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ft', Question of Separate Schools Under Discussion- "iiiariindthe remaining and less important clause: ot the bill were briefly oxplaineu by Mr. Gibson. and it was than read a second limo. Tor a few any: past the Legislature has pro. named the unpenrnnco of an extinct volcano. or at least one from which all energy had de- parted: but yesterday a change 01mm, and all through the afternoon and evening tiery elo- quence, hot as tho molten lava of Alma. dol. uged the chamber. The occusmn was the long-deferred debate on the Separate School Clause 6 deals with disputes as to fees and provides that .. w here any dispute arises in re- ard to any questinn ot. fee: under this Act the fl'Jl'illl.h'. shun iurthwit% submit the same to the Inspcetur,tuid shall thereupon notify the person interested or his agent ot such submis- sion, and the decision of the Inspector upon the question submitted shall be ttual, unless ap- ncaled from and varied by appeal as herein- after mentioned. All decisions given by the lnepeetor shall be in yrltingmnd the appeal therefrom shall be in like manner. and subject to the some rules of practice as nearly as may be as an appeal from I Master in Chambers or local Master."_ _ _ - - H. in Follow"! by W. R. Meredith The Latter in Scored by Hon. " o. P. Pmu"tr--trtte Gal- 1 'j. 1err Crowded]! _ i A, Law. its scope and limitations. and in the course of the debates the case wns presented on behalf of the Government with all wanted vigor by the lion. ll. W. Ross and Hon. C. i". Furor. Mr. Meredith. tor the Opposition, laid down a platform which he stated would be one of the issues on which 'thoy would tight the general election-u Grout interest was manifested in tha- msbate, which was regarded as one of the moat important of recent years. coming.asit does. in the last session ot the House. To amend tho Ditches and Watercourscs Act as applied to railways-Mr. Waters. norm IN COMMITTEE. The Hausa then went into Committee on the Attornoy.ueuttrul's bill with respect to "nos nnd costs of summary convictions, which was isliigttuyynttsnded. -- HON. a. W. ROSS SPEAKS FIRST. The following bill wasinlroduced and read n. first time '.-- To protect persons noting a! executors or ad- mittutratora--The Attotrnuy-b'euerau. Tum!) READINGS. The following bills were read athird time any passed 0- 7 7 1tsr,puetinq the Town of Walkertou-Mr. O'Connor. To incorporate tho Hamilton & Barton lu. cline Railway Uompan.v--Mr. Awrey. Li),', incorporate the Town of Gore Bay-Mr. yon. To amend the Act for the protection of game mm tttr-tsearing ammalsv-Mr. Clark (\ycllingtop), The Atternev-Ucnernl'a bill to vest certain portions ot the St. Catharine-e. Tltorold a Niagara Falls Road m the Town of Niugnru Falls and the Township of Stamford. also praised through Committee. THE nznrsrnY ACT. The Provincial Secretary moved the second reading of his bill to nmend the Registry Act. The tirst clnuscs provide that the liegistrnr shell see and certify that all copies in registers are correct: that. the Inspector shall have Bower to direct tho keeping ot 3 ohm index unit where he may deem it necessary. Clause Sprevidre that "if the will instrument em- braces ditferent lots or parcels of land situate in ditrorettt municipalities in the some county. the ret.r.istrntion and copying at such instru~ Inent. together with all necessary entries and certiticates in connection therewith, shall be considered separate and distinct registrations for e h municipality in which tho land is situ£. and shall be paid for as follows c--- Where the uguregnte copying does not. exceed 700 words, SI 40: where we aggregate copying exceeds 700 words. the sum ot [much cents for every hundred words or fractional part thereof up to 1.400 words, in addition to the said sum of 8t 40; and where the aggregate couying exceeds 1.400 words tho sum ot ten cents for every hundred words or fractional part thereof in addition to the above charges: the said fee ehnll include all eortimmtea and necessary entries. 7 - To nurnc'ml itiGA(iid -GiTiiorrii" iiirrGoint. ment oc tire 'ttttttuit-tts null tur tht, better pre- vetrioa of bush t1rqr-- Mr. Munclmm. To prevent. the sale of milk and moat from ttnimalsatruetcd yvithtuburcttlositstto bu until led an Act to amend the Public Health Auut-Mr. Graham. Occupy the House for Nearly Six Hours. . To "trend the Act to regulate travelling on pt9liurhhru.srt.xrsynAbrit1itts--yr. Bishop. _ THREE BRILLIANT SPEECHES Fl RBT READING. -. ....-..t...t,_. _.. -. ......,.....W n. ..... mm... .y.....,. as provided by the 4(r:r section of the Sdparate Schools Act, or by prrvioua Acts respecting Hoparate Schools." T tat "as the first instruc- tion. Then the instructions go on :--" The Clerk shall also enter opposite to the nume.and in it column for this pvrpuse,tho date on which the notice was received, nod in a third column opposite the nnzno any notice by such person at withdrawal from supporting 3 Separate School. us providod by the. 47th section of the mid Aer, or by uny suvh other Act RB More. said. with tho date of hilt'h " it hdrawal ; or any disullowtmue of the notice lay tho Court of Revision ort'ounty J.rl;:il. with tho tlute of such disal'iowunLw." Then it wun pro- vided that "The inclvx hook may be in the form set out in the sclu-dule to thisAct, and shall be open to inspection by ratetmyers." 'rlrese tiititttitnts wrro very specime, and it was i'orrt'ulimtly "spectod that it thc Clerks of municipalititus. who discharged theirtiuties under rut-y imu'y pt nultics. cur- ried out their lllhtl umions, tho mistakes to which he had culled the attention of the House should not occur. ile wishvtt to call the utten- tion or the House to the, fact that these index books Worn to be open to inspection. so that it any elector were in douht "S to whether notice had boon givmi or had not. burn girth he could no and cxaminc these index books and antist'y himself. 'l'hcn tollmved instructions as to the duttots of the Clerk, and it hon. gentlemen wuuld obsvrm they would see that. the instruc- tions were two-fold. liirst that he entered the notice properly upon the HUD; and then, as re hired by tho Assessment Act, he hrttl nqlso to set forth upon that some slip whether tho ratepnvcr was at supporter of a Public School. 'l'luvt \vusthe provision up to (tutu. In otnlcw. however. that the rtttepnyor might. be c'nssitlutl as to whothcr he was a Public or Sepurnte School supporter tho Clerk was instructed to enter across that slip whether the rate. nnycr was assessed "3 a Public or Separate School supporter, no that he was notified at, the limo as to how he was clrcusitied. But it w" further provided that the Autism." should con- snlt the index book. Section 5 Said :--"Where the list required by the first suction of this Act in urepnrod. tho Assessor is to be guided Tho bill gave very specific instructions as to these Elaine; of oillciali. the object being to sou that mlslnlces would not, Occur. If hon. gentlemen would oxmnino tho bill they would see how those duties were clast3itieil. By tho first section ..-"Tho Clerk of oven-y municipal- ity shall forthwith after the phasing of thlsAct. enter in a conveui-ml. index book, and in alphabetical order, tho name of overy person who has given to him or any former Clerk of tho umnicinnlity notice in writing that such ver- son is "HomanCatitolic anda supporter ot B. Sep- artyteh'/th,oo! in oIcoyyFuouy.to tuy municipality. Hon. U. W. Ross, in moving the second reading of Hill No. 18b, " An Act to amend the Public and Separate Schoots Acts." said he would explain why this bill should be adopted. and why some other bills which had been only mitted to the House should not be adopted. lion. gentlemen Were no doubt aware, or would no doubt perceive from the many brief proposals of the bill, that its main object Was to remove doubt as to the rating of Public and Scpurttte School supporters. The bill contain. ed two provisions. It was found that under the Act of 1363 mistakes frequent] were made in regard to the assessment of {'ublic School supporters and also in regard to the assess- ment of Separate School supporters. These mistakes Worn sometimes of a very tritiiug character. Sometimes it happened thnt 3 Separate School supporter was not down no a Public School supporter and vice verso. nnd though tho mistake was very tritting, in some cases it cnusod considerable irritation, and it was felt that a stricter in- struction should be given to assessors to provide that no person should be classed as n supporter ot a school contrary to his own in. clinution. Amendments were made by the Act ot 1867, by which the Clerk was to cllll'l'lll eer- tain columns the direction which the rates should take, and it was thought at that time that this should be sutticient at least as u worn- ing to the Clerks of the municipalities, and that themistaku would be avoided. Hut the mistake still ocr'urred, and in 1869 " further mncndmcnt wns mode. allowing any rutcpuyer toupply to the Court. of Revision with regard to his own particular ttsrMttbetttetit, and it the up- prztl Wat' not sntisfactut'y it further unreal Wits ullowod to the County Judge. Those Were utnciulmculs mode in order to have. the wishes of the rutcpuycrs distinctly carried out. They found that since the ettuctmont of the School Aetsor 1863 something more had to budoue, and it wus felt desirable to instruct the various persons connected with telassifyint.,r the assess- ment us to what their duties would he. Hon. gentlemen who Wore Lunilinr with the Muni. cipal Act knew there were dill'crcnt persona CUIIIICt'lLd with the Milli-ii revision. The tisscssor had certain duties to perform: then the ole: k h:uicertoinothvt. duties, and then: the mutter who curried to the Court of Revision. 'e "' om "Bistro nnnmda knowing bills were the road l 9900115 :- _ T "1S.erartttsud the Strut Hallway Aet--Hon. w. Fraser. Respecting the expenses of County Court Judges under the Ditches and Watercourus Afi,trAitt,y Mr. Hardy. I'm princigul provision in the tirst of those twtrllls is t , follpyvlnnz _ A, Then came on tho debate over which the IIousonnd'he public have been on the qui vivo ot exp Lation tor the past. week. It was not the billthat was waitird fur, inasmuch us that was Already known, but the debate. lt was ten minutes to four wimn the Minister ot Edttcat ion row to move the second reading of the bill to amend the Public and Bcparato Schools her., -- " Whore under this Act. a Company is incor- pontcd for the purpose ot constructing and working a ernway. the charter incorpor. ating said Company tntttewithsttuuiisag an - thingin this Act contained, expressly provhfe that the rails of the tramway may be made and constructed either of wood wholly or partly covered with iron, or of wood only ' and may also oxproasly provide that such Cout. pany shall not have the power to bake. trans- port or carry passengers upon or over its line of tramway." THE SEPARATE SCHOOL BILL.