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March g. OF HON| w' D. ROSS If Painted, by Whom and How Much? Inquires W. D. Medd ACTION ON PRIVATE BILLS Did the Governmont have a por-- trait of Hon. W. D. Ross, former Lieutenant--Governors, painted, and, if so, what artist did the work, inquires W. G. Medd (Progressive, Huron South) in a question placed on the order paper of the Legislature yes-- M terday. This question follows those made by the same member previously with respect to the portrait of Hon ; G. Howard Ferguson. | But in this question the Progres-- | s sive member goes further. He wants | to know if the work was given out| by an Order--in--Council, or upon in-- structions from a Minister; if other artists were given an opportunity of competing for the work; and, if a Minister ordered it, did he have an estimate of the total cost? What was the total cost to the Province of having the portrait painted and hung, and what was the cost of painting and hanging the portrait of each of the three preceding Lieu-- tenant--Governors? he also asks. In a series of questions the same member wants to know what are the salaries of the chief executive officers of the Ontario Hydro--Elec-- tric Commission, when they received their last increase in salary, and: what it amounted to. } The Private Bills Committee of the | Legislature declined to agree to a bill | proposed by the City of Peterboro' whereby an Alderman who wished to contest the Mayoralty would have to | resign his Aldermanic office first. The | bill is to be redrafted. The commit-- tee approved the change in the names of two Ottawa institutions. The St. y Patrick's Asylum is to be known as the "St. Patrick's Home of Ottawa," and Les Reverends Peres Oblats de L'Immaculee Conception de Marie will in the future be called '"Les Missionairres Oblats de Marie Im-- maculee." Agreements entered into by the Ai-- goma Steel Corporation and the trans-- ferral of cortain mortgages of the company from a United States com-- pany to the Toronto General Trusts Corporation were approved in a pri-- vate bill sponsored by Hon. James Lyons, Sault Ste. Marie Whitby will now be able to assume certain lands cutside the municipality, but owned \by the Township of Whitby, under another bill which was approved. A The committee deleted a clause from a Port Arthur bill which would have given that city power to issue separate debentures for local im-- 'provements. Another clause is to re-- place the one which would have en-- | | abled the city to hypothecate sinking ; ' fund securities to avoid loss on sales. | A bill confirming tax sales and | validating certain debentures of the | y 'rownshl@'y of Teck was given endorsa-- tion. irkland Lake is situated in this township.