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: ' 2 «ifs '\%\: l the hon. member for East Toronto's ob-- * " jection _ He suxzosted that such maiters as | _ i this should be included in an © omnibus" Bill, such as the hon, the Attorney--General bhad given notice of. Mr. DEACON said it bad been thought | : before that unless there was something very urgent, the statutes should not be tinkered. He did object to members taxing their ingenuity to interpret Bills He i;?fied the hon. member would withdraw the 1 * Mr. MILLER said that sub--section 13, sec-- tion 431 of Municipal Act, Revised Statutes, Il Vol., p. 1726, met the case. Mr. BISHOP moved. "That the Bill be re-- ferred to the same Commitice as the pro-- ceding Bills." Carried. PRIVATE BILLS. The following Bills were passed through committec :-- To amend the several Acts relating to the Toronto, Grey,and Bruce Railway Company. --Mr. Cameron. Respecting the Toronto and Nipissing Railway Company.--Mr. Cameron. To incorporate the 'Toronto Stock Ex-- change.--Mr. Cameron. The following Bills were read the second time ;-- To incorporate the Whitby and Bobcay-- | i geon Extension Railway Company.--Air. Wilson. I To incorporate the Brant Memorial Asso-- | ciation--.Mr. Hardy. ! Respecting the es'ate of the fate Nicholas | | Sparks.--Mr. O'Donoghue. * | t To enable Isaac Brock Burwell to sell certain lands in Westminster.--Mr. Mc. Crancy . _ Relating to the Hamilton and North-- western Railway Company.--Mr. Williams. Relating to the Midland Railway Com-- pany of Canada.--Mr. Rosevear. SUPPLY,. The House went into Committee of Supply. On the item of $9,960 for miscellancous, under the head of Civil Government, | _ Mr., MERRICK asked if the Government | intended continuing the office ot Inspector | of Division Courts, which be thought was a | useless office, although it cost the country $2,000 a year. Mr. HARDY considered that Division Court Inspectors were doing a good service. and it was not the immediate intention of the Government to discontinue the office. l Mr. MEREDITH thought the dutics should be performed by County Judges. 1 Mr. HIHARDY pointed out that the report | of the Inspector contained a great deal of valuable information as to the manasement of Division Courts, and this officer was in. dispensable for the prevention of overcharges and other abuases in those courts. After some further discussion, Mr. CAMERON contended that the office ought to be abolished. If Division Court clerks were guilty of abuses and could not be trusted, the House had no gugaranteo that an Inspector would aiways do what was right either, 'There was no means of check-- | ing that ofiicer's report. | Mr. FRASER repudiated this imputation | nupon the honesty of the Inspector, and thought the utility of Division Courts, and the necessity of suitors being protected as to the charges of costs, the payment of money due thein, etc,, justifiecd the Govern-- ment in retaining that officer, | The item was nassed, the Committee rose ana reported, and the House awijourned at | 11:40 p.m. *l meaneanennenmanommemsen arememcma L