The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-02-21
The County Courts.


The Legislature has u" power ""'' wv
not claim the power. to dif'lhsh '''c e@'''. ''~'
Of the county iud~'-> now in office, or rather
,l,,r;,r, .heir r,Y,>cu. torn. The term OF
,o,I, oc these iutt.c> viii last until the Isl
dav of January, 1874. aud viii then continue
,,,t;l III. successor IS elected and qualified.
50 ,hai there Will have been not on! another
Session Of the present General Assembly, btu
= ncw General Assembly VIII have beer
elected and viii have been in session one
month at least, before The expiration OF the
term OF Office o. the county judges. Inc
legislature which will meet on the FRS,
"Wednesday of December, 1919, may c!cc'
the new county judges between that time anu
the first Of .I:n,r,r:, 1874. Il follows that 81
either of the two sessions a!ll!dcdto, any iaN
passed at the present session may be Repeated
,u)css indeed the present Legislature Sha'!
at rs next session undertake 10 b!ock the
cornc on lis successors by elcctlng justices o!
,hc Dcact-io he called "couaty judge"
and to give the State the benefit of al! 'hc!r
"jca-Ein. in the law for tic moderate coiH-
rcnss;;on &c four dollars q day, or one hun
Grcd dollars Per annunl. This measure OF
pos;!,umouS economy OF the part OF inc pre-
,ut I,pei,lat,rc--wc. mean the reduction oi
the expenses Of the county c1u't'-oear' q
family resemblance to the bill which promises
TO nav the States creditors niEc per cent. per
amin, interest more than twenty years
Hence. 1t seem, to be rs easy to economic"
AZ other peoples expense as it is to repent Oh
other peoples sins.
Bu. al the same time that the Legislature
is cngagcd in dcpriyins the smaller class OF
creditors OF court that affords them cheap
and speedy litigation, it is also employed III
c~a,t;oo . new court for the benefit of the
su;tovs WHO wish to get their grand cases into
tie Supreme Court of Appeals, but who are
prccutied from getting them there bya great
pressure Of business. The reduction oil the
expenses of the judges will not commence
unit! tie year 1871. The increase of the eX-
pe.lscs Of the judges will commence in the
wear 1872
Criminals now may lie tried in month or
50 aftcr being committed TO Jail. Under the
new law thcv will have to lie in Jail three
or four months; and whenever criminal
tyial is continued it will involve the expense
OF an Udci,i0aGi incarceration Of Jour
ni9atls, whereas al present continuance III
wolves only the expense of a single additional
months incarceration.
What sort Of economy is this? a hun
cred justices (callcd Judges J Will cost the
State, at one hundred dollars each, ten thou
sanl dollars per annun. This sum must he
deducted from the amount to be saved: or
double IS much if tho Legislature should al
low lis "county Judges" who are to be
"lcalned in the law the cXtrayaSant pay oi
two hundred dollars pcrannum. By the way,
i will cost more to elect these Judges
thsa their pay will amount to. 1t will cost
thousand dollars :. day TO eject "JudSrs
who are to receive four dollars per diem I. !
Really the thin, rcads like JOKE. But to re- ,
turn . or point. Add to the lay OF the |
"in,scs" (iudsc>." iadccdD the additional /
eos. of keeping criminals, then the cost Oh
the new Court Of Appeals. and what viii be
the saving: Then remember that al tbs !
economy is to come int0 play iii the Year OF |
or Lord 1874, previous IL which time we /
are 10 have IL state Con' "n,i"n t. turn out"l |
the present seti..tor>--'." soar years men, we
,nran-al The JUDI =, re Court y. Ap- !
re:,!s, all tie Circuit .iIlcc, a! the county |
judges, the Gor'ra,.', AID, il 4 WORD, every |
officer III the state, And if yo, dent confess