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THE CHAIRMAN: And gets all the revenues?
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MR. BENIGN; That's right.
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THE CHAIRMAN: And, also, would you agree that
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the State ought to provide the Courts, the Court House?
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MR. BENTON: Yes.
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THE CHAIRMAN: And I agree.
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MR. BENTON: And I further recommend, Dick, that
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this be a general fund operation, instead of operating out
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of fees, as many of these offices have done over the years.
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THE CHAIRMAN: I'm going to make this recommenda-
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tion to the Bar Association in July, Charlie. Can I quote
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you as saying --
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MR. BENTON: Yes, indeed. I don't know whether
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you want me to go into detail or not, but at the outset I
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made the statement that we have a makeshift, hodge-podge,
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inefficient arrangement.
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"As an example of this, fines that ere imposed
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by the Criminal Court, with the approval of the Judge,
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may be paid to the Department of Probation on an installment
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basis. In reference to such payments, the Probation Depart
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ment deducts a two per cent commission, which incidentally
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