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' Jfimuuv« \3 ' islati k C d K.C | Legislative Clerk Created K.C. im for Book Members Honor Him for Book . Immediately after the Ontarioé'*fl' Legislature rose yesterday, Major " Alex. C. Lewis, Clerk of the L('gi.\-! lative Assembly and author of the | recently published "Parliamentary Procedure in Ontario," was ap-- pointed King's Counsellor by Order-- in--Council. The honor came to Major Lewis | while the plaudits of the House for | his distin--| C ¢ guished work | es s« on the volume | \ was still ring--| o _' \ ing in his ears.| i He was praised § fic by_-- Govern-- ""*~ _ $ment and Op-- ( ' 4, position Lead-- f .' y ers and by : private -- mem-- bers, and at es the conclusion Hon. Gordon Conant, At-- Llorney--General, revealed -- that Major Lewis the further honor awaited him. Major Lewis, at the 1938 session, by act of the House, was made a barrister. His studies at Osgoode Hall, it was explained at that time, were cut short when he entered his Majesty's service during the last war. Subsequent studies, the House was told, had fitted him unques-- / tionably for professional status. L, M. Frost, K.C. (Conservative, Victoria), was the first to rise yes-- terday and pay his tribute to the * Clerk. The volume, the first one published in thirty--five years for the guidance of the members of the Legislative Assembly, was dedi-- i cated to the members, and. he add-- ed, "it was only right and proper that there should be a formal ex-- pression of thanks for Major Lewis' * kindness and appreciation of his work." The first part, he said, dealt with British -- Parliamentary procedure and its application to the Legisla-- ture; the second to rules of the Legislature:; the third to decision: of the Speaker; the fourth with his-- torical data, and the fifth consisted of an index to the Speaker's de-- cisions. "I think," he said, "there should be some expression of appreciation to Major Lewis upon the records of the Legislature." Premier Hepburn concurred and declared his intention of introduc-- ing a motion which is to be sec-- onded -- by Conservative Leader Drew. A. W. Roebuck, K.C.. said he was struck by the clarity of expres-- i sion. Colonecl Drew saw in the work indication of the high sense of public service on the part of the Civil Service, and he claimed it was the first time an attempt had been made to combine historical back-- . ground with the rules. Leopold Macaulay in no small stint of praise, referred to the volume as the "new Bible on Parliamentary f machinery."