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ue Acecicolirccollopcccomnarrnmne (but they weére a body who had some' discretionary power. < | ' Mr. Marter spoke in favor of the, clause, pointing out that the Toronto . soap companies had been competing | with this firm's product in Canada for many years. l The Chairman then put to vote the' question whether the 1fguetatlr,n should be submitted to the people before be-- ing ratified, and explained that the |approval of the people hereafter would 'be sufficient to validate the agreement. This motion carried on the following vote :-- Yeas--Barr, Brower, Brown, Burt, Carpenter, Charlton, Clark, Colquhoun, Crawford, Dickenson, Douglas, Duff, Fallis, Ferguson, Fox, Graham,Guibord, Hill, Little, Loughrin, Lucas, Lums-- den, McKay, McKee, Preston, Reid (Addington), Russell, Smith--28. Nays--Barber, -- Blezard, Carscallen, Holmes, -- Latchford, Marter, Truax, Tucker. The clauses in the bill validating the city's agreement with the Toronto Ho-- tel Company, also the clause respect-- ing a new smallpox hospital site, were approved, while that relating to pay-- ing debentures was laid over. The bill will be dealt with again next week. Other Bills Reported. \ _ The bill to reunite the North and South Ridings of the County of Perth for the purpose of registration was or-- dered to stand over, it being pmbable' that a public bill would be introduced. which would give the powers asked for, and further because of the Attorney-- General's opinion that the present, should be introduced as a public bill.| It was pointed out that it had been% introduced as a public bill last year,| when Mr. Hardy, then Attorney--Gen--| eral, said it should be a private bill. | _ The committee changed the name of| the Nipegon Lands Company to the | Nipegon Mining Company, and decid-- ed to report the bill of incorporation on the understanding that the Chairman and Mr. Nichol Kingsmill would go over its clauses together carefully. Witereerreemmnmenenccancracmmmmmmne