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Mr. MOWA'i' moved the second reading ot the Bill to provide for employing prisoners without tho walls of common gaols. lie said the Bill corresponded lub- stnntmlly with the Dominion Act, the dif. ference of course being that the latter affect. ed persons sentenced to hard labour under Dominion laws, and the former, persons Sentenced to hard labour under Provincial and municipal laws. The class who would be affected by this Bl" were by far the largest class of those who were sentenced to hard labour. One estimate showed that the number was eleven times as great, while by another estimate tire-sixths would be effected by this Bitl to one-zixth by the Dominion Act. This showed the impor- tance of extending the provision to 'our local laws. At prcwcnt prisoners Sen- tenced to hard labour "we practically, as a rule, not subjected to hard labour, because it was found impracticable to employ such prisoners at hard labour inside the gaol limits. Grand Juries " Toronto had fre- quently asked for provisions such as were contained in the Bill, and .the municipal bodies had also made rtTnttutlations on the subject to the Government and the Legisla- ture. When such prisoners Were not so employed, they not only became worse criminals than before, but they had oppor- tunities of doing harm to their fellow.. prisoners why might be less bad than them- selves. The city authorities had been very urgent on the subject, and he hemmed it was largely in consequence of their repre- sentations that the Dominion Act had been passed. The present Bill was simplyintended to enable the, autroririesito emply outside of the gaol limits prisoners who Were sentenced to hard labour when that course was deemed expedient. Mr. Bell-Of Kuhn-t 1.0.430 rt al., or T0- rpntn, praying that cxcouptiotts from taxa- tion may bu turoiio"ued. Mr. Mat-clougnll (.1lirldlcst'xy---0f T. G. B. Nevin at (A, ot Ailsa Craig; also the Village Council ol Ailsa (fruit, praying that Exemp- tions irout (mutiny: may be abolished. Mr. Gr. nl-Ut' John Carroll ct al., praying that excutptiotts from taxation may be abolinhmt. HEW)?" u', LY (X)?d?dlTI'iCEr3'. Mr. F'r,vvr presmtml the third report of the Committee on Private Bills. I Mr. (fluke (Wcllincton) pn-scntod the tttuint, rcport of tin Committee on Print- ins. The lollow'ng Bills were introduced and read the tirgt time:-- By Mr. Moeat--Bil1 rcstpeciing the Mari. time Court of Ontario. By Mr. Monk-Bill to amend the Jurors' Act. The Speaker took the chair at 3 o'clock. Thwart; were read by the Rev. Mr. Briggs, Mr. Creighton-U/wh Brown at al., of Holiaitd,pm.viug " u -:.-udm.:nts to fhe Municipal Act rcswdhg (he grouping (hum-s. ed '.--- Mr. MEREDITH remarked that the Gov. ernor in Council could not always indicate the specific work " which persons might be employed, and that bcsides some classes of work could not be continued all the year round. Another question to be considered was in what proportion should the benefit of such labour be divided between counties and cities, or between counties and towns, as the one might be. Third Parliament-Third Session. it v ONTARIO LEGISLATURE. --_ PETITIONS. The following petitions were present- Mr. Pardee presenird the second report of ct Cummincu on Railways. EXTR , MURAL LA HOUR . IH L LS INTRODUCED. Lumen-m1 Asswanr. THURSDAY, Jan. 31. 'uit, at al., of To-