HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 471

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That three new sections be and they are hereby
added to Article 1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Allegany County", sub-
title "Circuit Court", sub-heading "Court Stenographer",
said new sections to be known as Sections 78-A, 78-B and
78-C, to follow immediately after Section 78 of said Arti-
cle, and to read as follows:

78-A. It shall be lawful for the Official Court Stenog-
rapher upon and at the special request of the Circuit Court
for Allegany 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 intro-
duced 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 Attor-
ney 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 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
Attorney for said County, except upon the written 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.

78-B. The official Court Stenographer called as herein-
before provided in Section 78-A shall receive and be com-
pensated for his services at the rate of Five Dollars ($5. 00)
per diem or portion thereof.

78-C. The official Court Stenographer, in the event he
shall violate any of the provisions of Section 78-A with
regard to secrecy, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding One
Thousand Dollars ($1, 000. 00) 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, 1943.

Approved April 30? 1943.