Section 676. Employment of stenographer  


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  • When the services of a stenographer
      shall  not  have  been  provided  by  the  board of supervisors, or if a
      stenographer so  provided  is  not  available,  the  coroner,  coroner's
      physician  or medical examiner shall have power to employ a stenographer
      for the purpose  of  taking  statements  and  reducing  to  writing  the
      testimony  of  witnesses or of transcribing or reproducing any report or
      document required by his investigation.  If the board of supervisors has
      not fixed any rate of compensation, such stenographer shall be paid  for
      taking  and  transcribing  minutes at the rate charged by official court
      stenographers in the county.