1164                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 646

AND TO PROVIDE FOR AN OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
FOR THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR CALVERT COUNTY, PRO-
VIDING SALARY AND MAKING PROVISIONS FOR PAY-
MENT OF SAME.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 25(a) and (b) of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Charles County (1965 Edition, being Article 9 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland), title "Charles County," subtitle "Circuit
Court," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

25.

(a)    The Judges of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of Maryland shall
appoint one or more official court reporters for the circuit courts
of Calvert, Charles, Prince George's, and St. Mary's Counties, re-
spectively. These reporters each shall be expert stenographers or
otherwise competent to record court proceedings. Each shall hold
office during the pleasure of the judges of said respective courts.
The court reporters or stenographers in Prince George's County shall
be paid a per diem to be fixed by the court not to exceed $40.00 for
each and every day of actual service; and the court stenographers
for Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's Counties shall be paid a per
diem to be fixed by the court not to exceed $40.00 for each and every
day of actual service. Each such court stenographer shall be paid
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's expenses, upon
the presentation of a certificate of the clerk or any of the judges
of said courts showing attendance and services of said reporter.
However, in Calvert and St. Mary's Counties the court reporter or
stenographer shall be paid mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile
for all necessary travel between his home and the place of executing
his duties as such; and the court reporters or stenographers in Cal-
vert and St. Mary's Counties after having served at least two years
in such position shall be granted two weeks vacation with pay which
shall be computed from the weekly average of per diem compensation
during the year.

(b)    In addition to the provisions of subsection (a) above, the
judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit resident in Charles County is
authorized to appoint an official court reporter for the Circuit Court
for Charles County at a salary to be fixed by the County Commis-
sioners of Charles County on the recommendation of the resident
judge of the County not to exceed the sum of [$7,000] $10,000 $9,000
annually. The County Commissioners shall be responsible for a sum
equal to one-third of the salary of the court reporter. The clerk of
the court shall pay the salary to the court reporter either monthly
or semi-monthly out of the fees of office collected by the clerk.
The clerk shall prior to May 1 of each year submit a voucher to the
County Commissioners for payment of the one-third of the salary
for which the County Commissioners are responsible and the Com-
missioners shall reimburse the clerk by no later than the above date.

SEC. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT NEW SEC-
TION 111(A-1) BE AND IT IS HEREBY ADDED TO THE CODE