§ 5-3-412 — Substitute during absence or disability

In case of sickness or if said official court reporter be unable
to attend to his official duties from any cause at any time, the
judge of the district court in each judicial district in this
state, when the trial of cases required to be reported
necessitates it, is authorized and empowered to obtain a
suitable and competent person as substitute for such official
court reporter, during such disability; such substitute to
receive the fees herein provided for in full compensation for
such services. And in all cases where any signature of the
official court reporter is required, the same, during the
absence or any such disability of the official court reporter
shall be signed by the person substituted therefor as acting
official court reporter, and in such cases the same shall have
the same legal force and effect as if signed by the official
court reporter.