The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1870-12-08

Fiat not only individuals appearing be
4 fore these magistrates are charged sx,
trayagant fees, but there Is too much
reason to believe that in many cases the
costs have been not OILY charged to the
parties, but, 10 addition, have been
lobarged and collected from the State.
i Acorrection Of the abuses is loudly de.
manded There should be Also an
essential modification Of the amount ol
costs permitted to be charged, and the
Slate thoroughly protected against the
abuses Of unprincipled, men holding
these positions The extrayagance Of
the costs, at present, in cases before .
trial Justice are, ID many instances, 0
denial Of justice, as in most Of the cases
4 taken before these mipor courts they
1:ars grcatersin amount than the sum in
litigation. The powers and the duty oi
the uagistrate should be- we'll defined,
land the seyerest penalties imposed fol
their violation. None should be held
more rigidly accountable to the law
than those chosen to administer it. ]
would here remark that I must neces.
sarily depend very much upon the
members Of the Legislature for the
character aud fitness Of trial justices,
and I am disposed to consider educa-
ton as an essential element among
them. This would not only be proper
in itself, but would afford an additional
stimulus to its acquisition. By making
knwoledgs Of the elementary branches
an indispensable requisite to appoint.
.ments Of Office, higher grade Of SER
vice would be secured, as well as more
efficient performance of it.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
I would direct your attention to the
law defining the powers and duties Of
County Commissioners, and their per-
versions aud abuses. Fromthe frequent
complaints against some of the boards,
! it would be imagined that they were
devoted more 10 private acquisition than
The faithful discharge Of q public trust.
r. ,e;, bo,;no States tbe.. fF;co of
Eror,,,n ;.s;nnar s X. ioot a ,,no,,
mora i N bonorsrv station bestowed
e. ~ ,,arE : of cnnsJ = - and trnst il the
.;,,Syn,ent n = and hnsiness canacitv ! of the
E;nd;v;dn,l rather than nosition Of
nacu n;srvT emolnmsnt and ra e Yeent n
|. .,hs ns;ySba,booa & of Ia;oe, cities the
oo,. ns,,sation i trivial ,seldorn, amount. &
90 q, ,,ars !, s,la I ;r, : Il, ) & bnnared
al. s & s ~ @ srnnes S,,;oosnt Z + Z ~ AZ I,
srsnu;re5 E IN ths / 1, Trayent;oa 2 and nunish..
Nh, 'os ah.sss wh;ch s yin I'm M restrict & iax..
S ~, go S ,s;,h;n .ies;,;,ssfs Il bouni..
ta,b;,l ll 81 nayt;s;nat;on 81 dircct o. i6di.
9, s; "a ;,rswlIicli proposals
sl,ohld be inyariabl7 advertised, restric.
ting the. amount Of County orders is-
sued, constituting the County Auditor
the nermapent Clerk of the Board, by
whom all orders should be signed and
;ssned
TRUST DEPOSITS.
Since the Bank Of the State ceased
onerat;ons there has been po.suitable
means of securely jepositing funds held
by the Courts. 1t is of great import
ance that provision should be made by
law for the security of such funds, both
for the preservation of a pure admins.
tra,iop Of that important branch of ju-
dicial jurisdiction, and for the protec'
tion Of suitors. Places Of security
should be indicated, and provision
made for the deposite Of adequate pied.
ges, from parties, authorized by law, to
become custodians of such funds, aud
means should be provided for increas.
inc such securities, from time to time,
80 = as to afford sufficient protection to
all amounts so deposited. and the con-
t,o, over sucb denosits. while in the
hands Of such repositories, should be
further secured by allowing to the
Courts summary remedies against them,
to the same extent as if they were the
rcpnlarapnoipted receivers of the Courts
JuR1Es.
The attention of the last General As.
semblv was called to the necessity of a
change in the system of selecting juries.
As at present conducted, it is liable to-
be and is perverted to great abuse, on
.ho ,horoo,ar of tho noroona