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_ "H - --"""'-taBNt63. Mr. FRASER mounted the 16th report of the Com- mittee on Prune mm, which was adopted. He also asked hr the extenliou of the time by one day foe the rtmeption of Private Bills. Gnnud. Mr. CLARKE (Womngton) presented the ttrrt re. port of tho Committee on Public Ammmu ...-..-. ' The Spout" took the chair a , o'clock. rayon were mad by IUr. Dr. Topp. REPORTS OI' COMMUTE" .., "-owuwu we Itrttt re. l'uon Accounu. which Tnuday, Feb. M Mr. soon drew the summon of do Minister of Educ-non to a cognate matter. He did not see why the votcu' liItI for both elections mould not be made -" "ry"-. -"_... "nun"... M... um." on account of tho great irtconveuidheo which the (muse would Ctbua0 in the section- in question. .uuuei M11001. Snell a provision, he thought, would he very unacceptable in Toronto.' Mr. CROOKS asid paragraph " of the Bill pro- vided for that objection. It gave Municipal Councils power by u. two-tlimi, vote to rerun the sum naked by the School Board for the purpose of erecting a Model School. The Bill did nut propose that city School Boards should erect new buildings for Model is'S.hool purposes, but merely to enable them to util- g izc NS' of the existing Public Schools, a we- the 3 case in eouuiiel. Mr. nETHUh'E called the attention of the i mint, {slimmer l Education to the fact f iry ere wag Anger IN dim-nit: ext in I from the power! of public and High School ' Bonds not being strictly detlned. In many respect! they were essentially different. and when the Boards were united considerable ditlieiilty was experienced. It was evident that the Legialature had intended to give Union Board, the higher power: possessed by Public School Boards, but it would be well to set the matter at rest l-y e strict dtsiiaition of the law. I Mr. BELL did not approve of giving the vetoing , flower to mumcipnl Councils, and would rather i imit the mm which School Bonrdl were entitled to I oak toone or two mills. An adverse majority in I Council would thus boldeprived of the power of do. ing much mischief. He hoped the clone. would not pull! ifit were intended to apply to the city of Tu. route. Mr. CROOKS we: pro nod to receive any lug- geltioue which might be ogered. The Bill aimed at cnebiing one of Qhe existing Public Schooll to he used no a Model School, end to protect the ratepayers from being burdened with unnecessary expenditure for that purpose. Referring to the ascend section!" the Bill, aid that at Brtrr it had been intended to alter the franchise upon electloul lo " to give the right to vote to thoee who were entitled to Vine at municipal electionr, on well as to all those who paid school retea, whether BO entitled or not ', but on fur- ther consideration on exception wan made with record to rural school notions, where the franchise would relnnln'unchnnged. This exception 'rt" nude Mr. LAUDER asked whether I Public School Board would have power to ubsoluzcly demand from a Muniu-ipal Council funds wit'tt which to build a Model School. 511011 a provision, be thought, would bo very unacceptable in Toronto.' - V -"----N._ -- "V """'"""'"6 unl- power to the Public School Board. In Toronto, '" in lone of tho other mm of the Province, no Modal School had been built, and u jhe County of York had not citublishod on", the macho n of the city had not the sauna opporvtutitie' for training that ousted in other places. -t ,__-__ v- .. gnu] wnl'l EU _rNNuotS" I Model School for tho training of touchors, and he proposed to amend it by transferring that Mann. br. n." n..LI:_ cr_E, - ,I -. . - ___ The motion was carried-, nnd the Bill having been reported by the Committee. passed a third reading. THE SCHOOL ACT. The Home then went into Commituo of the Whole on tho Bill respecting Public, High, and Separate b'ohoohr-.Mr. Crooks] Mr. CROOKS said that since the Bill had boon in. troduced anumher of amendments had been eng- nested to him, which he had considered, and sown ot which he proposed to add to the Bill in Com. niltteo. The firtst section of the Bill game the Muni. mp2: Soeey of , pity power to establish INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. The following Bills were introduced and rond . ttrat than _ was adopted. Respecting damage. done by horses and father nil-MB trespassing In o.etain onion-Mr. Inlet. To amond tho Municipal Drainage 1711:, COMM. . . . ' / ', /1 I ' To amend the Municipal het-Mr. Fn#in'. / I To mum further provision tunneling Voters' Lieu -Mr. Eraser. Mr. SINCLAIR aid that " thee w" l suit pend~ ing respecting one of the municipal bylaws gram- ing: Donn: tonne rand, which it was proponed to legalize, ho would move that the Bill be referred back to Committee of the Whole, to be amended to except this and other by-laws in a like position. Mr. Wi1lionr.cro incorpornto tho Prudential Life Assurance Company. Mr. lurgrut-Roteting the Vlotorln College. Mr. "ratstsr--R-tieu, the property ot the con- gregation of " Mary's Church. Almonto. S. a L. H. RAILWAY. With regard to the Bill respecting the Slratfotd and Huron Railway Company, The Llhming Bill: were rad a third time .. - Mr. MoG'owaa--To Ituxrrporate the town ot Mount Forest. u advocating it: lo ulizatiou. He had stated tint he uphold the 'lhl'lflll at non-interference by the Home in by-lnwn when thor were tho subject of liti- 1 canon, and that he thought it wnl not proper that _ the delegation, which had come a long distance on the matter, should hue been put to the trouble of waiting upon the Government, on account of the Government not having intimated the stand they [ would "he. 1 Respecting tho Steam 1reoirstr0otttptrne-Mtt Mowat. _ OTTAWA NORMAL SCHOOL. Mr. FRASER laid on the table tho plum relating to the Noun-l School " Ottgwn. CORRECTION. Mr. CBF.ItTBTON desired to correct: report of his remarks which Ind Ippeared m Tan Ghoul on the propbud legislation of . by-lsw voted by the townahip of Sulhvnn, in which ho nus "presented Y' ndtocyttingr ite. 1otpttimttiou. .rlt' hyd atatcyd tttt Mr. SCOTT naked wl on the returns asked for op the 6th February, relpccting receipts and expand!- tures of municipalities in connection with ma Li- cenlo Act. would be brought down. Mr. HARDY said that a report would be brought down shortly giving most ot the information, and would, he hoped. be completely supplemented be- fore the rising of the Homo. Agood deal of the matter asked for had to bo obtained from outside gout-cos, nnd consequently would take some time in preparation. TI rrBD READINGS. RETURNS '