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e eereeneee ETt oo emagrace" MEmnernennnimey io n dhamin e t uts t c i :A nc nds on in ieaatatnaiaiasta inss 202. : > esd ic Wl 0i No en nc imtanan in s css ies w ons i & j ~I \)QSAA\',--FQ,B. ¥CTA U Raney Asks Quesyons, Hon. W. E. Raney wondered if the 'noasUl'ev "hiC}l was of ])articular | ;)net'ercst to financial men and mem-- | en f)f 'tyhe' legal profession, had ")fi'f'n advertised widely enough. Had ! "i'-"s'e 'mterested in _this enactment | l;x-]iy;')(Sb]\e;y('] 'lheir opinion of it. _ The | F"")feSqi in'ster replied that the legal . fore th on and .hl'Ukel"S had been be-- A 'l?l the Commission in the matter. manun~ | the 'bill, ns PS SECQRA teading of BR + 3 ouse was adjourne Routine Measures Are Pass-- until today. S Addou(ner ed Without Dissension in Local Legislature I NINE _ BILLS P A $ S E D Sitting for an hour yesterday af-- ternoon the Ontario Legislature furthered its sessional business b; carrying through the House Commit-- tee stage nine bills emanating from the Statute Revision Commission, and by giving second -- reading 'uv: another measure from that Commis-- sion proposed to strengthen the j 'regulations governing bills of sule | and chattel mortgages. j y As each measure was brought be--| tfore the House it was explained by . 'either the Premier or one of his Ministers. As the bills were chiefly consolidations of. the law they wore carried without dissension, | Teachers' sSupcrannuation, First, the House in committe« dealt with the bill respecting the superannuation of certain teachers and inspectors, This measure, it was stated, simply clarified existing leg-- islation. The bill respecting the ac-- quisition of land for school pur--| poses next considered was another consolidation. The measure proposing -- amend-- ments to the Industrial Schools Act, next brought forward. was, said Premier Ferguson, a move on the part of the Government to remove much of the penal stigma attached | to Juvenile Court cases. The bill is aimed to benefit wayward lads, and | its chief proposal is that "children| committed ta Industrial Schools may' be sent to other institutions," such as the Bowmanville School for boys. The bill to amend the Arbitration Act, next carried, was simply a con-- solidation. When, next, the Minors' Protection Act was considered, it was explained that this was chiefly to give more discretion to magis-- trates in dealing with minors, and provided a change in fines. Even Homer Nods, The amendment to the Workmen's Compensation Act, next carried, was an attempt, so it was pointed out, to clarify the wording of sections put in the act in 1925. "It seems," said Col. Price, "that in 1925 clearness was sacrificed or ]_;I't".'if_\'." "Surely," interjected Liberal Lead-- er Sinclair, "the Government will not admit that it legislated badly." "The best Governments," smiled Col. Price, "make mistakes." Finally the House in committee carried the "act respecting hours of labor and two--platoon system of firemen'"' (a change in title, not in matter, Hon. Dr. Godfrey explained), the bill to encourage the planting and growing of trees (providing a penalty for the injuring of trees on highways) and the amendment to the Provincial Loans Act (which is to give the Government power tol cancel securitiee in its possession | which are a charge on the Consoli-- dated Revenue Fund). The chief discussion of the day, and it but brief, came with the sec-- ond reading of the act to amend the Bills of Sale and Chattel Mortgage Act. This bill, Premier Ferguson explained, was to provide for the registration of '"floating charges," d.ocumpnts legally recognized in the fm'ancial world. It was, Col. Price pointed out, "to rectify glaring abuse" in deals involving mortgages It was partly new legislation, though recommended by the Statute Re-- vision Commission.