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stenographer to make such copy without charge, and said tran-
script shall be filed in the proceedings in which said notes
were taken, under such rules as may be prescribed by said
Court

177. It shall be lawful for said stenographer to attend and
be present at the sessions of each and every grand jury em-
paneled in the County of Harford and whenever directed by
said Court or the State's Attorney of said County it shall be
the duty of said stenographer to attend at said sessions and
take full stenographic notes of all oral testimony introduced
before said grand juries, and at the request of said Court or
State's Attorney to furnish, without charge, a typewritten copy
of the notes of the testimony so taken by him, or such part
thereof as may be required. And whenever directed by the
State's Attorney of said County, said stenographer shall attend
upon and take stenographic note? of the testimony given at

coroner's inquests in the County, and shall, at the request of

said State's Attorney, furnish a typewritten copy of said notes,
or such parts thereof as he may require, without charge; pro-
vided, however, that such stenographer shall be paid for his
traveling expenses. And said stenographer shall not permit
any person to make a copy of any of the notes taken under the
provisions of this. Section, or to read the same, nor shall he
disclose the same, or any part thereof, or give any information

of any kind relative thereto to any person whatsoever, save
only the grand jury and the State's Attorney, except upon the
written order of the Court And said stenographic notes and
any typewritten copy thereof shall be kept in the custody of
the State's Attorney, and shall be held by him for the sole use
of himself and the grand jury until disposed of upon the written
order of the Court; provided, however, the stenographer may
give a typewritten copy of testimony taken at coroner's inquest,
upon an order signed by the Judge sitting in Harford County,
to any party interested in the proceeding before the coroner, to
be paid for by the party requesting the same at the rate of five
cents for every 100 words.

178. Chapter four hundred and seven, of the General As-
sembly of Maryland of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, en-
titled "An Act to add an additional section to Article 38 of the
Code of Public General Laws, entitled 'Fines and Forfeit-
ures, ' " to follow Section three, and to be known as Section
four, be and the same is hereby repealed; provided, that the
provisions of this Act shall not apply to Washington, Allegany,