The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-03-02

e,s, ."Feo 20 inc citizens of The fate.
ms can be done, after paving a thou
'ana dollars a year 70 the, princ,,y,,l
Giefk, and five hundred 70 his dcT,irv
virginia has ninety one counties /,
t L.. Oh sneit, the clerk and his deputy,
oeeween fheln, colt, upon a nediun,
l"fes !50Yaqd doHars a year. This
comes IN the whole, 20 the ,nonnra',s
ium OF faoo baadle4 and lsvegty fb,ss
f924fa1ia dollars, At fifteen 5,,ndr-d
aoiiaFS piece, the ninety one con-.
Ties would colt only one bnndre4 a,,a
Ilir1y TX lhouiant i've hundred dol,9rs
~ tnIs Ultimate, an. hundred and ,hirfy
IN th2uiAnd hive hundred dollars yyouIa
DC iaVtd ouI OF the TWO hundred and
ieVcnty 5hrec rhoufand. But to avo;1
exaggefatlon, the fun of layinp bss
been iiinited 10 one hundred tbonr,nJ
dollars only ,'''>'
nus tar our correspondent. He frrv.
ed, as an officer, in ellc lall war IIe h,r
hnce acted as a public naagiltrare With
prooiyy, and reputation. By his RoaI
lleou11 ons che expence, of clerks Of
coart FIR feyenry three OF thefe com
ties, has De n reduced TO rwo rhonisnd
and five hundred dollars.
Bur farther, we add, as our hnr,hle
opinion, that the ialary may in moa
cafes, DC very lafely reduced 60 fcvcn
hundfed and tlEty dollars. In nine
tenthS or rhc tate, feycn hundred and
ntty dollars would go farther Khan
e~eAFS nundFedln Norfolk, in Peters-
oaFg, or n Richmond. On ibis nc
COUNT L mighI perhaps be found rea.
ionaoie 60 reduce eighty Of theie clerks
20 ieVen hundred and Atty doil2rs, and
as many o. e,scir deputies 20 four hun
dftd and titcy. Tins would MAKE an
!ad:1lonal faving OF twenty four rhou-
iaiid dollars; in whole an hundred and
twenty tour rhoufan4 dollars, which is.
H0ADle f3s Prodaee Of merchant far
/ he money paid by the tate TO The
CLERKS would ehG4 be reduced from al
hunlfec and thirty fix thoulaad FIVE
hundred dollars TO an hundred and
twenty two thouiand five hundred. To
TINS may DC added perhaps TX or ten
.hou'ani doliafs more, as the expcnces
incurred by the fate in colIe6ti1g tha,
para OF tbs taxes, Which arc 70 paw che
clerks.
Upon rte whole, it IS clear that there
lnig!1t, at leait, DC iaycd & very intereit-
ing fun. The clerks the.nielves would
have the leis fealon to complain, be-
cauie lone OF eicn1 endure az preEcnr
little more rfouolc by thrir Office than
that OF collecting their perquifites. To
pay Public officer three times more
than his iaoour can De worth, Is nor al
ways the furef method Of maxine h;n
perform ie well.
BY this cheap mode of litigation law
iuirs may be multiplied. As a com
Plete anridore. ler TAX be laid uDon
the Proiecntjon OF law fuits. The
frnlts OF CHS tax would repay the fare
tor The payment Of the county clerks
we do nor enecr into details. IL would
be needless to buy pair of brooches
TOR Hercules, while he is yer facking,
ar the teat.
FROM THE SAME coaREsroNDzur.
Grear complaints have been made,
rs to The weight Of call.s, or frkins,
WHICH contain butter Would it not
De adviieabl@ for the Legislative BODY 20
PATS law ordaining that al butter han
be ihiPe6fed, ard the weight Of the
Oaks marked or branded by the ma
ker and thar if any cala or frlin G3aHi
De taitely marked, or branded, that
each caik or frllin, G4all be liable to
condemnation.