964 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 297

George's County, " sub-title "Circuit Court, " sub-heading
"Court Stenographer, " as the same was enacted by Chapter
188 of the Acts of 1949; and Sees. 45A and 45B of Article
19 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, (1930
Edition), title "St. Mary's County, " sub-title "Circuit
Court, " to be under sub-heading "Court Stenographer, "
as the same was enacted by Chapter 139 of the Acts of
1931, be and the same are hereby repealed, and a new
section enacted in lieu thereof, said new section to read
as follows:

72A (36) (236) (45A). The judges of the Seventh
Judicial Circuit of Maryland are hereby authorized and
directed to appoint one or more official court reporters for
the Circuit Courts of Calvert, Charles, Prince George's,
and St. Mary's Counties, respectively, such reporters shall
be expert stenographers, or otherwise competent to record
court proceedings, shall hold office during the pleasure of
the judges of said respective courts, and shall be paid a
per diem to be fixed by the court not to exceed Twenty-
five Dollars ($25. 00) for each and every day of actual
service, together with such expenses as may be approved
by the court, payable by the county, treasurer of the county
in the circuit court of which such services shall have been
rendered as a part of the court expenses, upon the presen-
tation of a certificate of the clerk or any of the judges of
said courts, showing attendance and services of said re-
porter.

Said reporters shall attend and take full stenographic
notes of, or otherwise record, all oral testimony and judi-
cial opinions in all proceedings in said courts at such times
and in such cases as the respective courts may direct. Said
reporters shall make and furnish to any party, upon re-
quest, a typewritten transcript of any part of said notes,
upon the payment by such party of the expense incident
to such transcript at a rate to be fixed by the court.

The court may, in any case pending in any said courts,
direct such reporters to transcribe the notes taken with
respect to such case, and the cost thereof at the rates afore-
said shall be taxed as a part of the cost in such case, or if
the court shall so direct, be paid as a part of the court
expenses.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is here-
by declared to be an emergency measure and necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public health and
safety and having been passed by a yea and nay vote, sup-
ported by three-fifths of all of the members elected to each