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TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1920.| -- UHWWNtmmmmememmmmmem mc > x m :"" -- 4;' s * C s lor' : C 7 y ol. wcorse Tay | | hS 508. Toronto Police Masistrate, . . . bee naske'd to resign was entirely foundation. wglt-:,%"tamendments to the Munici-- pal Act proposed by Liberal mem-- | bers have been anticipated by the Government, and Premier Drury in-- t Major J. C. Tolmie (Wind-- | 1sory o '3 w. J. Bragg (West Dur-- | -- | sor) an ho had prepared the pro--| l i arnen Government | | posed amendments, that er | '; | \legislation would cover both points.| | senanmenamams »cmamscmmemas * '!\'igjsor Tolmie withdrew the bill at! i y t s 4 | | the from elgn & >| Attorney--General Introduces ies P s 9n igain es ty wake ns i6 | soR € i lat A ill for C df ti consent of : municipal call)ndi(ba;le?g a Bill for Codification j |Conseuisory, and that they be oblig-- | ied to sign the nomination papers ig; of Laws | 'tho same manner as the mover and | ids resaertoenn sn | | seconder of the nomination. Premier C *s" | Drury said that perhaps__not the | exact hours suggested by Major Tol-- PSEA RRYS | any rato, opportunity would 'e' # : | iven to discuss the questu::}f. Rdeplrylél Mr Raney Denie Report' fng'to Hon. Thomas CraA do% c the| i Y 1e$ eP | said that the hours suggested by | IIs remain open until| About R latter, that po ied Dt ou equeSt That Col. | 7 o'clock at' night, were ' i « | the Government. | Denison Resign ; | Bilis to Cover Elections. ; m trte | |\ _ Hon. Walter Rollo's bill to amt":lnd i | ips aces the entire |Cmnns on vike Rame eootioer as, the | yvers--no work," the Legislature ad-- i Head of the house in voting, pro-- .Journed yesterday shortly after 'vidlng th{ay 1ive a:} h:?mcc'm]qtq nw:i;.rr:(:;f | Hon. W. E. f t 7-- that father, mother, _ sons | | G P niignced th? on on} daughters vote in municipal clec--' | General, commenced discussion on ] ons on the iualineation of the l ad ; his bill to codify the laws of part--| of the family. _ The Minigster -- of | nership. The Attorney--General was Public \Nork?il }I%n, 112'_ . Iilg,;gz, ;g-: | the " one awy m-- | ced a biil which cover -- the only one of the ten lawyer mem--| 'gggal;n 10 the present law raincid by | | bers of the House present, and his | NMr. Bragg. Ho would Hiake. it com--| | bill dealt directly with legal affairs. | % | pulsory to have municipal candidates | | although it constitutes a start on | qualify as nomincees, as is necessa}-yg | me of bis promisce to make the | in Provincial elections. The qualifica-- | § law «imple for the lay mind. | tion under this bill must be done, ce;r,f,'gd",',"o'; ;gi?fi;;t o anfan tH';i'JS': ! not ;atc:;' t'hg,n the night following| * e appreciate that omination day. (e point, and someone oGjected to the 5 Major Kennedy introduced a bill} | discussion on the second reading of | which would give townships -- the | o billbwhen the legal members right of placing some restrictions on | were absent. '"Codification" of the lidings along roadways. | laws immediately stopped. umLi the 'bulflll%n.ng. Rgllo introduced a bill.| flouse adjourned, in the hopse thial |prom!sed some time ago, removing| cnough legal members will be pre-- |the property qualification for muni--| sent next time to resolve the law in-- cipal office. By it all householdersi i premencioncty fhevigy nund. . ~1 'are eligible for public office. , i Premicr DX'"I'}' tO;)k occasion to S werens----Ace m ntecttnage en m en on p io I \ deny that there was any motive in c | introducing tho discussion when the | lawyers were not present, and ex-- | pressed roegret that such members * . | were too busy to attend the House. The laymen did not display much t nb se ne member . chgastind, 2)-- 'BIGGS STILL BESIEGED and, as one member suggested, al-- | .| though it loked mild, the lawyers | | might find something undesirable | BY ROAD DEPUTATIONS | in K. ( ! Bchind Other Provinces. § E. P s A e | ~In introducing the second reading BUT }f.\l\Es NO PROMISES As | 01{" his bill, Hon. W. E. Raney stated BIGHWAY PROGRAM | that Ontario lagged away bcehind Is FU | the other Provinces and --the "'__S__;'-'LL \ motherland as far as codification» f k A ; \ was concerned. Ho explained what Hon. FF. C. Biggs continues his an advantage the bill would be tg "G@eputation record."> Two more vis-- lawyers and laymoen alike, and rea ited <the Mircrister > > "Atranlrs | an--extract from a letter received io ;e o Iirister of T Ub_l.iu W arks | from Mr. Justics Riddel!l stating yvesterday. One. from St. Cath-- '| that "careful codification was ex-- arines and district, Asked that +2 tremely valuable." < ireet $os & . _ k. if Hon? George 8. Henry took ex-- il;f('t 10;:1 11;1'0m ""e"C'aFKICfl City to _| ception --~to the Attorney--(General's £ AY 8}11& '.L s be designated a Pro-- / introducing the bill "at this time." vincial highway. They were given | Jlawyer .present _ the Government | way system program is full. An-- asks the House to \'otel other deputation from Halton ask-- ! on a matter of such sweepiniiim-' ed the privilege of having a frontage ' portance,'"' said the former Mirister tax for road improvement i | of Agriculture. '"There is not a deplutati at. 'Tims | Jegal critic present. We are sitting eputation got li!:t]c encouragement | here as laymen. 'The Jlegislation the Mh'lister stating that he desired | may be far--reaching. It looks simple to make the roads as free as pos-- | to a layman, but perhaps to a law--| > sible, and regarded frontage taration | yer it looks different." I as a backward step. The Premier denied that the Gov-- | grompmmmmemmmmmmmenmnmemmmmmmmemmmienmmmmmemmmmmmmee, \ ernment had brought up the bill be--| ie % '\ cause the lawyers were absent. He j | was sorry that his legal friends| .| weroe too busy to attend.. It. was on ,} his suggestion that the Attorney-- General: had introduced the matter.\ So that the lawyers might have no irause to complain, ho mov_ed that | 6 the debate on the bill be g.dJourned.! | Denies Published Statement. | uestion of privilege, Mr.| | R,?,réyar;'se to say that the statement in an evening newspapet tha} he' ] had suggested to representatives of ® g ;