Strother

The last legislature passed an act, approved March 21, 1885, entitled “An act to amend section 274 of an act entitled ‘An, act to establish a Civil Code of Procedure,’ relative to the compensation of court reporters,’’ by which it is provided that the official reporter shall receive as compensation for his services a monthly salary, to be fixed by the judge, by an order duly entered on the minutes of the court, "which salary shall be paid out of the treasury of the county in the same manner and at the same time as the salaries of county officers, with a proviso to the effect that such salary shall not exceed three hundred dollars per month in counties having a population of one hundred thousand and over, and shall not exceed two hundred and seventy-five dollars per month in counties having a population less than one hundred thousand and exceeding fifty thousand and so on to and including counties having a population less than five thousand, in which the maximum is fixed at seventy-five dollars per month. The act contains other provisions not important to mention, and further provides that “in civil cases, in which the testimony is taken down by the official reporter, each party…