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T wC °0C OE EC P ie ie "", * L enonee . ====_ f _ Tc "that sucna provision --proposed would breed disagree-- ment between the trustees and teachers. | There were now 216 teaching days in the year, and he thought it would be Almost a cruel thing to compel children to at-- tend school in the hot summer months in schools which were not any too well ventilated. In the interest of the 6,000 teachers of the provings, it was well that the summer vacation should not be short-- ened. He believed that public opinion was ' sn h that no school board would tuke ad-- | tage of the provision. h :'va\;{haégn (Mr. Waters and Dr. Willoughby | had spoken in opposition to the bill, it | was withdrawn. | Mr. Conmee withdrew his bill to amend | the railway laws of Ontario and to pro-- vide for the due qualification of railway engineers, conductors and brakemen. Mr. Balfour moved the second reading of his bill to provide for the weekly pay-- ment of wages, but it met with consider-- able opposition, 'Mr. 'Tait being about the only member to speak in its favor. In deference to the feeling that prevailed, the measure was withdrawn. MK. WATERS' BILL. Every theory of taxation was represent-- ed at the meeting of the municipal com-- mittee of the house to--day, when Mr. Waters' bill to assess personalty on an income basis was considered. Mr. Tooley was opposed to the bill being proceede 1 with,as it was a most important and radi-- 1cal measure, which, in the hands of a pri-- vate member, could come to nothing this 'session. Mr. Hardy said that while the bill might not pass this session it would be an education to the committee and the country to hear what might be said upon the subject. Mr. Paul Campbell said that though a large holder of real estate and a merchant |he favored (Mr. 'Waters' bill. He re-- gretted that the government had not taken the bill up. Such taxation laws as were on the statute book were responsible for lthe recent big failures in Australia. Un-- der the present laws cash balances could | be taxed. In Quebec there was no tax | upon personalty. If the real estate specu-- lators knew where their advantage lay they would encourage the bili, because it gave inducement 10-- CapiUAdi Wad 1&20Fr, without which their property would be of no value. Dr. Barrick, president of the Ratepay-- ers' association, opposed the bill because he said it discriminated against the real estate owner, who was already compell-- ed to pay ten and a half. time§s as much as the owners of personal property or those who were in receipt of income. | Mr. Hugh Blain strongly favored the bill. If it did not become law this session it would at least prepare the real estate men for what inevitably must come to pass very soon. f | Mr. Robert Jaffray opposed the bill. He } held that every dollar's worth of & % merchant's stock should be taxed. 4 Mr. 'T. O. Anderson supported the bill. | Further consideration of the measure was & deferred. t PBLIC _ AccorXts, i The committee again took up the crown lands @Acecount of 1883, as Mr. Clancy de-- ; sired to show that the discrepancy 'be-- tween the accounts was much more than ; two cents, as alleged. He infltan('v;lt $1,500 which was marked as a receipt | while it did not appear on the other side of the account, and the totals ; would be wrong to that extent. This , Mr. Ross of the department denied, and & rather heated controversy took place !bvtwven him and Mr. Clancy. Another , matter brought up was an item in one | of the books of $122,974 78, while the same | account in another book gave the total \ as $124,700 06. This Mr. Ross soon dis-- | posed of by showing that there had been |a refund of $1,734 28, thus bringing the two totals out the same. Mr. Cashman | was also examined, but without any startling results. The committee to--mor-- row will take up the Central prison in-- vestigation, with Warden Massle on the stand.