ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR, 85

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 5 of Chapter 254 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1922, be, and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

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 position
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 con-
formity 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 court when the testimony is
taken in open court, and any other judicial opinions, or judicial
matters pertaining to the business of the Fourth Judicial
Circuit of Maryland when requested by any of the Judges there-
of, 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 testimony and
judicial opinions so delivered in open court and taken down in
shorthand, or so much thereof as may be requested, on payment
by such party of the expense of said copy at the rate of
fifteen cents for every hundred words, to the court stenogra-
pher for Allegany and Garrett Counties and ten cents for
every hundred words to the court stenographer for Wash-
ington County, excepting when typewritten copy is requested
to be written and furnished during the progress of the trial
of the case, when said Court 'Stenographer for Allegany and
Garrett Counties shall be entitled to charge for the same at
the rate of thirty cents per hundred words, and said court
stenographer in Washington County shall be entitled to
charge for the same at the rate of twenty cents per hundred
words Said Official Court Stenographer for Allegany and
Garrett Counties shall be entitled to make an additional charge
of seven and one-half cents per hundred words per each carbon
copy furnished any of said parties at any time, and the official
court stenographer of Washington County shall be entitled
to make an additional charge of five cents per hundred words
per each carbon copy furnished any of said parties at
any time. When any Judge of said Court shall pass an order
requesting a typewritten copy of all or any part of the notes
of said Court Stenographer taken as aforesaid to be made,
it shall be the duty of said Court Stenographer to make such
copy without charge, and said transcript and also the tran-