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PE reagon of there having been g§06086 A.. . 'class of men as (flfifll'ofi.v"'n would 1 2' l(.hat.tels whih migzh; have been dis-- create a larger territory to be canvas--. | [ % trained for taxes. sed, cnd"l good Tr;'len'v';'ontl:! nottx:eso.rt 10 | . 5 canvassing. e option of general To Advance Private Bills. voting ought to be made permissive. Hon. Mr. Gibson announced that in Hon. Mr. Davis said he had received | view of the large number of private many objections to the clause limiting ; ' billis awalting consideration, he had the Councils in towns of less than 3,000 ' called a meeting of the Private Bills population to a Mayor and four Coun-- j | Committee for Monday. At that meet-- cillors. It would be utterly impossible | 'l ing he hoped the committee would con-- for such & small number to deal with | clude the consideration of Mr. Jeni-- all the questions that came before a | son's bill relating to waterpower on the municipality, the burden would be too Kaministiquia River, the Port Arthur onerous. and Fort William bills and some other Mr. Stratton said that in Peterboro' measures. | as a result of the abolition of the ward | 3 "system the very best men available | Lost on Division, ! had been elected to the Council. | __Mr. Kribs' bill, which was aimed at Mr. Barr thought the most objec-- the appointment of political partisans tionable feature of the bill was that it 'to the office of registrar, failed to se-- | reduced the number of _ Councillors to ecure a second reading, being declared too small proportions. Instead of four lost on division. Councillors there should be eight or ton. He was glad to see that the biil Compensation Bill Stands. was not likely to become law. { Mr. Crawford's bill relatin m-- Mr. Matheson doubted whether the pensation to workmen stood %vtec;' untii lessening of the number of Councilions next week on the understanding that it was wise. The result of small Councils should not lose its priority on the or-- would be that the affairs of the town | der paper wsuld not be as well discussed as when | s there were a larger number of Coun--. Osgoode Hall Officials. | cillors. ! Mr. German introduced & bill to am-- |_Hon. Mr. Hardy reminded the House 'end the judicature act, the object being. | that this question had received a great |to restore to their former status Mr. | deal of attention in recent years. The | Fulford Arnoldi and other persons em-- | bill would disturb matters consider-- | ployed at Osgoode Hall, whose emolu-- 'ably, and he was not at all certain ments have been reduced by recent | that the provisions of the bill respect-- changes in the law. ing the number of Town Councillors Hon. Mr. Hardy asked that the bill would be satisfactory to everybody should not be pressed. The object of concerned. In any évent, there came the changes made by the Government in the question of the two--years' term. had been to correct certain practices at Some municipalities might object to a Osgoode Hall which had evoked pu'bl'ié two--years' term, others would adopt it. criticlsm. The case of Mr. Arnoldi, he A limit to the number of Counciliors is intimated, would receive consideration | desirable. He was not sure that the The trouble had been that certain of-- | question of adopting the two--years' ficials had made their offices mere ad-- | term should not be left at the option of jJuncts to other duties for {"hich they the electors, The proposition to sub-- received large foes, and an order in n'lit to the people the question whether Council had been passed and special ex , Councillors should be elected for one Or aminers' fees reduced nearly one-half- o ootie aiv would harm no., enes 4M perhaps so much so that experie CB would give each municipality the op-- would swhow there was not eno m/h portunity of speaking for itself. Some money in it for the four examin N e of the smaller municipalities thought it employed. The fees had l;een U"; now desirable in order to economize expen-- from ten Jents to seven cents a re U%Pd', diture that the two--years' term be first coples, and four cents fflf)ODy gl, diture that the two'years' term be sequent copies,. copies for the Ju;' $ S to. Alebiiitse foo boupdcration. _ .. to be free. If that reduction could tbg('§ to | committee for consideration. ried out one of the heaviest b e car< | Mr. Pattullo pressed for a second upon suitors, viz.. that if urde ns reading, and the bill was referred : to of evidence and Aeflificates fro coplga the 'Munl('lpal Committee, clal examiner for use in thm a spe-- Mr. German moved the second read-- would be relfleved & e court, ing of his bill to amend the municipal * "The bill was withdraw law, which provides that all farmers'| l thdrawn. | 1x'woduce shtall hbe exemptlfrom market ; o eos except where special accommoda--| ' *¥ General Voting. [ tl(')\rr\ is provided. C | r. Pattullo's motion for ' Afr. Stratton protested that the law | 'the principle of general vofing -m ]t}? | farming community and the people of ; municipalities of all towns, village e the towns as well, and should not there-- | : townships, reducing the numb '_a"'dl fore be interfered with. * | Councillors, and _ introducin "'lt 'Of Messrs. Morrison _ and Crawford | years' term for municipal Cointt'ill"o- fhought the bit would work 004 (Ple. caused an interesting discussion %r]"s Judicially to the interests of the cities m%'t'e:h"f the bill expressed the 0})lni0: :lnno(llat?i'rfns uks c clean accom-l e abolition iDi . n. , and the adoption'otfcot:t';nnl"trdlSystem Mr. Lumsden entered a most vigor-- | i would lead to the entry of by e Omce, ous protest against any bill which }mto the municipel--Councils etter mer" would deprive the fity of Ottawa of enable them to acquire e and would | the revenue now derived in return for ; f | _ "Mr. Graham thought {r':per{)"""e- | the extensive expenditure incurred in | Iltthe ward system in towns ":"311:;'::1 '?f ?;';Jvtl'?;nga comfortable. accommodation ko y more difficult than ever to get a good emers.--whothad not. objected