Masters in chancery, auditors, and referees may employ stenographers to report and transcribe the testimony taken in causes referred to them, and the cost of the reports and transcripts shall be allowed as part of the costs.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-15-21
Stenographic reports and transcripts
C.P.A. 1905, § 426; G.L. 1909, ch. 293, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 343, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 532, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 9-15-21.
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