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Township Councils are affected by an amendment to the municipal act introduced by Hon. Finlay Macdiar-- mid, Minister of Public Works. The act at present provides that all coun-- ix.bridges shall be built in accord-- Premier Hearst said: "The para-- mount duty of this House, of this Province of Ontario and of its peo-- ple, is to do everything to terminate this terrible war, and to that end we are willing to avoid what may makse for party advantage." The bill did rot suggest anything in the nature of conscription or compulsior. The idea, as he understood it, was that it might be possible, with further in-- formation and organization, to get the results wanted without impatring the industrial and agricultural life of the Province. Mr. Elliott's bill to grant the muni cipal franchise to married women wa lost on division. Mr. R. R. Gamey (Manitoulin) and Mr. T. R. Atkinson (North Norfoik) also spoke. Mr. Severin Ducharme (North Essex) and Mr. Allan Stud-- hoime (Hamilton) thought action was more the duty of the Dominion Gov-- ernment. The Paramount Duty. Mr. Proudfoot (West Huron)} was in thorough sympathy with the reso-- lution and the bill. Referring to re-- cruiting methods in some places the speaker said he knew of young imnen in various parts of the Province who were almost afraid to go out on the street because they are called slack-- ers and yellow. He did not think that was the way men should be treat-- ed, "and if we are going to ~»e a unised people and if we are going to do the best we can we have got to take a somewhat different course." Persecution of Young Men. farm work. He thought the agri-- cultural output of Ontario during this year would 'be as large as it was last year, when a high record was made. "In no part of the British Empire nas there been such a voluntary giving of the best blood of the people as there has been in Ontario," remarked Mr. McGarry, If the young men of On-- tario continued to come forward at the rate of 3,800 per week _ there would be no need for registratinn. The Government, however, were willing to consider registration, and they would be glad to listen and take any action that was necessary. Hon. T. W. McGarry, Provincial Treasurer, reminded the House that in dealing with military matters they were almost trespassing on the rights of another Parliament. The Gov-- ernment, he said, had not been for-- getful of its duties with respect to agricultural production, industrial af-- fairs, or .the enlistment of men for the Canadian expeditionary force. They had sought the best advice pos-- sible and had been doing their utmost to assist in the successful prosecution of the war. Ontario stood behind none of the countries mentioned, either in recruiting, the production of food and war materials, or in giving to funds for the care of war sufferers. Learning there was likely to be a serious shortage of farm labor, uns of the Cabinet Ministers had taken steps to mo'bilize retired farmers. Let-- ters had been sent to Reeves and oth-- er municipal officials, and a reply had been received from one county stat-- ing that 290 retired farmers had al-- ready signified their willingness to go back to the land and assist with the a half--manned condition," he de-- clared. His registration bill, he said, was based on the British registration bill. _ Mobilizing Farmers. the resources of the Province. The volunteer system put a premium on shirking. The mobilization of the French army was an example for Canada. -- For instance, five thousand French reservists who were in Can-- ada at the outbreak of the war had dropped their work here and got back to France as quickly as pos-- sible. There was too much fighting over Regulation 17 in Ontario. He blamed Canada's recruiting methods for taking too many skilled men away from the workshops. *"Every railway service in this Province is in tem." The for. two year prepared by Amendment. they over of The Peterboro' bill was reported, confirming by--laws fixing the assess-- ment of the Camphbell Flour Mills Company, Limited, at $10,000, and the Grand Opera House at $20,000. St. Catharines will be authorized to issue debentures amounting to $110,« 000 for the high level bridge over the old Welland Canal. C MPO W retetirtrtsntds, Arisaccins 1: The bill validating the agreement of the town of Sudbury with the Cop-- per Cliff Suburban Electric Railway Company, guarantecing the company's bonds to the extent of $75,000, was reported. Residents of Long Branch yesterday applied to the Private Bills Committee of the Legislature for incorporation of the summer resort as a private village and were "turned down." Pro-- perty owners outside the park object-- ed to incorporation on the -- ground that they had 'been left out. -- Mr. J. Lawson said there were two factions at loggerheads. The summer and. winter residents favored incorporation, while those residing in the township objected. :t The committee decided in favor of giving Charles Bagot Labatt the status of a barrister, Another decision enabled the city of Kingston to return to the system of electing Aldermen vearly. FACTIONS AT LOGGERHEADs -- PRIVATE BILLS COMMITTEE'§ DECISIONs$s. INCORPORATION REFUSED FOR LONG BRANCH