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y fomenmensun hi se us # s o o Com rommieaaniatiems ! SATURDAY, MARCH ' 4917 SATU: y :A 51, A9ITZ \ . erearec it rommemncommancmasen New Machi ew Machinery to Prepare the * q t | Voters' Lists snementh imaetmmnem on vertmumnenms. { 1 WOMEN AND S0OLDIERsS Will Act somewhat on Lines of Pre-- | sent Registrars in -- Cities--There i ys vs * & P | Will be a Final Rovisson--Refining * P ; Ores in Canada. I | "The Government has 68 ed the » | ;('\mclwsi(m that the old law adopted il:,\' this Legislature man years ago 'il':i an independent official tribunal in 5 i.'\'('l':v' couniIy should De € ';'E'E;"'Il(,"'- u8 n board of registratiof to: tike charge of the preparation of voters' {lists, was the statement of the Hon. | m [ 54 El B. Lmucas divt the Legislature ves-- , terday when introducing legislation {to 'provide the --machinery to get the | women and soldiers who have been t Lgranted the franchise put on the !"irtfw. The boards would name the i('nnmex'fl%m's. The new lists would contain the names of all the women iwho were entitled to vote, and all the soldiers who would come undet lthe legislation recently nassed, -- as !\'\'en as the mert entitled to manhood '.\rufl'rn:n votes,; and anyone who was entitled to a vote and was not on Part 1. I Xrar & \Using the Machinery, ' Explaining the measur e | At-- torney--General said, assuming a gen-- '(::'ui election was in sight, or, for that lm:;:.t'u'l', a by--eloection, Govern-- | ment would issue a proclamation call-- iing upon these rexistration boards | throughout the Pro e,. at whatever | time may be desirable, to prepare the i\.w,)tors' lists In the city of Toronto it would be the same board of nin« who are now thero. In the counties it would be the two sJudg where there were two Jndges, e Sheriff, the Clerk of the County Court, and the County Crown Attorney--a board i of five. That board would meet. They | have nothing directly to do with the enumeration of t! voters. The regig=; tration board wou!lJd have upon them | the burden of naming the numer-- ators. Registrars for Each County, They werse called registrars. for each county in the various ridings in | that cousty. As a matter of saving l expense, and in order ) have a good list, the. Government had thought it was better to enumerate the voters than attempt to piace all the new : voters. on the municipal assessment voters' list or attempt to harvs a personal roegistration in the large centres. Where Do Assessors Come In? Mr. Rowell referred to the tak-- ing of the compnilation out of the hands of the assessors . who have hitherto . -- dealt with the matter and putting it in th hands of the new body creatéed under the act. He would like to know what procedure the Government was proposing --to follow under the act. Was it modeled ; upon existing legislation ? f Hon. Mr. Lucas--It is practically modeled on the registration system | now in force in all cities, with the | necessary alterations to muke them | fit into somewhat different condi--| tionsg. { The Final Rovision. | The Attorney--Gener stated that | tHere was provision for a final re-- | vision before a --member _ of the | board; and in the cities there was pro-- | -- yvigion that three of the registratrs sSit