JUDICIARY. [All Judges in the Commonwealth are appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Council, and hold office during good behavior.] The salary of the Chief Justice is $4,500, and of each of the Associate Justices, $4,000. Horace Gray, Jr., of Boston, Reporter. Salary, $300, and proceeds of reports. Stephen H. Phillips, of Salem, Attorney-General. Salary, $2,500, and $1,000 clerk hire. The salary of the Chief Justice is $2,700, and of each Associate Justice, $2,500. Superior Court of the County of Suffolk. [The Judges of this Court are ex officio Judges of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.] Charles Allen, of Worcester, Chief Justice, appointed 1858 66 1855 Charles P. Huntington, of Boston, Associate Justice, Stephen G. Nash, of Boston, Associate Justice, The salary of the Chief Justice is $3,200, and of each of the Associate Justices, $3,000. Police Courts. ADAMS.-Joel Bacon, Justice. Charles Marsh, Special Justice. BOSTON.-John G. Rogers, Thomas Russell, Sebeus C. Maine, Justices. Thomas Power, Clerk. CAMBRIDGE.-John S. Ladd, Justice. George W. Livermore, Special Justice. CHELSEA. Hamlet Bates, Justice. Erastus Rugg, Special Justice. CHICOPEE.-Mortimer D. Whitaker, Justice. George S. Taylor, Special Justice. FALL RIVER.-Louis Lapham, Justice. James Ford, Special Justice. Augustus B. Leonard, Clerk. GLOUCESTER.-Joshua P. Trask, Justice. Cyrus Storey, Jr., Special Justice. HAVERHILL.-William Taggart, Justice. Justice. Edmund Kimball, Special LAWRENCE.-William Stevens, Justice. Daniel Saunders, Jr., George W. Benson, Special Justices. William H. P. Wright, Clerk. LEE.-Isaac C. Ives, Justice. Joseph B. Whiting, Special Justice. LOWELL.-Nathan Crosby, Justice. Joel Adams, George Stevens, Special Justices. Samuel P. Hadley, Clerk. LYNN.-Thomas B. Newhall, Justice. James R. Newhall, Benjamin F. Mudge, Special Justices. MILFORD.-Sullivan Thayer, Justice. Lyman Maynard, Special Justice. Henry L. Parker, Clerk. NEW BEDFORD.-Robert C. Pitman, Justice. Alanson Borden, William W. Crapo, Special Justices. Francis L. Porter, Clerk. NEWBURYPORT.-Stephen W. Marston, Justice. John Cook, Special Justice. Edward W. Rand, Clerk. PITTSFIELD.-John A. Walker, Justice. Phineas L. Page, Special Justice. ROXBURY.-Peter S. Wheelock, Justice. Joshua Seaver, Eben Jones. Special Justices. SALEM.-Joseph G. Waters, Justice. William C. Prescott, George Andrews, Special Justices. Samuel P. Andrews, Clerk. SPRINGFIELD.-James H. Morton, Justice. Harvey Chapin, Charles A. Winchester, Special Justices. TAUNTON.-Samuel R. Townsend, Justice. Benjamin R. Dean, Special Justice. James P. Ellis, Clerk. WILLIAMSTOWN.-Newcome Love, Justice. Andrew M. Smith, Special Justice. WORCESTER.-William N. Green, Justice. John W. Wetherell, William W. Rice, Special Justices. John B. Dexter, Jr., Clerk. District-Attorneys. [Elected by the several districts for terms of three years, ending Jan. 1860.] NORTHERN DISTRICT.-Middlesex County, Isaac S. Morse, of Lowell. Salary, $1,500. EASTERN DISTRICT.-Essex County, Alfred A. Abbott, of South Danvers. Salary, $1,500. SOUTHERN DISTRICT.-Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket Counties, Lincoln F. Brigham, of New Bedford. Salary, $1,500. SOUTH-EASTERN DISTRICT-Norfolk and Plymouth Counties, Benjamin W. Harris, of East Bridgewater. Salary, $1,000. MIDDLE DISTRICT.-Worcester County, P. E. Aldrich, of Worcester. Salary, $1,300. WESTERN DISTRICT.-Hampden and Berkshire Counties, Edward B. Gillett, of Westfield. Salary, $1.200. NORTH-WESTERN DISTRICT.-Hampshire and Franklin Counties, Daniel W. Alvord, of Greenfield. Salary, $800. SUFFOLK COUNTY.-George W. Cooley, of Boston. Salary, $3,000. Augustus O. Brewster, of Boston, (appointed by Governor and Council,) Assistant-Attorney. Salary, $1,800. COUNTY OFFICERS. Sheriffs, Registers of Deeds and County Treasurers, are elected by the people of the several Counties for terms of three years. The current triennial term of Sheriffs expires on the first Wednesday of January, 1860, and that of Registers of Deeds and County Treasurers in January, 1862. Registers of Probate and Insolvency, and Clerks of Courts, are elected for terms of five years. The current term of the former expires in January, 1864; that of the latter in 1862. Sheriffs, Registers of Deeds and Clerks of Courts, are paid by fees. County Treasurers are allowed a percentage on certain moneys disbursed by them, in addition to such compensation as the Commissioners of their respective Counties may fix. County Commissioners are elected one annually, and severally for terms of three years; and two Special Commissioners are elected every third year, the current term ending in December, 1859. They are severally entitled to receive one dollar for every ten miles actually travelled by them, and three dollars per day for the time employed in discharging their official duties. By the provisions of chapter 138, Acts of 1858, the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Council, is required to designate and commission a certain number of Justices of the Peace in the several Counties to try criminal cases. No Justice of the Peace not thus designated and commissioned has any power or authority in criminal cases, except to receive complaints and issue warrants, for which no fees are to be allowed. BARNSTABLE COUNTY-INCORPORATED, 1685. Judge of Probate and Insolvency-Joseph M. Day, Barnstable, Clerk of Courts-Frederick W. Crocker, Barnstable. Register of Deeds-Frederick Scudder, Barnstable. James Gifford, Provincetown, Salary. $700 00 700 00 Term expires, December, 1859 1860 Justices of the Peace-(Commissioned to try criminal cases)-Nathaniel Hinckley, Barnstable; Edward W. Ewer, Sandwich; James B. Crocker, Yarmouth; George W. Donaldson, Falmouth; Joseph K. Baker, Jr., Dennis; Elijah E. Knowles, Eastham; John W. Davis, Wellfleet Albion S. Dudley, Provincetown; Cyrus Weeks, Harwich. BERKSHIRE COUNTY-INCORPORATED, 1761. Salary. Judge of Probate and Insolvency-Daniel N. Dewey, Williamstown, $800 00 Register of Probate and Insolvency-Andrew J. Waterman, Lenox, 800 00 Sheriff-Graham A. Root, Sheffield. Clerk of the Courts-Henry W. Taft, Lenox. County Treasurer-George J. Tucker, Lenox. Registers of Deeds-North District, Richard Whitney, Adams; Middle District, Major S. Wilson, Lenox; South District, Isaac Seeley, Great Barrington. |