New York Laws
Article 9 - Stenographers
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.

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