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sfactory -- deposits with the | . Government? The Hon. Provincial Secretary replied as follow#s :--** The Government have learned that complaints have been made against a L» ' Company known as 'The Lion Provident 6 Life & Life Stock Insurance Company,' | doing a live stock insurance business, and ! chartered under the Benevolent Societies | Act, for having repudiated honest losses and failed to pay ciaims. Inquiries into the mattor aro being made by the Govern-- ment with a view to considering what, if any, action should be taken to prevent the continuance o« recurrence of such alleged frauds." sECOND READINGS. The following bills were read & second time. 'The objections urged to the prin-- ciple of some of them will be removed in | _ Committee or the bills thomselves will | \;' drop :-- y | \ To amend the Act rospecting conveyances | *\ to trusteos for burial purposes--Mr. Waters, %- To amend the MunicipAl Act--Mr. Guth-- rie. k To amend the County Courts Act--Mr. * es Guthric. , n f NOTM TD l To amend the Mechanics' Lien Act--Mr. | THE ASSEMBLY. | eges G M * * To amend the Municipal Act--Mr. Smith l 7 M i g (Frontenac}. PT To amend the Municipal Act--Mr. Bron-- I\\(' j i son. t Pubhc BIHS the Order Of To amend the Street Railway Act--Mr. _ Brouson, € the Da.y To amend the Act for the protection of * SSdiirment mss rone game and fur--bearing animals--Mr, Clarke & (Wellington). ,3 BILLS READ A SECOND TIME. To amend the Act respecting powers of £ sale in mortgages--Mr. Guthrie. ,.S: yummninacs To amend the Municipat Act--Mr. Bal-- | ~ 4 four. Notes on Bills Introduced and To amend the Act respecting mortgages Bills Read. and saies of personal property--AMr. Leys. sz f To amend the Municipal Act--Mr, Gil. y Whrmrirtie e ioindoestmpmegors mour. > \\J APPOINTMENTS BY GOVERNMENT Lel;;spectxug executions against lands--Mr. & To amend the Act respecting the property | , * of religious institutions, *\ boings of the Municipal Committese---- PRMVATE BILLS. € \ The Dual Language Question-- A number of private bills were advanced y The Immigration Report-- | through Committee, and the following were | / | read a second time :-- I Notes About the To enable the Motropolitan Bishop of the ; House. . Church of England in the ecclesiastical Province of Canada to confer certain de-- ' grees in divinity--Mr. Meredith. I March 7, 1890. fT{) consoliduate the debt of the Township | of Wallace--Mr. Hoss. The .Ilouse got through a go?d (,leul of | Respecting the Central Canada Loan &:{ work this afternoon and rose at 1.40 o'clock. ' Bavings Compauy of Ontario--Mr. Stratton. There was little discussion, the bulk of the Respecting cortain allowances for roads in } work done being the second reading of | lht"'l'n\vnahip of Winchester--Mr. Whitney. I public bills ' .10 consolidate the debt of the Town of | * l Listowel--Mr. Freeman,. | rIRST READINGS, | PROVINCIAL WATER RIGHTS. j T:le fgllt:V:?'lg bills were introduced and | Refore the House rose Mr. Meredith said | read a first time :-- _ he had noticed in a morning paper that the k TO' amend the Municipal Act--Mr. Mac-- l Minister of Justice had iutfi'tfdltcml a bill to i engie. $5, s t settle the question of water rights, He | j To amend the Municipal Act--Mr. Bal-- had underslim(l that the hon. :entlemnn i antyno. was not willing to setti 'ms -- To amend the Railway Act of Ontario-- posed by the 1';',,,",:'}:,:'.'0 on the formsipto \ Mr. Phelps. e The Attorney.--General said he bhad not .'10 amend the Municipal Act--NMr. scen the present bill, but the last offier of | Clancy. 5 .. the Dominion was subject to such condi-- 'v'l'o amond the Municipal Act--Mr. tions that it could not be recepted by him. ! aters. a "xTIp + To amend the Railway Act of Ontario-- tp T ML,'\" $ ',\L ('O?HHTTE& & l Hon. Mr. EFraser. he {\hlhlc}pfll Committee considered | 'Do amond the Potition Act--Mr. Fronci. several bills this morning. It approved the | principle of that of Mr,. Phelps for enabling | THIRD READINGS, Municipal Councils to equalise the pay-- The following bills were read a third time ment of water rates on all ratepayers, | and passed :-- regardleas of whether they take the water To consolidate the debt of the Town of or not, the rate imposed, however, not to | Brampton--Mr. Chisholm. exceed 4 milis, this of course being inl To conter upon the Chatham Waterworks addition to any rates in connection with | Company power to berrow $150,000--AMr. waterworks debentures, which, undor any | a Ferguson. circumstances, affect the whole commun-l To enuable the Trustees of St. Andrew's ity. An Act to this effect was passed last Church, Chatham, to sell certain lands and year, having effect cnly so far as St. | for other purpuges_i\]r. ]"ergusg"' Uatharines was concernml, and its effect With respect to the powers of Commis-- there had been so excellent, urged Mr. sioners for taking affidavits--The Attorucy-- Phelps, that it was _ highly desirablic General. its principle should be extended to any To provide for the appointment of junior municipality that wished to avail itself of J'lulgcs in provisional judicial districts-- it. _ The reason urged for the legislation is The Attorney--General. that under the present law many of those To provide for the purchase of debentures who petition for the introduction of a water-- issued by counties for drainage: purposes-- works system and so cause the expense to Hon, Mr. Ross (Huron). be resumed, back out after the works are LIVE STOCK INSURANCE BUSINESS. secured and so throw the expense upon a + Mr. Snider asked whether any complaint feow and reduce the revenue below a sus-- has been made against any Company or taining point, contenting themselves with Companies doing a live stock insurance the water contained in their wells, which,it business chartered under the Benevolent was urged, was very unfair and unjust and Bocieties Act, repudiating honest losses |ahould be prevented by law, Mr. Pheips and failing to pay tirst claims owing to in-- , said it was really remarknble to what ex-- solvency. If so, is it the intention of the | pedients some people would resort to avoid Government to restrain such Company or the payment of a little money. 'The village Companies from continuing to carry on Mr. Phelps had special reference to was business without being compelled to secure Merritton, the insured from further frauds being per-- A lively discussion took place in the petrated, by demanding from such Com-- Committee upon the bills introduced by Mr. .cooatitsns .. --_____-"_'