Opinion of the Clerk

SENTELL, Clerk.

RULE 40, ALABAMA RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION — FEES FOR TRANSCRIPTS PREPARED BY COURT REPORTERS

Mr. J. B. Vines, Circuit Clerk and Register, Bessemer Division, Tenth Judicial Circuit, has submitted to me, as Clerk of the Supreme Court, pursuant to § 12-2-19(d), Code of 1975, the following questions:(1) What is the amount of the fee that may be charged by a court reporter for preparation of the original impression of each page of the transcript of proceedings on appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals?(2) Is there a distinction between the charge permitted by an official court…