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Hon. Mr. Gibson said that the law already prohibited High School Trustees occupying the dual positions, because they were the appointees of the Council. Public School Trustees were elected by the people, who knew whether they were also seeking Aldermanic honors,nnd there. fore the question of dual positions rested with the reopie themselves. Be was himse1rine1itied to agree with the view that membership in these bodies should be separate and distinct. Hon. Mr. Dryden informed Mr. Car- negie that the attendance at the Pro- vincial Dairy Schools from 1895 to the present time was as follows ..---Wetstern, 227; Guelph, IPM; Eastern, 615. Against Dual Positions. Mr. Hoyle (North Ontario) moved the second reading of his bill to amend the to 2mm act. by providing that no one than occupy the dual position of Alder- man and Public. School Trustee. Fric- tion had resulted. he said, in . number of places where persons occupied there dual positions in cities, towns and in- corporated villages. The measure did not affect the trustees of rural schools. son. "darrow, . Jessop, 'Pyne, Hoyle, Matheson, 1hirtwallen. . '"tijtrg/riII; aitfftn," The Premier named the following spe- cial committee to consider Dr. Jessop's bill to amend the Ontario medical act t--. McKay, Pnrdee, Preston, Graham. Gib- her for Kingston, an announcement which was received with Ministerial cheers. At yesterday's session of the Legis- lature a number of public hills of more or less importance and interest were advanced a stage. The measure which provoked the longest discussion was that introduced by Mr. Auld, boxing in View an all-round open season for wood- hares, better known as cotton-tail rab- bits, the merits of which did not meet with unanimous approval. The Premier intimated that he might introduce at the latter end of next week his bill relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors. Annulment- to the Act Respectin- Donue- - Propoool For Lowor Denominations in Municipal ne- beniorcu - Intimotion Recording the Prohibition Bill. DUNE" OF AN Imumno IMF BAYM " THE LEGISLATURE. . On the opening of the House Mr. Speaker road the. return showing the election of Mr. E. J. B. Pense as mem. Mr. Pense's Return. 44/ , I /d AC-" - f Thu motion carried and the bill. bl. (ter2tiertid by the Municipal C and of no s ecial beneiit to anybody. But many of those who made a prac- tice of hunting the wood-hare were not {averse to shooting quail at the same time. and as they treqiliented the same districts. it was thong t by the Game Commission wise to prevent the hunt- ing of the wood-hare with guns. On account of their destructiveness, how- ever, he thought it desirable to allow owners, occupants or tenants to hunt them with guns on their own lands. and his hill would make such a provision., He thought a shortening of the qutrili' season and a larger penalty would be approved bv sportsmen and in the in., terests of the ird. He asked that the present bill stand until his bill was in- brodueed. I Mr. Auld said it was an exaggeration to say that farmers would shoot. the _ quail out of season. It was rather their 'habit to feed and protect them during (the, winter. He favored a larger pen- .alty for shooting quail out 0 season. 3 Twice in the last twelve years the quail ihad been 'practically cleaned out of the fecuntry. He strongly favored a short- (er season. The rabbits were very mun. :erous, and it was a common thing for I a farmer to kill 40 or 50 of them in an E afternoon. Mr. Preston (Shuth Brant) moved the] second reading of his bill to mend the' municipal act, by providing the requisite. machinery for municipal control of the nightsoil system; also enabling muni-, cipalities to issue debentures for as low, a denomination as $10, instead of 8100,'. as at, present. i Hon." Mr. Gibson said there might be some objections to the second clause of the bill when it me before the com- mittee. The House should be very care- ful not to so lightly interfere with those long-standing provisions of the general law, which were put there for a wise purpose, the wisdom of which one could easily 1,T,tltt; The bil was read a second time. . The bhl was read a second time. v' As to Rabbits and Quin. Mr. Auld (Soilth Essex) moved the second reading of his bill reducing the open season for shooting quail to thirty days ; tdit, making the hunting of cot,- tun-tnil rabbits legal at any time, and wig: gupf or 9thgrwise.u _ _ - - Hoi. Mr. Latchford said he had given notice of a liili,which contained a sim- tlar ameatdmprit respecting the wood. hare. or cotton-tail rabbit. There was no particular reason for protecting this animal, which was rather destructive, Municipal Debentures