Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-11-13

/ s siy are becoming oppressive, and henco ,.
o'dte TAX ior the purposes of the State is nile
vi tue poll and + cts. the hundred doIIy ~ CT
o. iana' the tax levied by the counties is on Wort
OF one delar on the poll and thrtytbrooa al ave-
the hundred dollars worth of land. mice cts.
In addition to this description of cos,.
on the county, the time consumed in con, which IA
sing OF these cases frequently causes an III dlsp
! the court to be held at the expense Of b Term
which amounts TO $1I0. Besides tbeeo .:, County
Ing to the county, these suits are ATTENDED us Tesu
siderable expense to the parties and tbei WIN c0
ana witnesses are frequently required 10 at,oag
great distance from their homes upon an nI'ehd al
60 cts. per day, which frequently results sso ~
on the county, payable when reached in end eaic
years, worth about 80 cts. And i: is not ' Or fr
Tor these lighting characters, while in a,tonT ohm
court, 10 cause another suit ready 10 he ' Jae
against the former one is disposed of: and IOchel
nothing 10 pay at the close of each sni, ~ having
convenient to have the oaths of insoIyeno - quEe
tered, and thus have the costs made ebarol Iuuns.
county; and the taxpayers, and not those ~ The
nit the assault and batteries, punished o CON-
fencs, and In this case the unjust principle s we Of
of Furnishing the innocent for the ouiItv "a uoPed
edy this evil it is proposed TO give the oPdio fe
brought before Justices of the Peace of tb When
ton which has been stated, to hermit e. ueScflp-
init as they now have the right to do in cor " sub
the Justice the power to fine one or borb f anu give
ties not less than two more than ff ne par
ana upon the COSTS and hne being paid orJ 'Hls
peal taken, TO make it the duty of The ps,oo 10 aP
over the fines to the proper officers for 10 pay
ses. Also TO report the cases thus sertIoiS pufpo
Clerk of the Superior Court, whose dntv j. ~ l6e
be to furnish condensed list for the for: should
grand jury, and regulate their duv that m oi ine
proceedings be had thereon in court But ~ lu'net
an aggravated character which, in the oprian "f
Justice he has not the power to punish the al Inc
to the extent they deserve and in casss bora
offenders do not submit, or fail TO nav the co. uG
fine, they could be bound over to court as is
duty under existing laws. But by qvno the Nv ,
the power In the cases referred to TO settle ,bo.
OF court the counties would be relieved Of a wv
portion of taxes, the parties would be benefteJ ,S
witnesses relieved from attendance the conr t snS
from having these cases to try, and the LAWYERS ro
cease TO be harrassed with the most Troublesome i
at the same time least profitable portion of their cI
ents. And In conclusion permit me to add tba, =,
large portion of the States have passed laws gvaa
the Justices of the Peace jurisdiction of assault ani
batteries out of court, which proves to be Grea ro
jeff to the taxpayers. In the plan proposed it is nj
expected that all the necessary provisions have beer
included, being only designed to attract attention
the subject in hopes that some plan may be adopte
which will to extent at least remove the evil
complained of.