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M en e tie ies on f ._ YDPFPCC }_,l v:"" @5 | fo ol A | uJ UWM L AiVLl t M se S > i oo ; YXR-- ,-.r"' | ns j 909 io : 'Mr. w. . HovyL® To iAtropt A 4 [| _ ~ Brun INn LEGIsLATURE ____ 1 "}' Difference of Opinion as to the Lin=> ifv bility of the Companies--So the} _||------Present Assessment Act"© May be: § fi Amended. & 2+ 7 .\ N F 'v w I ';' i : } It is Mr. W. H. Hoyle,M.RP.for North | _ Ontario, intention to introduce a biil in f _\ _the Legislature for the purpose of amend-- j ing the assessment act. At the prt's'cnt" {v.time there is a divergence of opinon |] ,}1? among members of the Bench as--to the j 1| liability of express companies to be as-- / Eg;'s.esscd for. municipal taxation in thos W places where they ~transact.= busincss + through the local railway agent. Judg: _ Maybee, in a receut judgment, -- ruled / ; that the words "mainly carry on ex _ | press business" in the assessment -- act _ precluded the assessment of express com-- __| panies by municipalities under the condi --, tions mentioned, while on the other hand _' 'the rulings of all the County Court _-- Judges who have dealt with ~similar cases state that the business tax can be levied for the portion of the railway . station and land occupied by an express company. ; LAW REFORM ON LIBERAL LINES, * Hon. A. G. Mackay in Agreement With 1 Main Lines. C Diécnssing the law reform proposals ~l of the Government, as embodied in the . | resolution of the Attorney--General, tho ~:Mon. A. G.. Mackay yesterday said | 5| that in the main they are along linesi with which he was in agreement. r.| *| Mackay pointed out that the reforin | * & oh. ) | suggested was broad, and it would rec-- | <_| quire a little time before all the details, | necessarily arising in connection with ! | it, could be settled. With regard to the | ~details some criticism of the Govern--| | ment's programime might be expected. ' p-- z_ _ |