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_ With Lieutenant-Governor , About to Sign Bill, South- [ west Toronto Member , Shatters Precedent in ' Final Objection to 'Rake. _ of? Plan-Tense Moment (' F allows, But Bill Is f Signed Then, Mr. Dewart continued: "May: I ask, then, does the Premier think ' 'it is fair to the Lieutenant-Governor tthat he should be asked to approve of the bill when he has not had the _.tyenef1t of independent advice?" Nobody answered, the Clerk was signalled to complete his stereotyped sentence, and the incident was over. With his Honor the Lieutenant- Governor in the, Speaker's chair waiting to. give Royal assent to the Provincial Treasurer's Corporation Tax Act amendments. in which is embodied the clause to place a c, per cent. tax on all race-track wag- erings, H. H. Dewart (Southwest Toronto), last night in the Legisla- ture, adopted the unparalleled proce- dure of registering final protest against the enactment of the measure. All members were standing, the Assistant Clerk of the House had read oft a score of titles, foremost among which was the Corporation Tax Act amendments, and the clerk had made his dignified bow and uttered the first word of the sen- tence which enacted the bill into law, "In his Majesty's name, his Honor doth assent to these bills." The most intense quietness prevail- ed throughout the chamber, and the House and the galleries were visibly startled when the member for Southwest Toronto, standing in his place, commenced to speak. Voice Shawn's Silence. ACTION DESCRIBED AS "DEPLORABLE" "May I ask the Premier," he said, "whether his Honor has had the ad- vice of independent counsel with reference to the Corporation Tax Act beyond that of the Hon. the Attor- ney-General, who has been associated with the Social Service Council, in the view he has so often expressed in the House?" After a'moment of quietness Pre- mier Drury answered, " am not aware that he has." DEWART DROPS BOMB Premier Drury later character- ized as "deplorable" and "an un- precedented breach of the decorum of Parliament" Mr. Dewart's utter- ance. 7 . Private members, among whom are a good many who are somewhat of authorities upon Parliamentary procedure and precedent, were still discussing the occurrence in the cor- ridors at midnight. None of them had ever heard oi.'_a. similar hap- peninéwi'n G.ir- -iurliament, nor had Hon. Nelson Parliament ever heard or read of anything stringy. FRIDAY. MAY V, "#195 l Ct, "The suggestion that his Honor should reply upon the advice of other than his constitutional Ad.. visers is so entirely at variance ;with the principle of responsible government that it is surprising in ,these days of Parliamentary and I democratic Government that anyone should venture to make it." ment: "The effort made by Mr. Dewart in the House tonight to interject a question while the Lieu.. tenant-Governor was giving Royal assent to measures passed by the Legislature was deplorable. not only as an unprecedented breach of the decorum of Parliament on such an occasion. but because Jt%i""'i."is".". actionary constitutional principle enunciated. PLURAL VOTING WILL CONTINUE Homologous Line Project Passes Legislature and Receives Royal Assent COMBINE PRIVATE BILLS All the amendments to the Munici- pal Act introduced during the session by private members have been em- bodied into one bill, called the Mu- nicipal Amendments Act, 1922, and this measure, after an all-afternoon discussion, passed through commit- tee ot the whole of the Legislature yesterday. One clause in the bill was deleted ---that restricting property owner. in cities or towns to only one vote on money by-laws, though they hold property in more than one ward. Premier Drury and Hon. H. Mills favored retaining the clause, but the great majority of the House voted against it. - __ __, -Atter the dinner hour the bill was given third reading, and was among those which received Royal assent from the Lieutenant-Governor. Homologous, Line Section. The other important part of the bill was the section permitting cities to fix a homologous line for the pur- pose of widening or opening out new highways. This section was approv- ed with only one or two minor changes. The Toronto City Council has deferred action on street widen- ing projects, awaiting the passing of this legislation. Hon. H. C. Nixon, in whose name the Municipal Amendments Act stands, said, in regard to the clause restricting the number of times prop- erty owuers might vote, that he we: opbosed to it. The Premier said AT CIVIC POLLS in his state-