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BOOK S NAGF Library by sending this Bill up to Tallahassee and getting it approved. Attorney Vitunac felt in a sense attorneys pay because they pay filing fees every time they file a case. It is a user charge - the people who use the court system pay for the Law Library. Commissioner Eggert believed it actually is the attorney's clients who pay. Attorney Vitunac pointed out that everyone has access to the Law Library, not just attorneys, and Commissioner Eggert con- firmed that the public represents about 600 of the use of the Law Library and the Court about 400. That is why we felt it was an equitable balance for us to take over the Law Librarian's salary, and this is just raising the fees to keep up with the cost of books, etc. They have turned the Law Library over to us; all the funds are coming into us; and we think we can get books, etc., at a lower price than they seem to have been doing. Chairman Wheeler was just not sure this is an equitable or fair way to raise the income for the Law Library. Attorney Vitunac stated that there is no other legal way to make attorneys pay for the Law Library. Chairman Wheeler believed the attorneys get the most use out of it, and it was reiterated that 600 of the use is by the public for Small Claims Court, etc., and Attorney Vitunac further pointed out that actually the big attorneys have their own law libraries and don't u'se this at all. It serves the small firms and the public, and it also serves the Judges. The Chairman asked if anyone present wished to be heard. There were none, and he thereupon closed the public hearing. ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Com- missioner Bowman, the Board unanimously (3-0) adopted Ordinance 89-26 amending Sec. 14-2 of the Law Library Ordinance to provide for additional court costs assessed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court. 19