Mississippi Code
Chapter 45 - State Aid to Public Schools
§ 37-45-37. Designation of official reporter; compensation; duties

At any hearing held by the commission under the provisions of chapter 47 of this title, or under any other statute, it is made the duty of any county board of education or board of trustees of any municipal separate school district involved, jointly or severally, to provide at their or its own expense a competent reporter to be approved by the commission, or the chairman thereof, to take the proceedings had at such hearing, and in the event of an appeal to transcribe same and file with the commission an original and one copy thereof within the time prescribed by law. Said reporter shall act under the supervision of said commission, or the secretary thereof, and for the purpose of said hearing and any appeal therefrom he shall be considered as the official reporter of the commission.
If the parties applying for any such hearing shall, at the time of applying for such hearing, certify to the commission in writing, via registered mail, their inability to secure a competent reporter, the commission shall select and provide said reporter, whose duties shall be the same and whose fees and costs shall be borne and paid as costs, in the same manner as the reporter mentioned in the preceding parts of this section.

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