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By the bill Section 6 of the act ot 1923. which provided for the ap- t pointment of a. Chief Justice of the {Second Divisional Court-the posi- tion at present occupied by Mr. Jus- |tice Latchtord, who now ranks next to the Chief Jutgtictr--ig, repealed, while the new bill provides that "the Chief Justice of the High Court Di- vision ehall have rank and prece- dence next after the Chief Justice of Ontario." The bill. in a nutshell. proposes to reorganize in several respects the constitution of the High Court, of Ontario and make changes in the precedence of the Judges. n pro- vides that the composition of the Supreme Court and the Appellate Division shall be "designated for that purpose by the Lieutenant- Governor in Council." In like man- ner it provides that, upon a vacancy occurring in the office ot President of the Appellate Division and Chief Justice of Ontario, the Lieutenant- Governor in Council may designate one of the Justices of the Supreme Court to the position. The existing act is further amend- ed hy providing that "every appeal to the Appellate Division under the Controverted Elections Act, and every cause ot matter in which an appeal lies as of right to the Su- preme Court of Canada shall be heard and disposed of by not less than ttve Judges," while other appeals shall be disposed of by not less than three Judges. Deposes One Chief Justice. Politics Behind Proposals? A Government bill, cited as the Judicature Act, 1924. and introduced anftriven its first reading in the Provincial Legislature in blank, promises to occasion considerable surprise and comment when it is distributed today. RECALLS TIMBER PROBE Rumors ot the contents of thel bill already have occasioned talk in legal and political circles. By some the Government is accused of at- tempting to drag politics into, the administration of Justice by the courts and to establish the evils of patronage in designating the mem- bers ot the Judiciary. It is regarded as significant that the Chief Jus- tice ot the Second Divisional Court, whom the bill proposes to demote, is one of the Judges who conducted the investigation ot the timber admin- istration of Hon. G. Howard Fer- guson, the present Premier. If the bill were ttttown to be in the nature of a vendetta, it is said to be likely that, in event of its passing the Legislature, it would be taken under review by the Federal authority as provided in the constitution. TEETH» IN MEASURE TABLED "IN LIN(" Ontario Government Sponsor for Bill to Change Organi- zation of Judiciary ndaAl' RURAL HYDRO LINES WILL BE ASSISTED BY THE PROVINCE Further aid to the construction ot rural Hydro transmission lines is contained in the bill introduced yes- terday into the Legislature by Hon. J. R. Cooke, Minister without port- folio. By this new measure the Gov- ernment is to pay 50 per cent. of the installation cost of the second trtgattg.. mission line on the highway. This cost includes the cost of trans- formers. At present. the Government pays 50 per cent. of the cost of installing rural primary transmission lines. It is estimated that these installations cost about $1,200 a mile. of which the Government pays $600 a mile. The average cost of the secondary transmission lines is about $800 a mile. of which the Government will now pay about $400 " mile. Bill Introduced in Legislature Affects Cost of New Installation lt is estimated that the coat of Hydro service to the farmer under the new scheme, for doing the aver- age amount of work on his farm, and for light, will he about $8 a month. Legislature's Tribute To Gat Canadian As a mark of respect to the late Sir Edmund Walker, the Ontario Legislature will meet this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. instead of at the usual hour of 3. the Premier announced yes- terday. - M r. Ferguson said Ontario had suffered a. serious loss in the sudden death of Sir Edmund. The Province particularly owed him tribute because of his close attention to and intimate con- nection with Provincial Univer- sity affairs. Probably as much as any other factor, his interest in art and music had helped to the success of the Mendelssohn. Choir. the Premier said. and he added that it was particularly tragic that he had been cut off a few days before he had plan- ucd to nail for a trip to Europe. In asking the House to meet half an hour later today, the Premier said. referring to the funeral service to be held in Convocation Halli: " take it. it would be a fitting tribute to an outstanding native-born son of Ontario if as many mem- bers as possible found time to attend this funeral." " He stressed the importance of Northern Ontario's pulp industry to the Province and the country as a. whole. and said it was the intention of the Government to work out a. policy that would provide continu- ous supplies of raw materiul. not only for existing industries. but any others that the Government mitrttt, approve of in perpetuity. A general survey of Ontario's tiniber resources] would be undertaken very Boon. - - i In a comprehensive survey of the :Lands and Forests Department. at iwhich he is the head, with, particu- 'lar references to Northern Ontario' Lpotential wealth and development. "Ton. James Lyons told the Lexis]:- Iglture yesterday that the time would ivome, if it was not already at hand, iwhen the Ontario Government must Econsider the establishment of a De- (par-tment of Research to see what Loould be done in the way of con- 1e/.ze.ie.n of forestry products by 1uti'1izintr by-products. 'Extravagancc of Past. k He quoted statistics to support " advocacy of a. policy of the retention in Canada tor mtututacturintr pur- poses of the raw materials of the forest and estimated that Canadian workmen and Canadian industry had lost untold millions irt,.paat,yett"* swucting more branch roads and try Talnmnmg them in good condi- t on." _ within the next three years he hoped that the Government would have completed the link in the pro- posed trans-Canada highway be- tween Port Arthur and the Manitoba. boundary, a. distance of 115 mtiea. Ontario, he and. should not lag behind in linking up the two - tremes of the country by a. tttgh- way. To Mr. Bowman he said that the route from the Boo to the Head of the Lakes had not as yet been determined. Forecasts Timber Survey. FOREST AIR FORCE B WATCH ()ll HIGH M SIGNS (F FIRE Hon. James Lyons Plans Greater Protection of 0ntario's Timber "We propose." he said. "to give greater consideration to the build- ing of branch trunk roads. At the present time little consideration bu, been given to them. We propose to] serve the 1ayAlyfIr,es1tstrlStt by 0995 In opening his speech, he con- demned the old Government. for what he deemed to be its extrava- gance when in office, and likened its members to the old lady who din- agreed with her bank teller as to the depletion of her bank account because, she said, there were stin seven blank cheques left in the book. He estimated that they had increased the total taxation in Ontario by $40 per head. The Minister announced a reor- ganization of the administration of the Northern Ontario roads system. previously divided according to lotta. tions and conditions under three Provincial departments. Co-ordint- tion would be effected, he said, which would eliminate a condition which he described as retaining one official for every unit. of expendi- ture. of $.1.200. ' Proceeding. he twitted the former Minister, Hon. Beniah Bowman. with looking carefully after his own con- stituency of Manitoulin, and quoted the expenditures therein to show that they had increased sevenfold over those of the previous four years. He also noted a fourfold in- crease in the expenditure in the rid- ing of Z. Mageau. Liberal member for Sturgeon Falls.