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(at) t A Day's Discussmn of the School i Law. ! HON. MB. Ross: BILLS. Proposed Amendments l With Approval. . An Influx of Deputatlort_t on 'or 'm ductlen of Private 'tms-Fmt'; i and Notes. , I ----_ i Touos'ro, April 7. This was a day of discussion of the school law. Hon. Mr. Rosa' bills for the combo dution and amendment of the Public and High School legislation occupied the atten- : tion of tho House during the alternoon and l, l evening. The House was a happy iamuy, during the discussion. The bills met the: i general approval of the House. The sug- A gestions of minor changes came from both _ sides of the House, and except foraiew notes of party politics in the evening there was the nicest harmony in the House. . Before the orders of the day were called _ Dr. Willoughby rose to a question of privilege. In the report in The .Empire of the proceedings of Friday's session he was reported as having referred to the principal , of the. Guelph Agricultural ftht in cer- I tain observations he had made. t was the i part taken in the recent electionsh'hI the J l Minister of Agriculture which he tl', 4 lured and not the principal of the T I reported. . . Mr. Mack's bill for the consolidation of I the debt of the Town of Cornwall was given , its second reading. Mr. Meredith asked the Government if, inusmuchas the report of the Committee on Standing Orders with regard to Mr. Hiscott's tit. Catharines railway bill had ( not been adopted by the House, was it the j, Lu/T""' of the Government to oppose the i i lt Hon. Mr. Fraser replied that the Gov- I eminent intended to oppose the bill, not only because of iusutiicient notice of it but because it dealt with matters it had _ business to deal with. Mr. Meredith thought the proposed legis- lation ought to have gone to the Private, Bills Committee and not been cut off in so summary a manner. Educational Legislation There was some sign of objection on the part of Mr. Meredith totaking up the fimur cial resolutions of the school bills which, under the rules, had to be passed in com- mittee of the whole and canbodiedin the bills, the reason for objection being that proper notice had not been given. Subse-l quentiy Mr. Meredith allowed the bills to go on the understanding that it was by _ common consent. The resolutions provided, 1 (I) Authorising the Government to pay 35. t per school to each county inspector and the. i County Council shall pay quarterly at 05.1 rate of not less than an equal amount per school and in addition thereto reasons is travelling expenses, the amount to be de. termined by the County Council. (2) That the. Government may pay 85 for every teacher occupying a. separate room wit a separate register, to the school i, board of any city or town separated from the county, towards the pay- _ merit of the Public School inspector. , Rc<pecting the latter resolution, Mr. Ross ' said that since Ls71 cities and towns separ- ate from the county received from t House no aid for inspection of the Pa Schools, the practice being to allo! " le wh rle cost ot impcction to rest 'x,'ilii' "he municipalities. But as counties ' 85 per teacher toward inspection it " u. lieved the others should receive state a similar extent,. The resolutions were passed and referred to committee oi the whole onthe Public School bilL