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-- bis Dl"'. Hh (Duffterir ,,'rw' > ze M S eenesal h ¥ is HMHonor the Lievtenant--Governor, | t Bevave ; ;finyllm that he will ceuse to be laid be-- :\Efld Thig: except, pos-- !,:ou.:n t"llll Hvud e lc::mkl:a- of a3" orders in dene. 1t ' Ath C Rot tax, ifo cil and regulations made or passed * as urged t} yet : )3 under the authority of section 12 of the ;2';'1 favored those ea?;::gt.ho present !S'bu: | Public School Act for the apportionment or [Sai: es at the expense of 3:'"&8310!1&1 in-- | ment of the Government grant for Pub-- t aries. 'That was true, and 11. 1 00CCV!08 \lie sencol purposes. ao even that up was to i:al::g the best way ' Barr, in speaking to this, spoke in aff of the salarics, rather ?;taa leent: r of a system of payment of grants to s,é}?terate attempt to tax evéry"dmake a .vguwnshlps direct from the treasury. comes of those enjoying professi ollar in ® Hon,. Mr. Ross explained that the grant fon of Mr. Hardy said he had io inteh. vis issued to County Treasvrers direct, these how of discussing the single tax 'i? n t% «suing their shares to the Township Trea-- its ably its principles were ad.vo- wiotes urers. He did not think that great beneiit 5j exponents. It was not posslblemted by would ensue on the adoption of Dr. Barr's ;.,,,2" of their arguments, save p to meet suggesticm, but promised that the Govern-- pr(.q:'of'- sense. On the whole wg'_'plam 4 frent would do all it cculd to adcelerate Mras '..nt assessment law was open ile the the distribution of the grant. The mo-- 'rovement, he thought chan loJim tion was passed line proposed in this bill P pns. the idhar ~niAus able, 8 were not advis-- Mr. Bishop moved for an order of the M House for a return showing (1) the salaries res t: . E. Clarke thought the bin c >emernd Ee ) FPY ult in m would of all County and City Treasurers ; ) the show 2 any merchants who. do potal amount of all fees or other emolu-- ;'m-";' j# large profit at the end of the y::t ments received by the Treasurers by rea-- n:.c:vl:u?-g t?xauon, while deriving a fUI!i. son of their offices. e q on police and fire protection Mr. A. F. Wood sugges : addj well as other municipal con e suggested the addition exemption of veniences. The of City Treasurers, to which Mr. Bishop| tlohq als s rack nimtla' TnAny corpom.' arsented. It was also suggesteda to adu thod r};r.fil struck him as unjust, and he County Clerks to the motion, but this was far : No . vbubelther 1oo. tar or not not agreed to, and the meton passed. drawnough. He thought it should be with-- i Mr. Balfour's pharmac= bill was then Mr niw passed through Committee of the Whole, c Ha eredith thought that there are too and passed without amendment, many exemptions. He held that public pro-- It being 6 o'clock the Speaker left the perty should be exempt, and that all pro-- "Jfi' perty not representative of the public "m 'the House reassembling at 8 o'clock i\'.hou"',l be taxed. Something like a rebel-- private bills were taken _ up, and Mr. ,,l,',m ;\{(;ult(rlwo"c;}t;tr gl bank stocks were tax-- Harty's bill to confirm the agreement ent rate imposed eo!: Sr})]:r}le'gn"\)le i roperiy between Gananoque and the Thousand Is-- from that imposed on real' ost'atopm';')}'i::-i lands Railway Company, Mr. Biggar's bill was no better thing that the House could to confirm certain assessments of Tren-- ::;eglfig;ttzggege ;;mfam';at'o" of the , ssess sys § e hoper n ton, Mr. Paton's bill respecting the raiul-- would not be rejected nntr;relyf,har:):hi;,)-;l: way debenture debt of the Township of wou'd mean that the House would én Tiny, Mr. Davis' bill to reduce the area nothing at the problem this session. | of ine WTown of Newmarket, Mr. Harty's Mr. Waters denied that the bill was very | | bill -- respecting St. George's Church, radical or a step towards single tax. and| | Kingston, Mr. Harty's bill to | asked that it might go to the coml;it:.e@ confirm a by--law of Kingston, Mr. However, as Mr. Hardy was unwilling to McKay's (Victoria) bill to enable Lind-- take up so late in the session and the Par-- | say to purchase the Lindsay waterworks, lHament a bill dealing with so complicated Mr. Tait's bill to incorporate the Ontario a matter Mr. Waters withdrew it, predict-- Burglary Insurance Company, Mr. Tooley's ing, however, that the House would before bill contirming an agreement between the long pass a much more radical measure. 3ngon V'.:]treet Railway Company and THE LAW OF EXECUTIONS. ndon West, Hon. Mr. Gibson's bill re-- 7 j » x g e l2 lating to Christ Church, Hamilton, ana nx;\ér.tfnx?;ggr:c:)me":'eil:::)rt?lil?rb ftr}(l)(rnldj(];]ig:'k] Mr. E. F. Clarke's bill relating to To-- $ rop ptF t .. th o & to Lo for rent any property other than that ronto were passed without amendment owned by the person -- owing -- the through Committee of the Whole. rent, was read oz second time * Second readings followed. Mr. Caldwell and referred to the Legal Com-- moved the second reading of his bill mittee. -- The Attorney--General said he |\ relating to the Town of Carleton Place. had no objection to this being done, but ' Mr. W. B. Wood objected to the bonus declined to commit himself to the princi-- features of the bill, which would tend ple. to set one municipality against another. Mr. White's bill amending the act re-- | Mr. Whitney defended the bill. Mr. Bal-- | specting executions was then considered. | four was also opposed to the bonus | The bill specifies and much enlarges the || system. Mr. Waters was in favor of the ' number of chattels which shall be exempt f bill, which he thought guarded enough. from -- seizure -- under -- writ. While ho || Hon. Mr. Gibson was on the side of the was enumerating the rather extend-- jblll. which he thought justifiable under 'ed list of exemptions, Mr. White put the \ the circumstances. Mr. Meredith opposed House in a laugh by remarking, "*why the breaking of the prohibition of the not bonus him ?" Mr. White put forward 'pra.ctlse of bonusing. Mr. Caldwell de-- as an argument for the bill the statement 'fended the bill, relating the exceptional trat more people had been driven out of cireumstances which led to the request Canada by having all they had taken from ' | for it. The bill then passed. them than from any other reason. Mr. Kerns' bill legalizing by--law 214 of Mr. Balfour thought something might Halton, Mr. Tait's bill relating to the To-- be done in the direction indicated, though ronto Street Railway Company, Dr. Barr's not perhaps going so far. bill amending the incorporation of the | Hcon. Mr. Gibson said he thought thol Pembroke Southern Railway and Mr. | general view of the present law was that Tait's bill concerning the estate of the it was-- sufficlertly -- liberal, though l late Richard Stubbs were given their sec-- Aid not leave the noor debtors in the con.j ond readings. Aition of comfort an4 affluence propos:d, by Mr. White.. There seemed no speciai THE ASSESSMBNT LAW desire for any increase of existing exemp-- Under the head of public bills Mr. tions, and unless there was such it was/' Waters moved the second reading of his urdesirable to make any change in and; bill to amend the assessment act. He disarrange a law that was now becoming explained it briefily, stating that it --was | very well understood. to tax real estate and to levyy on mort-- Mr. Waters said the bill would virtually, zages, investments, dividends and net in-- abolish seizure. } comes of persons engaged in professional Mr. Meredith said it would destroy thei or business occupations, subject to the ex-- credit of the country, and advised its with-- emption of $i0W0. No other personal pro-- drawal. l perty should by it be liable to taxation. Mr. Tait, Mr. Barr and other members ; Mr. Waters gave an exposition of the de-- spoke, none approving the bill. Mr. White tails of the measure, and declared that refused, however, to withdraw. He was it was not a bill to favor the rich against anxious to press it to a division, but being the poor; it was, instead, a bill that would urable to secure the support of five mem-- L do a great deal of justice in the direction bers necessary to this. heuwafs finally con-- of equalization. . He gave considerable tent"to have it declared *"Lost on a divi-- details to show this, and was questioned gicn. ! freely by Mr. E. F. Clarke and other REDISTRIBUTION BILL. members as.to the workings of the pro-- As the House was about to adjourn Mr posed measure. rasthi o 4 s i ion Hon. Mr. Hardy said the bill bore evi-- g}fixe';lyth asked" SNe" th? redlstr!butlo'zl' x s e ould be brought down, and the At dence of much care and thought. Whether torney--General said probably early next or not the country would accept it w?lsl :eek 7 7 a ! another matter. 'The principle of the b hA 5 % 'o Wwas looKing to the single tax, and 'ne The House adjourned about 11 o'clock. t thougsht the time when those principles i could be adopted had not come in this t country or on this continent. They found al acceptance in only one little town in the * !'nited States. The bill, of course, only 1' fringed on these principles, but they were & contained in it in the shape of the large 1 exemptions of personai property which it entailed. There was truth in the state-- I _ _ment that the assessment law was com-- ' tod. lie admitted this, but insisted 4 ] l e 2 lc des PP s 4