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U. S. Judges

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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
March
Year
1846
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Observe the inequality and injustice, arried out in the salaries of the Judges. jouisiana, wtth a free population of 183,959, has one iudge at n Kilary of HOOO lollars; Ohio, wilh a population of 1,519,164, more tb'nn eight times as greot as hat of Louisinna, hns only one Judgo, at o salary oflOOÜ: hat h; while he has nore than eight times ns many people to do business for, he receives but one third na much pay. Arknnsás, wilh a Cree population of 77,639, has one Judge nt a salary of 2000 dollars; New Hampshire,with a populnlion of 284,5 1 3, nos dui one Judge,at a salary óf 1000 dollars. Mississippi, with a freepopulationnf 180,440, has one Judgejwho receives2óOO dollars; Indiana, willi a population of 685,863", has but one Sudgo, who rcceives only 100ff dollars; rcceivingbutlwo fifths as much pay fordoing more thnn three times