Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-01-25
For The Times.

iZen, may not be amlSs.
1t is expected that laws will be enacted
by the Legislature, that will benefit the lar
gest class Of our citizens.
Our present laws are very good, yet a
great change for the better can be made. and
as the present session will revise our pres
ent laws, now is the time when all changes
for the better ought to be made.
First. Change the manner Of electng our
County Court Justices; elect them for term
of six years, namely; let one member be eec-
ted (to commence with for two years, the
second member for four years. and the third
for six years, then there will be one new
member to elect, at each Congressional cleo
ton.
BY so doing, Our counties will always
have two experienced members Of the Court,
to manage all business, which by law comes
under the control Of County Courts; we will
then have Courts TO transact business as it
should be done, and not liable to give erron-
eous decisions. or do any kind of business
illegally, which is often done by new Courts
The best, and most intelligent men. should
be selected to fill this important office, and
in order to secure their services, more pay
should be given, than County Courts now
receive 10 Justify the right kind Of person
to accept the office. With the present pay,
a Justice of the Court, who happens TO re-
side twelve or fifteen miles from the county
seat, has nothing left him after paying the
necessary expenses incurred during the sit
ting of the County Court.
The present pay allowed a member of the
County Court. by law. will not compensate
him for the time he necessarily must spend
TO inform himself, as he should in regard to
his duties, to say nothing Of the time occu-
pied Court. At two dollars day for
each day Court Is usually held, Justice
will receive about sixty dollars, probably
fifty dollars each Will be as much as their
salary will avarage In a year.
Is not this sum entirely too insignificant,
when we take into consideration the vast
responsibility that rests on County Court:
Most certainly it is. Their per diem pay
ought to be increased to at least four dollars.
This sum will not compensate for time and
usual expenses, but would be more lust
than the present rate.
Second. Our attachment law is very i'm
perfect. As it now is, but a very few can
receive the benefit of it. eycept digbones,
men, ,'who seek to swndle honest men out of
their lust dues. An honest man has no
fear Of having his property held subject to
his debts.
Under orr nresent law 1eh,s orn cori,,c.
led with immunity Chorce o,r attachment
law so that an attachment o.r No used ot
any tirc and rndor o,v circumstances L,J
J;cLonc,t orJ thoro oil, 10 ,o4 h..
in orr croait s,.s,or, v,hioh T., Tso ,,,1,.9u
nbrosc sis RIM in ,bo ororrdn
This nrorosod chonco will :, ,.o,.
roasuro ID owo,, v.;,L u.;II suoo,,Io,;..,
done on a borrowed canitaI, which is r;re
times out Of ten. a loosing business. Onr
laws should protect horest and unsusnecting
citizens from harm, and punish oll who NAV
be guilty of any misdemeanor.
At present it is almost impossible TO en-.
force the attachment law suocessfu,,v, and
many an honest man by some SLIGHT tecbnic-
ality, as lack of evidence to prope wBa, bo
kno,rs 10 be true. has lost hundreds and
thousands of dollars uniustlv. by some ob-
scondino debtor.
If n chance ia made II op,bt 70 ho doro
50 that tbe nIai,tiF viii no rosnon.;rIo o..
costs and dau,aos ;ron o,,aal,raa. :,..o,
witbout inst conse
Orr nSa,o,t ,to,,ooLu,.I. c,...,.,,
bonoft - hono.t ,aou H.. o.t
Of ooin 70 those who wish 70 oro;1 ro,.;n.
an honest debit. tbus II will no soon tbo Law,
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