Show Consolidation of Lower Courts in ill in illI I Salt Lake Lale Urged City Attorney Is Opposed to Bill Designed to Cut Expense Declaring that the change would eliminate waste in time tune energy and expense L. L R. R Martineau Jr appeared ap before the lower house Judiciary Judi ciary committee today in support of ot the tho house bouse bill proposing a a. consolidation consolida tion of ot all of or the lower courts of ot Salt I Lako Lake City Harper J J. J Dininny city attorney I appeared as an opponent of or the bill declaring that the tho expense of or the operation op of or tho the consolidated courts I would be more than the city could stand Martineau expressed the opinion that the bill could be so amended as asto asto asto to make these lower courts self sustaining sustaining sus- sus taming if ir they are not already on a It paying basis The committee passed consideration of ot the bill until tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row morning in order to give Martineau Marti Mart neau and Dininny time to submit figures fig lg ures on oil the cost of oC operating the tho municipal municipal mu mu- arid and the justices' justices courts In the pas past t. t According to Martineau the tho bill which proposes a consolidation of ot the municipal and justices' justices courts under four branches with an all associate justice jus tice in charge will save pave money for the taxpayers and time and energy for attorneys at at- tornos torno's and litigants When tile the legislature met two years ago It changed the tho organization of ot 1 Justices' Justices courts taking the fees Cees away from the tile justices and giving Salt Lake count county another justice The rho fees I were raised in order to meet the salaries sal I aries of paid officials of the courts I Martineau today declared that the j raise In iu fees had crippled the justices' justices courts and placed a burden on the the I civil courts Ho He declared that during dunn the latter part of ot his term ho lie ha hato had to give only a part of oC his time to tho the work of or the county Ho ITo declared that the heavier fees had taken all of ot the civil business out of the two justices' justices courts One Ono Justice said he could have handled all of the criminal work l d declared ed that the tho present system Is wrong in that It gives two courts on the same floor of the same building possessed of oC the same power two absolutely different forms of By consolidating tho the courts ho declared uniformity could be had with a saving of or time energy I and mone money |