New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-09-02
SEw-YoRE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
FOURTEENTH wEEk-LXxvl,h DAY.
The Lawyer MOnopOly-The Judiciary-Judicial
Salaries, &c.
ArsAyr. Noadav. Aag Bis, !5,s

The Lawyer MonopOly-The Judieiary-Judicial
Salaries, kc
AtsAST, Monday, Aug. 3ls;, .si6.
To the Editor gf The Tribune
Sir Suppose a Law were to be passed that no
body could gran; tavern licenses il your C!,y. ex.
cep the tavern keepers already licensed ard that they
should Judge OF ii. qualifications and have tie sole
power to admit OF refuse applicants DO you think
they would license many others ;haa ;heir own rels
-yes friends and connections On this principle has the
lawyer licensing system been placed this evening n The
Constitution
M AyzArLr OF Livingston proposed tn article Tor
the Constitution on lie CANALS DEs- and FINANCE tais
morning. lieu OF Mr.. Hoffman, report 1t is IN these
words
/ The Legislature shai! sell lease or Otherwise
dispose OF any OF the navEsbe caaas Of this STATE clud
rr -uca NAV hereafter finish make aavi-
gable; hey shall remain The property tae for
ever and !ae tos and AZ 'iit revenues acca eFeiTcIa
lall be applied provided for II tbs CoasJl-urS-
he tolls sha- DC 20 regulated 10 bes preserve
the pubic fsh. and 20 provide :o e pncua payment OF
public debt hereinafter peciaed reduction
tolls shall o. made unless II those objects
mt! the whole OF said debt shall be :u.y paid
For the purpose Of completing Tie unfinished canals
ne Legislature may nave power 70 increase he present
state de5i 10 tue amount Of ou not exceeding n the ase
gate. Sco0OO, exclusive OF contingent liability for the
vlGed De loaned al rate OF interest no; exceeding
per cent but such increase shall not exceed n
unless Tor the better enabling the STATE 10 iua lie engage
enis prosecuting SIih view completion part
al OF the unfinished canals 10 Wi The Ere Cana! tn
argemeni Geresee Na!eY lanai and . ach River Cana.
but present debt -hal he increased Tor any
oer purpose unless TO repel invasion or suppress nsur
recton
After paying the expense .: collecting, suPeriasnd,
ns 4ud ordinary repairs l,,oco OF the revenues Of The
State Canals -hs! II each year and at mat rate FOR -hoT;
er period commencing trs, July, 1916, be applied set
apart sinking und for The years 10 pay The in
and redeem The principal OF the state debt until Isl
July, $50 when S2coocoo said revenues shah thereafter
continue he applied apart annually in tina, pro-
portion ior shorter period 10 Ae manner and 10 e axe
effect Until me whole OF SAID debt and tie interest there
on IS fully paid and satisfied.
- The balance OF Of the Canals be the
or ess after paying provided in the last pre-
cediug section together with The auction and salt de.
and al other receipts into the Treasury peci
icaIy appropriated shall he applied discretion Of the
Legislature n dr!aying The ordinary expenses OF The
Government the completion OF unfinished canals and
payment OF the public debt that the said canal
thus sacredy pledged until the state debt and
interest thereon is tulv paid and e1,ineui:hed.
IS Ii the funds herein provided for paving the public
creditors shall not be realized in time 20 meet the State
stocks falling due provision shall be made b. law
Ing new stock thai purpose said shall be
made payable al such time as he revenues WI. meet the
same.
.y,,dges' Compensation for Extra Serrices
Mr. PERKINS said that ne had been informed that The
CrcuitJudge who tried Freeman had received a fee,
perquisi,e Compensation payment reward 500 Tor
copying out the evidence taken the trial OF freeman
and he believed other $500 for the Ike service IN the
case OF Wyatt II We 10 have the testimony taken
by the Judges on the Circuit which was formerly taken
by Masters and Examiners in Chancery and thus sent
up the Court Of Appeals at the public cost it would
be speculation 4 part Of the mitax might be saved
by an inquiry which he proposed
An Electro Judiciary.
Mayor Morris in his speech in the Broadway rsber-
nacle when presiding al the constitutional! X form
Meeting. said, Let the judges OF the Constitutional
Court elected by people in the several Districts
OF the State which Court shall have nothing do with
the facts in cause the application OF the facts but
merely the decision OF the construction and the const
tutionality OF statutes" Since then he has got
ighthe would prefer tho genera! ticket Eight years
TO be the term agreed upon. Wordsworth was ap-
pointed in 1871 and resigned il lS2shvc years. Saw
age and Sutherland also appointed in 1893 and
/ signed i536-rhirteen years. Marcy held on two
wears and stepped into the Goveraorship. Nelson
appointed in 1881 and held I'LL he got life leasc
OF Office from Washington, after coming 10 true under
standing about the Clerks Office Cowcn was appoint
ed in 1886 and died in lsi5-nine years So much for
the present system.
The Courts
| Mr. HOFFMAN nored that read as follows
The Judges Supreme Court and OF The Court Of
said curt and any them may hold Circu, Courts
and Courts Of oyer and Terminer III any County''
Mr. MuRPuY moved that the section read as follows
Provision may be made by law for designating. from
time 10 time. any one or more OF the a'd Justices OF the
Supreme Court, not OF the Court OF Appeals. either OF
whom may preside the general Terms OF the SAID Court
be held in the several Districts. Any three of
the said Justices whom OF the said Justices de-
nated shall always be may hold such general terms
And any more OF the Justices may hold special
and Circuit Courts and any one OF them may preside
IN Courts OF Oyer and Termner IN any County
His proposition was adopted.
Salaries Of tie Judges.
An effort was made to-day fix the Salaries of the
Judges o, the Supreme and Appeal Courts in the Con
sttut:on but il with considerable opposition
Mr.. WHITE OF y. moved tina, the % Judges should
each receive stated salary of Three Thousand Dol
lars beyond the power o: the Legislature to diminish,
but not beyond is power 10 increase The yeas were
IL, the nays -, the absentees 81. The yeas were
Messrs. SubTreasurcr Bouck Postmaster Morris Naval
Oicer Hoffman, T. BacKus Jones OF y. !. Stephens Ken
NEEDY, Murphy Of Kings Sco! OF y. \. OConor, Pennl-
OF Orleans, RSer RugEle- OF Duchess, Isnladse,
Then il moved that the salary OF each Judge be
81 500 The yeas II, the o., the absenees
80. The yeas
Me-srs. Bouck Brown, Candee Doron, Dubois, llsrri-
son, Hoffman Jones, Kingsley. Mann, Maxwell, Morris.
Murphy. Nelis. Nicol OConor, Pennnan. Perkins, Pow
Rhuades Sanford stephens, Taylor OF Toga, Nache
! and White
When il was seen that the Convention would not
make $500 The lowest 10 De paid 10 Judge Mr..
White withdrew his proposition, and the Convention
agreed 10 So.
IL might well have been inferred from the language
OF section of the report OF Judge Ruggess Commit
tee that L drawn up By the professor for they
provided that the Judges might have their salaries IN
creased by the Legislature il they pleased them but not
diminished. To This Mr.. Cook offered an amendment
that the judges receive compensation 10 be set
lied By the Legislature when they came into Office OF
course. and increased diminished during their
eight years Mr.. RICHMOND the other hand, wno Is
Justce took the opposite view from TIE Committee
ne wanted the Legislature 10 have power 10 lower the
Judges salaries, but increase them that II the
.rs Legislature gave them too nGcn the next nl-ht
remedy the Ills amendment was lost and Mr.
Cooks, which secures their pecun.ary independence.
adopted preference liking their salsre. N the Cen
srtution
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