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* mss y e P e e o L. oo oohigin ie ant on 5+ . i+ MRX ( 7000 Hiinenintihe ind --~i s 1 CA e y . P eaeel. =>~_~ * ~A marer > ~ ; PRep YE * 9 esn t * s "ore. e --. *4 F4 s~ N: P e ',"v_':'\. Fer ; oo e j hssE s iz > Tc * --I8 a j , u% ie 1x -- ':I"" » o babors x is w h ige ¥ : 7 5 > o n ponaneapnegrempnine es cporearerenee es sete det teugerye mm on *~~ 2 not been 3435m remarked that the Opposi-- | S | tion would do all possibie to make the measure t¥ Tuvrspay, March 6. t a as complete a bill as possible, and concluded by | :. The Speaker took the clhir ab 3 o'clock. $ § stating the only misvake th? tempsrance party | e // REPORTS OF CoMMITTEES. wore imnaking was that they failed to recognize | I ts :. ~> srcaig) j M & th sufficiently the rights of those engaged in the ® . 76-- . a Mr, FRASER presentel the report 0 0 PRe. ' e w -- Special Commitice on M.»r:g.m«»'.l [ e C Mr. DRURY called attention to the need for 3 l . Mr. GiBSON prosonted tbus roport of the Com-- fixiog the minimum penalty, which had not been | F §8.>~-- mittee on Private Bills. dons in some cases. _ He stated that in some < Ar. FRASER vsesented the roport of the cases maxistrates had considerable sympathy with | e-- __Municiprii Commitics . on the Bills to amend the | this class of offenders. _ He also suggested that M * Consuldated Municipal Act. the penaity for a second offence should be greater | e FiRST READINXGS. than a first. * o | . Mr. HARDY--Bill to amend the Act respact-- The bill was then read a second'time, | > id | ing the suppliy of gas and water. i LICEXSE DUTIES. o f i: > Mr. MOWAT--13 1 respecting the districts of Mr. HARDY moved the second reading of the' . & Algoma and Tiunader Bay. * _ bill respeciinu license duties, He stated that f 4 s '_.\I.r. FRASER--Bill to further amend chapter awbout the omy addition to the bill. as con~ 2 e 95 of the Consolidated Statutes of Canada. sidored in committee, was a clause providing Bs > PRIVILEGE, that in case the Dominion License Commissioners & hy x*> _ Mr. HARCOURTexplained to the House that ; did not provide lor the securing of the license Y T | his name had been omitted in the Dowminion list | fee before the issuance of he ll:.:auue, 'xt should eS P | on the motion on the sccond reading of Mr, be culleu'-tfd as delinquent taxes were gollected. j t 1 : + | Waters' Bill to enable witows and unmarried . l Mr. ERMATINGER asked lf ;hey proposed * -- 2ss | women to vote nt municipal elections. -- Me had | to allow the persons who took ou} licenses under t Cigt **upg. * ' M I the Dominion Act the share coming to this Gov-- f R¥er , |voied '*yea," (Hear, hear.) s : > k | THIRD READINGS l ermment as a )).'Y;ymt}nt..for the Provincial lhcense. f L p Es teinn ut yor + Mr. HARDY said if a persun only took out a a The following bills were read a third time :-- ! Provincial lic --nse he would only pay one license F | To incorporate the Cascadilia Railway Company. | fee, but if ha took out two licenses he would y i | .--Mr. McGnee. 'NTo legalize and confirm a cer-- i Dave to pay two fares. * f | tain by . aw of the Corporation of the city of King-- l Mr. MoREBDILTH thou sht the bill should not f t ston. --Mr, Metcaife,. To -- contirm certain imiuini | be read a second time atter what had been --said. cipal by--law granting aid to the Canada Eauutham He could not see why those in the trade should | Reulway Company.--Mr. Harcourt. | To amend | be put in such a vosition,. Nothing was to be | the Charter of Incorporation of the ()flmrlu | gamed by it. If by force a man took out his Methodist Camp Ground Compauy.--Mr, (Giibson | license under the Dominion Law, and that was {Hamiiton). To vrevive and -.un'mu! the Act)m- I a void license, why should his business be des-- | corporating the Port Stanley, m"'u:"'.'" & I ort | troyed 2 Thess men should be put in a position | | Franks Radway Compauy.--Mr. Waters. _ To | to take out ligenses under both Governments | $ | enable the Roman Catholic Episcopa., Corpora-- | without undergomg a penalty. _ He hoped the l | tion of the Diocase of 'Toronto to sell certain | Government wouid reconsider the matter with s lands.--Mr. Fraser, regard to the provisions tor the collection of the ' | THE LIQUOR LICENSER LAWS. l tax. . HMe did not think this was the right thing. | & | ' AMr. HARDY® moved the second reading of l If w tenaut omitted to pay for _his license, the | t | his bill to improve the liquor license laws. In property | of the landlord was liable to be sold. | ! explauation he said the Act provided fordiminish® n,"""v he thought, was unfair, . | ing the number of swloon licenses, At present T'he bnll was read a secon 1 time. | (4 License Boards have authority to issue four sECOND FREE GRANT LOCATIONS. W suloon licenses in towns and ten in cities. It is | _ Mr. PARDEE moved ths second reading of proposed to limit cities of 15,000 inhabitants to the biil to enable free grant settlers to obtain three saloons, under $0,000 not more than . five turther locations. -- Me explained that the object 9 saioous ; over that number not imorc than ten, of the Feee Grant Act was to settle up the coun-- ¢ | towns under 6,000 to have none. try. WThese free grants were simply bonuses $ | _ Mr. MEREDITH enquired if the Act would given to the settler on land. Their object was £ | come in force this year. * to facilitate the settliement as much as j \ _ Mr. HARDY repiied it would not come in possible. A. great -- many _ people going | foree till next yoar. -- He said it would be grati-- to -- the oider _ portions of _ the country fving to aboiish saloon licenses entirely, but in would rather Imy out some land which had been | looking at cities like Toronto it was found requis-- settled upou. _ At the present time in the United | | ite to have places to furnish accommeodation for Soates i man could not sell out aud settle upon | eating _ and _ drinking _ mereiy, but _ it another graut of land. The Dominion Act pro= \ is _ requisite such _ places shall provide ¥ried for second locations. Me was in f«vour of ' | eating as woll as drinkinz accommod wion. this move. | Reetion 4 is taken from the McCarthy Act, with Mr, WOOD thousht this was a step in the Lsom'e simplifications,. In the hearing and deter-- vright direction. Me thought bone jide settiers | $ fAmning of objectiions to the granting of licenses shoul« have the right to take up second locations, | $ 'i the Board muetings shall be open to tha ])uhlIFC, as it was in the interests of the country to have l | and proceedings shall bo conaucted somewhat in its land settled. @ ! the manunes otf an op--n Court. Sub--section 16 NIr. MORRIS thousht they should see that | | ]:l'u\'ld\'s it a_ majority of the quulin:d Parlia-- the sale was a bona fide one. }{e knew of cases | |\ inentary electors in maoy sub--division petition where parties audvanced money to people to settle | \ 9 | against the granting of a new license, no such on lands for the purposes ot speculation, and the | J a | Lcense shail ho granted. The MceCarthy Act Government |-- was bound totake_ precautions | a | provides that the petition shail be signed by against these improper practices. HMe, however, | | \ three--fifths of the voters, whereas under the was glad to know that a homesteader would be ] | # | present amendment there is to be a majority of able to soll on and go further on to settle again. | | the qualified voters, 'The provision appiles also Mr.-- MENEDITH | thought: evervone in the , | to transfers to new premises. Boction 0 provides House shou.d assist the Government to make that wher8 any municipality has passed in the liberai inducements to settlers. e was sorry e | present year a by law separating liquor licenses that Mr, Purdes had not seen his way clear to be \ } from shops t,"f' Council of such imuntcipality stiil more liboral to settlers with reference to the | may postpone its coming into_ force till the 1st of timber and free grant lands. & Mnf;,i _t_lsa.'n. flA -- clauso £ is f to l'bo added "--'The bill was read a socond time. i prombiting ie issue of shop licenses in s i } 1888 in any municipality, and in _ the | I\OXIOPS WEEDS, ' $ ' meantime no new shop liconses shall be issued. \ _ The Honse went in'n committea, with Mr. - | By section 10 inspectors are compeiled to prose-- Bister in the chair, on Mr. Ross' (Huron) bill ; < cute for a second offence. -- In relation to appeals | to prevent the sproad of noxious weeds, and of | f from convictions, ail of them are to be made | disoases affecting fruut troees. | -- direct to the county judge, with provision in | _ It being six u'clock the Speaker loft the chair. | some cises to carcy it turther to the Cours of | _ After recess | Appeal, In order to faciitate prosecution for | 'The House again, in committes, considered | violations of the Act, it is proposed to grant the | Mr. Ross' bili to prevent the spread of noxious | traveiling expenses of the inspectors in attending | weeds. _ The bill provides for the destruction of | court, many of the inspectors having to travel certain weeds, and the appointment of an inspector miles while engaged in that duty. By section 14 , to carry out the provisions of the Act, Consider-- |$ ' busbands, wives, aud guardians may give notice , able discussion took place among the members as to the inspector to torbid'thesale ot liquor to | to what weeds should b»s considered obnoxious, L¥ | any person in the habit of drinking intox:.cating and as to whether the matter should be plagsed e ' | liquors to excess, No liquor shall be sold to anj under control of the municipal councils to extend | a R 'uuu apparentliy undor 16 years of age, When an the operations of the Act to any weeds | + person appears in open Court (o be drinking« to within the Municipality _ which might be | ! excess and wasting his meaus and health the police noxious to -- husbandry _ or _ gardening in | magistrate has powsr to forbid tavern--keepers ' the _ imunicipalities. _ By_-- amendment it was | | , to sell any liquor to such person for one year. ; allowed optional with County and 'Townshin | 1 | Under the ienevolent Societies Act, certain | Counctis to declars any weed noxious they saw | l F T parties had become incorporated as a elnb for i fit. _ County Councils may of themselves app>int | | f | the sole purpose of tr.dfH --king in liquor, | In To= | inspectors, and shall do so upm petition of 50 | | I ronto there have teen formed one or two such | ratepayers. -- Upon notice being given any one on | | clubs--one by one Bob Berry, merely to gvade the | whose place noxious weeds are growinx, he must | B law,. The present Act provides that no organiza-- cause them to be cut down within ten days trom | | %s tion under the above--mentioned Act will be en such notice, The in--psctor is given power to | titled to use or soll ardent spirits. _ Me moved | lay an information against anyone refusing~ to | | 1 the second reading of the bill. | comply with the Act after the giving of dus | | Mr. MEREDITH coincided with the sugges-- | notice, -- Persons selling grain for seed knowing it | tion that the Inspector shouid be forced to pro-- | to contain the seeds of noxious weeds, shall be secute in a second offence; as far as selling on | liable to a fine of from $5 to $20, being the same s Sunday was concerned,he suggested that where it amount @s the fine for mneglectin: _ to | : ; was onlv a question of hours and mumutes, he cut down novious weeds. _ A penalty is also im-- « || would not have this made obligatory. Me was a | posed upon parsons selling, or offering for sale, little surprised that the Dominion proposition had | the frvis of trees infected with yellows, The bill