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; +h ; f FQE Ca " ¢ |u¢§Aa legarding Race--tracks. pamenrmemtntmmmes mm mm mm m Provincial Treasurer Price had a bill which would permit ofcers of the Crown, in their inspoction of race--tracks, to go in and inspect the pari--mutue! machines, as well as the books of the club or company. A. Lewis, Conservative _ member for Northeast Toronto, introduced three minor amendments to the Municipal A&t, the most important f of which was to allow, in cities where municipal representatives are alected by wards, the return of the| wenmmmmmunme vmmemmcmmmmmmmnemanee next highest contestant at the polis} in instances where an elected mem--| Reciprocal Plan Is Not to Be * ber has been disqualified. At pres-- * x ent a disqualification necessitates a PFOCIaImed n the new election. P Another amendment proposes to Meantlme put in the hands of the City Coun-- Ceu d arcenirininenion eengramiweee : cils power to discriminate as to typeg' | of business that may be permitted KlTCHENER O.T.A' AFFA'RS to proceed in residential sections,. ! | After the introduction of Mr. Lew. * , is' bill, Premier Ferguson announced| Changed times make changed con-- | 'hatfduring Hy* n-r'cosxt-y}le (}n\rern-l; 3 s M wey y men roposed appointing a com-- ditions, and this Government a.ndi 'nissdonp to go t}'rlmr?nughl:,' into the Legislature may not regard the ]"g'fi'; matteor of revision of the Assessm»nt' lation respecting reciprocal insur--| and Municipal Acts, and he request.--| ance in the same light as the last| ed4d that only urgent amendments 1.'--.l House regarded the bill, said Hon. submitted this session. W. F. Nickle, Attorney--General, in _=---- ' the Legislature yesterday, in reply to a question from Hon. W. E. Raney, UF.O., East Wellington. h When he received the text of the Privy Council judgment, Mr. Nickle continued, he would give careful consideration to the principles enunciated, and give a decislion after considering the question with the Government f Affairs in Kitchener. Mr. Raney then told the Attorney-- General that he had informa-- tion that in Kitchener the city police had taken the position that they ¥ould not enforce the Ontario Tem-- perance Act on the ground that there was a License Inspector and a menvrber of the Ontario Police in Kitchener, and in that situation here was no obligation resting upon he city police. HMHad the Attorney-- General learned of that situation in Kitchener, or in any other place in Jntario? Mr. Raney asked. Mr. Nickle replied that the Attor-- ney--General had not learned that there was such a situation in Kitchener or elsewhere in Ontario, and that the _ Attorney--General would be surprised to know that the police force in any municipality in Ontario took the position that it waes not responsible for the enforce-- ment of all the laws of the country. Answering a question placed on the order paper by Harold Fisher, Liberal, West Ottawa, asking if the Controller of Finance spoken of by the Premier had been appointed, the Prime Minister replied that "the Government has as yet been unable to secure a suitable man on satisfac-- tory terms." | | New Government Bills. | Four new Government bills made | their appearance during the after-- '| noon, three sponsored by Attorney-- | General Nickle, and one by Pro-' vincial Treasurer Price. One of Mr. Nickle's bills, an | amendment to the Coroners Acr.l provides for notice of death beingi! given the Coroner where Yeath re--! aults from violent causes or acci--|| dent. Previously it has bgeen the /| responsibility of the Coroner to in-- | vestigate and decide whether an in-- | quest was necessary. | Another of the Attorney--General's | proposed measures is for the pur-- l pose of removing certain inconsist-- | encies in the Mortgages Act. In his | explanation he said that the Mort-- | gages Act and the Dower Act wer | in conflict on the provision in case ' of sale of land under power of sale | that purchase money shall be ap-- | plied in payment of the principal | and interest, and that the surplus, | if any, shall be paid to the moi | "agor. |