1793. on delays in the court of Sefsion. 319 
more of the procefs to cach agent than the zterest of 
his own employer. Or, if necefsary, a regulation 
would be made, that the rest of the procefs thould . 
remain in the clerk’s hands, to be inspeéted there, du. 
ring the time of making answers and duplies. 
After all the objections are adjusted, there is often 
time lost in preparing the scheme of division. Such 
is the tedious nature of a procefs of ranking and sale, 
that the common agent does not always continue e- 
qually anxious to pufh it on toa conclusion. Weeks, 
or even months, may sometimes pais before a remit 
is obtained to an accountant to prepare the scheme; 
and when it is obtained, it does not limit a time 
within which the scheme must be made up and pro- 
duced. 
A new fee to the clerks of court, of so much per 
cent. is rather an extraordinary remedy, and not to 
be often resorted to; yet [ must own that no other 
effectual regulation presents itself in the present in= 
stance, for compelling the common agent to apply 
for and obtain the necefsary remit, and the accountant 
employed by him to make up and produce the scheme, 
within such precise time as may be deemed reason- 
able ; and one space of time (suppose a month or six 
weeks), may safely be fixed, in all such cases ; for a 
few days more will serve for framing and calculating 
a dong scheme, than would serve for a a fhort one. 
I am, &c. 
LENTULUs. 
