Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-15

NJ ooAe ~. oovsrdAle: some ok
the nembsn ce he bar, and IN the
number an included. appeared b.
fore the Lsvy Court today ana pro-
tssted against the reduction Of the
number Of clerks In the once of the
rocoeose q deeds.
The eond1tion in your once 10 d.
plorahaA and I have como 20 the con-
cluslon that the Levy Court II 3usti-
hsd In taking soms action In the mat
ter.
We found IN your oflsce unrecorded
papers that would require the pres
snt force At least three months to
sprsad upon the records.
The complaint not only Of tns Levy
Court, but Of many nsmbsrs Of the bar
who have business With your ONCE,
and uf the citisens Of THU county 10
that you are not aging at your ONCE
to which the electors OF this county
elected you.
want to say to you. worry frankly.
that there are members NJ thx bar
Who do not propose to tolerate the
present conditions. Many OF US at the
present time. in tho case of corpora
t!on~. arc Obliged 10 pay for extra
certified copies Of charters in the Of
nee q tho Secretary OF State (the
minimum charge for which 10 $t5o),
and havs euch extra certified copies
certified TO A. being recorded by clerk
In the once and pay an additional
tee OF 81 for this osrtincatiou. and leave
the original charter In your once for
~.t
tatcs an expenditure. either on the part
OF the attorney or client OF $3.50,
which should not be necessary.
am confident in my mind that the
Lazy Court is willing 70 cooperate
with you 70 bring this work up to date
providing you win spend your time a,
the once, and at least do tho book
keeping and hook after the collections
and relieve the clerk In your once who
is paid by tho county for this work.
lam writing frankly and very plain.
ly IN tho matter. and for what con
slider your rood and tho efficiency o
your oficc, and certainly IN the In.
terests OF q duty that you owe to tn,
citizens Of this county.
know you Will not be pleased with
| inrS iCNlNis tuN NNNi htSl }IIlDfSSeiti
will bs 70 defy the wiehes and request
o. certain members of this bar. which
includes me. but want 20 cay TO yo,
frankly there nre two ways by which
tho matter can be reached. and. l an
confident that unless you give you
undivided time 10 your ofiice, the Nom
bers OF this bar. a. we'll as citizen
In general. Will resort TO the remedie
which In my Judgment, they have;
Firct-To 'ay the whole matter be
torc the encouragement with rcques
that no send an indictment 70 tn
grand Jury for neglect In once.
Second-rf mis- does not brin,
results, then by petition TO tn
Mdre. IN Superior Court in open ses
sion.
lam writing you very frankly on tn
subject. and i hope YOU Will accep
the letter In the spirit in which 1t wa
written: however. II YOU think that
am unjust IN the matter. then l canno
help 70. | have a duty which owe m
clients and there Is n duty which yo
owe 60 .he members OF this bar and I
the citizens of this county.
With kind regards. believe me to b,
Very truly yours.
Ar,ey r. Magee.
r. NJ. Sopcr and A. G. Massey, trus
tees OF the Kent county nlmshous'
, appeared before the court asking fo
Improvement OF road leading from Wy
, ominE 10 the almshouse, by straightcr
ms 4 out.
Rond Supervisors.
The Levy Court announced the 70
4 wing road supervisors for the year
, FIRST district. J. A. Kirby, w n. Enni:
Second. Henry p. Fenninlore, John {
slaughter; Third, w. F. Duiin, Cha
II. Graham: Fourth. Waller Marve
Enoeh johnson; Fifth. Charles
] Darling. A O. Massey; Sixth. II. ]
, Clark. Edgar Minner; Seventh, Fran
!. MINER. J. H. Barber; Eighth, Eliza
! Harrington, r. r. Stevenson; Mint
, W. 7. Neenan. J. +. Cahal: Tenth, y
NJ. Macklin. W. Pierson.