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Court was so important. We thought that in effect by
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merging it where it can be a division of the general
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trial court, where somaone can be assigned to it the
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way Judge Moylan is assigned to juvenile causes now, we
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would be enhancing its status. This court is a fully
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judicial court and it is now manned by judges who are
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not treated on a par from point of view of salary and
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everything else and pensions with the other judges --
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THE CHAIRMAN: And tenure.
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MR, SYKES: — throughout the state. The
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practical question is whether or not this court wouldn't
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be elevated and its service improved to the citizens of
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the state if whoever sat in the Orphans Court had the
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full dignity, status and emoluments of a judge of general
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jurisdiction in this state.
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Now you get to other questions as to whether
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in a particular jurisdiction it might take more than one
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judge. Maybe it does. The question and the result of
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the recommendation we make might very easily require a
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substantial change in the picture of judicial manpower
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throughout the state. This is entirely possible. But
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