promptly and
immediately, a full and complete transcript or transcripts
of such testimony so taken as the grand jury and State's Attor-
ney shall require, and he shall not permit any other person
to take a copy of the same, or any portion thereof, nor shall he
read to or permit to be read by any person any part of same,
nor shall he disclose the character or any of the contents of
the same to any person or persons other than the grand jury or
a member thereof, and the State's Attorney, except when re-
quired so to do by the order of the Circuit Court. All of said
original notes and minutes shall be kept in the custody of the
State's Attorney, and neither a copy or memorandum of the
same shall be taken from the office of the State's Attorney, ex-
cept for the use of a grand jury of said county or for produc-
tion in court, excepting, however, when otherwise ordered by
said Circuit Court, and all of said notes and transcripts of tes-
timony may be destroyed by the State's Attorney upon his
application to and written authority of the said court first
obtained.

SEC. 53D. Any person appointed stenographer as aforesaid
who shall violate or permit to be violated in any manner any
of the provisions of this Act as to secrecy, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not
less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dol-
lars, or be confined in jail for a period of not less than one
year, or both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the
court.

SEC. 53E. The person so selected and appointed stenographer
as provided in this Act, shall serve only during the sessions of
the particular grand jury for which he was appointed or for
such special cases as may be required, which shall clearly
appear in the order of his appointment, he shall receive a
proper compensation for his services, to be determined by order
of the Circuit Court, and fixed, not exceeding the amount of
five dollars per diem, when he shall be employed, and he shall
be allowed such reasonable expenses as to the court may be
deemed proper and right; he shall be paid by the County Com-
missioners in like manner as the members of the grand jury,
and paid upon certificates of the clerk of the Circuit Court,
when duly appointed by one of the judges of said court; pro-