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BP SE C CER! T °e e CCC 234 7 o emeny » R2. < * C j C ers "had not been artowed ¢8" fish with 'under the game laws in the county or nets for their own family supply. The .' Lennox and Addington, and for copies reason why licenses had not been issued -- of all convictions for offences under the was that the question of jurisdiction as 'v game laws in said county since the ist | between the Dominion and the province " "% July, 1892. had been raised. However, licenses were _ _-- The burden of Mr. Reid's complaint was $ to be issued authorizing settlers to catch 9 that persons accused of violating ' the fish with nets for their own use. He game laws in the remote parts of these sympathized with the statement as to + united counties were compelled to stand | the impropriety of dragging men 50 and their trial a hnudred miles or more away |75 miles to Se tried for alleged infractions fromt their homes. He suggested Uli_il the of the game laws. In the case which had .game act be so amended as to permit set-- been referred to, the deputy warden tlers and others in distant parts of the whose conduct had been complained of, counties to procure fish and game for though subject to dismissal by the gov--\ their own tables, , ernment, was the appointee of the com-- Dr. Meacham also found fault with the [mi::slun. On the representation of the act and with its unduly severe enforce-- 'ruvw of the township, he had written a ment. > Tetter to the deputy warden, Huff, in | Mr. Gibson said that he had been in-- which he had said that the government | formed that persons had been brought had nothing but the strongest reproba--| from the back part .of Lennox.to Napanee tion for the conduct charged against him, for trial, He was not going to attempt | and intimating that a successor would *' to justify ,this Proceeding or to condemn be appointed if there was a repetition r+it, as the nmtt----r»hu:] not yet been in-- of this sort of persecution. Huft vestigated The inquiry was now 'l""" had replied stating that he had found dif-- getding, however. He had been "11-"_'}""'1' ficulty in obtaining magistrates because that the magistrates in ","' neighborhood there were none in the locality. He (Mr. of where. the alleged offence ad hm.." | Hardy) had procured a list of magistrates committed had refused to try "".' L"'"',U' T in the locaiity and given it to the secre-- : but it was a question "']"'"""'_"""'l mast tary of the commission, who was making istrates~ could not have been m.und near-- |I further inquiries "'1'.""4'»" Napanee. 'The _"'lsih_,'_):' lh'..l -SU;' F The discussion was continued by Messrs. erntfnent was th;'n proper 'U'.'\f' ion shoul Hiscott, McLenaghan, Rayside and Clan-- be exercised by the officers appointed to m w*ewitng" C administer the law. The government had cy. The motion was adopted. no sympathy with results which appearedl PRIVATE BILLS. P mave attend& s case. s ['\,'l'.il\§'l.f,l.\",,'mlhl :'i;li\lll"m::tlun officer guilty The fullu'.\'illg private bills were put |of such conduct as had been charged through committee --: ¢ f Fougsht to be dismissed at once. If the 'llr:p'-('ll!l').( certain burying grounds in I game laws were not properly and care the city Kingston--Mr. H;u't',\'. c fully administered the pressure from the | | 'l'u.;nnr-nn! an act respecting St. An-- country would cause them to be repealed | 'dl"\" & churcly O MALNR--NMT """"'\'.')n' || altogether. He suggested that settlers * Respecting the School of Mining and [' in new districts be allowed to take such Agriculture--Mr. Harty. [hbfish and game as they required for their These were read a second time : own use. Respecting tl.l_v incorporated synod of Mr. Smith condemned the appointment the diocese of Ontario--Mr. Harty. i of Deputy Warden Huff to enforce the | To s«_._ls, the incorporated synod of the ~ law in that district. Itn,m-s.- of Ontario to mortgage certain | Ir. MceColl said that when the game land in the town of Trenton--Mr. Biggar. laws were amended it was distinctly un ) Respecting the Sarnia Consumers' Gas derstood that rabbits were left out of it, i"'""l'u:-.\'. and to change its name to the but the game warden of Elgin county, on Sarnia 'Gas & Electric Light company-- the assumption that a rabbit was a hare, | --Mr. Mackenzie (Lambtor W.). as held by the game commission, had pro-- | To enable the board of education for hibited the shooting of rabbits. Those | the town of Sarnia to convey certain lands who had disregarded the prohibition had to the corporation of the town of Sarnia been fined. Mr. Mackenzie (Lambton \W.). Mr. Balfour advocated a more thorough | To authorize the city of Ottawa to is-- enforcement of the law against the Amer-- sue certain debentures in aid of the Ot-- icans who cross the Detroit river and it;x'.'.:*.. Arnprior & Parry Souad Railway shoot game unmolested, while Canadians | company--Mr. Bronson. were prevented from doing likewise. The To authorize the city of Ottawa to is-- people, he said, should be allowed to | sue debentures in aid of the Kingston, shoot rabbits, as they were a pest. As '.\'mi!h's Falls & Ottawa Railway com-- to the trial of persons at points far re pany--Mr. Bronson. moved from their place of residence, he l Respecting St. George's church, Kings-- thought the act should be so amended as Itl-.'i Mr. Harty. ; to provide against it. i To incorporate the Pembroke Southern ROUGH ON TH® MAGISTRATFES. ' Raiiway company----Mr. Barr (Renfrew). * \Mr. Whitney said that it was his belief | T." incorporate the Sudbury & Nipissing that when the inquiry into the case in | Railway company*=Mr. Loughrin. question was concluded it would be found ] Respecting the Sault Ste. Marie & Hud-- that the local magistrate was to blame son Bay Railway company--Mr. Tait. for the whole trouble. The magistrate e ' To amermi the act incornorating the in the rural districts was generally an | Parry Sound Colonization Railway com-- unmitigated nuisance--the biggest nuis-- | pany--Mr. Sharpe. ance there was in the community as a ' Respecting the debenture debt of fthe rule He was prepared to defend this l('i'~" of Brantford--Mr. Wood (Brant). statement. 'The reason was that he was | . Respecting the Chatham Waterworks appointed on the recommendation of | company--Mr. Ferguson. political workers for political services | _ Respecting the town of Toronto June-- | rendered. Nine out of ten of them in the | tion--Mr. Gilmour. | rura! districts were unfit for their posi-- | The house adjourned at 6. tions. Sir Oliver Mowat said that he was per-- | fectly sure that Mr. Whitney was entire-- | | ly wrong wlhen he said that nine out of ]tzen of the police magistrates were unfit é'lui' their positions. The government never ;nmnlc' an appointment of a police masgis--| | trate without the testimony of the citi | | zens in his district that he was the best | man 'to appoint, and almost invariably | :Lhoy required that he should be an--ex--| i pu'i~_~'1'-x-\l man. Mr. Whitney had, unin--] J tentionally, he had no doubt, maligned | the polics magistra+ts ' the caun Mr. Stratton said that Mr. Whitney ' | must ha ' run fo«u of some of the palice | magistrates in the ruUrai qistricts. 4n wne { '"'(-unnvZ\ of Peterboro' they had a police } magistrate who was appointed on the | recommendation of the county council. Instead of being a nuisance, he was a ;\".mv"u'!," addition to the administration | of justice. | | Alx': '\\'Hu'] (Brant) said that, while the | | provision of the statute was that rabbits | were not X'{"vlv'n-t--'!, the printed instrue-- \I_f ,"\"'"""'"_"'l :" the wardens declared that raboits were protected. The instruc-- tions should be harmonized with the statute. MR. HARDY's LETTER Mr. Hardy said that the act of last lSv:Z.\'IuH did 'llw[ lix the close season, as Ilz'mt was fixel by the Dominion law. There 'had been some complaint that set--