882 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 299

105C. It shall be lawful for any stenographer duly ap-
pointed and qualified as herein provided to attend and be
present at the session of every Grand Jury empanelled in said
County, and it shall be his duty to take in shorthand the testi-
mony introduced before such Grand Jury, and to furnish to
the Grand Jury and the State's Attorney of said County a
full copy of all such testimony as such Grand Jury or State's
Attorney shall require, and he shall not permit any other per-
son to take a copy of the same, nor any portion thereof, nor
to read the same, nor any portion thereof, nor shall he dis-
close the character of any of the contents of the same to any
person or persons other than the Grand Jury, or State's At-
torney for said County, except upon the written order of the
Court duly made after hearing the State's Attorney; all of
the said original minutes shall be kept in the custody of said
State's Attorney, and neither the same nor a copy of the same
shall be taken from the office of said State's Attorney, ex-
cepting for the use of the Grand Jury for said County, or
for production in Court, without an order of the Court first
had and obtained as above provided.

105D. Any stenographer appointed as aforesaid, who shall
violate any of the provisions of the three preceding sections
with regard to secrecy shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceed-
ing one thousand ($1, 000. 00) dollars, or imprisoned in jail
not exceeding one year or be both fined and imprisoned in the
discretion of the Court.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is here-
by declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public safety, and being passed
upon a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all of
the members elected to each of the two Houses of the Gen-
eral Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved April 11, 1929.

CHAPTER 299.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the Mayor and Council of
Hagerstown to issue coupon, bonds of said corporation to an
amount not exceeding Three Hundred Thousand Dollars