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Would Stop Jumping From: One Township to Another, \ Says McBrien : FIXED INCOME TAX-- FOR ALL ONTARIO URGED BY MPP. NORTH YORK BILL CUT Legislation to establish a fixed in-- come tax rate for the whole Province to keep tax--dodgers "from jumping from one township to anothe:" in | search of low rates, was advocated by Fred G. McBrien, Toronto Con-- servative at yesterday's mecting of the L--gislature's Committee on Pfl-' vate Bills Mr. McBricn suggested a' rate of 3 or 3 1--2 per cent. The matter avzose in connection | with North York's Municipal Bill, from which two clauses were deleted, t--mporarily at least, by the commit-- | te>s. Under one of these, a fixed in-- | come tax rats would be set for all | school sections of the township. Frank | Moore, solicitor, explained that the| presont systm was dlscrmunatory.i in that income tax rates for school | purposes varied widely, and as a re-- | sult residents were moving away from certain sections t Many Would Escape. " H. L. Cummings, Municipal Law | Clerk, objected thai if a 35--mill maxi-- | mum wer> sot, as proposed, many who owned no real propcrty would be es caping school levy altogether. The other clause to which Mr. Cum. mings objected was fo: transference to gen--ral account of a surplus ac: cumulated through sale of deb:ntures | at high rates during more prosperous | times. Mr. Cummings called the prin-- | ciple "vicious and unsound" and one | that '"might lead to a very carefully thought--out schems for creating sur-- pluses" <He contended that the su*-- plus should be used to benefit those pecple who had been charged with the improverm<nt for which the debentures were issued. Further conferences be-- tween Mr. Moore and Mr.-- Curmings received the approval of Hon. Charles | McCrea, Acting Chairman of the| committce. The township received assent to creation of a Court of Re-- vision independent of the Council. The City of Oshawa's bill received _ committee approval. W. E. N. Sin-- clair, K.C., explained tha' it provided for: Confirmation of return of Col-- lectors' rolls for .the years 1927--32; validation of appointment of a City| Administrator, who would co--ordinate all municipal functions; confirmation of the assessment roll of 1934; a stag-- . gew d electoral sys.em, with Council«= | lors elected for two--year terms alter-- | nate years; and merger of the offices | of Collector and Treasurer, & step | contemplated, but noi yet taken by ; the city. | the dente s 8 CC HOl ce n vings Company, Forest, was pro-- ?m in tno&r bill reported by the Municipal Bills. Eb\'um\'\' 21