One who is skilled In the art of short-hand writing; one whose business is to write iu short-hand. See Ry- nerson v. Allison. 30 S. C. 534, 9 S. E. 050; In re Appropriations for Deputy State Officers, 25 Neb. 602, 41 N. W. 043; Chase v. Vandergrift, 88 Pa. 217.