Probate Judge Salaries

The Port Austin NVws exoepliOO to the luw unacted by the legislatura at thcir late session, tixing Uw talarte! "f" probate juilas i,y legislativa enactment, nitead of allou Ing eaob ooontj, thrcragh ber board of rapárriaon, to wy lor t.-oit wiiat tlii' K)sition worth. The bÖI, the N'cws claim?, was virtually killed two or three timos, but carne up iiiTiiin it the last moment uiiiler aiiothvr title, and was rnthrri Ihrovigh. The chance efftcta Harem countv to the tune of $600 per innam. They were payIllg tlicir probate jmlge $"00, and nou they must pay him $1.10(1, or the HUM M I county having one-third inore InmabManto. 'J'lic taw may be uujust in sonie taStances- rcry Gsw luws but u hut are- but we are inclined to think tliat in general it w ill prove beneficia]. W do not believe in cuttiug down salaries so that ootmpetenl men can not afford to take tho ofleHk We beUare that tiui-onomy is tlmt wliich makes moet efficiënt officials. The duties of the prtbute judgeship cali for men of good legal acijiiiiement.s and excellent jadgmeat A clieap man would makc bad work of it, the elt'ects of such an administration latting for years, perhaps. It is very often the ca.-e tliat our raperrisois do not know or aunrecintc tlie amotint or qualityot work devolving upon a comity nlHi-hil, and ponsrqiiently aro nnt rnpM nf jmlging of the remuneriuon. They lt'9re to show an econoiuical record to tlicir constituenries and so ent down sa] nies, without propcrly investigatin. There are somu good aruments on both ui thU (jiicsüoD. iid that f the Xcus tlmt the countv IrgtoUlWT oughl to be bettcr .iblc to jmlge of the amount of work and C0HMqQ8BUy of its reinunoriition is Memtagiy plausible, if thcy would hut take lato consideration the quality of tlio work also. A judje of pMbata nexi to the circuit judge in the demands upon bii ic;;ai innnlriBinnti. bil common naM and liis ability.