Section 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.