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Coemmittee Lists Read. Committee reports and the reading of bills preceded and followed the tribute paid to Dr. Harcourt and the W of the McLaughrin resolution. embership lists of the standing committees, which in several cases are composed of the greater part of the ~ 'Mouse personncl, were read by the «Glerk of the House, as the report «* the select committee which was au-- thorized to prepare these lists last from last year's session, wore re-- turned by Hon. George H. Challies, Provimncial Secretary.. These showed the costs of the Government garece and of trucks and cars bought in the E.rs 1920--1932; the fees and services involved in the sale of law stamps; a report of the Trenton Cold Storage House inquiry; the amounts of Gov-- emment expenditure and revenue af-- fected by the cross--entry system, and other data.; It was in this connection that Progressive Leader Nixon pointed out that some reports to House orders have been delavyed and some have not as yet been returned. "I do feel that the departments might co--operate in expediting these returns," he com-- mented. Premier Hoenry promised carly action. SBpeaking for himsoel{ and for W. G. Colonel the Hon. W. H. Price pointed out that at prosent trustees are un-- able to handle all bonds guarantocod by the Dann:'lon ?nd Proviméal G«iw- ermnments, and referred to Canadian National -- and Timiskaming -- and Northern Ontario bonds as examples. The proposed amendment will em-- power trustees to buy such bonds at servative member for Parry Sound, was remembered in three tributes deliv-- ered by the party chieftains during westerday's session of the House. Premier Gcorge S. Henry said of Dr. Harcourt: "We all recognized in him :'Jenhl soul and ons who took an ve interest in the riding which he vepresented, as well as in the affairs x the Province as a whole." Dr. George McQuibban stressed the late member's professional activitiee and works of self--sacrilice and service, and Hon. Harry C. Nixon stated: "I can say, from personal contact with the mof his home riding, how weli he was up there." LATE DR. HARCOURT IS PAID HIGH TRIBUTE BY PARTY LEADERS SECOND READINGS GIVEN Reports to House Orders From Last Session Re-- turned by Challies Wilson (Conservative, Niagara Falls), Marshall Vaughan (Conserva-- tive, Welland), bricfly thanked both the donor of the land and the House when the Ridgeway Memorial Parks Act wa: presented for its sccond read-- ing and passed. Second reading was also given to the act to amend the Public Authori-- vies Act, involving the protection of Sheriffs' officers, and the Act to Answers to House orders dating DBr. George V. Harcourt, late Con-- the Aot. In con-- latter -- measure, Fe.bmax\s 6 As information, the Attorney--Gen-- eral cbserved that in Great Britain trustees are forbidden investment in Provincial bonds, but can invest in the bonds of Australian States be-- cause of the constitutional shade of difference botween a State and a Province. The Tile Drainage Act, introduced by Hon. Leopold Macaulay, also passed second reading. Explaining that the amendment concerned drain-- age -- schemes involving Provincial financial aid, the Minister of High-- ways pointed out that present regula-- mwons do not permit the Treasurer to examine these proposals until they have already been formally author-- ized by municipal by--law. The amendment would permit Provincial examination -- before the _ drainage schemes are adopted by the local authorities. First reading was given a bill {from Attorney--General Price amending the Summary Convictions Act in con-- formity with Criminal Code amend-- ments passed at the 1933 session of the Dominion Parliament. As a rc-- sult of the change, Subsection 1 of Section 13 of the act will provide for appeal "to the county or district court of the county or district, as the case may be, in which the cause of the information or complaint arose." Subscction 2 is repealed, and Sub-- section 4 amended to eliminate ap-- to division courts.