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_ ." m--- ,'li2'li',"i2ei'el8,'Sii' - . _ . "Ti - 13"" l b% . l ner- _ r" 2ttutt2"lt'ith ' "f' _ SDAY f anA -. 'y _ ". tionto the monument! submitted. C 1., 9 . tIve or six years 880. With the almost ,5 --"-i--------------------""'"" unattlrittytttt consent of the iaw Net". ti, . of the Prtwihce, requesting certain re- . . ' F forms in the Jurisdiction and utility of Many Private Bills Occupy the the local courts. He asserted .that . the County Court Judge could (have: . done the work of the urrogate our Attention of Mtmbars, Judge and locai Master in Chancery for _ the County c-LOntario. and that the __.._.,_.-.._.__ . Government should have taken advant- -' age (1,ktli1 ""ht",', g, 'y,'n',',e,gr lan . _ extrao ca. emaeanam. co- COUNTY COUNCILS ACT. quart and very earnest plea for a cur- tailment of such unnecessary expendi- --- ,_____ tore as he referred to. Mr. Hardy said there was no objec- tion to the order, but, Mr. Hoyle appear- ": Merits, ouseeea-a'roror"" to ed to be laboring under a misapprehen- _," , . . . r to sion. He seemed to have an idea 'j,; Give Mttnie 1gtgmtiets Powe I that the County Court Judttetreould do L Chm!" Method ot Arstrerormegtt. the work of the Surrogate Court Judge _ _ and the Master in Chancery for no- -----. I thing, or else only under salary. As a _ - l matter of fact. (they: was no additional ' expense incurre w atever. Mr. Smith. Parliament Buildings, Feh. 22. , whose appointment as Surrogate Judge 5 Several public frills of more or less and local Master was objected to by .3; general interest were given second {tint 13:54:: 80tt I"itcl','t,lv, 2,trig,e, teen (l readings and referred to committees to- ' cei'Ived gating: 't,u'l"lg',otfttf. 1)1V,?2 ) day. Mr. Smith's bill to amend the: fore them was not a. shining of adm- t County Councils act by abolishing the 1ot'e,1,y'g,'tott',t/tiyr'ifo. l Tei, House 1 ' _ __.," _ . ra er cn,oye( r. oyes "com - i' double vote afforded an opportunity for ture. and the Attorney-General said Mr. tho Opposition to attack the present Hoyle should have consulted some of 'system, but the Attorney-General in a his legal friends before making such an t . _ ' - error. v.gorous and effective speech. while ad Mr. Hoyle stood corrected as to the mitting the act was not perfect, de- "mpg..." of pxnanmtl,m_ butagnm in- fcnded it as onc'of the most satisfac- 'iismdthhat _,',,'; County Judge could have r rone e wor . J, tory changes that had been made in the Mr. Hardy cxplained that local Judge _" municipal system for many years. Mr. MacIntyre had voluntarily. of his own _ German's bill giving municipalities the t"/,:'t'/','g; expressed the desire to forego . , t e ees which he would have received optional POM er to change the method of as Surrogate Judge and Master and en- assessing mercantile companies was al- iirciy assented to Mr. Smith receiving ' so sent to a committee, where the these fees. merits of the measure will be threshed ' out. Mr. Crawford's bill to regulate The County Coumlis Bill. l f. overcrowding ot street railway cars. Mr. Smith (Peel) moved the second l "inch was introduced as a public bill, reading of his bill to amend the County /, was held lr, the Speaker to be of a pri- l'vuncils act by giving one vote for each , vote natu e. and will have to be rein- Councillor. troduced as a private bill. l Mr. Rribs (South Waterloo) opposed ' the bill and advocated a continuance Mr. Hoyle s Mistake. 1 of the present law. . Mr. Hoyle moved for an order of the ', Me. Barr (Dufferin) approved the . House for a return showing the num- , principle of the hill, Which did not go her of ctrraetrsentered in- the County tar enough, however. He suggested Court of the County of Ontario for the that a clause be added making it com- past five years. the amount of money pulsory to vote for two candidates. ' collected through thcsherlff during the Mr. Little (Cordwoll) congratulated same period, and showing as well the the hon. member for Peel on having . number of cases entered in the Division "can the error Of his ways, and aseured 1 Court of the same county during the him of the support of the Opposition in past five years and the amount of carrying out so desirable an improve- money collected in the court during the I mt ht. same period: also for the number ot! Mr. Duff (West Simche) urged the cases that went to trial in each court 1 respectively. Mr. Hoyle said the pro- hon. member for Peel to accept the / sent County Court and Division Court suggestion ofer: Barr. system was suitable for the conditions _ Mr. Walter Realty (Leeds) contended existing 60 years ago, But the laci- that the present system gave a minor- tities for travelling and the migration Ity of taxpayers an undue power. He of population had not left the County I accepted the bill as a, step in the right. Court In particular sumcient work to direction. . _ Justify the maintenance in home coun- Mr. Hoyle (North Ontario) read " re- ties. mentioning Peel. Prince. Edward. solution pasped by the Township Coun- Halton, Lennox, Addintton and Vic- cil of Scott denouncing the present law ' toria. He wanted the returns asked ttttd asking for a return to the old sys- ' for In order to show that the some con- tem of representation in the County dition of affairs exists in Ontario. Mr. !Councit. He advocated giving mum?"