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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 avery oeae tried ~AI said court, together with aL1 iionorable~Gom 9. Isaaos, Page 3
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, to any pemaon a tranearlpt and furnish in question and anener.~form or narrative form of all suoh eti- denoe 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 svi- aence 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 question aud answer form, then suoh reporter shall de ths wane up in duplioate in question and au- swer i’orm, and shall reselve au ooapensatlon there- for 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 re- porter 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 oom- posed of one county only, and in whioh oounty there is only one Distriot Court, and also in eaoh Judl- oial 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 offl- oial Court Reporter shall be Twenty-seven Iiundrsd lollars j:iZ7OO) per annum, in addition Lo the oom- psnsation for transorlpt fees and allcmanoes for *4 ewenoes niw yjrovided b.y ha; mid to be salaxy 3iaa rsonth4 by the C4imfsai4rmr3 of the Cowc 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 re- is a neaeseiby poxter when there for a deputy offiofnl short- :?hs :laoessLtp tir a dspu%y uffloial shorthand hand reporter. is left entirely within the diearotion m~orter oi the jucise oi the oouTt* ..ktlole 2324, supxa; sata oat tha duties of amI &Wale a327a, aupm, qmidsa the os!ilolal oourt reporter 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 4tlt ol (;hs gstur@ %uDd of' oouxt of the oo~ity or oounties up4n the oertiriooto of the dlrrtxlat t!%3 aountp iax u4unt:es, $.tdge. la no utetute M) tar aa we have beam able to Them
find autboxialtq the disttiot aouxb to appoint a ,parb-the and ‘ipg for suah servlaer on a pr diem basis. repaxtex omrt .t=ansnllp :~pea&lng $ubZio offlfiern mid go+ermental aad sdminfatratlve bonrds gosses8 only ~uah ~avrsrs 88 are ex- preeeiy confornd upon thea by law or xm?essaxlly faplied from ‘233~ oonnob legally ptmwm acts the powers so oonfesra& (i%O '26Xc JUT. vol. 34‘ 3. not authorbed by sxist~ law. 440 and nlrt!mritlca cited thorsin).
rrtetutes gmvide fm the zppoint- 5s ‘thr, forsgolrq cant s1p court r*lp~porbsrs and doputty STlOitd 8horth&ml rs- 1-h cro;npsnsation of suah rsportars and of- ;ortars m(; fix: ftiial 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 shorEtmnd reporterg and that ofiloiel the aonpewation sl- lowed by touch &aEutas zust be paid to BUOY reporters Or