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[E _ *> > > weae e PSR 1 0_ f + 3 es n Nn e s . j s ifenry ouk Lime _ «. % x ie 4j = GIVE MEMBERS > GeEsrion . U | HENRY'S SUGCESTION e Bill Affecting Taxation of emen n mm n omm m tm N .| 5 tion by R. L Improvements Has Been on 1 has * ovel sugges . Modified ' Brackin in Debate in HY o in o es s Premier 1 e'"i""\ h 8 adopted the Leg|SIature suggestion made by Hon. Geo. S: momsmmeunopmmesmmmecmmme ssm Henry in amendment to the act al--| I I "1 | lowing municipalitie to wipe out ! EST'MATES D l s c USSED l gradually the assessment on im--| S rmmerenemmmmemem. o mnmmemqirt provements. The Legislature spent nearly four | ___The bill was#in Committce of the hours last night going, item by | W yesterday r"fi'-:'mnfi'i and tEW item, over the main estimates. Some Uing 2or a vate on a betition ensaed interest was occasioned toward the by-- teir ner ce At. of the clectors. The end of the sitting when R. L. Brack-- Municipal Council i ;i%:. n the right In, West Kent, contended that the to say. if .t] "1'-'::.;a}£ l s!l:(:lxll] utli on the question. 1 ame! e( Lae Legislature . should . provide _ office a01 i',{,.;-} r by putting in ~a clause accommodation for members. Hon. that the by--law-- doing away with Mr. Biggs thought that about $2,-- { ] )n on }::"x"\,":m :Lli if ::,;:n-;x,td ' to by the Council, must be submit-- '|000.000 would provide the suggested I ted. to the peopis on the regular '@accommodation. | m inicipal election (}4.'._'-. i>® $ } But members were not altogether | With thes ien '?]»tv'!'."; z,;;'r-._ 11:;111_ nasse committ« an( 1 'cauy or | satisfied it could not be done. Pre-- poraply Pn ps -- \ miges on University avenue were anmiminintoundirne in oceidvnnaniommeaires cs | suggested, and R. I, Stevenson, s o London, suggested the Veterinary Amcunt OC C'ornpens_atxon i College. 'Mr. Dewart backed up Naur 3 ~-- | } !,Mr. Brackin's contention that more Under f\e A Act Reduced. | consideration for the comfort of the The. percentage of: compensatiog | f \ members was forthcoming from under the amendmientsé to the Work-- |Governments in power. inder se -,\. n uk oo _ When the Legislature came to Compensation Act \\qg "'(A.' | consideration of the main estimates, terday reduced--frome 75. to :66 2>--3,| | Mr. H. H. Dewart asked if Premier when "the 1 was given--a second~ '(Drury was prepared to give the iding.. Hon: Walter Rblo, 'Min--< | | House any light on the subject of ster of Labor, who introducéd --thé] | clvil service reconstruction. The I1, arnounced the reduction, which | IPremier admitted that nothing defin-- "A Kas:" bet expected for some days:| + |ite had been decided on by the Gov-- The 75 per cent. comper sation r\-;;,,g-" | ernment, upon which the Leader of the' target of miutch of the'crititcism. "the Liberal Opposition declared that U en bers House m-:nw.m;(ifl' such items should be struck out of s and anu ind others . al-- | the estimates for want of adequate f fected, s# : ufatiofis in prolcsl. information upon which to give It is --expected that the bill will now | them consideration. carry: wi very o APHE oa 4 Te PA P ! Mr- R. L- Bl'&('kin Ca"ed the at' t ue) $ ,"-;"' ; W "\l' ')" ,] 'I'Al (] | tention of the House to large ex-- in Committ of the Whol« | se penditures proposed by the Attor-- inteminmemnnt mmensnmmmpemnnninecitony i1 _ rey--General for the retertion of | outside counsel to conduct the legal ; !business of the Province. Mr. | Brackin contended that more of the | business of the Attorney--General's 4 | Department in the courts should be ; | conducted by the Attorney--General ! and his deputies and assistants. . | Under the old Government, Mr. A § 'Brackin said, a form of graft was | | countenanced in the farming out of legal business to friends of the Ad -- | ministration. Charles McCrae, Con-- 'servative. offered the defense that y good results had attended expendi-- & ' ture of money by the Conservative | ; Government on efficient counsel. | Sam _ Clarke, Northumberland, ~ | pointed out for the benefit of the !Attorne_y-General that if there was one thing more than another that 3 elected the present Government it was the belief aAmong the elector-- : ate that they had been in the past E hoodooed by lawyer Governments. If the Attorney--General would simplify ® the laws of the Province he could be the biggest man in the Dominion. 5 ----_\----Q%'_.'_ s *