CHAPTER 216

GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING COURTS

AN ACT to amend Chapter 108 of the Revised Code of Delaware by increasing the salary of the official Court Stenographer.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That Chapter 108 of the Revised Code of Delaware be and the same is hereby amended by the repeal of the second paragraph of 3694, Section 12, and the insertion in lieu thereof of another second paragraph, which shall be styled 3694, Section 12, as follows:

3694. Sec. 12. Before entering upon his duties, he shall be duly sworn as other court officers, and shall give bond to the State in the penal sum of Two Thousand Dollars to be approved by the Court, for the faithful discharge of his duties. He shall receive as compensation for his services such sum as may be approved by the Court, not exceeding Three Thousand Dollars per annum, for taking shorthand notes and copying decisions in said Courts, the same to be paid by the State Treasurer in equal quarterly installments.

Approved March 22, A. D. 1927.