Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1943 )

-. . ~_ ‘/ “, .. . _ . I I . . . . . - .-a 8 .~ :. . i *. . . .*:. . . . * 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 ~AIsaid court, together with aL1 I I 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, and furnish to any pemaon a tranearlpt 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 in 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 ewenoes niw yjrovided b.y ha; mid salaxy to be . by the C4imfsai4rmr3 3iaa rsonth4 Cowc of the aotrntp or aotmtiaa, out of the Cmeral .?und of the wuatg or wuntlea, upon the aetiliioate3f she CistrlutJufi~e;t . . .n .:rtiole 2323.. aupra, authorizea an8 requireaeadr iistrlutand 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- poxter when there is a neaeseiby for a deputy offiofnl short- hand reporter. :?hs :laoessLtp tir a dspu%y uffloial shorthand m~orter is left entirelywithin 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 oertiriootoof 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 ex- preeeiy 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 zppoint- cant s1p court r*lp~porbsrs and doputty STlOitd 8horth&ml rs- ;ortars m(; fix: 1-h cro;npsnsation of suah rsportars and of- 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 ofiloiel shorEtmnd reportergand that the aonpewation sl- lowed by touch &aEutas zust be paid to BUOYreporters Or