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aid act, declared to be a corpora flo'.m with the rector or incumbent aAre eupower-- od to make and pxecute convenances, Ote.,. but not to mortgage or encumber, Under the property of |religiouns institutions act above referred to, see. 27, s.s. 2, the patr-- son or other encumbent for the time.eing | 'nnd the church wardenus thereof are, for | the purposes of the act, to be declared and | \taken to be trustees within the meaning | thereof. 'The detbentures in this case being | made a charge upon the church and Jands | under the above state of the law, it is question whether theyDiocese of Ottawa, 17 they have not nlr«ul[\; daone so, should fol-- low the example of the Diocese of Toronto and bave a similar act to that obtained by | them passed. The act referred to is 47 | Vie., cap. 89, an act rc-s'«'lwcnug church war \ dons in the Diocese of Toronto. % | _ Mr. Kribs' bll} respecting the corporation of the Town of Preston (No. 25) is the first \bill amongst the many already distributed asking for leave to grant a bonus that | comes before the < Legislature in pro'wr «shape. In all the other cases Mlegal hy« laws are put through, by--laws that the Councils have no authority to pass nor the ratepayers to vote upon,. and then the Legis-- lature is asked to confirm something that ceannot be confirmed, having no legal exist-- ence. In this bill the Munivipal Council of Preston ask for leave. to pass a, by--law for the purpose of raising by way of loan on the credit of the debentures of said cor-- Immtlon a sum not exceeding $4,500 for ard« ng in assisting the Mincral Springs Furni-- ture Company, subject to the same being | submitted to the ratepayers in terms of the munricipal act. It would be woll if all the 'other acts were made to conform to this same procedure if the policy of the legis-- lature is to continue the granting ef these |acts 'wrmltthm Councils to grant bonuses rot allowed under the municipal act. SNEKGGeiererrmmemmenpmmemmmmnremmmene.