ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 599

Court Stenographer so appointed for the Circuit Courts for
Allegany and Garrett Counties the sum of $1,500.00 in month-
ly installments on or before the 10th day of each month as long
as said Court Stenographer is performing the official duties
herein provided for, or until said County Commissioners are
notified by the Judges of said circuit, or any of them, to the
contrary. And that the County Commissioners of Garrett
County shall levy and pay to the said Court Stenographer so
appointed for the Circuit Courts for Allegany and Garrett
Counties the sum of $300.00 in monthly installments on or
before the 10th day of each month as long as said Court Ste-
nographer is performing the official duties herein provided for,
or until said County Commissioners are notified by the Judges
of said circuit, or any of them, to the contrary.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said Court
Stenographer so appointed shall be skilled in the art and prac-
tice of stenography and typewriting and shall hold said posi-
tion until removed by the Judges of said circuit or a majority
of them; and in case of a vacancy in said office said Judges
are authorized and directed to appoint a suitable person in
conformity with this Act to fill such vacancy. It shall be the
duty of said Official Court Stenographer at the discretion of
said court to take full stenographic notes of all oral testimony
and judicial opinions orally delivered at the regular terms and
at all trials of cases in law or in equity of said courts when the
testimony is taken in open court, and any other judicial opin-
ions or judicial matters pertaining to the business of the
Fourth Judicial Circuit when requested by any of the Judges
thereof. It shall be the duty of said Court Stenographer to
furnish to any party to such proceedings, or his attorney,
promptly, upon request a typewritten copy of the notes of tes-
timony and judicial opinions so delivered in open court and
taken down in short-hand, or such part thereof as may be re-
quested, on payment of such party of the expense of said copy
at the rate of 10 cents for every hundred words, excepting
when typewritten copy is requested to be written and furnished
during the progress of the trial of the case, other than equity
cases, when said Court Stenographer shall be entitled to charge
for the same at the rate of 20 cents per hundred words. Said
Official Court Stenographer shall be entitled to make an addi-
tional charge of 5 cents per hundred words for each carbon
copy furnished any of said parties at any time. When any
Judge of said court shall pass an order requesting a typewritten