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CANNOT READILY UNDERSTAND OR COMMUNICATE THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE, ANY PARTY MAY APPLY TO THE COURT FOR THE
APPOINTMENT OF A QUALIFIED INTERPRETER TO ASSIST THAT
PERSON.

(E) COMPENSATION.

ANY INTERPRETER APPOINTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
SHALL BE ALLOWED COMPENSATION THE COURT DEEMS
REASONABLE. IT IS DISCRETIONARY WITH THE COURT TO
TAX, AS PAST OF THE COSTS OF THE CASE, AMOUNTS PAID TO
AN INTERPRETER FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES. OTHERWISE
THE AMOUNT SHALL BE PAID BY THE COUNTY WHERE THE
PROCEEDINGS WERE INITIATED.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 35, §13B.

This section enacted in 1969 is revised as to
style and shortened by the elimination of
unnecessary language.

The provisions of this section apply to both
civil and criminal cases.

SEC. 9-115. CHARACTER WITNESS.

[[IF TESTIMONY AS TO CHARACTER IS ADMISSIBLE, A
PERSON MAY TESTIFY CONCERNING HIS OPINION OF ANOTHER
PERSON'S CHARACTER IF HE HAS AN ADEQUATE BASIS FOR
FORMING AN OPINION.]]

WHERE CHARACTER EVIDENCE IS OTHERWISE RELEVANT TO

THE, PROCEEDING,__NO PERSON OFFERED AS A CHARACTER

WITNESS WHO HAS AN ADEQUATE BASIS FOR FORMING AN

OPINION AS TO ANOTHER PERSON'S___CHARACTER___SHALL

HEREAFTER BE EXCLUDED FROM GIVING EVIDENCE BASED ON

PERSONAL OPINION TO PROVE CHARACTER, EITHER IN PERSON

OR BY DEPOSITION, IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING,

CIVIL OR CRIMINAL, IN ANY COURT OR BEFORE ANY JUDGE,
OR JURY OF THIS STATE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 35, §13C.

SEC- 9-116. DEAD MAN'S STATUTE.

A PARTY TO A PROCEEDING BY OR AGAINST A PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE, HEIR, DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE, OR
LEGATEE, OR BY OR AGAINST AN INCOMPETENT PERSON, MAY