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( B 9 Aj i T [ the shares as above, & proper by--law, f ' ' as I am advised, was passed, with the|~ f knowledge and approval of the then lGovernment. providing for addition-- DAY s al remuneration to myself, as Presi-- f p |dent of the company, and proper by-l & t |luws for the payment of the other F. | s '!commissioners and officials of the 6 Premier and Party Leaders 'cnmpany have since been duly pass-- s i & * |\ ed. The effect of these payments by ; Agl'ee Upon ThlS |the Ontario Power Company is to $ | o | place the burden of the payments k Arrangement | \and of the cost upon the municipall-' y sgusu«s Sumeuamaeme m ; ties that receive the service. I as--} C W|LL CURTA"_ DEBATE' sume the Attorney--General does not', * | object to this, and if he does not ob--| ' wrminronoonitoiitarorendomprcass \ ject to my being paid the salary . R . & there only remains the bare legal ' By dropping a number of bills, !objevtion, upon which, as I have and practically eliminating some of iu]r(-ady stated, the lawyers differ. the debates still standing on the "Under the present arrangement, order paper, the Government hopes 'Sg?rge:l; uthe P::.g::(imnts ur;: ibn?w? f A 4 chs , the rince -- contributes| to \?'md up the 't.yusmess 'Of the a total of only $1,100 toward the, Legislature this Friday evening and | salaries of the commissioners on ac-- prorogue on Tuesday noext. Sugges-- !count gf the udm?ni:%tration on thel tions to this effect were concurred in ; Dfdrt of tb(_' commission of the Cen-, by the tWo O gti Lead t |tral Ontario System owned by the y the two Opposition Leaders at a | Province of Ontario, the balance be-! conference yesterday between Mr. ing charged to operation and paid| | H. H. Dewart, Hon. G, H. Ferguson | | by the interested municipalities." _ ; + }). | . k » -- f ' """' remier Drury,. | !.\\'allablllty of Records. Lea S f t s y" | ders Will be Brief ' As to the statements of the At-- [ The Opposition Leaders, it is un-- torney--General with reference to R ' der_stnod, have agreed to shorten ma-- i the productron of the minute books $, terially remarks which it was in-- of the Ontario Power Company, Sir ltended to make on certain matters ]_-\dam Beck made the following sfxl y ,yet to come before the House, not-- | points: ' | ably in the case of Hon. Mr. Fergu-- 8 1' "(1) On August 5, 1920, the At-t | son .in connection with the timber torney--General wrote to the Secre-- lmqmry and Mr. McCrea's motion 8 4 at | E f91' a production of the Peter White, tary of the company, asking thati' f 'i\ifi' coru;spon:le;lnce, dfd"- Dewart the minute books of the company| | will agree to cut down discussion on 3 L ;his motion regarding taxation of the bc sent to him at the Parliament | nickel companies, and both Leaders, Buildings by the messenger deliver-- c fit is stated, will' allow untouched ing the above--mentioned letter. t | matters of investigation in the Pub-- "(2) The Secretary replied to the ;IIC' Accounts Committee to stand above letter, stating that he was | over,. unable to let the minute books out To is * of the office without the authority v\\Ofkmc.rlS Compensation Act. of the Board of Directors, but that Most important among the Gov-- a meeting of the directors would be, ernment legislation which it is pro-- called at the earliest moment. | posed to'allow to stand over is the "(3) On August 11, 1920, the1 bill relating to proposed changes in Board of Directors met, the com-- , the Workmen's QOmDensation Act. munication of the Attorney--General| | The measure which proposed to in-- was placed before them, and Col.| | crease the board to five members is Hon. D. Carmichael was requested t being dropped for the session, and to see the Attorney--General with re--| an important provision in the gen-- spect to this matter. | k e!l"al'amending act, providing for the "(4) On August 11 the Secretary| R placing of the railways under part of the company wrote a letter to| e of the act, requiring them to the Attorney--General, advising nti t rf)aydaissessmems into the general the result of| the meeting of the| | t;.m lnz;tead_ of meeting compensa -- | Board of Directors, and that COL\ P | Ogé'rcams individually, will stand Carmichael had been requested to| | L s \call upon him. 1 * _ _UOther Government bills of lesser I ;mportance which will stand over iAttorncy.Gcncral Delays. [ e :}l:e session are those providing 1| "(5) On August 13 the Secretary | r'(')';d' eh '('OHStrllf'tion of township 'received a letter from the Deputy. Mr 'i'i o} , special assessment, Hon. Attorney--General, acknowledging infl.ti-tu}t'io"s }xi?spiitals and Charitable the company's letter of August 5, * esfablis;h ns Act, dnfl the bill for the 'and stated that it was receiving at-- shment of refuges for females. tention. x 1 "(6) On August 17 the Secretary 'communicated with the Attorney-- 6 v General by telephone and advised him that he had been instructed by the directors to say that the minute | books of the company could be taken \ up to his office, where he would have an opportunity to look them over and take extracts, and that the company were anxious to meet his wishes as far as possible. The At-- torney--General stated that the mat-- s ter could stand for the present, and ; he probably would communicate ' further about the middle or end of j the week. The Secretary dictated .3 p a memo of the conversation for files 'immodiately following the conver-- L sation."' , i R 1 J oA