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P yower m e' ' hk itc lt """"'W~ COs o o elit s .: memastame aiersems mm C o oo y THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1915, j TCME | \ 7 l q" ¥ f ; n & 'b_' PM cammenmtnmmeme ommc ccmmmnanen ." P rornnimeaie renie ns mene im Peie en ieAE 4 0 e tor e n e n ininiens ies § Reciproci y 3 | * & city in Motor Licenses. | Minimum W le Ol't]'l Of Taxab hilnbirlr;oving' the second reading of% -- & providing for reciprocity in | Estates NOW $25,000 seges r(nsotor licenses, Mr. G. H. Gooderhami < (Southwest Toronto) alluded to the \Formerly it Was $50,000 fact that a similar proposal had come | 4 s up previously, and had always been uces Property of Soldiers turned down. However, he said, they K " h?du:)een led to hope that something * 0o is kind would be passed -- thisg 1 ed at F ront Exempted .\';:air,l becl?us'e. if -- he . remembered rightly, the Provincial Secretary gave From Chll'ge them to understand that when the| licenses were increused to an extent| cce that would produce the revenue he | T would then extend the privilege so| 5 s that the residents of Ontario would | urther changes in the succession havc_uccess to the other _ Provinces | duty law announced by Hon. T. W. and States to the south without be-- j McGarry in the Legislature yester-- ing put to extra expense. ' day provided for-- reducing the Would Mean Less Revenue. amount of estates exempted entirely. Hon. W. J. Hanna, Provincial b'ec-! The present scale of charges is not ;'m"y- texp}tl'essing hlsl own views, said | f f C ree interchange would mean consid--| i > & ¢ y £ > % 1 increased, but instead of estates --g0-- | erable curtailment of the revenue of | ing to direct heirs being exempt lni the Province. Then as to the unan-- $50,000, only those up to $25,000 will | imity with which this request | was | escape the tax, and between that "'{)'1(1 to he T";'"Cl'.hp }}ad h w befni} s ar s 19 able to satisfy himself, and was by | amou'l'n and 340,000')' the (.h:'irge will no means satisfied now, that even a ; be 1% per cent. In -- addition to majority of automobile -- owners _ or | that," said Mr. McGarry, '"an estate licensees in the Province would favor | going to collateral heirs and strang-- this proposition. it was x]'mintaine(l' Crs which does i excesd. $10,000 1 by some of these automobile people, | * * es not exceed 9, 18 with regard to the roads that are not liable to pay any succession duty. used by the New York and the Michi--| This will make all estates l)f~tweon| EAl })G}Op]}@ "Gm.? {)as:itm: from ??el' 5,00 x part of the Unite« States -- 10 10 : s 0 and $10,000 ;.gomg to collaterfll' other through this Province, that the ieirs or strangers llfllflt"- to a succes-- ; people who sustrin and maintain | sion duty of 6 per cent., and over thcse roads Are not one in a thou--| that a'rpmmt 10 per 'f'--'mi- sand of them intorested in rewim'umtyi Provision is also made that .where in automobile licenses as. between | ' gn gstate does r'mot care to give | n i the adjoining State and this Pro--| .on dfm' E}](' pg)ment of the duty 1:' vince. _ If the Province were s-imp.l_v% can deposit th.oe (:'a_sh' wi?h thg fie-' interested in the tourists to Ontari0 | {):rt:?em"zlm(; wcen'e 83 vner cent, in-- there would be a very strong .:u';','u-fi rest un the duty is settled. l ment in favor of r(_e(-'.procity in "',% Soldiers' Estates Escape. | ceyses, but when it came to be / i f f ! case of not touring to Ontario hut! > * & 'e, such | if p sition. estates will be.'reliovc;d of all . pay--| d"_{;:_e'gm'::,(;(?]wi@hl,.k(, (XW est Norfll-t _n}:f-nt of succession duty," ammunced] umberland) thought the n_xen:ber for | t 3Trgasurer. f ahe $ q ! Toronto was fairly ri.szht_ in llxs_Y_vill':i fratgrr::l]pogrtxgfira1l-nxe'm-9.-e § u'fu&cnnfz The years 1915 and 101p ""f"'f'" 111:;:1.\_' by H ance was introduceil | to be the best tourist times in n l *P on. I. B. Lucas, which follows tario for the past decade. fl)e linyes recently laid down in the | Mr. C. R. McKeown spoke b!'if'fh" :?Oer:vmzno(;-:(d ct%nfte;]r:nze;ul;lrl,l, -::pd rfii s'urmnrthj.'-' the proposal. The bil} %vusi Y & dle \;tatio f' torney--General | finally withdrawn. f | y p n of representatives of | x Ac friendly socleties a month or two Boards of Education Act. ' ago. The bill provides that these | The bill of Mr. Thomas . Hook | societies must submit to a valuation , (Southeast Toronto),. to amend the| 3£a::8(;)t? ?}"'d Ilia'bil'ities every three | Boards of Education act, came UP for | :I'fie 'seczmd 'fal ;}stllxr¢lxc? Depurfmont.{ second reading, 'm)d was reto;-nle'dqui higeyve d ;ctd on w 1 be taken as | f the Legal Committee, presumably for s onlet 's.n'fi;]st a eier t:xat is don'e each | irterment.. / The prupqsal 'cont'ame(%i ortign of asl;": mt" ""f' certain P | in the bii1 was to limit the torm old lI))epartment ofe l;n::xra;('?;"t'}ges' ']:m' office of members of Boards of Edu--I 8 e is to Ne cati01 s year. | given authority to order the str(-ngth.- 9 ('"ll,','.'? ;,(:.,:;,nt(i(,i.(h:,-(.d the two _\'eax_'s" ftfig;r:gmokfytgg'pé;o.:i(:mn of any society | term had been approved by the 'cifi~ | ip. cand wheb;- h"urreom;lre bola:;term_:; zers of Toronto by a Vlarge n}ja%or_lt_\y:i out Skists the n ; to carry _ this | so there was considerable doubt row i u el::s s the license to do business| as to whether such a change as WAZ| may be cancelled. | + proposed _ would have the bulk of | Extend Debenture Issues, | opinion behind it. H(«ia snxg'feste(i ctlht")u' nc bill to get a second reading an e Mr. McGarry had another bill to | s neoy al C 1 j anot | m egt 'ommittee. extend from forty to fifty e'-(.all.:;l,;;'?. referred to the Legal Co t;rmpof L'Cl't&in ElebenlU)'(' i.SSlles Cf': Workmen's ('ompfinsat.lon. :;oled ar(;i'fit?f;.earwt};ss, the is}srues wm'e} With reference to the bill of Mr. 0d an. unsertakin ;WH (tjr'n':mded.. Thompson (Simcoe) for better pro-- | The time that this ?\'oultclls lgncn at | tection of workmen -- having _'Certal."! Mr. E. W. J. Owens (S C d'"'""; | claims for compensation agairst their | p *<Piy Foutheast To-- | employers, Hon. Mr. Lucas said the ronto) brought in a bill that -- m: l o en' ation act dispos-- present a solution of the de dlletb. "oos sn 8 Colsk of Ht ti in the over the refusal of the p,.i\-a;g B(;lcllf.' ed .Of that ('lafss h 'Utlgf'} l?}!;er': was Committee to allow a grant to hs: majority of i1 ,t:?rvxc(ta;- bill to after made to the firemen's pension f C s is 2 us Hugpgosted --1 hould His will would allow -- municipalitico January 1, he suggested it shou'd €G: tablish a Miielpalifies | to the Legal Committee. to establish and make contributions ; d the surveys act .towards pension funds. 'rhe \x Ollz'\; Tlle bllls t(' amen e su y d 3 pal Committee may think .)u'.u'fl"": the Ontario . telephone act, an to Mr. W. H. Pri otherwise. | rovide for the payment of ar annu-- Mr. . H,. Price (Parkdale) wants ¥ r Whitney ssed through power given to the municipali | ity to Lady itney, paSS take in land offered for on ackh| committee, as did se c onto--Hamnton sale for taxe;s | »specting the Toronto--Hamilton where no outside bid is received Mc issi Mr. 'A. ) B.--Thompson i(Simcor) | Highway Commission. 'The bills to wants a law passed compo(l?%lmme)i confirm the title of the Governmert| companies to take out local f;r(l.g f'"i of Canada to certain lands and In-- before distributing oil. . He ;;;se.-;[ dian lards and other measures re-- out 'thatlpgddlers have to do this Ua';,tg I ceived a second reading. ;::;nke ggr : ::3m°9;?£::'f§ bslw sending | Mr. StudholIme's Vigorous Assault. 'actually doing the same trx;;:bonam The latter part of the session was [larse scale. a taken up by Mr. Studhoime in a vig-- | L orous assault on the refusal of the | ...:" \"--"_ s