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h * o * cibtubltinedint. use R ov e e P m d P i Mp P ' ts hemmmant * C C coama + + ope ies 4 ' s as golmg out of Gover C oam:| -- |or suen focal:improvement auring the | § _ Wdi zoing t t& l',,'.,'l, S p1 ~. $/ °> cNPBNHS | 0 exveed {m amount . ch might y ' ' had 'Q" 'ms of | 'have been allowed had such _ work | xX _the way the farm had been manag--| been executed by a <contractor. 3 -- | [ M ed, planted, and taken care of. tH';n- 1'(4'2 .tffg:"":] i'gfd rfi:ae"g oit] P ' stood ma it the du of the Corpor-- ; * Mr. Anderson Persists. stion to maintain and keep in repair; < C ' | Mr. Anderson said he would not during its lifetime a sidewalk or pave-g ' | take back one word he bhad uttered, ment constructed as a local improve-- ' and 'stated that the fact that this ment. . Again and again <there hnd , as f t1 had resigned proved that been an attempt to hitch on to the i f gentleman ha 16 the conclo-- cost otf the pavement the cost o0f a l te. not only did he come to t fitted guarantee covering the period of five | & > f sion himself that he w",w?oi (er of .years or ten years as the case may be., | 3 ' for the position, but the Ministe What was tihe practical working of & #1 f Agriculture knew that also. that? The minute the cost of that} The motion was agréeed to. guarantee for the five or ten years is s wonntnenemnsmenmmenemenmmemmnmaemmmmmemmemnmames hitched on to the original cost of con-- R k --» struction the municipality was reliev--| A * [;m REVENUE Blll ed of maintenance just to that extent.| | The proposal has been before the,l. E j +# ; committee several times. 1t was par--| + # tially adopted some years agso, but the! * ';g move since that time had been to g'et: } t R away from it, and they did get away. | a | $ F ; A large number of »ius were intro-- € E ;; SoubenbiGereee io t ecrpeccccan wb duced and given a first reading. '['0' #' P |0 secure _ further timber limits in Al-- | € t (0 « ; gonquin Park, Hon. W. H. H in-- ts & + . H. Hearst in > t A 7 ReQUIatlon of Horse Racmg 'tr'Od[l]'llcedPa' l;)ill to acquire the limitsI \ ; | of o Pembroke Lumber Compan & 2y a Also Proposed | '{u the price of $185,000. In exp{)ain):s : P | a ' { Ing the measure, the Minister said } e | t'ht he had an option from -- the f f | } | ll(~ent§fe: (:;,t ':hag figure. The limits A | constituted the best stand of pine in & P [ LOCAL IMPROVEMENT Act that section of the Province. _ The i f + | 'm-cessary resolution to _ spend the : P 2 leise | | money, 'signed by _ the Lieutenant-- -- $ | | \Goeverner, accompanied the bill. i [ | Toronto Member Suggests Taxation for To Regulate Horse Racing. i ; Maintenance of Sidewalks, etc. -- ' Mr. A. C. Pratt (North Norfolk) & , a duass: | presented his long--promised bill to f & Charter of Ontario West shore appoint a board of racing supervisors & o Railway. May be Extended, for the Province. Mr. Pratt is of thel ' | 5s Oopinion that there should be some : -- | ie epunnenn ie tne ind form of Governmental regulation of 3 & +. : horse racing. pl : p ; 4 ~ * In the absence of Mr. A. H. Mus-- f Mr. W. K. M'rNgught (North To-- | grove (North Huron), Dr. Jessop ronto) in the Legislature yesterday | (Lincoln) introduced a bill to extend I $E . 1 moved the second reading of his bill 't'he charter of the Ontario West E n,x";i{:&v L to amend the municipal act, and after | bh"}'l'f 'R.S:ll\\'_a.\'._ Th'_" charter of this f fy_t . Hor. Mr. Hanna had offered a few :r's: Way is expiring, and the equity of y$ d observations regarding it it was al-- ]l' agic n erpaniiies inot i ooo Gnname t + ns & £ R+ R 33 cral municipalities that have guaran-- € .. u( wighe: lowed to pass this stage, and was re-- | teed $400,000 of bonds. As investiga-- ; o ) mitted to the Municipal Committee. f tion is now being held before the On-- wetite: The bill set forth that by--laws may :-?»:.:Lrgf{::,"fl;pa:?f,,?flm,if;mfh" Bcoar,;d & * ' a , mifik C 2 ® affairs of the com-- zy be passed by the Council of cities pany, and it has been thought advis-- E. having a population of not less than able to keep the charter alive to see s 200,000 requiring all residents in the if some relief cannot bée found for the F s municipality using any wheeled ve-- rm:nivipglities wha are ceompellied io 4 < hicle to obtain a licerse therefor be-- pay the interest on the bonds. h acs i DCPE A number of questions put by mem-- ' s C fore using the same upon any high-- bers were answered.. Mr. Hanna told ; Te -- way of the city; fixing a scale of fees Mr. 'Anderson (Bruce) that no action j ¢ for Alifferent vehicles; for-- allowing had been taken by the Government to | y ' any person owning or occupying any J f\",} }he \'aoillnt h}l;r.'sarshl'p at Kingston | c ¢ building or other erection which by Ma}g:::,' thatr'~;0Oe;g'te:z?egm;;rng{ ¥¥2) inadverterce has been wholly or par-- the T. & N. (:, were ;old to Messrs. S K tially erected upon any highway to Black and Weegar by tender > maintain and use such section, and the . s o Council may tix such annual fee or ysraancan e charge as they may deem necessary _ yihet 1. Om for the privilege. Another provision w sn s Lk prohibits girls ana women from s > operatirg®g, assisting to operate, or ac-- in c ttee e t companying anyone operating hand-- on lt a organs or hand--pianos upon the high-- l C s ways of the city. y .' . * Hon. Mr. Hanna _remarked that 4 t ts . d there might be one or two points : & M worth serding to a committee. The f * bill from start to finisn, or certainly i § at regular intervals, looked very much F on > like what they called in that House a & §E supplementary revenue bill. It was i. not only a matter or licensing and er 4s getting a tag on vehicles so as to i know. which it is that has run over ; 4* one, but was a case of a wheelage Eo tax, and that no doubt was the prim-- f ary object of the hbill. Touching on s ' P other points, he said he saw no od-- k jection where a, building was on the '~ h highway, put there by oversight or | k mistake, to the city having tue rigint : ; to exact is rexsgonauble renital for the | + land so occupied. ! 4 Amend Local Improvement Act. ' Mr. W. D. McPherson (West To.--! ; ; ronto) in moving the second reading. F of his bill to amend the local improve--| f d s ment act did not impress the Hon.' f f Mr. HMuanna with the proposition, but| f 8 es . after some talk it was remitted to a! ' cominitiece. The purpose of the bill p t was to amend Section 20 of the act| f * mentioned hby adding a sub--section v that in all municipalities wnere such 1 us i B }. guarantee is required and where any: ' $ | + loecal improvement is undertaken and | | P || constructed 3y day labor, the Corpo"-, | 1t ation may assess as part of the cost | L thereof and in excess of the actual cost an allowance for the maintenance _ i