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Now. Mr. Meredith inu<t know as a lawn. that this is the law now He must know thnt it we: always voluntary Action on the part of a Roman ('ulholic to become a Sopumvo School supporter if he desired lo do so. There was no compul: ion in the case. Where could the coin- pulsion on t It wns not in section 2 of the, Act otWi5. whereby any number of heads of tam. illee, not less than live. where allowed to estutt. Hall a Sepuruto School. There was no compul- sion in the corresponding section of the Act ot 1353. or in tho revision of 1387. Right through the proaoas by which tho Sukarno School was orttattiscd and established t 0 action of the Roman Catholic was puvely voluntary. He had already pointed out that tho first step woe entirely so; well. tho next duty was the elec.. tion of Trustees. A necessary consequence of the first, but there was no compulsion in re ard " the election of Trustees. Under 1li'lfl'l " where notice is required to be given of the in- tention of a ratcpuycr to become I Several. School supporter. more was no compulsion. There was no compulsion as to whether n rate. payer mould or should not giro notice. Not as to section 47, where provision was made whereby 1 Separate School lupporher might Separate Hl'lloul unlll tirst a Public School was established. and every Person until ttt mstablishmrnt. wusu Public School supporter. Thetirst provision in the pranmlnlo was un- necessary. It. was one this House never thought to be necessary. It. was not thought to tretutcmssaryin 1866; it had not been con. sidercd Ilccvssalry for over 36 years. and It w" not, Iwcosaary now. Mr. [was then proceeded u refer to the tirst section of the bill. any no person should he rule t as u. Separate School supporter unless he had given notice required by the Act ot 185;; and the Separate School Act of luis: Ho confl-xsodi lhuJ lull of the .hou. gentleman was marvellous in its structure. marvellous in In prcumblc. aa Welles in the two subsequent clauses th-h stated the mull object of tho hill. Let thens unlico the bill of the non. memlu-r tor London. In the promublo he says:-" VOereng every ratepayer ought to be by luv ttritua fut-lo n Public School lup- rter. and no on', should be rated as a Roman mmolic Feparate school supporter unless he by his own voluntary not deg-lures his intern. tion to be a sunparler of Separate Schools In accordance with the provisions of the luv; therefore Her Andes". by and with the advice and consent ot tho Leulslutivr. Assembly of tho Pyovinco ot Unturjo. one-ts "follow" DI .r.;mi thcir duties wuh so much Yet an irritation was sought to ho muse of those ttotaiteg,atul' mou'vu mum to be tuteibutvet to the Gov. "ti a supporter a Remind Cilholla Separate Schools." But tn lidcd Uh: authorities he had quoted on this point, there was the decusiou of the Court), on the questions submitted to them by himself some limo ago. " hat had 1'ltariecllor Boyd and Mr. Justice Robertson to say outms question! The question was sulnulttod to then) as to whethel this notieo was really dispensed with or not: and this was their reply _ "lrtho assessor is satistlcrd with tho prima hole evidence of the statement made by or on behalf of any ran-payer that ho lsalioxuau Catholic. and thereupon (sucking and having no further Intormafiou) places such person upon the assessment roll as u Sept t'uto School mpporter. this ratepaser, though he may not by hilnuolfor his agent have given notice in wrltlug pursuant to section 40 of the Sepatrgtte Schools Act. may be entitled to exemption from the payment at rates for Public School purposes. he balm; in.Yto 'ttusttyte?!sed.tyrtreatsed thrc. asked Mr. Ross, did Mr. Morndilh and aJtistithuttion for submitting itt Um llousu Inch ull amendment us that which he pru- Pusedt Then-o mm no suclt.iustiecution in the opinion of the highest legal authority of the Province. Nor did Mr. Ross believe thot Mr. Mgrodilh himself was aatiatled mm from uny- leu: that hud o:wcurturd hu luokvd upon this aeolian of the bill us absolutely nt'ci'Bsnry. The Government had no right. to withdraw that; hence; it could not witluiraw that. notice, ne- cuusu it WM u prinlcgu tho liunmn Cnihoiivs had n right to hinder tho 13.N.A. Act of 1307. and they would have been placed in m: nnomw logs and t.tttraitposilrou were it withdmnn. "are. then, pursued the Minister ot Educa. tion, was tho united uniuiun or Mr. Crooks. in Ins time am undue: t luwyur. and of the Attor. pttGetteralo but the notice was not wi: hdrnwn. In 1887 Mr. Meredith: proposed nu ulna-lumen". in which heasked the Home to rc-umrm the neeeseitvotthiwnotice. The matter \vns dia. cussed. and the AttorueyAa'ettcral repented his cyttlentionamtconvintGt the House that the clause being in force was not in need or being opyittcd. "lint tho ludicrous absurdity of the objec- tion is that the preliminary notice has not been dispensed with. on tho coutt'ar.v,it is ex- measly continued by tho Slat section ct tho Act of bust scssmn. tho section which gives Roman Catholics cxmnptiou trom whoa] rates. and any Protestant or other rut-pay" ot tho municipality may object to the exemption before tho Court of Revision on tho ground that the necessary preliminary notice was not given. and he m \y do so uithout the consent. and oven contrary to tho man of tho rate. payer whose curse is in question. Could uny- thing show more clenrly the mortal weakness ot our assailants than the necessity of setting up so idlo a criticism!" There was also. said Mr. Ross. a very deti. nite statement on the auhjuct from Lin: Attor- ney-General in his open letter to Mr. Milligan bc.'oro the last. general election at Ontario. it ran thus F- -___ -..... M"""""".' ..- _%r'i.vo.- bb There has been no change in the principle on which Beparivue tit-heels nro based. namely. the permission or option which each llonmn Catholic has to become a supporter of a Separate School or not. Hits wing " Catholic is merely prim: {acio evidence on which the uscssor could place his name among the supporters of the Separate School: but he cannot do so it the Roman Catholic rutepayer in. au'ucu him to the contrary; and in that case, not being it supporter of a Separate School. he would he liable to rublie School I'M". and entitlctl to send his Children to the Public School. The law permits with Roman Catholic rate-payer his indu'idna: option in supporting the Separate School, and prondvs tui, proper machinery for hivriur,r this so settled thft he must pay a school rate for One or the at ter." 1 'M, war. "my a: Demo-n (ii Grli1fllMhllll "the honor: he w" " I Honour Schools. Bo that running t rough nll the eglslltlon from 1855 to the present um. the Milan of the rucepayor in regard to Sour no Schools was purely and entirely voluntary. " was voluntary as to the flrtst meetln I ot ti" or more hoods of families where the if"! no] in the establishment of such a Ichool Wu do. cadtra on ; it was voluntary as to the election at Trustees: it was voluntary no " the notice required from a rntepayer of his intention to become a. Separate School supporter: it was voluntary nutohls riuhtof Withdrawing from " position nuanupporter of Svpnruto He iools. anti it was valuinlnry as no his proceedings in the Court of Revision. and as for us the proceedings below the County Judge were commi'nml. 'l'he. Iihcrly of the sub- ject was not. unywhuro interior"! with. H. wns not mull-r any cotttuton, as Mr. Men-dim would ask the Home Lo Insulin: in the pream- Mo to the hill. Now. what. was the tlrat soc- tion of thin hiii.' It provided no follows:-. "Notwi; hsroding the proviuions of any Act or lnw lo the rum rut-y. no pelt-on otherwise lion ble fm' Public School mil-5 shall he exam rt from tho payment thertM, or lm liable for ll, pay- mull of rah-s in supporL of a Ronni" Cathorio Semi-nae 'eicltrool,unlrs.c, ho elmil have given the not m' provided fo, byecclion w ot tho tieparate School» All."