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TJJH§§RAX Mr. Por.tll.moved the second read- ing of a bill intrusted to him by the AMENDING THE . 7 GOOD ROADS LAW. Mr. Joynt moved the second read- 'ng of a bill providing a fine of from tl to $25 for practisin veterinary, medicine or surgery wigiout a diplo- an. The motion carried. unalienable Right to Crowd. _ The fourth bill introduced bf the Premier provides for important changes in the act relating to circuses and shows. The Provincial license is increased from $50 to $loo. The license may be withdrawn if gambling or games of chance are found in the' show. The penalties for infringe- ment of the law are increased, the minimum from $roo to $200 and the ma.ximum from $200 to $300 and im- prisonment from 30 days to three months. Under the new law Dom- ini'on and Provincial detectives will have free access to all games, thea- tres and public gatherings. Premier Introduces a Bill to Give Counties Wider Powers. MAY BUY TOLL R o A D s. Government Grant to Extend to Such Roads With Conditions. The Legislature sat for a little over an hour yesterday and transacted a quantity of routine business. The Premier introduced four public bills, the most important being one to amend the act for the improvement of public highways. The new bill abolishes the provision that when a system oi county roads is adopted, in order to obtain the Government's grant the mileage shall be based on acreage. County Councils are allow- ed to lay out such systems as they see fit. County Councils will also be able to buy up toll roads whether they form a complete county system or not, and draw the Government's grant so far as It goes for suc.h.pypose, arranging to pay the. municipalities not directly interested in them a sum to whic they may be entitled on the basis oi their assessment. The time in which County Counml may take advantage of the act IS to be extended. Improve Niagara's Banks. The Premier introduced a bill also as an amendment to the municipal act, to provide that no person shall be disqualified from being elected a member of any municipal corporation by reason of any contract or agree- ment granting exemption from taxa- tion. , " To Prevent Gambling at Fairs. Another bill introduced by Pre- mier Ross aims at preventing the washing away of the banks of the Niagara River from Chippawa to Fort Erie] and provides for widening and improving the roadways, and author- izing the Victoria Park Commission to make an agreement with a company to provide for the construction and operation of an electric railway from Ch_ippawa to, Fort Erie. Ottawa's Bill to Prevent Crowding on Street Cars Killed on Second Reading-Mr. Nesbitt's Bill to Extend Franchise and Reduce \ Voting Qualification Goes to Com. mittee. 1903. etiiiiia number street c the pm Mr. .Gi Mr. Gibson thought the bill included features which should go to commit- tee. He was greatly opposed to any reduction of the qualification of voters. He thought that the manhood suffrage iaet had done great harm to the coun- (try. The larger part of the purchas- !able vote had been thus included. He .'had a similar view of the registration loi voters act. The bill included some 'elaborate prmisions also regarding the ltransmission of electricity, which, ,though largely similar to some of the 'proposals in the Premier's power bill, might wellgo to committee. The Railway Commitee yesterday passed three bills-one to incorporate the Stratford Radial Railway. one to incorporate the Sarnia, Petrolea & St. Thomas Railway. and one to enable the Colonial Cement Company to con- struct a tramway to their mineral de- posits in Keffel Township. The Sarnia & Petrolea Co. asked bonding powers to the extent of $25,000 a mile. and they were reduced to the usual $20000. The Hask adjourned at a quarter to 5 o'clock. Railway Committee. Mr. Ross announced that he had hoped to have the House go into com- mittee on his power bill yesterday, but as the representatives of several west- ern towns were to be here on Monday for the purpose of discussing the mat- ter. it would be well to postpone the final stage of the bill until Tuesday, and perhaps discuss it for half an hour in committee to-day. To-day he hoped the House would be able to dispose of a quantity oi other business. and go in- to supply, sitting until probably half- past to " night. _ Questions Answered. Mr. Latchfnrd. in answer to Mr. Carnegie, said that the amount oi revenue received from woods and for. ests in East Victoria was $9920.85 in 1898, $40,784.16 in 1899. $105750!) in 1901 ang_$n_._250.94 it1 1902. Dr. Nesbitt moved the second read- ing of a bill to amend the municipal act, giving City Councils the right to abolish the property qualification' of all candidates for the position of Ma or and Aldermen, other than the (lTl/, cation of being a person entitled to vote at municipal elections. The bill also proposes to reduce the property and income qvilifications from $400 to $200, and to glve women the right to vote upon a property qualification, whether married or not. The House went into Committee" of. the Whole and reported a number ot bills without amendment. A number of bills also were read a second time. May Discuss Power To-day. Mr. Whitney announced himself as opposed to the bill. He did not agree entirely with Col. Gibson's objection to the franchise law, but commended the spirit of the hon. member's objections. The bill_received the second reading. 7 df'the rights of citiiené __-v "HT-r" subiects. . as Briti.s,h visiim. The bill was lost on di- Mr. Little (Cardwell) moved the sec- ond reading of a. bill to amend the mu- nicipal act, .making townships liable to keep roads in repair only to the width oi two rods. The bill was read a sec- ond time. Franchise for Women. mil of Ottawa, to regulate "the amber of pusengers to be carried in feet cars and to provide rules for the prevention of overcrowding. Hon. Mr. .Gibson said the proposed legis- lation would refer mostly to the hours when people returned from work. He believed the people would rebel were they .not allowed the privilege of crowding the street cars at that time. to inter%re with the luxufy BFérSQHL ina .stre.et. cars pvo.uld be an invasion _': The Private Bills (Committee of the ' Legislature did not reach. the consider- ation of the City of Toronto's bill yesterday, and it will he taken up this morning. Most of yesterday's session was given to the consideration of a bill introduced by Mr. Tudhope in the interest _of Jattterf'liiyiair of Midland, with a 'view to compelling the Town of Mid- land to carry out an assessment agree- intent made in i894. In that year the 'town agreed that if Mr. Playfair would purchase and operate to its full ca- pacity. the British Canadian Mill, the Cassessment of the entire property fur ten years would be limited to $10,000 "or all purposes. That was lived up to till 1900, when, with the consent oi Mr. Playfair, the assessment was in- creased to $13,000, and last year, with- tout his consent, it, was raised tn $63,. A hill relating to the assessment oi Tew Bros. of Midland was passed by consent. The bill relating to the power priv- ileges of the Town of Peterboro' was amended so as to make the proposed general law applicable, and the pro- posal that the town own the poles or conduits for carrying electric wires in the streets'was, at the suggestion of the Attorney-General. put over for a year. to give the existing companies a chance to getdogether and arrange to get along with one set of poles. The bill was amended so as to in- clude school taxes, and to exclude from its provisions Mr. Playfair's own residence. The bill to enable F. C. Scadding to practice dentistry in Ontario without taking the usual examinations ws thrown out. Playfair Assessment $ro,ooo--A1urnin. um Money - Scaddine Bill Thrown Out-Peter/ro' Subject to General Act Relating to Power. %PMb "o" uv-ouvue, u. vaa-a I'D-4'," S'F Y'"?"" T The proposed bill provided that: all the property of Mr. Playfair in the[ Town of Midland should be assessedi for all purposes, including local im-l provement taxes, at $xo,ooo for the: years 1902, 1903 and 1904. R: A. Grant.l of Kerr, Macdonald & Co., appeared) for Mr. Playiair. Mr. W. Finlayson oil, Midland, for the town, as an exam; for the municipality breaking its illegal; agreement with Mr. Playfair, asserted} that the lumbermen had broken an; agreement regarding the establishment; of a waterworks system. He stated,1 too, that in violation oi the spirit of; the agreement, the Playfair Company, had established a store in competition' with other business men, and the, monthly bills oi the mill employees: were deducted from their wages. and, that they circulated for coin oi the realm aluminum money that was goof only atone or two places. i LEGISLATURE ASKED TO RES.. TRAIN TOWN OF MIDLAND. LIMITING lrlfllirulrmltt