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| ves d 0 4, M aroh 9thn & \ Dispose of Many Public Bil.s and Deal With Questions in Short Time McBRIEN BILL WITHDORAWN .]r".»\l"'bl'";; of half a dozen public bills, eleaning off a few questions ff'mn the order paper, and dealing finally with the motion of ex--Attor-- ney--General Raney to add alil Oppo--| sition member's of the House to the Public Accounts Committee, the| Legislature put in a brief but prof--} llable afternoon yesterday. Although the bill of F. G. M¢-- Brien, Conservative member _ for Southwest Toronto, to assess all ex-- cept Crown lands for local improve--' ment purposes, found sympathy f}'om Mr Raney, and from the 'lreuspry benches, it was withdrawn. Premier Ferguson suggested that tbe Southwest Toronto member take his arguments before the Statutes Revision -- Committee. University Property. \_|_ _ Another measure from the same member, to place university prop-- erty in the same category as Crown lands or Government property in re-- gard to taxation, was held over pending consultation between At-- torney--General Nickle and the To-- ronto City Solicitor. Under its terms the tenant of university property not --used for educational purposes would be liable to the municipality both for realty and business tax. Frank H. Keefer, K.C. (Conserva-- tive, Port Arthur), secured -- second ©reading and reference to the Le_gal | Committee for his measure to iimn-- | pose civii as well as criminal respon--, sibility upon a motorist who intllcgs, fatal injuries upon a child with his} motor car. . Mr. Raney app_roved it, | expressing the view that it would make motorists more careful. Then Mr. Raney's proposal to add all Opposition members to the Public Accounts Committee came up for brief discussion, the ex--Aitorney General remarking that the Government would' still have a majority of twenty--six if his sugges-- tion were adopted. He be'lyleved it would be "a gracious act'" on the part of the Government, and ex--| pressed the opinion that the com--| mittee was really a court of justice.j