
    
      Opinion issued January 15, 1980
    
    LISA A. STEWART vs. OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR JAMES A. STEWART vs. OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR MARY JO GOETTLER vs. OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR DEBORAH K. HUNT vs. OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR IRENE W. ROSS vs. OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR DOROTHY SPRINGER vs. OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR LORENA B. HOOVER vs. OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR GINNY L. MCCOY vs. OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR CHRISTINE L. BITNER vs. OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR ELIZABETH H. FIELD vs. OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR TERESA L. ANDERSON vs. OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR TERESA A. MEINKE vs. OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR JOHN L. CAMPBELL vs. OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR
    
    
      (CC-79-294)
    (CC-79-295)
    (CC-79-328)
    (CC-79-349)
    (CC-79-400)
    
      (CC-79-432)
    (CC-79-497)
    (CC-79-506)
    (CC-79-507)
    (CC-79-521)
    (CC-79-602)
    (CC-79-603)
    
      (CC-79-702)
    
      Henry C. Bias, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, for respondent.
    
      
      Other per curiam decisions granting awards to court reporters in accordance with this decision were issued by the Court. The following is a list of the claimants and the awards granted:
      Merleen B. Campbell.$ 415.30
      Jacqui Sites.60.00
      Jeanne S. Hall .805.00
      Glen K. Matthews.310.00
      Colin Miller.370.00
      Stenomask Reporting Service.3,184.39
      Jennifer E. Vail .53.60
      Mary L. Yost.1,000.00
      Jacqui Sites.300.00
      Virginia Y. Smith .408.00
      Stenomask Reporting Service.50.00
    
   PER CURIAM:

All of the above-styled cases were filed by court reporters who performed reporting services in mental hygiene cases pursuant to the provisions of West Virginia Code, Chapter 27, Article 5. This chapter provides for the payment for such services from the “mental hygiene fund” upon Orders issued by the circuit courts in various counties. Claimants’ fees for said services were denied by the respondent because the “mental hygiene fund” was exhausted.

The factual situations in these claims are identical to that in Richard K. Swartling, et al. v. Office of the State Auditor, issued on November 5, 1979. Accordingly, the Court hereby makes an award to each of the claimants in the following amounts:

Lisa A. Stewart .$ 30.00
James A. Stewart .267.00
Mary Jo Goettler.61.56
Deborah K. Hunt.175.00
Irene W. Ross.500.00
Dorothy Springer .59.00
Lorena B. Hoover.60.00
Ginny L. McCoy .285.00
Christine L. Bitner.275.00
Elizabeth H. Field.496.50
Teresa L. Anderson .50.00
Teresa A. Meinke. 75.00
John L. Campbell.150.00  