The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-02-09
TO PILE Up
COURT COSTS
Clerk Salem, of Cleveland
has Drafter a New Fee
Bill.
ASSOCIATION BACKS HIM
Salaries of all Clerks are
Running Short.
Bill Will Probably not be
Passed.
Should IL Become Law the Cost of
Court Proceedings Would be SO
Piled up That only MilIionaircs
VIII bc Able 10 go 70 Court.
Drawing Juries is Considered
Strenuous work.
BY United Press wire.

Columbus, o., Feb. 9.-Litigants
in county courts in Ohio will have to
make up the amounts that county
clerks in the big counties have fallen
short in the collection of fees to pay
their salaries, IL the bill introduced by
request of county Clerk Salem, of
Cleveland, is passed. 1t increases the
items of cost in cases. Many new fees
are provided. When the clerks Of
flee was under the old fee system, the
incumbents used to quit Office rich.
Since the salary law took effect, they
haven't been able to collect enough
fees to break even.
The bill was introduced by Schaibly,
of Cuyahoga, Salen is Its author. Back
of Salem is the state organization of
county clerks, the association of state
inspectors of county offices, and state
auditor Fullington.
Until January ], 1910, the salary
law provided that the county COM
should make up any de-
fciency by appropriating money. But
after that date, the county officials
have to shift for themselves.
Under the new bill, these new fees
are provided; sp
Four cents for each entry in any
case. Hitherto the rate was four
cents for each case only. This means
a big increase for entering the move
ments of witnesses. For entering
each name on docket, eight cents.
That's new. For taking each affidavit
with SEAL twenty-five cents; old
rate, fifteen cents. A new fee for is
suing subpoenas. twenty-five cents.
For returns on subpoenas and their
entry, eight cents per hundred words.
That's new. Cost Of certificates to
tales jurors Increased from four cents
TO eight cents. Entering attendance
of each witness each day four cents.
Formerly four cents for entering one
appearance only. Certificates to wit
ness to dray fees int,cased from four
to eight cents. A new charge of
eight cents for entering and indexing
Of indexing an order on u journal, four
cents. For transcrlbing and posting
orders, verdicts, rules and judg-
ments, eight cents per 100 words and
for entering and assignment of judg-
ment, eight cents per 100 words. I'm
der the old law n straight charge of
eight cents each was provided, no
matter how many words were en-
ployed A new charge of eight cents
Tor indexing a complete record. Cost
Of indexing judgments and final ord
ers for each party in q suit, eight
cents. Under the old law, fifteen
cents for each case, no matter how
many parties.
These are only samples.
Schaibly suspects this clause gives
wide latitude to pile up fees. For
other services required by law the
same fee shall be charged as for corr
services herein provid-
I'd j"
"rd vote against the bill myself |
because of that clause" said Schai-
bly,.
For drawing a petit jury, the clerks |
are TO get seventy-five cents new rev.
enue under Salen's bill. In Cuya- |
hoga, for instance, there are eleven
petit juries yearlyf with fifteen men |
'or each jury. Entering attendance
IF each juror daily, four cents. That |
would amount, with 1S0 jurymen a |
lay, to 81 daily or nearly $1,000 a
year. Certificate of qualification 70 |
grand jury witnesses four cents each.
That's new. There are from 600 to |
700 such witnesses yearly in each of
he big counties. Each certificate of
'ees of petit jurors eight cents. That
means $t4 week, or $500 for the
erm. The apportioning of grand
jurors TO townships and copying of
he names for wheel Is TO net $50 to
he clerks pay fund.
Schaibly says the bill is rich"
He says If county clerks paid their
iired hands aud deputies at the rate
hey paid them when the clerks got
rom 100000 TO $4,000 a year, the
ees would be adequate as they are.
rhe deputies used TO get $1,000 a
ear. Now they get $500.