organizations, arte restiess and are eager to be at home. In the mean- time the two houses are organized. for work, the last. step having been accomplîshed whe n the, house on Tuesday adop ted the joint ruies of the senate and the house. Await Heaivy Grist About. four hundred bis have been introduced-into the house and about twô hundred into. the senate. It is ihteresting,,to note that i the last two regular sessions. practicafly the same number of bis had made their, appearanceý as at this session upto the present time. Moreover, the ini- dex of the subjeets covered li the bisà is very much the same. AU o£ clmprovisions every citizen of a municipalityr would have the oppor- tunity to vote upon the question. "1Women Oes Jury" 311 In the senatethe "-wornen on jury" bis passed by a comfortable ma- jority, aithough there was consider- able agitation against theni on the part of. some of the senators. The bis now have to pass the house where, there has. been for several sessions an ample number of votes. However, in the house there may be the usual exemption amendrnents ad ded which the, sponsors do not care to have. So Imany amendments to the OId Age Assistance aet have bhen tntre-. 2Babbau id 24i-lb. boaà b" IIIIIL prov 'ides fllty per cent of the costs. Most of the bis provide for exemp- tions on homesteads worth'varibus amounts and for insurance policies. 0f interest to business men and to labor are the bis imtroduced this week which provide for a two weekr's e main event d ucea as ýuse was the minimum to the bill in- àe Dflfv- state ex consunm the hou ate the accusat officiai. of JonE house t] majorit- 1-1b. senate anMII mnittee for set up byï o the WE ach bouse, * in the the Cit-v on1 QaU .. . .