The Constitution of the State ought to
be amended so as to increase the number
<>f Judges of the Supreme Court to five.
The rapid iiwrerjse of the bu-jnesg of that
Court, keeping pace with the growth of
the populatioq, and business development,
of th.e country, taxes the Judges with too
much and too seyen Jabor. In justice to
the Judges themselves, and to .the busine-s
constantly before the Court, this relief
ought to be provided.
The Constitution ought also to be nine d
eu, bo that, after the clo e of my present
term, jny sjtpgessors may be paid a higher
salary than tuat now authorized by the
Constitution, or else so that no man but a
man of wealth can be eligible to’the office.
Ihe present salary, requiring the most
rigid economy in the official incumbent, to
give him a bare livelihood, renders the
position most humiliating, when occasions
require the commonest courtesies to be
extended to distinguished strangers from
abroad.
M ILITAk Y ORT. A NIZ AT I ON.
befoye called the attention of the
Legislature to the necessity of some further
legislation to aid in a more efficient organ
ization of the Militia of the State. WJiilii
there is a mere skeleton of an organization,
no efficient use can be made of it to sup
press insurrection or rebellion from witlijiy,
or to present aggressions from abroad.
