] % i mt' # on sed his concur-- . a « C Dr. Ryerson expresse o s , act incorporaiing the Pembroke South= rence in the stand taken by his col C ern Railway Company ; Mr. Robert-- leagues. § hat the bill S | son's, amending the act incorporating Mr. «ierman proposed tn;t t ets to' | the Grand Valley Raliway Company ; , go to committee, so as. at z'xl (;\gn us . s f Mr. Magwood's, respecting the railway have the clerical error cn{roc ed. Mr. \ B % debenture debt of the Township of Howland objected to this. Hon. eu-- 4 - i Elma ; Mr. Stratton's, respecting the FHardy 'Observed LNA melerl?,es * £ j + t Town of Peterboro'; Mr. Strattnn'sdl . tralized thl'.l (l»huu-wi ;'U'\'f'_ !]( \t:)(;e k F .: @ [ al amending the acts relating to the Lan there would have 10 MC 1 n * '£ /A [.os reead| Security'f'umpany. and Mr. Kerns', en-- * ever, Mr. Marter agreed t." th((;o?gtlagg: < W s | abling the trustees of Knox Church. ing to committee on the ugrll to the 5 J / 3 Aes Acton, to sell certain land. ing that only the part ,(:11.'1 Ne < ¥ ':-"'-'2' Mr. Miscampbell had a question as to clerical error should stand. f 7¥ the number of officiais employed in the CLEARING THE ORDER PAPER. «Te Department of Agriculture, and as to * € a 1 t > af whether they were graduates of the Mr. CGerman's bill respecting 'ge a(l- / = Agricultural College. Hon. Mr. Dry-- mission to the practice of medicine in . : den gave him the iist, showing that Ontario of graduates of the British A 4 there are three officilals--Mr. C. C. medical schools was sent to a Spe(-lul' James, Deputy Minister and Secretary | commiitee, which will be nam("d' after | * 3 of the Bureau of Industries ; Mr. W. B. | a discussion in w hlch' Dr.. Ryerson, ¥ * Varley, clerk and Minister's secretary. Dr. Willoughby, Mr. St. Jdhn, -- Mr. 4 ¥ f and Mr. W. J. Gray, cierk in mailing McKay (Victoria), Dr. Meacham, Hon« $ department. Their saitaries together Mr. Ross and others took part. B amounted to $4,000. None of these | Mr. +«Chapple's bill to amend t.he ; n f were graduates of the Agricultural ditches and -- watercourses act wWas -- College, their duties not pertaining to given its second reading. Two "m."{'.'o & the practice of agriculture. Mr. Dry-- amend the registry act, Mr, Mart"?' * + 1 den added the names of the eight ')m'] and Mr. McDonald's, were sent to the l se clals of the Bureau of Industries; their Leoo! Committee. Mr. Marter's was | ' J I salaries amount to $8,300 and their protect munlelpalities ln.the filing | o l work is purely clerical, their training : plans, and Mr. McDonald's was to TC% +. MI being such as to properly qualify them blige the mortgagees to bear the ex-- t for It. ense of registering the discharge. it . -- Mr. Haycock had a question as to the | don. Mr. Gibson was doubtful as to 24 number of teachers possessing certifi-- l the advisability of both these bills, but We cates granted for successful teaching j sanctioned their going to committee, x\ wl and as to the method followed in Mr. St. John's bill to amend the as-- ( > w | granting such certificates. Hon. Mr. sessment act with regard to arrears 4 // ol ' Ross replied that an average of two er of taxes; Mr. St. John's bill to l.w ... t three such certificates are fll'flnt('d' the municipal act, providing fo&.% =® ' every year. They are granted on the | regulating of pedlars; Mr. St. John'gal« -- ; Aug recommendation of a Public School in-- | bill to amend the registry act with re«=. . ; uies spector after a number of years' teach-- | spect to payment by munlclpalltle'::? # C n ing on departmental certificates. | searches ; the bill by Mr. Reld ( ¢ m + sys t In reply 'to Mr. Marter, Hon. Mr. dington), respecting the fees paid to. . + s Hardy satd that Basil Paton was t.h"l jurors in inquests; Mr. Richardson's * : ueces temporary agent of the Crown Lands Lill respecting the lability of Town -- m Department at Killarney. He was ap-' or City Councilis for _ police office ; We ' fe: j', pointed in March, 1895, as a resident buildings, and Mr. Marter's bill em-- a ?i 4 representative of the department, Il-'" nowering the Mayor and Chairman of w -- there were a large number of squat-- the Finance or Executive Committees | € ; sys ters in the neighborhood. He received | in cities of over 100,000 to sit for the 3 l no salary, however. | discussion of _ estimates upon _ the / t On motion of Hon. Mr. Gibson, who | Public School, High School and Public 7 ® acted for Mr. Meredith, the T., H. & B.| Library Boards, were all sent to com-- ¥ bill was referred back to the Private | mitteo. 2 % Bills Committee for further considera-- | Private bills came next. Mr, Ger .' tion. ' man's bili respecting the London Street o A couple of bills--Mr. Biggar's, to Railway ; Mr, Blezard's, amending the have Sheriffs® oflces in cities close at j act incorporating the Ontario, Bel-- jA 2 e 1 p.m. in July and August, and Ml:l mont & Northern Railway Co.:; Mr. ' Ferguson's, to extend the npvrutlnnwl Garrow's, enabling _ Thomas _ Henry of the Lord's Day act to farmers--were | Lewis to practise dentistry; Mr. O'-- given their second reading without de-- Keefe's, respecting the City of Otta-- 4 bate wa, and Hon. Mr. Harcourt's, author-- remesrN( IACAN OTS Izing the Commissioners of the Queen ASsESSING YVACANT LOTS, Victoria Nlagara Falls Park to grantl' Mr. German then moved the second certain lands to the Clifton Suspen-- reading of his bill to .|.n|~'x1'1 the as--! slon "Vridge Company, were passed J ] f sessment act by extending the opera-- throms.. committee. SBecond readings \ 4 SR 4 tions of the act passed last session re-- wore given to Major Hiscott's bill «in-- , * specting the assessment of \'.m'&llll corporating the Lincoln Radial Elec-- 4 lands in cities, and by correcting a tric Railway Company; Mr. Middle-- 'i clerical error in that act. He stated teon's, respecting the Hamilton Gas & that his reason for bringing in the bill Light Company ; Mr. Loughrin's, con-- "§ ® was that the spinit of the act of last firming by--law No. 46 of Sudbury ; ® session had not been observed in To-- Mr. |;'h~.~."',.-'.. respecting the Town of ronto. He alluded to the low prices of Sarnia; Mr. Richardson's, respecting land prevailing now, and said that land the floating debt of the Village of ©% was often ::.sscfus»d at so higsh a rn'l-- Markham:; Mr. Biggar's. consolidating that at sales it ('m.nhl not bring l.l."' the floating debt of Trenton; Mr. Par-- . amount of the taxes. If the assessors do's, respecting certain school moneys of the city would not assess fairly the o" Chatham ; Mr. Farwell's, relati risl: e s 14 force them to do so. CChmal Urm -- MHA2t h ating I L4 zlhldl'l}l(v..h'llu N 0Sed The i * to the Sault Ste. Marie & Hudson Bay ' A .\I'r .( rawford nm'w.: ll;' MIl, 1e« Railway; and Mr. Pardo's, incorpt, .+*-- marking that the bill was promoted by ing the Chath City 8 t the boomsters whose operations had R'!"H\\'v Com _i}m, y & Suburban : 3 produced the depression Mr. German | ',i,) "'" 'u}',':l")' 3+ ® uy fes) : had deplored. He strongly opposed | 1e House adjourned at 5.45 p.m. M ; their beihg granted Lh!s additional SUNDAY BURIALS,. 1 § privilege,. and pointed out that this ! | 93 year Toronto has reduced her assess-- Messrs. Richard Reynolds, James| ~_' + ment by about $4,000,000. The city and l Stewart and Josiah Rogers composed * f n' the Assessment Commissioners had be-- | a deputation, representing the Citizens' '"a haved well. The bill if passed would | Committee, who waited on the Attor-- | usf affect the «ity to the extent of about | l ney--(General this afternoonm to urge for _i $1,250,000, ' | a change in cemetery regulations, As iA Hon. Mr. Hardy said that in so far as ; It now is, the burying ground trusts . the bill sought to correct a clerical or-- | will not permit bodies to be buried on ror in the act of last year it might be | Bunday, except in cases of gontagious F passed, but as for making a further | diseases and under a doctor's certifi-- ® . change he was not prepared to sup-- cate. This the deputation claimed to be port it. Mr. German would gain llw!h.' a hardship where the death occurred on ) ing by pressing this part of his act. | a Friday, necessitating embalming. Sir Mr. Howland explained at some | Oliver agreed with the deputation on t length his stand when the act of last | that point, but said it was now too session was passed, contending strong-- late in the session to introduce any ly that the contention which he had | legislation to remedy it He promised put forward then had ibeen proved to | however, to give early consideration at 1 be correct. He opposed the bill .~lronu~\ the next session,. ously, holding that land should be as-- | sessed at what it was worth, and that | IMMIGRATION MIGURES, men holding land for speculative pur-- | The report of the Depar > poses should not oblige men w hnl oc-- | migration shows lhu]t f'»;;:t}]]i]l;lrzltll(.r e . cupied their land to pay their taxes. | settled in Ontario, a decrease Rrarrltg n Mr. Marter comp'l:ained of the dig-- from 1894 and 1'",-- o n ts of oS courtesy shown to the Toronto mem-- statistics show 'lt', oo 1h0n ne / bers in not asking any of them to alifax and ou2}s~ . I0te arriving st bri the bill i he Halifax and Quebec, and those who : «_ r pg he bill in, when It affected To-- rive at Montreal comin Dy way 1O > _4 1 _ ronto so vitally, and strongly opposed United States; but it E' 61'1\8) of the Y , o ',% i: :2!-1 )l\l;_nlbcl'\;)i those vnn\ire\ge;xfélo t(})l;'lt t ts PM C ro w p m | %' AsS% im New York..by potts other) [ o j P --P 1 > >>2>52% mm i M WNIHHnienee es nc en _ OA