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frmmemmmnm s .2 _~fi~:._';,g es F g ¥% & Sccond Session of the@s Assembly Prorogué i A '4; : LIST OF THE ACTS PASSEL Brief Ceremony aH n's .-- f e a prp mtc Hlis Honor's Speech in Prorogt _th House--A Review of the hk' -- t the Year. is /4' 14 5 . The gsecond sessi 'é'h@?? Legislative -- Assembly Ontario | closed yesterday. After a very brief | ceremony -- the Provincial -- Secre-- ' tary pronounced t& his _ Hon-- or _ the -- Lieutenant--Governor-- 7 fateful words that "It is his Hon-- cr's will and p re that this L« & lslatlvg Assembly 4 $ f=--»eel this Legislative Assemm [ 27 ingly prorogued." P The Lieutenant--Go quietly up to the _ " F accompanied _ by _ a taff _ _ of _ half a ~dozen' officers,-- consliatin * of Lieut.--Col. Otter, D.A.G.; t.Col. . * Buchan, TLiéut.--Col. Graveley, Major: Lessard, -- Commander MlLaw, Capt. Cartwright and Capt. Arthur Kirkpat-- rick. Proceeding to the chamber, his Honor was received by the S&ea.ker of the House. All of the Cabinet Min-- isters, with the exception of Hon,. E.. = H. Bronson, were present, as were, _q among others, Messrs. Marter, Strat-- 3 ton, Dana, Currie, St. John and Dick-- erson, the attendance, as is almost al-- , ways the case at prorogation, bei -- slim to a degree. There were few vig= . itors at the ceremony; among the ' however, were Provost Welch lk: Trinity University, Dr. J. George Hod-- gins and Mr. S. H. Janes. :m i THE ACTS OF 1896. C# His Honor installed in the chair, the Clerk Assistant, Mr. Sydere, read the titles of the bills that had passed, AS follows :-- 6 1. Respecting voters' lists in i7 cities. mee 2. To amend the act respecting vot-- ers' lists in unorganized territories. 8. Respecting the ofice hours of Eheriffs. *) 4. To make further provision for the payment of succession duties in cer-- ltain cases. gi 5. Respecting the estate of thM vall James Staveley of Clinton.. "@ esd <al 6 To amend the pubHe *"!" S 7. To confirm an agreement ing |ax to Osgoode street, Toronto. t > . f 8. To amend the Algonquin Nation Park act. val ons 9. To authorize the commissioners of the Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . to grant certain lands to the ClHifton © y Suspension Bridge Company. s 10. To authorize the transfer of ce A tain Provincial lands occupled by ty& Canadian Pacific Railway. m w 11. Relating to Crown timber. P 12. To make further provision re-- specting mines and mining. 13. To further improve the agricul-- ture and arts act, 1895. ! 14. To amend the act respecting vet-- | erinary surgeons. 3 45. Respecting the Canadian ks cal Exhibition. § ; 186. Revising and consolidating % acts respecting the registration of births, marriages and deaths, 17. To _ amend the jJudicature act, 1895, and the law relating to the Su-- porior Courts. 18. The County Courts act, 189. 19. Respecting Surrogate Courts. 20. Respecting disputes concerning boundary lines. 21. Respecting the estates of insoly-- ent deccased persons, 22. Respecting fraud by debt collect-- ors. I