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e ie Sink ' o Health Tax Bill Introduced Wi nmen With Gover t Approval ' The first legislative authority that and he is more than 21, to levy a has been sought in Ontario for pel'-!poll tax. 'mission for a municipality to assess | Mr. Kirby explained that origi-- ratepayers the cost of maintaining | nally the bill was to have been sub-- 'a physician was Introduced yesler-imined by its main sponsor, W. L. \day in the Legislature by Mealth| Miller, Liberal, Algoma--Manitoulin, Minister H. J. Kirby. 'las a private bill. Certain delay % The bill would authorize the made it impossible to have it four -- municipalities of St. Jos-- brought in as a private bill. "The | eph's Island, _ t+wenty--five _ miles | department has no objection to the from -- Sault Ste. Marie, to sub-- bill and, as a matter of fact, it is mit the question to the electors, now being brought in as a Govern-- and, in event of a two--third majm-'mcnt bill," he said. ity assent, the municipal adminis=| -- According to Mr. Miller, the island trations will be empowered to levy | residents, under a voluntary plan, 'the health costs tax upon rateable {or some lime have been contribui-- s |P"°p""-" and, in cases where thc'ing sums to make up a salary for 'inhabitant is not a property owner|their resident physician--surgeon, A. Acres Would Revive Development Board > Re--establishment of the Agricul-- tural Development Board to assist the farmer was advocated in the Legislature yesterday by A. H. Acres (Con.. Carleton) in a budget debate address. He declared that the Government was in a position to borrow muney much cheaper than could the farmer, and finan-- cial assistance should be afforded the men engaged in agriculture. He termed the farmer the "neglected man." a "Neither this Government nor the previous one ever gave agricul-- ture the consideration to which it is entitled," said Mr. Acres. The Ontario Hydro Commission catered to the big centres of population and did not give the rural sections t justice in the matter of power dis-- tribution and cost, he asserted. He declared that much of the bene-- ficial legislation concerning agricul-- ture, placed on the statute books by previous Governments, had been removed by the present Administra-- tion. He blamed former Agriculture Minister Duncan Marshall in this respect. &+* Mr. Acres touched on various phases of governmental | activity, but the main theme of his address was that more must be done for the farmer in view of the impor-- tance of large--scale agricultural production. In his closing remarks _ he criticized the C.C.F. Party for holding a convention on Good Fri-- day, expressing the view that this was not the act of loyal and de-- voted Canadians. =