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' - t acreS. Which Wtigf The Bonusing Power. - i, . not 'anre than 4t ore. the l ', shown to be Yuma"? It 'gl, the re- In committee on the municipal tun- 9 ' ', 'N, owner might he requ re 'ther officer, to endment act, containing the amend- i _ port'of the Inspector 1" can extent of ments to the municipal act made make development .0 period of ten during the session. Mr, Whitney ob- '2.000 tort.veyTly m a shorter period Jected to limitint the amount as bonus years, or 20,000 tons in I,',',',';. which the which a municipality might grant to 10 of time, or any less i1','11' recommend- per cent. of its annual revenue. He mining "Spam", m ginserting a line said the effect of this would be to pre- This was amended by paid be enforc- vent a small municipality from grant- that the development "id be worked at ing a bonus, and suggested that the i ed where the mine as?" ped. limit be fixed at 20 per cent. l, "mom and the fy?,' . . Q adopted and Mr. Hoyle (North Ontario) suggested l The other clauses wer a/mend- that the bill be made applicable to the hill was reported with municipalities which were now sub~ menu. mitting bonus by-laws to the people, Railway Resolutions. and also that all bonus by-lavsbpassid tt ro The We tsuhtsidy 4:333:33: that: seesaw" " gantming svvt,r,itouti',rt,Thu'l,to"mXft'il's'l and The Attorney-General pointed out 251, wen Filoh the under- that such a. clause would need to be were carried on an s i to have the carefully framed. He advised Mr. standing being arrived l tions are its-; Ho le to prepare one and submit it discussion when the retro l"l'lll ', IT, th bill came u for third read- troduced in the form of a . i Jli'lt"' e . p ,' ' ll Butters. l . 'd Mr. Brown is Bi the North! Alderriitutie Qualification. i' aerig,fitwr'faui/,,u"a1r't1teptl)1nt'7 tori Hon. Mr. Stratton objected to an l an ou t istration Of titles met amendment requiring aldermanlc can- tithae 'dlt'l,o"ttot't,'imt'lhTd of the commit- didates to .me. a declaration on the day tese Mr Monteith (South Perth), Mr. of nomination or the day following "'hitney. and the Premier smoke. rthat they possess the necessary quali- ' atrainst it, and the committee rose f1cations, otherwise they would be con-: l _ rtin it. sidered out of the running. without repo . ' Withdrawn. The Attorney-General did not think High, Bchool Bill 1 to ithe matter was of any very great im- tron opposit o.ll 'portance. but the Municipal Commit- In view fe,1,,t ",tvrft"?d,.eofl. his bill to tee had reported in its favor in order ',,ti.o',5i,riPtife"t"f?"toonw,'l separated from a to make it clear that Aldermanic can- l Lgaunt)? should contribute "giant: didani'es tsihould have the necessary [amount tor high school palm) "ll', f,'), ons. . t k t I though it were not separate. e c ause war, s rue ou . The Scott Charges. Appointment of Auditors. ' i , i esented the report pt Some objection was taken to the Mr. Charltonapl' aimed to inquire ittttr) clause. providing for a city appointing the 1',ogtd.'l1et,t%1 Il,'.:',',','; against the late Lone of the auditors where it forms part e q t 'Flle committee. having 10f the county for judicial purposes and Thomas Scot . bl to deal with the lpays part of the expenses of the ad- found it impossi e commended that 'mlnistration of justice Hon Mr Gib- -matter this "swan. re is in the poMem- ison pointed out that. the clause was tl1gaor'atngur.,u,',',lQtt be referred to lonly reasonable. as there were in- s ' - t the. Supreme Court of 'stances where the city paid twice as Eggiciggfgst: be named by the Attor" much as the county, yet had no voice. ney-General. l ,in the selection of auditors. The clause ' passed. Powers. Mining and Smelting orat-' Exempting Smelting Works. _ In g,1'g1tlet,ipa,thect'rio1,1vrnfi'lg1'lhtci, Mr. Paitullo objected to a clause ex-i ing the Camp 1 . nt was added giving, empting smelting works from taxation way an amemme nd smelting pow- {or a period not longer than twenty the company mining: u h which the vears. except as to school taxes, sub- - ers in the $511.33" t r0 g 3cct to the assent of one-third of the railways w . ratepayers entitled to vote, as well as _ The Stolen Debentures. the assent of a majority of the rate- l . the payers voting on the y-law. He said The Attorney 2g,t,r,t1,,rhniy,utgi1,2t; that having adopted a general law with I terms of an agreemc f a bill to en- regard to bonuses, there was no need : arrived at in the case 0d bentures lot to begin at once to deviate from it. , Iable the redemption Did f? nd the The clause was. however, carried. the Town of Bracebri fewhllil1, were On the motion of Mr. Mutrie an' _Towrtship of Staph??? s"i,t.1a'fil't,,.aCf. amendment was added providing that stolen from a bum found of the do- In towns with a population of less than lo trace has een l hi h were held 13,000 the Council shall consist ot six bentures in twang)". 1121159 and the members. excluding the Mayor, instead by Mr. Richar , . 1 h ii'Giiii"e pay- of five, as at present. This is to pro- municipalities 1t'h " in The agrec- vent the possibility ot a deadlock, "'82: 1:33: Si') '/,i,"%'is,dudlf in the which frequently occurs under the pre- 4' me ' . '. ;' bill, provides that the theft of it? i'""" lass 5 debentures shall be made known gum; A Fourth Controller. a 1iely, and if they have El 'ou/gh,",.? l Mr. Foy drew attention to the fact " "welve months after the tt em)" Mr ithat the abolition of the double vote .ity the municipalities may r p . int the Mayor. of Toronto on the rd; , Lance. _ BOB" _