The Laws of Texas, 1911 [Volume 15] Page: 278 of 1,455
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268 GENERAL LAWS.
such deputy shall enter upon the discharge of his duties as official
shorthand reporter he shall subscribe to the same oath hereinbefore
provided for the official shorthand reporters, and shall also be required
to stand such examination as to his proficiency as may be required
by the court.
SEC. 12. Whenever either party to a civil case pending in the
county court shall apply therefor, the judge of the court shall appoint
a competent stenographer to report the oral testimony given in such
case, provided there is a competent stenographer present. Such stenographer
shall take the oath herein prescribed, and shall receive compensation
of to be not less than $5.00 per day, which shall be taxed
and collected as costs; in such cases the provisions of this Act with
respect to the preparation of the statement of facts, the time to be
allowed therefor, and for the presentation to the-opposite party, and
the approving and filing thereof by the court, shall apply to all statements
of facts in civil causes tried in the county court, and all provisions
of law governing statements of facts and bills of exception
to be filed in district courts and the use of same on appeal, shall
apply to civil causes tried in the county courts.
SEC. 13. That Chapter 39, page 374, Acts of the First Called Session
of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Texas, providing
for the appointment of court stenographers, prescribing their duties
and regulating their charges and compensation, and all other laws
or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby
expressly repealed; provided, however, that nothing in this Act
shall be so construed as to prevent parties from preparing statements
of facts on appeal independent of the transcript of the notes of the
official shorthand reporter.
SEC. 14. In the trial of all criminal cases in the district court in
which the defendant is charged with a felony, the official shorthand
reporter shall keep an accurate stenographic record of all the proceedings
of such trial in like manner as is provided for in civil
cases, and should an appeal be prosecuted in any judgment of conviction,
whenever the State and defendant can not agree as to the
testimony of any witness, then and in such event, so much of the transcript
of the official shorthand reporter's report with reference to
such disputed fact or facts shall be inserted in the statement of facts
as is necessary to show what the witness testified to in regard to the
same, and constitute a part of the statement of facts, and the same
shall apply to the preparation of bills of exception; provided, that
such stenographer's report when carried into the statement of facts
or bills of exception, shall be condensed so as not to contain the
questions and answers, except where, in the opinion of the judge,
such questions and answers may be necessary in order to elucidate
the fact or question involved. Provided, that in all cases where
the court is required to and does appoint an attorney to represent
the defendant in a criminal action, that the official shorthand reporter
shall be required to furnish the attorney for said defendant,
if convicted, and where an appeal is prosecuted, with a transcript
of his notes as provided in Section 5 of this Act, for which said service
he shall be paid by the State of Texas, upon the certificate of the district
judge, one-half of the rate provided for herein in civil case
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1911 [Volume 15], book, 1911; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth9792/m1/278/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .