CO129-016 - Sir John Davis - 1846 [1-6] — Page 310

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

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