HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 511

Stenographer to be present at the sessions of the Grand
Jury under certain conditions.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That three new sections be and they are hereby
added to Article 22 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Washington County", sub-
title "Court Stenographer", said new sections to be known
as Sections 115A, 115B and 115C and to follow immediately
after Section 115 of said Article, and to read as follows:

115A. It shall be lawful for the Official Court Stenog-
rapher upon and at the special request of the Circuit
Court for Washington County to attend and be present at
the session of any grand jury empaneled in the said County,
and it shall be his duty to take in shorthand the testimony
introduced before such grand juries, 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
person to take a copy of the same, nor any portion thereof,
nor to read the same, nor any portion thereof, nor shall
he disclose the character of any of the contents of the
same to any person or persons other than the grand jury
or State's Attorney for said County, except upon the writ-
ten order of the Court duly made after hearing the State's
Attorney. All of the said stenographical transcripts shall
be kept in the custody of the 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 excepting for the
use of a Grand Jury for said County or for production in
Court, without an order of Court first had and obtained as
above provided.

115B. The official Court Stenographer called as here-
inbefore provided in Section 115A shall receive and be
compensated for his services at the rate of Five ($5. 00)
Dollars per diem or portion thereof.

115C. The Official Court Stenographer in the event he
should violate any of the provisions of Section 115A with
regard to secrecy shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and on conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding one
thousand ($1000. 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 shall
take effect June 1, 1939.

Approved May 3, 1939.