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* Turspay, March 18, -- 'The Speaker took the chair at three o'clock, KxoxI0Us WEEDS. Mr. ROSS (Huron) moved that the bill to pre-- vent the spread of noxious weeds and of discauses affecting truit trees be referred back to the -- Committee of the Whole House. In Comuuttes, Mr. Ross moved that the bill be amended so as to strike out the words ** wild mustard," but that the sale of seed with which the seed of wild mustard is contaminated be prohibited. This amendment was made owing to the great dith-- culty of eradicating this weed. This was adopted, and the bill read a third time. THIRD READINGS. The following bills were read a third time :-- To incorporate the village of Woodville--Mr, MeIntyre. To amend the Acts relating to road companies--Mr. Mowat. To amend the Ling Fence Act--Mr. Fraser. _ To amend _ the 'Acts incorporating Victoria College and Albert Cullc!e----;\/fr. Terris; -- To amend the Act respect-- ing the administration of justice in unorganized | tragts--Mr. Erinatinger. To amend. the revised statute respecting the establishment of Munici-- 1 Institutions in the Districts of Algoma, fiuskoka. Parry Sound, Nipissing, and Thunder Bay--Mr, Mowat. _ To extend the provisions of the revised statute respecting Master and Ser-- | vant--Mr. Mowat. -- Respecting the Districts of Algoma and Thunder Bay--Mr. Mowat. To authorize the trustees of the estato of James BStock, deceased, to mortgage certain property-- , Mr. Ermatinger. ; THE FACTORIES ACT. | The House went into Committee on Mr. | Fraser's bill for the protection of persons ein-- ployed in factories, to be known as *' The On-- tario Factories: Act of ©1884." The first section, taken from _ the Imperial Act, provides that a child, young girl, or woman, who does any work in a factory is to be | deemed . employed in _ the _ factory, The | fiith clause is from the Dominion -- Act, j though it appears to have been based on the Im-- perial Statutes." 1t provides that a child, young girl, or woman, is not to be employed where per-- manent injury to health is likely, and whoever so employs any child, young girl or woman, shall upon summary conviction thereof, incur und be lia ble to imprisonment in the common gaol of the courty wherein the offence. has been com-- mitted, for a period not exceeding six months, or | to a fine of not more than $100, with costs of prosecution, and in default of immediate pay-- ment of such dine and costs,-- then to | imprisonment as aforesaid. Clause 6 and its _ sub--sections _ provide that _a _ child:| under tweive years of age shall not be | employed in a factory exceept upon the possession | of a certificate stating its age. -- No child between j twelve and fourteen shall be employed ; no child, | young girl, or woman, -- shall be employed ; more than ten hours in one day, nor more than , sixty hours a week ; not less than an hour shall be allowed for dinner. -- Clauses 7 and 8 relate to the closing of machin-- ery, and permitting time lost by reason of acci-- dents to inachinery to be made up by the em-- {)Xoyeu working overtime, -- Clauses 9 and 10 rg-- ate to minor particulars as to posting notices, and 11 provides for procuring an efficient sani-- tary condition of the building in which the child-- ren and young women are ecmployed, By section 13 the inspector may take a physician into a factory. Under section 14 a penalty of not more | than twelve months' inmprisonment 'or a fine of not more than $500 can be imposed upon any owner or employer for keeping a factory so that the safety of persons employed is endangered. 'The 15th section providas for the fencing of machinery | and hoistways, and the following section pro-- | vides for the prevention of fire, 'The parent of a i child or young girl employed contrary to the Act is liable to a penalty under section 19, and | section 25 and sufi'-'sectious define the power of | she Inspector. The bill was reported. } THE STREAMS BILL | Mr, PARDEE moved the second reading of | the bili to protect the public interests in rivers, | streams, and creeles, He stated that it was not his intention to enter into a discussion upon the merits of the bill on Provincial rights. Ifowould be noticed that there was a slight change in the l _bill as originally introduced. : The bill now pro-- | vided that in case 'of a dispute botween the | owner of the inprovements and the user the rates shall be fixed by the County Judge, with an appeal to ons of the Judges of "the Superior > Courts, Hoe concluded 'by pointing out that the more he administered the Crown Lands Depart-- ment the more was he convinced that the bill was needed in the interests of the whole Pro-- vince, and if the decision of the Supreme Court should be upheld then thers will be an absolute \ mecessity for the law in the interest of tho set-- tiers, Jumbermen, and the whole Province. If l the decision of the Court of Appeal should be upheld, then the bill is requiretf as the law as it | now stands does not provide any compensation | for the use of improvements. | Mr. MEREDITH made a long speech on the | bill, adducingy the arguments that the bill was ' wltra vires of the Provincial© Legislature, and | 'that it took away a man's property without com-- | pensation. , ' It being six o'clock, the Speaker left the |