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o ~ m . ie f MARQH 30 'Legal BI ' Killed !B Legis| Ridi y Legislature Ridicule + The peculiar anomaly of a bill ; with provincial laws. Hi + which would validate municipal by-- ment, he said, advocated sth::n ::.'fh laws even though they conflicted bylaws be rendered valid, provided with existing provincial legislation|they were given approval by the p'rovi(;ed a ;Lv;ly lcross-m-e of criti--| Department of Highways. cism from both sides of the House| 1j« yvesterday before Allan Lamport | chor:ggéeztel:ir;i;.in%"lg:);d 'lv"igl (Lib., St. David) withdrew his pro-- McQuesten announced that he Posed amendment to the HighWAY | could not approve such a measur Traffic Act shortly after it h#d been | in any form. se preésented for second reading. The measure, one of four private Cc:'nut Is Critical. bills on the order paper, was given It is seeking to validate by--laws a chilly reception from the moment| Which have already been declared | that it was placed before the House,| !NVAlid, by simply getting the | Disowned by the Minister of High--| APProval of the department," he | ways and criticized from the treas--| SAid. "So, if the department, by | ury benches, it was openly ridi--| Mistake or as the result of guile, culed by opposition members be--| APProves a measure, it would be-- fore it was eventually side--tracked|COMe law even if it flatly contra-- | and withdrawn. dicted every clause in the Highway Mr. Lamport presented the bill| Traffic Act." with the argument that local con--| "That bill is a legal bloomer if it ditions in various municipalities| Stands," commented Attorney--Gen-- often necessitated traffic by--laws|eral Gordon Conant. "On the one which appeared to be inconsistent | hand, it states that all inconsistent by--laws have been repealed, and on the other, it says that, notwith-- standing this, the consent of the department, no matter how obtain-- ed, should give such by--laws validity." '"The bill is so outrageous in principle that I don't see how the House can pass it," A. W. Roebuck (Lib., Bellwoods) contributed. "It should be killed right now." Mr. Lamport withdrew the bill. Becond Bill Billed. The young member for Toronto-- St. David had a little better luck with another measure, advocating amendment of the Assessment Act, but although he succeeded in hav-- ing it passed on to committee stage, progress was made only at the ex-- pense of another persistent barrage of criticism. Mr. Lamport's amendment was aimed at eliminating the present practice of making out separate tax bills for every office in an office building and rendering of a single bill to the landlord. A qualifying clause stipulated that, where ten-- [ ants or lessees paid taxes in addi-- tion to rent, they would receive in-- dividual bills as at present. The bill would affect only cities with a popu-- lation of 50,000 or more.