The Ontario Scrapbook Hansard

Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 1 Mar 1927, p. 1

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----r"'"""_ l l l ---. uesclacr Hats-n \Si 'Proposed Marriage Law Amended l l R di B iti h Cl , egar mg rt " ergymem, Premier Ferguson's bill to amend man to perform marriages_ in Ora-i the ntario Marria eAct assed the tario. Considerable oloJttctiot1 was] 0 itt "t ' gm fl, isl . raised at that time. by the Opposition, commi ee S' age P. e . Y'"'. ature Hon. w. E. Raney. in particular. pro- yesterciay. The bill, as originally de- testing that the amendment was too 1 signed. aimed at elimination of any "Toad" in ii? Dowetid and the: . _ . . 7 .. ' . "s iarpers" might take a vantage o ' possible lepetluofl of the Sltufluon lit. Yesterday, it was announced that here last summel. when the Bishop [the measure had been revised and of London was not allowed by the that by terms of the revision all existing law ot the Province. to of- BritiSh clergymr-n residing outside ot fit-late at the wedding ceremony of Canada will now have to get author- his niece. At second reading of the ity for celebrating Ontario marriages measure, the Prime Minister am from the Provincial Secretary. This nounced that the amendment pro- alteration to the original text met posed to authorize any British clergy- with the approval of the House. .

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