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ONT . o '. .some cases brought before the judges was _ ' ARI LEGISLATURE ' ifound to be monstrously rigid. A man /suvi, - . w" , ' who, untrutepeetingly and without any 'in- VI/ri:.'.,':',"""',?).' 3" . . l,' . -, i ' tention of contravening the law, treated a {aw aitird Parliament-Third Session few personswas placed on a level with the . r ' . ' than who entered a contest with the dc Luann. liberate intention of carrying the election Art" Atmmtr,r, by corrupt meao,and who spent thousands l Monday, Feb. 11. of dollars in fulfilling that design. The The Speaker took the chair at 3 o'clock. judges had no discretion in such cases 'Praycrr, Were read b th R . --tlie penalty of the two offenders . _ . H" T, 0 er. Mr. Briggs. was precisely the same. As people LblATLS BILLS. began to see the injustice of the yr.. Speaker presented a report of the matter, he thought they would be disposed Commissioners on Estates Bills. to have the law so changed as to tre , PE Fry er dlscretion in the hands of t e t The following p:::::sns' ted: Judges. Another class of cases affected by I l B M C were Ie"? c, " this Bill were those of persons who had a I ', Other-s Jr "ilJ,"lronnc,-f,f, John H. Mickie and right to rote by virtue of income tax, but ' be Gihii fie, pruymg that the yy now ; who had not paid the tax according to the , l, liar ,'l'.. louse respecting the Erie and provisions oi the law as it now stood. The 1 on hailway may not pass. measure made an exception in such cases, , By Mr. Cameron-ot Puter Roberts and providing that the whole question l others to the same effect. 'h, "let g,"",',')",, of taxes could be B Mr. Came - v. , "In up at tie scrutiny, whether "my" to the "1:11; di1.'l homas [army and :12; til',",",,",'.',.,',,. w'ere tl made t beforii or p, , r r e revision y it: couii y ju go, so - ttlh,.', 1',tfl',tn why yaid hiit iuy.opo tax after before the House rrs tectin Cumulat've M.'. Judges '1T?rione,f, 'the liste would be Voting may pass l g I entitled to vote. I'liis measure also It . M . . provided .that the names ot those persons, Coui -'l r. fRichardson - pf the County such as Judges, county attorneys, sheriffs, "mum! o yoPrlh.p.ra..riyr for certain bo.,who were disqualified by the Election , ments to the High School Act. Act 2egtiT should be struck off on . REPOP .. F t [ ", , a Mrlt ny. As these officials were Mr 131M813? fl 3 Je,ye',",' fd)) . well known the candidates need not be mis- of the l'/,lill'",,!'tl11 (tn 'il.,. 1: 'lOl? rip-03: led With respect to. theirrotes, and therefore was adopted t Na C l s, w llt. t it was right, if their names were allowod to l . _ . C... remain on the lists after they w re passed TO'rrllti LISTS BILL. by the county Judge, that 1t1,',,1'fi",',ufl be Mr. FRASER, in moving tho first reading . i struck ta on a scrutiny, It a man whose of the liill to amend the "Voters, Lists Act, "an": '"f on the voterg list, though impro- explained its provisions. Tho first clause perly so,were challenged on coming to vote, simply described the manner in which the, the oath might'be administered to him as Bill might be cited, and the, second clause "1' pmrcsent.' "gg! iflyp,t9irk t,ly.s 93th he would interpreted certain terms used in the Bill to be ia e but only lo the t%.iit.s i.y.1. have tho same tueanitut as the same words posed on him by the Act, but also Inthe Election Act. The third clause pro- to Prosecution Ior Poultry. So that vided for the settlement of the question of. the Act was intended to furnish 'lg,'liti; It Wis necessary in a llill of this a in?! of double [il'iducllluil to the candidate gm 0 provide for a scrutin with the an we COHMHIIwy. "his measure wouh least possible delay, that the que'stioii of a not iottclt tio. 'l i' MW" of all} votcrt," list: tronstituency's rt'ptvsvntatiott might be prior to 1877. in1 mm- it was assumed they speedily settled, and that the lists should be would lier' 001110 into question, and be- protrgcteilit from being Iused {or colrriipt piir- confer l tin-1y did they Ire be consid- iose . was one tong omn to a mic cl'cl ma . hit, in case 0 an election good so fe as l',"' "lit" was floriceriicd, bliit l section folur proil/idcd that up to L, first iii. ano .ier ring o ma to it goo so far as t it: ' one izex comp ainte mi rlit be made with clt'ction was concerned, and the Election I respect to the lists of ll? year. The clerk Law regarded this distinction. The present i of the municipality should notify the llill provided for the lists being made iinal cour.1ty..judgt of such complaints before the for the pugposes of a Ifc,1iy 1"/'d for the flxpllmttiwn If hm: 1e'uf:,"idart, date, and purp ses o a scrutiny a one. MW were ie a or ti mo comp c e t ie revision be- tmule final for all piirposcs,.imaii who voted; fore the first of August. A further improperly, knowing he had no right to _ provision was made for the ccrtifv- vote, if prosecuted, might escape by 1 ing by the county. judge of any lists appcliillini;r to the" "new 'ilsttn', t whichf 1tt; iniglitdbe henqqued into, andlt'of) their Won 1 in a main es y llnjllS h a c o re urn an t on i'lllg certitiet . the in??? Mimi" it {wildfire proposed .?"l i jrudgc t,t,i','/ity1 Ilicfom It issue off; grit _ e a: pro cc ion w mm 1 was oriner y. , or an e co Ion. was ii so prom e in In the Hunt ot a scrutiny, it provided that 1 section t ot the Bill for the county judge a man who was found to have voted, not making his final revision before the 15ili having a right to do so, should be subject to Noreinbcr. This, it was supposed, would the penalties due to his action, but that his give the judge ample time to dispose ofpll I vote should stand so far as the election "e.' the cases that:l might come before hint, and l concerned. if a vote was not slruc ott y to return an! certify the lists to the clerk ajudgo in his revision of the lists, this of the peace or oftlio municipality. home ', measure provided that it should neither be doubts had existed as to whether or not the I struck off at the scrutiny, and in that re- Farmers' Sang Franchise 1',ill made provi- l spect it otiffcred from the measure intro- sion for the names of farmers' sons being l duced by the lion. member for West llilgiii put on the lists on the application of anv- I l tseSsion. With regard also to a ions, bod but tieniselves. The judreslind dif. ',elf/',i_',li'1',h, and farmers' sons, the lists, fereil on this matter. To reinnove those so far as the election was concerned, "we doubts, this Bill provided, as a matter of to be made, final by the revision of the right, that a farmer's son should county judge. This Bill might be (on- be entitled to be assessed, unless he sidered as Very lenient to persons guilty of objected to being assessed. So far corrupt practices; it was, lurwuvvr, re illy he had not heard oi one instance in whicha not so, but was a greater protection than farmer's son had not taken advantage of the formerly to a candidate, who usually knew privilege granted to them Irytheir.t'rytcyur, nothing about the corrupt doings of his Bill. Ile measure also provided that supporters. tio far as the voter was cou- farmers sons should havo'tne same privi- corned, it practically left the law where it leges in the way of complaints, hc.,, as other stood now. It was Well. known that he classes of voters. It further prOVided that himself hold some peculiar Views on the the LieutetetttAP.vernor in Councilmight law with regard to corrupt practices. . H.e refe.r.a case involving any geneial question did not think it was based on right prinei- relating to voters lists to the Judges of the lee Its extreme rigidity, he thought, was buperior Qourts, and the publication of their p . t the fact that it was at first decision in the Ontario Gazette, so that the 'h",', . fld'll by Election Committees, I public might get the benefit of it. It was t'dnl'll'2' found embody guilty bt cor-l provided. that a voter might also bring rapt practices. Year W. is" the 3123?} lt,rov'itril, 'th if" the "me-5' made more stringent, until its opera I e costs. The Bill