Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-01-30
THE BAR ASSOCIATION.
REFORM IN THE UuUNrY OFFICES.
Substituting Salaries for Fees-ProposeG
Legislation For Counties OF Between
100000 aud 50. 900.

Substituting Salaries for Fees-Proposed
Legislation For Counties OF Between
100000 aud 10000.
A special meeting of tho Lancaster
county bar association, called to consider
the propriety of securing legislative
action to salary our county offices, was
held this morning in the main court room.
81. NJ. North, esq, president of the asso-
citation, was in the chair; W. A. Wilson,
esq, acting as secretary; and E. Z. Mar
tin, esq, in explaining the object Of the
meeting, said the call for it had been signed
by every member Of the bar except one.
The meeting was attended by over forty
active practitioners.
After some discussion, and a general
agreement that the proposed manner of
paying the county officers was desirable, a
committee, consisting of W. A. Atlee, 8.
H. Reynolds, Geo. Nauman, E. K. Martin
and NJ. Brosius, esqs., was appointed to
consider the matter and report at once to
the meeting such legislation as was neces-
sary.
While the committee was out, at the in
stance of President North, a beautiful
eulogy of Counsellor Hun gerford, pro-
nounced by Hon. r. D. Hubbard in the
supreme court of Connecticut, was read
from the XXXIX Connecticut Reports by
j. Hay Brown, esq. The sentiment and
diction of the address and the impressive
elOcutiOn of the reader were the subject
of general admiration.
The committee returned promptly and
reported favoring legislation supplement
tary to the existing acts classifying cOun-
ties of over 10000 population, which
would provide for fourth class, embrac-
ing the counties of Lancaster, Luzerne,
Schuylkill and Berks, providing salaries
for their county officers instead of fees and
mileage, and making the county commits.
sioners and auditors board OF control to
to fix tho number of the deputies and
clerks, all fees under this act to 60 in to
the county treasury.
The report of the committee was con-
sidered seriatim, and after some discussion
tho meeting adopted the following sched
ule as its idea Of what tho salaries should
be in these counties in lieu of all fees. =:
District attorney. So, 900 sheriff, 81, 900;
protkonotary, $500; clerk of orphans
court, $500; clerk of quarter sessions,
50, 500; register, 50: 900; recorder, $4,000
treasurer, So, 900 3; county surveyor, $3.50
county commissioners, $1,000; auditors,
SOU county solicitor, 500 keeper o
prison, 81 200 coroner, $500 jury com
missioners, $500.
There was some discussion as to what
was the proper figures for the sheriff
salary and by a vote of 81 to 1S the asso.
citation adopted $4,000, instead of 5000
1t was then agreed that the committee
above named be continued to draft thu
necessary legislation to carry out the
proposed changes, to secure the repeal O
all inconsistent laws and to present tht
proposed new measures to the Legislature
and to the representatives ana members
the bar of other counties interested.
| T.B. Holahan, esq, moved that th'
committee also make an effort to secure
the legislation necessary to increase th'
salaries of the judges from $4,000 t.
$1,000.
This was laid upon the table, and th'
association adjourned.