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the salary of the Judge

( 7 ) The right of the judge

vcreade

of salary,

mere

increased,

to

the jurisdiction

the

is in effect admitted as proposed scheme to extend the juris= -diction is, upon his application, abandoned and a Draft Ordinance is published in the Gazette from which the clauses increasing the jurisdiction beyond Five Hundred Dollars have been omitted,

and wherein

no-

mention whatever is

made of a jurisdiction in

Equity.

Upon these facts I would venture

a

to submit that the Colony has perfectly good claim to the Ordinance as originally drafted, that it is

embarassing to the Judge

very

and cannot

tend to create a favorable impression -

upon

the minds of those

among.

st whom

we dwell if he has continually to explain why his hands are tied why in effect a Court of Justice is incapable of doing a justice especially when everybody Knows that the evil admits of so easy a remedy and I would, in conclusion, express a hope that the Secretary of State may give

such directions

a.u

will prevent the desire of the whole profession of this beclony from being disregarded and provide an appropriate tribunal for the settlement of small claims low and in Equity.

both at low and

I have X

Signed / Henry John BBoll.

(True Copy)

Colonial Secretary.

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