298 - Stenographer must preserve records of his predecessor.

§  298. Stenographer must preserve records of his predecessor.  If the  stenographer dies, or his office becomes otherwise  vacant,  before  the  expiration   of   the   time   specified  in  section  two  hundred  and  ninety-eight, the original stenographic  notes  taken  upon  trials  and  hearings must be delivered to his successor in office, to be held by him  with like effect, as if they had been taken by him.