, 1875-01-20

charge commission OF PR cent On the hrst
el9 aud ~ por cant on the halai.cc.
Observation-Disclosures tho prnporls ID sold Of not
1uhtico-Ycs, that IN tile custom.
HepUrter--1h 1t lDEal
Jnstico-1t las got to bo the custom with
MANY of tllctn t1o not think it ts leRal. tit,
not bclinve In npilol1ing it; but thoY do not
get ANYTHING for their trouble unenn they get
something in that way. Tint in tho only way
tiov can get pAv aud Aonetimcs thor baye
awful hotl'or rnnIiig aftor executions.
lieportor--That first bill IL
oHE t,f YOUR OWN.
JuHtico (Aurptihct1)-i did mt make It out.
lsoportor--Do you not make INT your onn
bills
Jns.ice--No. novor gave that; It must have
boon my clork.
Tbs c!crk'uattontion was oa11cd to tito bill, snd
ho said might have oyercharged IN certain
caHa. will toll yo wliat that is: Tint In the cnso
against buckley. Don't yon remember ito the
1ustco) he catno in hero and yoL paid him back
e4.h0.
JuBtice--Yca. Iphld him back. II you mado
out tl'at bill you chafgcd hin double.
Clcrk-lfow?
1nstleo--You charged dockolng, etc., twlce.
Clerk-Iait wrong2
JuHicc--ycB, and do not want 1t done again.
complaint about ovcrchnrges, or calls my attcn-
tiun to it. always mako thu correction.
Repol tor-fouE clerk seoms not to nnaotstand
hs 1ir,HtnesR?
witl, mo but short timo, and nccnaionallY have
to Int him over tic head to keep him straight.
Roportcr-WhAt Constable charged those fees
in tin first b,ll9
Justco-n. s. ferrlre.
AZ tho Justice says, he corrected tho error
when 1t WAS pointed out to him bnt II 1t bad
not hcon, 7Fnn1d not thrcs timeA the foes la aud
tho Constable were legally entitled 10 have been
collected7 To this particular suit no tri1 wae
had, yet e1 was charged for "trlal." and
tllousli there was no sale Of the property the
Constable charged $3.50.
"CoMM1ssioSB."
Now word about these. 30 ferns Constab1e's
fees arc concerned. there ia distinction betwee,i
Cook aud tho other counties, they being gonef-
ally smaller hero. Whore property is sold under
execution, In any and every county tile Consta-
ble gets 10 per cent on slo Of. all under. and
per cent on all over. W!lero the money rs paid
Constable gots nothing, hut Constable in any
other county would got per cent oil s1D and q
per cent OIL all over It. Iii tho first bill tho Con-
stable wss allowed a2.G0, the anloant ho mould
tl'o second bill ho was allowed s1.2s, which
10 *Ras hesn 10 outsda Of e''' codE a9t' eounsy a
had there been no sale. Under no
possible circumstances il this charge which il
figured ont a. direct percentage on tho tuig-
ment, iustifab1e. II there was aale the Con-
Rtablc WIS entitled to $780, If not, to nothing.
Therefore. Mr. rorrine would do we'll to halil
oyor the icga!ly-eollected $l.28. which WAS not
lump SUN for "troube about tho property"
l,nt per cent on $40, plus ~ per cent on
e3l.20, the judgment boing e41.25.
In addition, tho dockoting, ete., Was at frat
billed twice, and the Constable charged Is ccuta
for lowing. wien l,o made no foyy.
THE ADMISSIONS OF THE JUSTICE,
when ho did not know the bill WIS his, are sig
nitlcaut, and the excuse, "Aty clerk did it, IN
very lAme one. Clerks usually carry out nstrllc-
tions. 11ow did this one know wAat to charge
unless lle was told?
III view OF the facts e1lcitot1 by tho fnvestiga-
tion Of the reporter II would lo beneficial to iti-
GantB in tho Justlcos' Courts to examine their
bills Of coats, anl SEQ that they ars not callotl
upon 10 pay thre1 or fonr times as much for tho
sorslceH Of the officers OF the Ian as they are
lsgitimately worth. .,