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in the long run where you put the jurisdiction as long

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as you make sure the jurisdiction is going to be a county

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by county basis. I think we may well find within our natural

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lifetimes that all but the really honest to goodness

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trial functions of the Orphans' Court will be placed in

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commissions or some similar officer. I cm talking about

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the routine business.

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JUDGE PROCTOR: It will be handled under juris-

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diction of Circuit Court.

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MR. REDDEN: The judges of Circuit Court are

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not going to spend their time signing orders. The focus

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of it ought to be in each. and every county seat.

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THE CHAIRMAN: We perhaps did, in line with

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Judge Proctor's comment, make a statement in our comments

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of the danger of not providing People's Court function

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within a territorial jurisdiction of the county. Is that

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what you had in mind?

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MR. REDDEN: The Orphans' Court, if the juris-

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diction were given by the General Assembly. Mr. Eney's

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answer is, Can't we trust the General Assembly that far,

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and Mr. Kelvin, as a former Member , maybe you ought to