1913 November 02 Atlanta Constitution 62 Pages Georgia
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- 1913 November 02 Atlanta Constitution 62 Pages Georgia
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- Governor Slaton
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1913 November 02 Atlanta Constitution 62 Pages Georgia
Author: Atlanta Constitution
Year: 1913
PDF PAGE 18, COLUMN 1 Judges of Municipal Court Named Saturday Afternoon; Supplant Peace Justices The four judges of the superior court of Fulton county last Saturday named the five Atlantans who will sit as judges in the new municipal court established by recent act of the legislature. The court will organize and begin active service on January 1, 1914. The five men named to the new civil branch are L. F. McClelland, E. L. Thomas, J. B. Ridley, T. O. Hathcock and Luther Rosser, Jr. The new court will take the place of the justice of peace courts in Fulton county, and is designed to do away with the fee system in vogue in the justice courts. A chief justice of the court is to be named by Governor Slaton in the near future from the list of men elected Saturday by the superior judges. The L. F. McCLELLAND salary of the chief justice will be $3,500 per year, while the associate judges will receive $3,000. Forty Candidate for Places. Until Saturday there were over forty candidates in the field for the five positions. Practically every justice of peace in Atlanta sought a place on the new court bench. Only one, J. B. Ridley, was named. The other four members of the court are all practic