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'it' is necessary to' put down a PM"? ment to assure the highway being in good condition. the Government will contribute an additional $3,000 or $4,000 a mile. i !.-\nother Amendment. i An amendment to the "ontario! Highways Act" which Mr. Macdiar- lmid introduced permits the Govern- ',ment to designate as a Provincial .counly road any part of a highway sin a suburban area. In the past a ir'royinciai county road ended at a 'suburban boundary. In the future, (where it is necessary, sections with- in suburban areas may be fesitrnat.- ed. If that is done the nearby mum- , . cipality will pay twenty per cent..o£l the cost of construction and mam-i tenance. and the county the samc.| However, the Province will pay sixty per cent. of the cost. ' An amendment to the "Provincialt Highways Act" was also introduced' by Mr. Macdiarmid. it will permit the Government to apportion any money received from the Federal; Government for highway construe! 'tion. While it is expected that the iFederal assistartcepwill go largely: :toward the extension of the Provin- it-ial road system, it will also enable! ", the Government to relieve the muni- i cipalities of a portion of the burden' they are carrying. Municipalities', are only called upon to contribute; . thirty per cent. to Provincial road construction. but where the road is of an expensive type the burden upon the rural taxpayers is rather a heavy one. "Proof of Death." Hon. i. B. Lucas also introduced two bills yesterday. One of these is an act respecting the "Proof of Death of Soldiers and Sailors while on active service." it provides that the certificate of the Adjutant-Gen- era]. the Assistant Adjutant-General or the Director of the Records omce will be sumcient proof of death in all matters within the authority of the Legislature. providing the per- son whose death is certified to was a member ot the C.E.F. At the request of the Ontario Law Society the Attorney-General introduced a. bill providing author- ity for the shortening ot the time an applicant for admittance to the bar is required to wait on the books, the time of service tor clerkships 'and the period for being articled. !The power is given only that con- 'sideration may be given those who T [have served in the military or naval iforces during the war. l Mr. E. W. J. Owens (Southeast FToronto) introduced a bill to regu-z late optometry. which provides torl the appointment of a board to set standards and eiramine applicants for registration as optometrists. The purpose of the measure is to ex- empt those now practising, but to require registration of those start- l ing in after the bill becomes law. A Toronto bill seeking to give the city control over the expenditure of city money by the county on roads and suburban areas was introduced by Lieut.-Col. Price (Parkdale). Mr. H. Hartley Dewart, K.C. V (Southwest Toronto), has asked for a return of documents in connection with the Dominion Permanent Loan t Company. _.______