American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-06-23
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AND BALTIMORE CLIPPER.
MONDAY MORNING, JryI g rs45.

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JUDICIARY OF MNRYLAND. We have seen
comparative statement published Of the cE-
pcuscs Of the Judiciary system, OF scrcrl!
states, including New York. Virginia and Ma
ryluL, 10y which it appeared, that the cost n
Marvin exceeded that in the other states
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contains Statement, SAID 10 be rom oi'I-'a'
sources, which shaws that We and others have
beoo in or...r T., rcs,.ct. 70 ,!,. matter.
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cordIng tn statement prepared at 'Ae Tcasu-
~, is stated in the Maryland Republican to be
s4G 77o-no, including a certain yroD2rtion Of
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Judges OF b1I'lnI'Fo C"uhty COURT OIL account
OF the extra labor which they have to perform.
We h,vn M y.ish ia riv,. currruc, te nrro-
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that the expenses OF the judiciary OF Maryland
exceeded those ofsome orthc Iarpest states. Jus.
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s'''e'|oht VINO" "PPea'Cu III '"c y1ai'u nc
publican, and which Is said to be compiled
from official documents furnished to the house
81 lclogo,cs d,rr,, tho las, sess;,, If ,bo Io-
S''"'uto' II - "s 'o"'"s'
I'm New YORK the amount PAID on account
OF the judiciary including the Court OF Errors,
Is s5S,9jO.
These Suns are paid out ottho Treasury, but
independently OF them, the Chancellor, the
Vice Chrncolors, the assistant Chancellor,
p7cme Court, ale allowed Chamber fees, the
amount Of which we have no means Of precise
" ascertanlng, but they are IN some Instances;
understood 10 be considerable.
But TINS is not all. In each OF the iiily-nine
counties Of the State, there are FIVE Judges Of
the county courts, who each receive - per
day for every day these courts are IN session.
In addition 10 which; there are in the city Of
New York SIX Judges, VINO are paid salaries by
the city.
1t Is not easy to say how mucH the comPen-
sation paid to these county and city judges in
creaScs the aggregate expense OF the Judiciary
Ct New YORK; Dat looking to the s'Ze ana pop
u!atloh OF thelr counties, II must very largely
augment 1t.
The number OF County Court Judges Is 295,
l0elhg hive tunes o9,) and they each receive,
as we have seen, per diem allowance Of -,
beng equal to $3.50 per day
A;S1MHg that these Judges set two hnndrcd
days IN the year, which is not an extravagant
assumption, when the territorial extent and po-
puIa'Io! o! ''lo'r couhleS Is considered ana the
>'' ais 0oo
Which added to the sums paid the
Chancellors, &c, as already sta
LEU Vi "''9oo
NoLes s11I oen
besides the Chamber fees. and the salaries Of
the city Judges, of whom there are six.
VOW notwithstanding i TINS statement found
,ho I;ttIo na,,or, Cor IndicaI go III Iii
be heard, as they have long been heard. sa wing
that our. System costs more than is paid in the |
h'np're 0'ate OF I'VE" YORK
oo1t oFIPo ind,1;orn srn'nn, ~ Wira;n;.
slve of MAGISTRATES courts is S74, $50, in addi-
ton to which, the Judges of the Court OF APP ,
peas, ana OF me General Court OF whom there
con,s mia far over LIZ tb AMY ,ro aop ~
;ng 10 and returning from court.
IN Pennsylvania the Judiciary Department .
costs co WV, '4q, %; ana IN omo, lhoepenaehI.y
IndgCs (tho amount Of whirh is not oiyen
the salaries paid to the Judges of the courts Of
Common Pleas, and the Judges of the Supreme
and superior courts are stated al S@o'@oh@o'
Admitting Inc ruin Oh TINS statement II al
foFds no argument against reduction OF the
expenses OF the Maryland judiciary, II 1t can
be made without prejudice to the public inter-
ests' We believe that the number of Judges
could be reduced, particularly in some of the .
Il here lift 10 R,lt