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_ MORNING SESSIONS. , Hon. 0. MOWAT moved that hereafter than be morning sessions, commencing at _ eleven o'oloek, and that at 1 p.m. the Speaker have the chair without thequostion being put. l CONCERNING SCHOOL TAXATION. l Hon. w. ROSS moved rm amendment to the t' Act respecting Public Schools, to the vile-ct l that where the Public, School and Sepumte _ School rates are diiferont, if a tenant defaults, ' and the owner has to pay, he shall have to f ay over the amount that he would originally l lime had to pay as owner. i .The amendment was carried, and the bill o' read A third time. ' READY FOR THIRD READING. The following bills were considered in com- .ittee and ordered to be read a. third time c--- . Bill respecting Distress for Rent and Taxes. . -Mr. Hardy. _ _ _ -- ONTARIO LEGISLATURE Sixth Parliament .q.-.-. First CC Session. (By Our Own Reporters.) TUESDAY. April 10, 1887. Mr. LEES presented the report of the Toll,- Reads Committee, which was ordered to be printed. The knowing bills were read the third time:-- To authorise the Corporation of the City of London to borrow certain moneys for Public school purpotsots.---Mr. Meredith. 1),,,, x? at .. If, r,,!_-¥, sr, To 'mnke further provisions respecting us- nignmcms for the benefit of creditors-The AitoruorGty1sral. - A _ -- To nn'xend the Act incorporating the Home oi the Friendlcss, of Htudi1tou..--Mr. Gibson (Hamilton) - _ - _ m - _ 1tearrireting the guardianship oi minors. --Mr. Bydy. _ - _ _ _ _ Further to extend the powers oi the Con. tmmers' Gan Company, of Toronto.--Mr. Widdiiield. . Respecting the taxation of patented lands in Algoms---Mr. Ross (Huron.) , To amend the Act incorporating the Girls' floma and Public. Nursery, of 1'orouto.--Mr. Hon Mr. MOWAT moved an amendment to the bill respecting the appointment and proceedings of Police 1lvgiistrotes, declaring that police magistrates appointed under this Act, shall pay over to the County Treasurer any fees or emoluments recoivml on account of their otfiee, unless the Legislature shall other- wise determine the disposition of the same. The amendment win carried, and the bill ( read a third time. i iiiy For éonsolidating and amending the Act: reapecting insurance oomptsnies.--The I AttoraeriG'onetl. . ' -isii1 ti' extend the operation of the Land Titles Act and otherwise amend the "me.--. The Attorney-General. THE SHRIEVALTY OF YORK. The House went into committee on the Attorney-General" bill for further improving- the law. RESPECTING POLICE MAGrSTRATES. THIRD READINGS. Mr. MEREDITH objected to the passage of the clause. He considered that the time had now come when tho emoluments of so rich an otlice (is the shrievally of the County of York l should be diverted to the public treasury. The ileum, he said, had already adopted the principle with regard to Division Courts, that ti where the fees derived in any office reach a . tuy.rt.ty?.ishing adequate remuneration to the l othcml, the remainder of such fees, &c, should ',1 to to the County Or Provincial treasury. Instead, therefore, of the Hon. Attorney-Gen- eral taking the step he proposed and making use of the public moneys to reward his politi- cal followers or friends, he (the hon. spenker)' thought the hon, gentleman should take a. step _' in the opposite direction and provide that the - moneys appertaining to the ofiiee, should re- turn to tne County or Provincial funds. t' Mr. MUWAT said the hon. leader of the J] Opposition knew, notwithstanding his observe.- tions, that exuept in the case of the shrievalty c in question, there, was no shrievalty in the t Province which could he said to he too well . paid, and he thought the House ought scarcely J', to be asked to make an exception to the exist- t ing law because of this one case. As it would l be seen, he had taken some steps with a view ' to reducing tho fees connected with the office. DID NOT K new new MANY YEARS, and if there had been overpayment in this shrievalty oilice, how was it that he ls ad not until the present moment suggested the di. t version of the excess of moneys to the public V treasury. Perhaps it was because until the t other day the office had been held by a Con. ,' servative, and the suggestion was made new as I to the diversion oi the emoluments of the office t because the leader of the Opposition possibly feared that the otiieo was now about " to be tilled by a member of the l Reform party. The hon. gentleman always had a big supply of indignation on hand-at 1 least not indiination perhaps so much as super- b vigilance. ( alighter.) The matter of the emoluments attaching to the shrievalty of t York County had been a subject of conversa- tion in the House, as Mr. Meredith had said, but it was generally considered that while I those emoluments were very large, yet the re- sponsibilities of a sherilf liming control in a county like York and a. city like Toronto t were enormous, and if the office was held by a . erson liable to make a blunder he might ruin 3 himself in four-and-twenty hours. The posi- tion was unlike that of a sheriif~in any other county. His duties were numerous, his con- stant attendance was necessary, and his social ' duties were very large. The county was very extensive and should have been divided before this. The Littutertrsnt.thrvernor in Couneil may. in manner aforesaid. at any time hereafter and from time to time appoint one tit and proper person to be Sheritrot the County of York. and another fit and proper person to be Sheriff of the City of To. route. every such Sheriff to hold Mia, during pleasure. Mr. MOWAT moved the amendment of the Act respecting the otfice of Sheriff by the ia. nertion of the following clause _ Mr, MEREDI'I'H asked why the matter of alteritf's fees and emoluments could not be ar- ranged similarly to those of County Court clerks. He said the hon. Attorney General's only object in taking this step was with a. view togetviug his political friends. Hon. Mr. HARDY said his hon. friend the leader of the Opposition broke out now and than into statements that were not discredit. able to him, but it was always in one direction and in onedinc. The hon. member for London had been leader of the Opposition, for he oiple. mire/reid/tite" the leader of the oppoisition. He had made the matter simply pue of prin. Mr. CREIGHTON may; Ifardy, had