HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1673

[said] AN official [stenographers or either of them shall be]
STENOGRAPHER IS sick or incapacitated or for some sufficient
reason [be] IS unable to be present.[, in which event] THEN, any
of the judges of [said] THE circuit may employ a stenographer as
provided in [said] THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED Acts of the General
Assembly [of Maryland], who shall receive [$10.00] $10 per day
for taking testimony and the fees [herein] provided for
[transcript] TRANSCRIPTS. (See note (4)) (P.L.L., 1930, Art.
22, sec. 114; 1957 Code, sec. 143. 1922, ch. 254, sec. 7.)

4-22. Same; costs in equity cases.

In all equity cases when [the] testimony is taken in open
court, and in all cases which [shall be] ARE appealed by any
court to the [Court] COURTS of [Appeals] APPEAL of Maryland, the
costs of [said] THE stenographer for making the original
transcript in [said] THE cause shall be taxed and paid as other
court costs are paid in [said] THE circuit. (P.L.L., 1930, Art.
22, sec. 115; 1957 Code, sec. 144. 1922, ch. 254, sec. 8.)

4-23. Same; grand jury sessions; duties.

(A)   [It shall be lawful for the] THE official court
stenographer, [upon and] at the special request of the Circuit
Court for Washington County, [to attend and] SHALL be present at
the session of any grand jury empaneled in the [said] County.

(B)   [, and it shall be his duty to] THE STENOGRAPHER SHALL
take in shorthand the testimony introduced before [such] THAT
grand [juries] JURY, and [to] SHALL furnish to the grand jury and
the State's Attorney of [said] THE county a full copy of all such
testimony as [such grand jury or State's Attorney shall require,]
REQUIRED BY EITHER OF THEM, [and he shall] THE STENOGRAPHER MAY
not permit any other person to [take] READ OR MAKE a copy of the
[same, nor any portion thereof, nor to read the same, nor any
portion thereof, nor shall] TRANSCRIPT, AND he MAY NOT disclose
the character of any of the contents of the [same] TRANSCRIPT to
any person or persons other than the grand jury or State's
Attorney for [said] THE county, except upon the written order of
the court duly made after hearing the State's Attorney.

(C)  All of the [said] stenographical transcripts shall be
kept in the custody of the [said] State's Attorney, and neither
the [same] TRANSCRIPT nor a copy of [the same shall] IT MAY be
taken from the office of [said] THE 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 BEING had and obtained,
[as above provided] EXCEPT FOR THE USE OF THE GRAND JURY OR FOR
PRODUCTION IN COURT. (1957 Code, sec. 145. 1939, ch. 282, sec.
115A.)

4-24. Same; compensation for grand jury work.

The official court stenographer [called as hereinbefore
provided in section 4-23] shall receive and be compensated for