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JU\QSola,V- Fek. Z [ 1A I TT 1 -----*-- Exemptions Levelled and _ Minimum Salary to Be Raised .---_-_-----&----- | . P _ _ Uniformity of salaries, with a general uoward revision, for the outside service |of the Attorney--General's Department jis provided for in nine hills which Hou,. | William Price introduced to the On-- tario Legislature yesterday. _ "It has for a long time," said Colonel Price, in speaking to the measures, beon an anomaly that the Province was often paying a first--class clerk of clerk--stenographer more than respons» ible officials who must use their 'own discretion. The levelling up of the ex-- emptions and the raising of the mini-- mum salary should remove this in-- equality," Price Explains. _ _ The bills brought down--acts to amend the Registry Act, the Admini= stration of Justics Expense Act, the Public Officers' Fees Act, the Division Courts Act, the Summary Convictions Act, the Sheriffs Act, the Executions Act, and the Jurors Act, were explain-- ed by the Attornsy--General as follows: "Every one will agrese that it is most impnortant that those occupying impor-- tant positions in the various countizs throughout our Province should feol that they ars dealt fairly with and that consideration has been given to their needs as well as the needs of the inside service. This matter has on-- 'gaged the attention of the departmens for a great number of years. The for-- mer Inspector of Legal Offices, Mv. Humphries, has given it his continuous attention ifor a number of years; }z: has consulted the legal profession throughout the Province; he has spoken to the Leader of the Liberal Opposition, Mr. Sinclair, and I have had an oppor-- lunity of speaking to Mr. Sinclair imy-- self, and we both think that these amendments are well conceived anrd {could very well be enacted. Payment Methods Vary. ! _ "In this personnel are included the 'Crown Attorney and Clerk of the 'Peace, the Local Registrar of the Su-- breme Court, the County Court Clerk, | the Surrogate Court Clerk, the Sher_ifr, 'the Registrar of Deeds, the Division ! Court Clerk, All of these officers have ; been paid by different msthods. Some 'are paid by salary plus fees; others en-- |tirely by fees or a pzarcentage of fees. Sometimes a county c>-- a municipality 'participates as well as the Province. 'The exemptions before percentages are ' paid vary in almost every case.