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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GEFERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 
“Attona al.1 siwialona of the aourt, take full 

*hcrrt.hnna ilOt nc 911 3ti tsetimmy orfered in 

avery oeae tried ~AI said court, together with aL1 
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objsctlons to the admissibility of’ the evidenoe, 

the rulings and remarks of the oourt thereon, and 

all exoeptions thereto. 

“Preserve all shorthand notes taken in said 

aourt for future use or referenoe fbr a full year, 

and furnish to any pemaon a tranearlpt in question 

and anener.~form or narrative form of all suoh etidenoe or other -prooeedings, or any portion thereof 

as auoh person may order, upon the paymsnt to hlm 

of the flea provided by law. 

TYhen any party to any suit reported by any 

suoh reporter shall desire a transorlpt oi the sviaence In sald suit, said party may apply Por same 

and shall i(n)dloate whether he desires same in 

question and answer form or in narrative form. 

In the event such transoript should be ordered in 

question aud answer form, then suoh reporter shall 

de ths wane up in duplioate in question and auswer i’orm, and shall reselve au ooapensatlon therefor the sum of flf.teen oents per hundred words .for 

the original. In the event said transoript should 

be ordered made in narrati?e rorm, then such reporter shall make up same in duplicate ln narrative 

form, and shall rsoeive a8 oompeusation therefor 

the sum of twenty cents ‘per hundred words for tie 

original: provided,, that in case any reporter 

oharges more than the feee herein all~ued he shall 

be liable to the person paying the sag, a sum equal 

to iour times the exoess so paid.” 

Artiole 2327a, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes 

provides In part: 

*Ins eaoh Judloial Dlstrlot of this State oomposed of one county only, and in whioh oounty there 

is only one Distriot Court, and also in eaoh Judloial Ulstrlot composed of two (2) or mor0 oounties, 

and also in each Jndioial Distriot composed of one 

county, .whioh county composes also a portion of 

another Judioial Diatriot, the salary of the offloial Court Reporter shall be Twenty-seven Iiundrsd 

lollars j:iZ7OO) per annum, in addition Lo the oompsnsation for transorlpt fees and allcmanoes for 
ewenoes niw yjrovided b.y ha; mid salaxy to be 

. 3iaa rsonth4 by the C4imfsai4rmr3 Cowc of the 

aotrntp or aotmtiaa, out of the Cmeral .?und of 

the wuatg or wuntlea, upon the aetiliioate 3f 

she Cistrlut Jufi~e;t . . .n 

.:rtiole 2323.. aupra, authorizea an8 requirea eadr 

iistrlut and axlalnal d,letPiot J&#&8 to appoint an OillOitil 

wurt x:806xtefs &Mole 2323, supa, aothorlsee tbs astrlot 

judge or tha arlainal dlstriot Judge ti3 appoint a dspaty repoxter when there is a neaeseiby for a deputy offiofnl shorthand reporter. :?hs :laoessLtp tir a dspu%y uffloial shorthand 

m~orter is left entirely within the diearotion oi the jucise 

oi the oouTt* ..ktlole 2324, supxa; sata oat tha duties of 

the os!ilolal oourt reporter amI &Wale a327a, aupm, qmidsa 

end mthoriima the salary Co be paid to the offiafol oourt 

reposer an& fixes thfb amount of such ealary in addition to 

the eonpenaat~on far tranaorlpt fees and allowaneea for et 

penrae nom provfdsd by law. ‘i-his atmtute further yrovldes 

'&t the aalory shall bs paid zionthly by tha ao&sionsrsS 

oouxt of the oo~ity or oounties 4tlt ol (;hs gstur@ %uDd of' 

t!%3 aountp iax u4unt:es, up4n the oertiriooto of the dlrrtxlat 

$.tdge. 

Them la no utetute M) tar aa we have beam able to 

find autboxialtq the disttiot aouxb to appoint a ,parb-the 

omrt repaxtex and ‘ipg for suah servlaer on a pr diem basis. 

.t=ansnllp :~pea&lng $ubZio offlfiern mid go+ermental 

aad sdminfatratlve bonrds gosses8 only ~uah ~avrsrs 88 are expreeeiy confornd upon thea by law or xm?essaxlly faplied from 

the powers so oonfesra& ‘233~ oonnob legally ptmwm acts 

not authorbed by sxist~ law. (i%O '26Xc JUT. vol. 34‘ 3. 

440 and nlrt!mritlca cited thorsin). 1 

5s ‘thr, forsgolrq rrtetutes gmvide fm the zppointcant s1p court r*lp~porbsrs and doputty STlOitd 8horth&ml rs- 

;ortars m(; fix: 1-h cro;npsnsation of suah rsportars and offtiial short&and reporters it fs our oglnioll tht euoh at+?&- 

utes cre omtrolling rtad ;;lwt be followed by the distriot 

Jdgae or julgeta when appointing oourt reporters or deputy 

ofiloiel shorEtmnd reporterg and that the aonpewation sllowed by touch &aEutas zust be paid to BUOY reporters Or