To Kill The Fee System
Submitted by: Mollie Stehno

March 25, 1897-The Shawnee Quill-Washington, March 22-Senator Vest has introduced bills fixing the salary of the marshal of Kansas at $5,000 and of the chief deputy at $1,500 of the clerks of the circuit and district courts at $2,500 each, and of the clerk of the two courts at Fort Dodge at $500; of the United States marshal for the western district of Missouri at $4,000 and of the chief deputy at $2,000; of the clerk of the circuit of Kansas City at $2,000; of the clerk of the district court at $2,000; of the clerk of the circuit and district courts at St. Joseph and Hannibal at $500, at Springfield $1,000 and at Jefferson City at $1,500.

Senator Vest has introduced a bill fixing the salary of United States marshal of Oklahoma at $5,500 and the chief deputy at $1,500. He also proposes to fix the salary of the clerk of the court, for the district of the Indian Territory at $2,500; that of the clerk of the supreme court of Oklahoma of $750 and fees; the clerk of the first district court of that territory at $2,500 and of the other districts at $2,000.

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