The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-10

that the change In the method of APP
pointment OF judges and the placing
of clerks on a salary, would tend
strongly in the direction of less prac-
tice by either of them in their own or
inferior courts.
We wish to call your attention to the
matter of rewards for information
against horse thieves, as provided for
in Section 1,341 of the general sta
tutes. AS appears from the figures Of
the comptroller, the amount paid out
under the provisions of this section
during the year ending September 80,
1898, was $780, We recommend that
amount not exceeding S100 shall be
paid as a reward,
BOARD OF PRISONERS IN COUN-
Try JAILS.
! This account for the year ending
September 80, 1898, amounted to the
sum of s11456576. Connecticut, from
the returns Of other states, seems to be
the only New England state that as
sumes this expense In the others the
county Jail bills are paid by the coun-
! ty wherein the Jail is situated.
SHER1FFS' SALARIES.
| In account No of the comptroller's
report under the head of salaries Of
sheriffs, we find that the amount paid
by the state under this head for the
year ending September 80, 1898. was
S7,999.90 This sum is paid in accord
ance with the provisions of Section 1928
| of the general statutes, which in part is
as follows: I'm addition to the fees al
lowed by law, each sheriff shall re-
ceive from the state a salary annually
of one thousand dollars" While not
saying that a sheriff should not receive
salary, your committee are at a loss
for any reason why such salary should
be paid by the state. Your committee
are of the opinion that in all cases
where a salary is needed it should be
paid by the party employing, i. e., in
this case the county. From the returns
made to us by the sheriffs concerning
their official income, we find that quite
an amount is yearly paid out by the
state as Key Fees" This Is strictly
in accordance with Section 1871, but is
entirely unnecessary, as the jailers
are salaried, and it Is very evident
portion of the duty for them to per-
form, and for which the salary is paid,
to receive any one by proper process
committed to the jail and him to safely
keep until by due process discharged,
and to promptly release him when so
discharged. We would therefore recon-
mend that the state no longer pay any
key Fees" Another item of expense
to the state that your committee can
see no good reason for continuing, is
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viets from the several county jails to
the state prison. These We're formerly
taken at the expense of the state as
directed in Section 1888 of the general
statutes. The warden or his deputies
being saaried officials, the only ex-
pense to the state was the necessary
car fare, etc, /. e., the actual expense
of such transportation.
In 1898, by the provisions of Chap.
XII, the sheriffs were empowered to
execute warrants for the commit
ment of convicts to the state prison.
Again in 1885, by Chap. V, IAN act con-
corning commitments to state prison"
progress was made on the part of the
sheriff in that it was then provided
that the sheriff should receive 25 cents
per mile for such transportation for
each prisoner from the county jail,
wherein they were confined, to Weth-
ersfield. We are not aware Of
any great improvement in the present,
method of transporting prisoners, and
it is an increased expense to the state
and in our opinion an unnecessary one.
We therefore recommend the repeal
of the acts of 1893 and 1895, and the re-
turn to the provisions of Section 1898;
and we submit that unless there be
quite balance of profit in it for the
sheriff and therefore corresponding
loss to the state, the sheriffs viii not
object to this return to the old custom
INTERNATIONALLY HAITI