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notes taken as aforesaid to be made, it shall be the duty of said
stenographer to make such copy at the public expense at the afore-
mentioned charges, and said transcript shall be filed in the proceed-
ings in which said notes were taken, under such rules as may be
prescribed by said Court. The Judge of the Circuit Court shall have
full power to adopt a fee schedule for the payment of transcribing
the notes of the Court Stenographer, and shall have full power to
determine whether said expense shall be borne by one or more parties
to the cause or by the County Commissioners of Harford County.
178.
It shall be lawful for said stenographer to attend and be present
at the sessions of each and every grand jury empaneled in the County
of Harford and whenever directed by said Court or the State's
Attorney of said county it shall be the duty of said stenographer to
attend at said sessions and take full stenographic notes of all oral
testimony introduced before said grand juries, and at the request of
said Court or State's Attorney to furnish, at the public expense at
the aforementioned charges, a typewritten copy of the notes of the
testimony so taken by him, or such part thereof, as may be required.
Whenever directed by the State's Attorney of said county, said
stenographer shall attend upon and take stenographic notes of the
testimony given at coroner's inquests in the county, and shall at the
request of said State's Attorney, furnish a typewritten copy of such
notes, or such parts thereof as he may require, at the public expense
at the aforementioned charges; provided, however, that such stenog-
rapher shall be paid for his traveling expenses. Said stenographer
shall not permit any person to make a copy of any of the notes taken
under the provisions of this section, or to read the same, nor shall
he disclose the same, or any part thereof, or given any information
of any kind relative thereto to any person whatsoever, save only the
grand jury and the State's Attorney, except upon the written order
of the Court. Said stenographic notes and any typewritten copy
thereof shall be kept in the custody of the State's Attorney, and shall
be held by him for the sole use of himself and the grand jury until
disposed of upon the written order of the court [; provided, how-
ever, the stenographer may give a typewritten copy of testimony
taken at coroner's inquests, upon an order signed by the Judge, to
any party interested in the proceedings before the coroner, to be paid
for by the party requesting the same at the rate of ten cents for
every 100 words].
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.
Approved March 3, 1959.
CHAPTER 124
(Senate Bill 182)
AN ACT to repeal Sections 162 to 173, inclusive, of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Harford County (1957 Edition, being Article
Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.
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