Thomas's Massachusetts spy, or, Worcester gazette. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1811-1821, 1821-03-28
AARON TUFTS, Esq.


its while you advance your own inter-
est. ONE OF THE People.
MsGF5. Mansiag & Trumba'l--
10 dilcuGing the chsrsaes and qualifications
of candidates for RsgiRer Of Deeds, much has
been isid againa the pIeient Regitter for taking
illegal and improper tees. Thla queaion may
very eaGly be let 1t ref with moR OF the
ele6oes Of the County. The common fees OF
shis Office. as prefcribed BY law. are--
A duty on each Deed. to be paid by
the 2eeiAer 70 the County Treaiurer, So ~
Fee for certifying on the Deed the time
when and place where recorded,
For recording, or fox copies, for every
page of s4i words, a
For entering diichsIge of Mortgage, in
the msrgin of the book, -
Almoia every man has 10 his polit Zion, or can
have sseegs TO Deeds W HIGH have been Secotded
Ence DR.. Fiike came into Office. The price of
Seeordine 10 marked on the back Of the Deed.
Take twenty-five cents from the price marked,
and she reHander muil be, for recording, at the
rate OF fourteen cents for every two hundred and
forsy-four words contained in the Deed. Il will
take but . few minutes toeount the words of
DEED, and in this way oil may iasisfy themlelves.
Should any Deed be found charged TOO high. and
Il mould be wiihed 10 aicertain what per cent.
she advance is. it will be recole6ed that the ex-
eels ought To- be compared with the legal fees for
ysceyiing, becauie the twenty-five cents are re.
ceived ON all Deeds. While Engaged 10 this in-
auiry. il may be we'll for thole who have had
iDorigsges dilchargcd ia the Office to recolle6
whether they have not 40 frequently paid 40 or
as cents as Iaf
Az 10 the iacidebtsI fees Of this Office, iuch %
f.arching and certifying. it will be readily agTeed
that the Regiaer ought TO have iomething more
than be could earn by writing. during the time
fpens, becauie there 10 Tome Feiponfbiiity stend-
ing it, but he ought TO recolle6 that he is placed
ghere % much for the benefit Of the landholdeTs
Of the County, a. for his own emolnment; and if
their nterel neetHarily compels them to refovs to
him for informa.ion, he ought to sGord it for q
realonahle compensation. The dates of the of
Fee do not Seqnire uncommon talents, nor the
expenie of time nor unoaey 70 prepare Tor them.
lhould think, Therefore. that double the amount
of money which would be earned by recording
would be enough to charge for learching. Elect
ors will Judge whether this would not be liber-
al yule, and il 10. they will inquire whether the
preient Rrg,Rer has BEEN governed by it.
Do9. Filke, in his communication puhliihed
in me Spy OF the 4.h init. undertakes 60 jalify
h:mlef 10 cafes where he may have taken too
great tees, BY aributiag il to the cuaoms and the
jniiIuAions Of his predeeeHor. This will be
found very lame execute, If, in fset, it exiled
bec.ufe mott OF the ices are ptelcnbed by law and
printed IN our Statute Books. Before any man
offers himielf Is candidate foSan Office, be ought
to know what the legal and proper fees Of that
cf6ce are, and TO determine whether .hoie fees
are an objea worth his exertions to ob.ain the
Office. Ifthey arc not, ne ought not to ak for
the Office ;--if they are. and ne can get into the
Office, be ought to be governed BY law and pro-
priety. 5e6des, man in ,his Office might. in
little time. count the words OF few Deeds, of
different lengths, when he hrit enters upon ito du.
ties. This would enable him to Judge within
very few cents Of what the price of any Deed
ought 10 be. II rules had been adopted in the
Office refpeaing the incidental fces which ope-
Iaed uuequsly, and in Tome Gales oppreiively,
il was his duty to have alterNi them.
The friends and Importers Of the prefcnt Reg
iRer have laid that il was cruel and bsibarous to
frcak Of his eorporesl nfitmities, beeauie they
were providentisl.S With the i,me propriesy
might il be Objected IL blind maa mould let
hmiclf up % candidate for County Tresfurer,
that the publick ought not to be told that he
could not fee to count money, or to add figures.
The misfortunes of individuals are iubjeas of
regret, and ought TO be treated with delicsey and
tenderness BY every one but not with 70 much
delcacy that the publick mall be made iuifesers
by them. II any man will offer himielf ~
candidate for an Office for which he 10 not quail.
fed, whether in conifquence Of providentisl in.
himities or any Other Iesion, the people ought to
know t. Every one who has done bulinels at
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