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It was i:':'h'e;c::::o::d to receive these fees, and _ ____| turther proposed that a coron--r should §1 en away the judges would make a similar declaration with regard to a:;u:;l:y'h:ok xorhgom, recompense, -- He post mortem examinations. . et scen his w ; 4 $ a Hodsure looking"g,:,' \'Yh:: 1:::"]::";:: oif wol:r& :leEl'}ElzI;l'H was afrald this affidavit . migh' nO' b. lo"' before he wo&ld bl wats howsvele.a e into a lpere 'form. .There ' mmit such a. mensure, ~EHOFS "ad l:eu » nafuet amot cne provision in this Biil ' U | + _ en i & iich he must protest, It pro-- B | | n:;':gd? get the Dominion Government to vided that any human body found withiu |@ _ M figinbenirimed in he Rhubter se i. hang en P [ the > Domiuion d & ho Mad) c buricd at the expense of CE 4 I overnment would be io municipality, He had no objection to | 1P likely to effect such a change. If any . | the hon. gentieman burying hi | 108| _ judges did recceive so much as $1,000 in -- | friends, but he protested a ;yaiugst 1:'13 bowu K fees under the Act, it must be those in | | ing his (Mr, Meredith's) '5'., this ltf»dury-. ' |ld | the counties in which the large cities were + the House. 1090 % ' ntusied. e Mr. MOWAT--They are buricd alrcady j L MONEY BY.LAWS, (Hear, hear, and laughter.) & s @ Mr. ROSS, in moving the second read. Mr, MEREDITH said the Bill made pro-- t ing of his Bill to amend the Municipal | visions for burying, but did not State s : f Act, explained that lass session a Bill was | whether the bodies should be dead or 4 f passed rolating to the sinking fund and ! alive, (Lnuglter.) $ g i:xtle:rcs: of mlomsvt by--laws. Though it |__ The Bill was read the second time | did not come into force until March, the The jour k A | i Legislature did not provide tor by-lzu;s at fouse adjourned st 4:10, | | R -- that time betore the electors, and which mmmaamieomaunmumes | | [ would be affected by that Act. He men-- | | M tioned two by.laws whose validity had | * g . : been questioned, owing to their baving FR ' s | been in this position, 'The present Bill, § t | theretore, was intended to legalize by-- | £ : aws which had been voted on in rccord-- B C . nce with the municipal law asg iy stood | P $ betors the amendmonts of last session E. i were made. 3 Mr. MEREDITH thought there could § be no dilfisulty such as that men. C & tioned, because where any Act was repealed :|llJ)cuding procecaings were to k \ i C ' ne continued under the old law, Unless | ~ \ t ',! [ a strong case were made out he did not o > | % think this Act should pass, t o , Mr. ROSS was not aware of the Ivgal' 4 l aspect of the case, except what he had beon * y 3 adviged as to the expressed doubits of the | f } P ' legality ot the by--'aws no referred to. Hso ' P J l | saw no objection to their being declared | f i s a | valid, T \ | & |__ Mr. MOWAT was inclined to think that W\ | T the law did not afford provision for the ' | 4 - cuse mentroned, e asked that the Bill : " shouid stand, in order that hbe might tur-- thes consider it, ~ s '"A | lT'ue Bill stood . \:\ | ) -- 0O--.OPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS. \ | \ : | _ Mr. MOWAT moved the second reading | of a Bill for the relief of Co.operative As-- |~_ \ ) sociations, le repeated the explanation ' \ 6 | | of its provisions which he made on the | xX 9 A | veccasgion of its first reading. | '\ 6 Mr. MEREDITII mentioned an instance | k ; it" which a co.operative association in ; 4 London took rofuge iu the clause ol the CoO-- ; oporative Associations Act relating to cash | | purchases to escape the payment of a debt | , sw U amouuting to $1,000 which it had corn-- | S hests tractel with a wholesale merchant. He | , thought some provision should be made to ! | preventAraud of that kind, | | Mr. MOWAT did not see any other ; [ way to effect that than striking out the | | section altogether, and, as that was the | » ) E essential leature Ootf theso associavions, it l | ;kg | | woulu render them a complete failure, 1f | § ! a whelessile merchant knew that they ix | | must pay cash, it was his own fauly if he :'. | | suffered from giving the n credit. Y , , The Bill was read the sccond time, s | CuRrONERS' INQUESTS, 1J Mr. NOWAT, in moving the second x ' reading of the Bill to mauke further pro-- \€ visions respecting Coroners' Inquesis, ex-- 1\ plained that according to the existing law & E) inquests were to be confined to cases where, € from information received by the coroner, | there is reason for belicving that the de. | § | 3 ceased came to his death by other means a ' ; than through mere accident or mischance, | but _ that _ provision _ was somewhat ; incffective in the operation of the law, The | C . -- | object of the present Bl.ll'wm. thercfore, to | 4 give cffect to that provision by requiring # coroners to make an aflidavit in its terms | d before bolding an inquest. In the less s | | settied districts, bowever, it might bo ! | NB necessary for coroners to hold .luquents ", 4 | without making such a declaration, and | d this Bill provided that where a County y | h 1 | Attorney, or, in the Districis of Mu_skpka, | 4 \ Parry Sound, 'l'hu'nder Bny,aqd Nipissing, | UR | 4 stipendary magistraie, appliod for an in-- :_ | . 3 % se ,;