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: . T T ttireperxxxrav°_sm--meeerr--mrmee--t--,----.-- ' THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1915, immu«g--a4««; . *work during' 15 years from the date | upon which the by-l}!'iw of the Countyl +. { Council creating <the system is ap-- An All--night Session Prob-- rovea able._Many Matters Un-- Fairness to Old Counties. * Mr. J. C. Elliott (West Middlesex;; der Debate -- Borrowing thought it would be only fair to these | M countiles that had _ built permanent! smm ore roads ten or twelve years ago or less POWQI'S Heavy that they should receive a higher 1 i i amount than 20 per cent., and sug-- f Objections to the License d esigh 4n per com ' Hon. Mr. Macdiarmid, Minister of | Amendments Public Works, thought-- 20 per cent.| was satisfactory. ; * ceuitre ic e t e cmenc is nit s Mr. Nelson Parliament (Prince Ed--| ward) was of the opinion that it should be included in the act that| In a final effort to conclude the roads should be built by contract un-- | business of the session to--day, the der the super(\;islon of :t competent | -- 3 C r officer of the Government. | fegisiature b."'?led OX \e!'xterda'y Mr. Elliott pointed out an inter-- on the remaining bills, and di' -'n esting feature of the bill, which pro-- early hour this morning was still in | \'!ged that all funds raised by -- the session. lt looked then as if tho, sumd of municipal -- debentures . for M avea o sit-- | Poaa purposes must be so expended. ; House would have an all--night sit-- | The--application of such finds forl ling. and thus clear the decks for | other purposes would reader lh(?| prorogation this week. A number of' members of the municipal Councilt / important meastires wore before the' Derflonatlly'liable,lémd could be recov-- | A s ere a aw. isqualification for House during the day, including the two years also followed such a«-tion.' amendments to the workmen's com--| The member for West _ Middlesex | pensation act, the highway bill, sup-- | f;;)lmgd Ouit,-that this dwae; just whati s A e osition want e y A oly bills and the liquor hc;-nsi'zm-i melt t':)pdo Th ts ():'n tmcr'ldgmern | endments. On the latter the Li er-l y f Larger Grant for j s als, though defeated on the s;econdi Ts BB r}%eed @ nA 1e bill to enable the CGovernment re, reading Cf!rl). the momm'g befo | to su'x_)ply seed for settlers in North. urged objections to unbatismctory'I ern Ontario out of the Northern on. | features of the bill as it now stands. | tario Development Fund was amend-- s ( ed in committee by raising the Workmen's Compensation Act. : ;';',}?oul?t from $100,000 to $150,000. i & +« | @ ne Premier said that subsequent in-- The wearied lf'gislatur.s at Ql.leens: formation had been received whichl Park, after their all--night sxtting,; indicated that the feed was: much went into committee yesterday after-- Sreater than was at first supposed,' noon on the bill amending the S"dl he wanted to be in a position to | workmen's compensation act. Hon : eal adequately with the situation. | | Mr. Lucas, Attorney--General, add--| « 3 a ed a new clause to the ef--| PfOVlnce $ BOI'I'OWlngS fect that such lump _ sum -- as * a the board may determine be advanc--| SUb]eCt Of A"Xletyl ed where needy workmen or de-- | When the supply bill 3 i . > ; t i pendents urgently _ required . money | 500,000 voted in the est(i'm'zrtl::m é:ém otherwise than the 55 per cent. allow--| down, Mr. Rowell put a series _ of ance. o ' questions as to how the Provincial | Mr. Rowell--in connection with Treasurer was going to provide _ for | this clause do I understand the in--l that sum plus the statutory expendi-- j tention is to make the advance a! ture for the coming year. charge upon the amount payable to | Hon. Mr. McGarry replied that al-- the workman or his dependents in | though estimated at $10,000.000, the the case? | receipts would probably be $12,-- Hon. Mr. Lucas--The intention is | 000,000. § that the advance will eventually be | Mr. Rowell, calculating the statutory payable back to the board out of : Sxpendxgure at the same figure as last moneys payable to the injured party, | -ue""""s v5d01't)-°00"*pomled out -- that although if we did not give the wide | T;:é e%men urehwould be $l'9.000.000. discretion that the clause has it might S _ ; Asurer had put the income at * o rer be-- | $12,000,000 and there was $4,000,000 be tha; thz:):emones would never be--| ixtn biorrowing. He would like to know come payabie. t was the hope, to make things The bill as amended passed through | mebt. to reduce the expenditiite }Ify committee and was given a third $3,000,000, $2,000,000 or $1.000.000 > reading. | Hon. Mr. McGarry--I am not so Highway Improvement Act. | optimistic. The House in committee then pmss-l, A Difference. ed on to the bill to amend the high--| Mr. Rowell--Then there is a differ-- way improvement act. A good deal ence of $3,000,000 unless you can re-- of discussion centred around the | duce'., How do you intend to provide clause regarding maintenance and re--| that? . : pair. It was set forth in the bill that| The _ Treasurer--It is all provided all sums of money expended by the | for._ We have borrowing powers un-- corporation of a county upon the Usgg ugder l0\"' act. ip 4 maintenance and repair in any sys--| r. Rowell asked if the Treasurer, tem of roads assumed by by--law of | with the $4,000,000, the $1,850,000 al-- the Council of the county under the ;::l'&y olzoglio(')';)eodboghfnc;hteho cgfi;'inq';:{l highways improvement act may be in-- . revenues ei ec'ted tS ride For (th'e, cluded in the statement of expendi--/ expenditure %f The veaprro' ture mentioned in that act, and the | Hon. Mr. McGarry--Yes. Lieutenant--Governor in Council may | Mr. Rowell--That is pretty substan-- direct the payment to the corpora-- | tial borrowing for the year. tion of the county of a sum equal to | Thé resolution was passed. 20 per cent. of such expenditure, but | When the bill for raising money on no payment shall be made to the cor-- | the credit of the Consolidated 'Re-- poration of a county unless the reg-- ; venue Fund came up Mr. C. M. Bow-- vlatiors of the department with re-- | man (West Bruce) asked the Trea-- | spect to maintenance and repair have ; surer if he had made any investiga-, been complied with by the corpora--| tion as to whether i[: was possible to tion of the county. It was also pro~i dispose of the securities of the Pro-- vided that the aid authorized may be vince on a more favorable basis. The granted in the case of a county which | recent sale of $3,000,000 had sold at has heretofore established a county | nominally a trifie over par, but had road system on account of work done | ?xff;'s(iggd to it a % per cent. com-- io or uie e mans He oad ot | on xo MoGarry repited that the a County Council which hereafter aa-{ t?"gertoth}:oane'res'g?ig &18(?'3:"'1":&:, sumes a system of county roads such | heitegi' hest bfi was cofixside.ral;lv be-- _'aid may be granted with respect to | * Fdw pA : f 3 ,