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50 m ty he was going to propose a scheme by that system _ might hereafter be' e Htliuhed. First, no teacher would [a nuwina u2 pe 3 _ _ 1 __ s1 8 O Lhse Qounty: Couneil, He proposed'another change in this connection which would do away with considerable tronble by providinge that Councils pay the examiners so much _ per candid»te,. Examiners _ also comnlained that County Councits were not sutl-- ciently liberal to pay their traveliing @xpenses, in addition to those required by law. _ Hao was making a provision wuereby dyxey would be paid liberally, their exponses to be determinad by the County Council. Coming to the quen?ion of Bl'PERA.\'.\'UATION. M ipedonnd tyt vaatcatidia ies Aiinatihe t 0 dies is ds c oo d 3 d 3 ce The value of them, however, was not uniform, He thought it was desirable that third--class certificates hereafter should be limited to the county in which they were grauted. Thore were a number of teachers holding old first--cla«s cer-- tificates which were limited to the county in which they were granted. Ho proposed to pro-- vide that these should be valud in any county of the Province of Ontario. -- Thoss who _ held _ them _ wore _ all men _ of considerable experience, and no certi fieate of this character had beon granted since 1871. He also proposed that wheare a County Council deemed it in the interest of the schools it might add to the board of examiners imen competent to examino where French or German wore exclusively taught, in order to test the competency of the te :chers, A good deal of irritation arose over the fees required to be paid by County Couneils to examiners This Bill provided that they should be paid the simse amount as members of the County Counncil, He DEONCMRNNninatLuse dpil 10 *E C NHH . for his service, The present law required that the school _ trustees should pay a teacher for the holidays that immediately followed the term of his engagzement. Suppose a teacher taught up to the vagution in July, the holidays were somewhat long, and he was entitled to be paid to the end of them. That system had been somewhat irritating, and in fact many complaints were made and many expedients resoried to by School Boards to get rid of the responsibility of paying a teacher for services they thoughts he had not rendered. He proposed that a teacher should be paid for the hoiidays in proportion to the timse during which he had taught to the whole number of teaching days in the year. Third. Class were now valid in every county pyys O eS hoh 5 school attended by the pupil should get the benelit of any grant during the tims ne attended such school, Aunother proposal of his Bill was to dispenso entirely with school treasurers specially appointed for that purpose in city,town, village, and township Boards, and to appoint the treasurer of the corporstion to act as such with the same responsibilities and duties as were laid upon him as treasurer of the munici-- pality. _A sood deal of irritation had arisen from ditEculties in the Jaw relating to forced to remedy the evils complaimed of,. Then the matter of was perhaps a still more vexatious question. The hou. memg:r for North Hastings called attention to this matter last session, and receiv-- ed considerable correspondence, -- which, as woll as the report which was prepared, went to show tho imequality . of the taxation. --There was no doubt a great disparity in the rates lovied, and in the poorer sections they were fe't to bo very burdensome. It was exceedingly difficult to remedy this evil, When they adopted the township Board system it was thought that would be a complete remedy, but it was found the people were noat disposed to adopt that, Me had endeavoured now _ to pro«-- vide a remedy which ho thought would at least go some distance towards doing away with the evil, It was that township councils should have the power, if they were disposed to exercise it, of raising by a uniform rate over the whole township the sum of $100 for each school section in the township in case the school was kapt open during the who'lo year. _ In the case where it was a -- union school the proportion of the sum to be raiss} by each township towards it should be in proportion to the pupia from each. Jn a school where two teach--rs were employed $50 additonal should b= raised towards it. If a scuool was not kept open all the year, then the grant would be in propor-- tion to the number of days it was kept open as compared with the number of teaching days in the year, The adoption of this systam would be optional on the part of the _ townshit®. _ The woulid im addition have -- the _ Legislativey grant ot §$50, and ths -- municipal grait of $0. outside of local asa'stanse. _ Ti more wers required it would be raised by levying a note on each school section. Tuey woulid then start would in _ addition have | the -- Legislativey grant ot §$50, and ths -- municipal grait of $50, outside of local asa'stans». Ii --more wera required it would be raised by levying a note on each school section, Tuey woulid then start each school with $200, so that the irregularities of tarxation would thus be remedied to a certain extent. Me also proposed a slight change in re= gard to the mode of dealing with NOX--RESIDENT CHILDREYX, The law now required m teacher to credit the section to which a nonsresident punil belonged, with the numver of days during which the scholar attendad a neghbouring sshool, Moe thought this system was inconveniont. He did not think the law was very well observed in that particular. HMis _ own _ experience _ as an _ inspector toid him it _ was _ not. The _ simpler way of dealing with the matter was, that the school attended by the pupil should get the benetit of any grant during the tims ne attended such school. Another proposal of his Billt was THE AMOUCNT DUR A TEACHER SCHOOL ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATE3 of the Province. Y¥ which entirely be res 2 S o e e P wovernment, and therefore no constitut spousibility rests with the Exocutive Co not taking action especrally when it is bered that it was stated that no ste';s 1 taken w.thout communicating with the -- Hon. C. F. FRAs meimber that when 1 House for the ere Buildings it was qua fact that no more th on them. The Hoy some seasions azo a r. that in the opinion they could not be er style fitting for the 1 t 1 6op @2 C (piAH----1L sporshend that he does | not propose any correspon ing changes in res to the election of Superate School Trustoos. To Hon. G, W. ROSS--I do not, and it is optio* all round, ® NEW PARLIAMENTARY BUTM1D»TvW@ Mr. MEREDITH--I a not propose any correspon to the election of Seperata Mr, t quired to pay into the muperannuation Iond. Secondly, thosa who were contributing to thu' fund, and who wish to continue, would be allow« ed to do so, the fes being increased from $4 to a voluntary sum of $8. A certain portion of ' teachers under 35 and 40 years of age At a rule were oppos:d to the superannuation / system entirely. _ Those over that age were mnxious that it shouid be retained. If they wished to retain it themselvoi by a voluntary contribution they might do so. _ With regard t those who ceased to contribute if they left th profession they would be allowed to withdra their contribution as at present. If they did not Q would be placed to their credit, and at any time hereafter would be allowed to draw for the yeal8 during which they contributed. By this me he expected they would be reliaved by and by this charge, and he did not say so bscause he believed . the people should be loth to d liberally with _ tho teachers, for on the contrary he thought thoy woere deserving of the utmost sympathy _ and gratitudeé The only argument of a substantial character urged against the repeal of the law in regard to supcrannuation was the simple one that it an incentive to teachers to remain in the pro sion. -- Perbaps it was, yet he not ced that 1, teachers lott the profession in the past f vyears, or at the rate of over 400 per anu Tuey had lost the services of some ot their v best men. k baok, At this stage of their education career children wore generally from eicvemn twelvo years of age, and he proposed that such them as worked M factories should be exempt from _ attending school at least a portion of the time. What he wanted to pro® vide for was not simpiy attendance at school, but the education of the papil. Although the school ago was trom five to twonty. one, the compuisory ciauses only affected z betwaen tho agoes of seven and thirteen. An provision which he proposed of a more rl& character was for the Mon, G. W. ROSS sard he could not asoertain the number of female teachers who had left, They had retired for other reasons perhaps. The superannuation system did not appsar to retain the teachers, and the argument he had mentioned _ apainst doimng _ away _ with it did noc need to rostrain the House one m t in the action he proposed to take. Therm another amendment he was going to submit in regard to the & _ An hon. Member--D>ss this number incl female teachers ? f CITIEY CHARTERS, MUR,"JD' moved that it is a~ --Th, pj _ *AVVYV shoux be spent .. The House will aiso remeimber that sions azo a report was made which stated the opinion of the Executive Council ld not be erected for the sum named in a . l"'. FRASER said MiDiint® CC \anisndiissinin it ts : tor the Provincse and the needs of the , and therefore no constitutional rg» rests with the Exocutive Counci! fax COMPULSORY SCHOOL CLACSES. v Wwhen permission was gi the erection of new Pari was qualified with the very more than $500.000 ahast the Superannuation Fond, $500,000 shouLt be 200 it is remems> no steps would be with the House, the House will > _ was given by new l'arlinment&h SWE s tive Council for BUILDING& named in a Heportrap# that it Was the pro d that 1, s past f per anun t their v ber inoh' WY# ot asoortain > had left, rhaps. The moment Provinge n the case sed w y sh he 'i.;a'n _ a pu 0 f()w ncational cicven to t such of unielpal with tobar to on the '""o I' inicipal prevens should rusteos. 3, & i officer ndidate o. --He pupil. woenty. those nother adical mea by :' 150.3 ) d w &