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N--eééssity 'Fo 5o & Karder . . PULMAN Mixister of Lands{ and'; Mines: States That _Pepartment is Preparing * i3 ©<" Meet 'Conditions Being Created -- in New Gold Country--New Bills --In: *The following new .bills were intro-- -- duced :-- . _ + > , *Mr,. ':Smellie--Respecting the rouni-- : @ipality of ~Shunia. o Mr.. Blackner--Respecting <the. *town frof berlin. ©!~.. .: e "ya s : \--=. Mr.® . Morgrison--To incorporaté -- the XVomen's~ Christian -- 'Association _ of ARatleville. --~ * k k "AIr/ J P. Downey (South Welling . {0,,) introduced in the Legislature yes-- . terday a bill to provide ;or the creation . of county associations for the treat« ment of tuberculosis. The _ measure proi;'idés for representation * from each municipality; the registration of suspi-- cieus or confirmed cases, and the des-- i'sémina_tjon of instructions against the .'"'gfiregd" of the disease. In reply to a question by Mr. Kerr, the . Provincial Trei;sur?r,"'flon. Mr. _ Matheson, gave particuwlars as to the number of Pull-- _mian @ars in the Province and the ~amount -- of© taxes. collected. from the . company.'. (Mr. Smith ~(Sault Ste. : Marie) --asked -- that surveyors be seut at oncé to the Larder Lake district. -- It _ would prevent confusion in the spring. "The Minister of Lands and Mines, Hon. Mr. Cochrane, replied that it would be folly to undertake the work while the sBow . was on the ground. 'He <in-- timated. also that . the department. was. * going fully into the whole~ situation 'created by the discovery of minerals in [the Larder Lake district. Again the ~opposition to the three--fifths elause in the local option law found expression in a number of petitions from church and religious organizations praying for ~its repeal. " "Amending Insurance Act. -- *' .'troduced. --*MF. Hoyle movred the second reading ofi his bill to amend the Ontario insur-- ance act.> He explained that under the present act the jasurance societies could not' purchase school.debentures, and he desired that this privilege should be ex-- tended ta them .~ --He desired that many of the. matters brouzht up in the bill should 'be. referred to a committes, con-- sisting of Hon: +J. J. Foy, Messrs. Clark, Downey, Ferguson. Preston, Gra-- ham, Craig, Pense. and the mover, and this"was --.done. e ... New Bills Introduced. ~, Mr, Devitt--An amendment . to the municipal act. °. m &A a 7\'I'A.""."}IC'KFIV----TH_.:in(-(;r]';f)'|';]fp the On-- tario Interurban--Railway Company. .. Mr: --Downey--Respecting the town of Kincardine. --"/. . . SSR . z Mr. Downey introduced an impottant --Mr. -- Mogrison--To-- incorporate.. the Thesmo Railway Company.: =~~~. eE mR OOE We Cene on ie lntus xtond shadttet" Prt * My .. Smyth--To. incorporate the Cur-- rent River Power Company. -- TARES WARFARE ON TUBERCULOSIS, AY. FEBRUARY . 23, 'FCor Early Survey of ar Lake District. carr 'TAaAXAti O N, "bill to provide for the creation of cOunty associations for the treatniont of tuber-- ~culosis: and for the registration . of suspicious or-- confirmed cases .of tuber-- culosis. . The board shall consist. of one representative for every municipality | not. employing a medical health officer at a salary of as much as $1,500, Every physician must.--report. to the Secretary of the bof@rdwithiw'one week of the discovery 'o0f~ a 'Tedl 'or 'suspected case, and provision is made for sending spe-- cimens of the sputa to6 the bacterfolog-- | ist and for, the ; giving: of directions | against the spread. of. the--disease. Liter-- | atiwre giving instructions; [ as"'Ao -- the \Jatest methods of treatment is also pro-- :\'idf-d for, and the board must keep in ;1m|('h..wit,h all the cases nunder i'*"nb- servation. ** ' ; Larder Lake Conditions. Before the orders of the day were tak-- en up Mr. C. N. Smith, Sault Ste. Marie, drew the attention of the House to con-- ditions' in the Larder Lake 'mining dis-- trict. '(He stated that some very rich discoveries of both gold and silver had been made there until to--day there were between. 2,200 and 2,300 prospectors in the field. Mr. Smith pointed 'out that the upper end of the lake was in unsur' veyed territory, being eighty. miles from Cobalt.' There: was no recordér's office nearer than Haileybury, 76 miles distant. In fact mining men had said that it was easier to make discoveries than,. to 'gei them recorded.. If it were in the power of the Government at the present time it would be well to send surveyors to that region, and also open up a recorder's office. The--only way to describe claims now was to say they were such a dis-- tance from another claim. Though the Recorder at Haileybury was a good offi-- cial, it was impostible,for him to do full justice to the demands maae upon him. Mr. Smith hoped the Government would do something to ameliorate conditions as soon as possible. i %. The Government's Attitude. The Minister of Mines, Hon. Mr. Coch-- rane, said that under the former --mining policy anyone making a discovery in un-- surveyed territory had to take in a sur-- vreyor at his own expense. In the esti-- mates of the House provision had been made for such surveys. Personally Mr. Cochrane said he had good reports from some of these districts. Larder Lake was only 17%% miles from the railway, and he felt the proper> way was to build a branch line. --As soon as the snow went away some action would be taken. Mr. Cochrane also intimated that many 0' the prospectors who had gone into. these new districts since the snow had come were not bouna fide prospectors. C Mr. Smith wanted surveyors sent up at once so that prospectors would have a line to tie up to. In reply Mr. Cochrane said the Quebec boundary line was there to tie up to if necessary, and Mr. Smith thought confusion would result in the spring from such a course. Pullman Car Assessment. Mr. Kerr asked the following ques-- tion :--"What amount of taxes does the Province receive from the Pullman Car Company and what is the amount of assessment. Are taxes levied, and if not by assessment, in what way. What is the number of all kinds and descrip-- tions of cars and rolling stock the com-- pany have in use in the Province and running therein ?" . s 'Hon. Mr. Matheson. replied. that the Pullman : Compainiy paid the -- Province $1.748.33. being a tax under the supple-- mentary revenue act--one--third of one per cent. upon the capital of company invested in cars and rolling. stock, in use in Ontario the preceding year, $524,-- 501. :The tax, he said, was collected by requisition of the Provincial Treasurer. ©The average number of cars of said company in use in Ontario as per re-- turn of 1906 was as follows :-- & s ; Number. -- Valued at Standard .. ... .. .. 48.191° _ .$481,910 Parlor .. ..:=.,. .« -- 6.401,> »~32,400 Emigrant or tourist _ 2.037 : ~10,185 The standard cars were agssessed on creation of county t is also pro-- must keep in nnder its ob Valuned at .$481,910 ' ~32,406 ; ~©10,185 $524,501 Valuation of $10,000 each ; parlor cars, $6,000 each and --emigrant or tourist cars $5,000 each.-- In 1904 the valuation was for 'the same purpose : Standard, $7,-- 250 ; parlor, $5,000 ; emigrant or tour-- ist, $2,500. ;. JA + 6 / & Notices of Motion. * Wants an Answer. the T. & X;.$0; RRi_LW'Q.'.'; was there an auction:; if tb'e_x:_'g;_w sm,private sale, was it after an a.ultm'fi%'heen advertised : to whom were ; the: Jats sold, and to whon was the patent issued ? Mr, Whitney announces that with the exception of appointments already made the Government will hereafter receive de-- putations on ; Wednesdays only during the . session. s On Tuesday next Mr. George 8. May of Ottawa will make inquiries of the Min-- istry regarding the sale of certain Jlots on the townsite of Cobalt. He desires to know when the lots were sold;-- were there any instructions for the sale from the T. & X;,;,;0,; BRarlway; was there an The following notices of motion were given : Mr. McGowan, bill to amend the Ontari6 architects" act ; Mr. Duff, bill to amend the' &sgogsment act ; Mr. Torrance, bill"to®amend the municipal waterworks act.> 7 -- The House adjourned _ to meet Monday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Mr. Pense Will Criticize the Budget. Mr. E. J .--B.:Pensge, M.P.P..for King-- ston, has been selected by the Opposition leader, Mr. Cirorge P. Graham, to criti-- cize the budget speech. Last year Mr. Richard Harcourt acted as financial criti-- for the Opposition . > . |SELECT COMMITTEE OF LEGISLA l & TURE HEARS PROPOSALS. No The clause providing for the appoint-- ment of an inspector to investigate the company's affairs at the instigation of one--fifth in value of the shareholders. according to Mr. Ryckman, might be used to harass eompanics, Mr. E. B. Ryckman in this connection pointed out that the proposed amendment was an absolute change in the gist of the company act, giving the control to the minority instead of the majority. The sclect committee of the Legisla-- ture on the act respecting joint stock and other companies -- yesterday «4lis-- cussed the section which is to the effect that no payment for salary or bonus shall be made to the President or any director unless confitrmed by a vote of two--thirds in value of the shareholders present. Some changes were proposed, but nothing confirmed. Nection 83 as it present constituted piovides that the directors shall not in-- vest the company's funds in the pur-- chase of shares or other securitiee of any other corporation. It was pointed out that the wording "securities of any other corporation" would prevent a com-- pany investing in municipal bonds. Hon. Mr. Hanua gave an example of a company where a minority subscribed for stock under conditions never con-- templated. These stockholders got their 5 per cent. dividend, but in addition to that dividend the majority got prob-- ably a 10 per cent. dividend on salaries, etc. He further pointed out that there were instances where bonuses had been paid the officers instead of going out in dividends. Mr. W. K. McNaught suggested that the majority of the total stock would be sufficient for the purposes of the bill. In this Hon. Mr. Harcourt concurred. CEANGES IN COMPANY A07, Changes Are Confirmed--Objections to the Two-- thirds Majority fot Bonusing President and Directors-- Investing in Municipal Bonds--