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f es io s' . . > t oo We l ty oAd Np Bs i C 2i i t o o on' e es c o h n o o l n i es e n e c P .. L.+ ~£ | ' esfi ns s Th o o a ht ie tapias s aaga s * a tss ooo .. P mswien moeys :. x# , f c3 4 3* in uks n P uit se * sw o e Bs | | holders in Torouto wer Con T * ue "oo > ,M',a%" g * o 4 ' f /; K+. HABDY ere Conservatives, O 0 0 O' completed, and it not, when it is | Stken : mays l.--l may havre beon mis-- expected to be completed, Also, whether P en ; perhaps 1 should have said thirteen < it is the intention of the (Government to |* &p s , out of tifteea, (Choers and laughter.) | ' confirm the old or the new survey of said 4 A / th:f';)LALur.R c-)_nl,iuucd(imt he bc'l'icvcdl 272 township; i at ons & t there was a widespread tecling of dis-- | Mr. Miller--Enquiry of Ministers as to T l 'f'"SfflCUou with the license law. The -- when the township of Sinclair, in the 44 Wovernmeat might claim that the people ! district of Muskoka, and the townships of had given theim an increased majority in Bethune, Proudfoot, Joly, Laurier, Heings. s th"f recent clection, but they would say worth, Nipissing, Machar, Strong, Lount, nothing about that now. (Cheers and Prm'gle,'l'utttzrson, Hardy, Mills, Ferry, laughter.) lle trusted that they would | McKenzie, Wilson, McKinkey, Blair, have un opportunity of discussing the | Brown, Bucton, Burpee, Shawanaga, and F ; whole licenge question, ' % H?itl"ls)oua 1:1:11;31;:;&2 (;t Parry Sound, 6 #A a Mr, 131_.\-_ LAIR said Dr. 0;.lunf like | g:antseang Homestead Aoct :ful(;%lBlhe Mree ' ¥ any other man who acted as License Mr, Gibson (East Huro 6 * } v Commissioner; did nothing for mmself,l As h('l' uron)--Order for a a but all for ine country, in holding that return from the Freasurer of the Agricul. | position without remuneration, aud he ture and AltbtAts'f)cl".tlon' giving a de. ' thought it was an outrageous doctrine thati taileq statement of 1ts income and expen» +3 he should be denounced because he chose diture for the years 1878 and 1879, 4 , * to resiga to run for Parliament. 'The Mr, Creighton--Enquiry of Ministry ) Lncense Commisioners had been discharg» & whether the sum of $14,481 84 of moneys ing their responsible and disagrecable * » belonging to this Province, retained by . duties weil. Messrs, Huoter, Rose, & Co, in their hands The motion was carried, on the 3l1st day of Jnnu_ary last, as f EQUAI iz TION F SESS MEXTS appears on & return to t.h.ls HOUSG (SCSI ; QUALIZATION OF ASSESSMENTS, sional paper 51, 1879), has since been paid Mr, CALVIiN moved the second reading by them to the Proviace, and, if s0, when ' : otf his Bill to amend the Municipal Luw. the said moneys were so paid ? § lMe fourd much tault with the present smmerccree ' | system of equalizing townshin assessments, CcoMMITTEES. m * y and propose d in uis Bill that the Court tor The Standing Committees of the House met for «| | hearing appeals in respect to assessments organization to--day, and elected their seyeral : ' should counsist of one couuty judge, gommenas fo ds --> C jointly with two other associate county :fl\".",l:,"'.\'('v,",",';'?:':v'\\vl,r' :)",H, / e !j"'i;a'"-' ot adjacent countres. Me moved P AAVILEGES AXD ELECHONS. _ M+ Crooks ; | the second rewdiug of the Bill, and asked puvius Biuls: P rage "" _ A P | the Government to refer it to a special i:':ll.\';\;::,t;f\ll::_"B.l';.l".'l ; 1 | | Committee. He was willing to accept | K | any one they appointed, as there was no $ f . person here but would ao what was right, $ | | (Laughter .) ; i3 Mr. DELOCHE explained that a dc:ud-l } e lock existed in the couuty of Fronteuac | o with respect to assessmeuts, and the hon, | +t membe:r's present Biil did not seem likely .« to meet the diflicuity any more than bhis 3 previous ellorts in the same directiou, ) There was considerable dissatisfaction, & however, in this part oi the Province with % id uniting the sherilf with the county judge ~ to hear appeuls, and some legislation was ~A necessary . k Mr, MOWAT said the present law on | this subject was only passed last session . \ _¥ There was a genetal fseling then that the & couunty judge should not be the sole tri-- k 5 bunal for hearing appeals from the County Counecil, and various snggestions were * s maie as to the best tribunal, _ Whatever * * e tribunal had been selected there woutd $ sttli hbave been dissatisfaction in some counties, and the Committee who had [ charge of the matter did the best they * j | # could. It was thought the sherifl was as | + likety to be independent as any one else, C It was only a short time -- siuce appeais & 7 could at all be _ made from -- the Paalies ) .4 vounty -- Council, and he dia not think it would _ be -- at _ all _ expedicnt, aiter ouly one year's experieuce oi k ' the preseut system, to make the change | the non. memver suggested, It was ne-- k w¥ | cessary that the person hearing the anpeals ' '\',_', 1 should -- know 5oultfthll)g 'uwrc ol the s 3 ie county thau could a judge of a neighbour. I| &i +M ing county. He must theretore oppose the § -- TV second reading of this Bill, | U | _ Mr, MEREDITII suggested that as thore § a were on the paper sevoral Bills to amend " the Muamicipal Act, this Biit should M f be allowed to formally pass its second P TSH reading aud go to Commiftee with the f h 338 i others, -- 'There was no doubt some daun-- ; | _ | ger of the majority in County Coungiis ; B | nmposing an injustice upon the minoility, [ § and the present law was not altogether 4'1 uuooj.:ctionablc. Mr, MOWAT agreed to allow the Bill to & x stand. & > | 6 The Bill stood over, : e The House adjourned at 4:20, | y KoTICES OF MOTION. F 4 Mr. '.s':_u-mgcr--Bill to amend the Muuici. ; ( pal AC[. i P Mr, Naira--Bill to amend the Municipal | i f Act. * f L $ W Mr, Long--Eoquiry of Ministry as [ to whether the survey of the town« y | ship of Sunnidale, in the county . of i " Simcoe' htelY_ ll?' Progl'ess h's boen ' : ' f l / { y -- e