Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-21
Mauor's Message
on Court Budget
r.rttnued from PAGE One

s.~.,oued from PAGE One
=. the Common Pleas judges have two
and a fraction each.
., officers allowed to each Municipal
Court Judge to three t3l, which Is
Cous' us than the Common Pleas judges
h.ye. This would reduce the cost to
tSe city, from $4,000 to $4,000 on
this item. eo,-o .,
''eSL "Iine ne 43. Crier, two, at $25O0," re.
Auced to $2250 each.
These reductions are made to make
fbe salaries Of the Municipal Court
s,iers uniform with the criers Of the
Courts of the Common Pleas and Or
nbans' Court. The criers of the Court
~ Quarter Sessions receive higher pay
than those of the Common Pleas and the
Orphans' Courts, but their salaries are
SIed by net Of Assembly.
slashes stenographic Force
Lime 46. Stenographers, eleven, at
$1,000; reduced TO nine, at $4,000.
The fifteen Common Pleas judges are
allowed fourteen stenographers at $4,000
o,r annum, less than one stenogra pher
item from eleven to nine stenographers.
Al $4,000 each, allows one stenographer
Sor each of the nine judges in the Mu-
,ic,pal Court. In addition to the com.
pensstion allowed these stenographers,
lees are also allowed them for copy fur
nished, and in addition, the court has
sanctioned the use OF the mandsmus to
recover stenographers' fees, which, ac-
eordinE TO the city controllers report
for 1918, amounted generally to $164,-
S81.15.
that stenographers' fees were recovered
| by mandsmus through the Municipal
| Court to the amount Of S24. .031 IA. and
| through the Common Pleas Court to the
amount Of $36, ,S41. .6S. This Is In Rd
| dition to the salaries and the bonuses
paid to stenographers on their salaries
M 10 and including $4,000 per annum.
Lime 4S. Janitor, 10 at 5000"
reduced to IL at $1,000.
In addition 70 the 10 janitors pro-
yided in the bill for the Municipal
Court, Item "a allows for Cleaner, IS
At $780," The buildings under the jur-
b. we'll taken care Of, II 10 believed, BY
~ janitors with the 13 cleaners, or
Is In all.
In the matter Of clerks and q variety
d other employees, Il Is impossible, as
che budget Is made up, to determine
their application to any specific branch
Of the Municipal Court service. The
salarier Of clerks no vary as to require
q particular inquiry as to each clerk
/ 70 ascertain exactly what the duties are.
II is believed, as the result Of inquiry,
that some Of the work Of these clerks
% duplicated, or unnecessary to an
economical administration.
Lime 40. g ERIK, 8 at $4,000; re.
duced to 3 at $4,000.
"Line 8S. Clerk, 7 at 1880; re-
duced to 5 at $3.50.
Line 80. Clerk. 13 at $1,000" re-
suced to 10 at 1920.
Lime 10. C',rk. 5 at $1,000; re-
iuced to 4 at 5000.
"Line Il. t,li @ at $1,000; re-
duced to 4 at $1,000.
These reduction, 10 not apply to the |
tive We filing clerks, five at 5000 and |
seven at 5000, allowed in the bill.
Probation Oficers Halvod
The bill allows generally for about |
hfty one (61) Clerks, designated. 10
such, for the Municipal Court, in ad.
dition to ffty-ive officers and criers,
eighty stenoyraphers and 800 probation |
officers, but these do not complete the |
list of employees Of the court.
Line 57-Probation officer, fourteen
at S2500' reduced to seven at $500.
Lime 5S-Probation officer, six at |
$1,000; reduced to three at $1,000.
Lime 50--Probation officer. forty at
$500" reduced to twenty at $500.
Lime G0-Probation officer, forty.
eight at $1,000" reduced to twenty four
Lime Gl--Probation officer, eighty
eight at $1,000; reduced to forty four
Line G2-Probation officer, twenty
one at $780,; reduced to eleven ut
Line 83--Probation officer, twelve at
1920 reduced to six at 5000,
Line 84-Probation officer, sixty
SIX at $1,000; reduced to thirty three
The total number Of probation officers
asked for by the Municipal Court and
allowed In the bill is thus cut approx
mate'y In half, 1t is believed that the
ma ming are ample to do the work.
The Municipal Court was created by
an act Of Assembly, approved July ~,
1913, about seven years ago, prior to
which time probation officers were not
employed by the taxpayers, except in
limited number. Moreover. In the
county commissioners direct appropria-
tion, as heretofore indicated, provision
Is made for supervising investigator
at $4,000 per annum, a deputy super
nsing investigator at $2100 per an
mum. and twelve chi,dren's agents and
Investigators at $500 per annuin
each all evidently engaged upon pro-
bation work, while the sheriff also re-
eeives appropriations for juvenile court
work and for other assistance to the
Municipal Court.
Furth r than this. the Department of
rublic Welfare has under It's jurisdic.
tion at the present time nearly 1000
chiluren who are more or less per-
manent charges, but whose welfare IL
shtesuarded by four (4) probation Off.
ctrs-~not a sufficient number, as the de-
partment believes, but all the Council
mas granted. to care for one quarter the
total number Of children at any time
under under the control Of the Municipal
Court Cases Repeat"
The report Of the NUM- .ipal Court
for 1919 (Juvenile Court diyision)
sshows that less than 10000 cases Ito
1e exact, 1870, were before the court
IN N the year 1910. Many Of these
tcaSes were the same case several !
Nh'es over, where it was necessary TO
consider the same child.
o., Eor example" says the report of
hG 'hG court on page 237, "if a DELINQUENT
.n'u IL brought before the Judge or
Wv, r hterviewers at the House of De-
ts t"tloh -FOUR times during the wear. he
:, counted az four ~ cases, provided
nsoro ," Is deposition with each ap-