deceased Mr. Leggett.
would alone be able to
functions of Clock of the court
exercise the two fur
and Judge's clerk, and that even in his case-
the offices
were united- chiefly in- consideration of
M. Leggett being unable to subsist on
the
Salary
allowed by the authorged Schedule to the Clerk-
of the fourt--
I have
more
than
once in
founcil_
directed the attention of the Chief Justice to the necessity of obtaining such an amount of fees, the Salaries of if possible, as shall provide for the subordinate Officers of the Supreme Court, and
I
I beg in this place to refer to my Despatch_
18 78 of 1845 to Lord Stanley, in which I stated
follows:-
"The Chief Justice and attorney beneral
both
inform
me that the present scale is
and though the receipts have not as yet.
equalled the amount
the amount of Salaries
- of Salaries it may
• high,
rcasonably be anticipated that the increase
of business in the fourt deficiency.
an increase
will som
536 supply this
which might be
impeded by a scale exceeding the present
me
t.one".
No other mode at present- occurs to
of increasing the amount of fees Crown, than by increasing
to the
by increasing the summary
jurisdiction of the fourt in Civil suits, and thus, by avoiding the expenses of pleading, enabling the Litigants to pay higher fees. There are-
great objections
course
a measure-;
though
substantial justice
t
to the adoption of such_
in reality the ends
justice would be
f
equally well.
attained, and at the same time more -
cheaply and more
speedily-
I have the honor to be,
With the highest-respect,
Sir-
Your Most Obedient.
Humble Servant,
7.7 Davis
of