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1~ _ e o) C * L 4¥ -. -- ) ' f Duty of Government. v+ £ [ Mb I have a right to know what the \ t may be new to the Attorney-- law officers say that bill means," | ; General, but it is as old as Par-- said Mr. Nickle. If the Att es i s ll'amentary practice," said Mr. General had the memorandu:qm?{é | Ferguson. It was the duty of the should give the members informa-- f | . _ Government, which was the Execu-- tion.. There was no justification in ' § tive of the House, to look into this keeping them in the dark. Private: f bill and tell the House what it meant. ; {ified to inf | > Every bill introduced by a private {pemf)ers we'n;(e; e?f'tiel (;'tg ox(';mavg member should be allocated to its elr(i?merr?tm paid OrICIaI8 :o e yov-- . proper department, and gone over | $ 4 | | |! by the Government officials. | | heM{hM{, Nll::cgrldei;ilslo';}\ho B;r('ianbt, sg;dl | § Mr. Raney raised a point of order. | | featea. * € 199y 98 4 f p Miought Mr.}«ergusou was outl | | _ The Attorney--General said that,| § | of order. Mr. Ferguson said he | when Mr. Lewis had completed his M | would move the adjournment of | hn i | A motion introducing the bill, then | the debate. Mr. Raney pointed out he would make the explanation. | | that Mr. Lewis had not yet finished w a C | j I Mr. Lewis then made a short ex--| ' | higdapeech. 'The Conservative Leader | planation of the bill, and Mr. Raney ; Sg' l:)e moved the adjmxrnmen(uofi | said the information contained in s the debate with the consent of | r.} the memorandum would be at the, i j;e;:is----and Mr. Lewis did not |Job-- | disposal of private members. The * * I bill then passed second reading. | ' k The Conservative Leader doc'a.!redl The bil]r.) the provisions of vghich' j that every bill that came into thei have already been explained in The| \ f House affecting a branch of the Ad-- Globe, gives municipalities the right ' § mmlstg-atmn should be allocated to] to assess for income tax the profits f the Minister having charge of that of partnerships, in the same man-- f & y branch, reported on by officials of ner as those of incorporated com-- tY}:e Crown, and that information panies are now assessed. should be available to members of 4 the House. The Government, he * continued, should be in a position 3 R to tell the members what the bill; * was, and how it affected the laws | on the statute books, amd he main-- tained that there were plenty of eminent authorities to back him up as to the soundness of that doctrine. | * Need for Legal Advice. Ng J. C. Ramsden,. Southwest To-- * = ronto, observed at <this point that He AdOptS B'" Wh'Ch Later j - if the bill had been introduced by # one of the lawyer members repre-- MBEtS Defeat n senting Toronto, instead of by a lay-- i man, they could have the bill prop-- H0use erly discussed. | o nrramnnmminenecterce M Thomas Marshall, Liberal member . 3 for Lincoln, said that, from his ex--| WOULD SET AS'DE W|LLS f perience and observation in the | o House, he thought the practice as' es a set out by Mr. Ferguson was gen--| The bill introduced by Edgar Wat-- s erally followed. Some member of [ son (North Victoria) to AiFaS s the Government, he said. had always | \',1' o fovisia® lf e e .se(_',ure ade previously been prepared to direct | tha'te provision for the maintenance is the House as to the bearing of pro--| of the wife and children of testa-- h posed legislation. He recalled that | tors was defeated yesterday on sec-- . bills had been delayed in coming be--| ond reading j s e j | esd g in the Legislature. 4 fore the House because the Gov-- . s 3 ernment used to say it had not yet The attack on the bill was led by ; B _ considered them. He instanced the Mon. G. Howard Ferguson, W. F ' C < late Hon. W. J. Hanna in this re-- Nickle (Kingston), and Charles Mc. [ i spect. | Crea (Sudbury). H . B r , ol J. C. Tolmie thought it was a mis-- Att --General on..".. 7 R'ane.\ hays take to send a bill to committee, and torney--General, spoke in favor of ® i more or less endorsing the prin-- the bill and said the Government p C!Die. w::hout discu:sintgh thiGs prin-- ; was quite content it should go to d ciple. It was up to e overn-l : s l ment, he thought, to tell the House famimillee and be:enacted into legs P what the principle of this bill was. islation. | t M_r. Hall though the bill should be When the standing vote was taken i discussed in the House. | it was found that the Opposition l Obstructionist Tactics? i members were solidly against it and i The Attorney--General said that about a dozen Government support-- $ "a;l the dfist raised"fa}oom pre-- ers, including Hon. R. H. Grant, *# '3% P ee gor ane purnole af Aaled." 4 Minister of Kducation. aiso voted . > 4 is not in order for a member of against it the House who introduced a private Overr; o t bill to put the onus of explaining ,\'(';'rl'l(l(' l"nult) ""!: ( . the bill on someone else," he as-- IT'he contentious ciause in the bill serted. Personally, he said, he was was as follows; | always willing to help any member "Notwithstanding the provisions of 4 f with a bill. .In this particular case, ¥ J o te to th M o e | he thought, it was quite idle to sug-- an aw or statu e' to the contrary, 4 gest that the mover was not quali-- where any person, hereinafter called E | fieg t0t b(r]'intii'1 in thebeb"}"o ax? tll'])e the testator, dies, leaving a will and ¢ understoo e member r North-- a $ J ie east Toronto had had several years "1rhqnwt making adequate 'pronsnong : of experience 'n assessn]ent mat-- (h")'eln fO" lhe proper malntenancei C Iters. If a private member, who in-- and support of his or her wife or | §§xt;(r):xi;1e(;§dwti:ll'? tt})'niqlal'cg:\(tler:lt?at O';cgu%'ifit husband or minor child, the court f :they could not blame the Govern-- may, in its discretion, on the appli-- ( ment. cation by or on behalf of such wife, 4 i.\Ir, t').'tx)ckl;'t:esent'e(('i}ethialeprresg husband or child, order that such 's'r?a,;si(r:g (;Sst." %{,';Ig,)'we:ee me:'tb%lx{s provision as the court thinks ade-y not entitled to ask Ministers to have quate, just and equitable in the cir-- & al m:fimxi:;.ndumthpreparedtSot lti)!i!"tg cumstances shall be made out of the ; F give the House the purport o W $¥ R ' he asked. There was so much legis-- «state of the t'est'aftor for such wife, ' | lation being introduced into the huusband or child. N House, said Mr. Nickle, varying Mr.) Watson, in explaining she bill, - statutes by leaving out a comma said it had been asked for by leading | | here, and changing a word there,| women's organizations. It enacted 1 that he found himself swamped in , that where, in the opinion of the } keeping up to the task of finding| court, adequate provision had not what bills meant. | been made for the wife, husband or Has Information on Tap. children of a testator, then the court could order payment out of the es-- "I have an elaborate memoran-- tate for their maintenance. | dum on this b'"}-l and I am prepared Mr. Nickle said he could hardly' to give it to t.de t{;{m}:& when the {believe his ears when he heard the ;irf;']e comes, sal & orney--Gen-- Attorney--%fne{;glll ;ay h.a approvedé Mr. Nickle said then, to use a e se poomaciil Ub P aeetick at [ 4s e very foundation of individual lib-- sporting phrase, "his hat was in the das 3 p | o ray*> erty, and said a man would not be > ring=" Hue AtlorneyoGeneral had a/ : allowed by will to make disposition | memorandum. _ He knew what the T Sh| iDE s pos | law officers had said about what the ot jVUsS own. 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