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In answer to a question from Dr. Harold Welish (Prog. Con., East Hastings), Dr. McArthur said the Board of Reference had power to recommend to the Minister of Edu-- cation who should pay the costs. He believed the terms of the act were broad enough to include a recommendation to this effect. A legal argument developed over whether the judge of the Board of Reference has power to order pay-- ment of counsel costs as well as the costs of the board. Mr. Macaulay insisted that there was nothing to prohibit the judge who sits as chair-- man from assessing the costs against the township. He was sup-- ported in this opinion by Opposition Leader George Drew. Premier Conant did not believe any judge would construe his powers other than to order costs of the Board of Reference itself, and not the legal fees. "I would say," said Dr. McArthur, "that the protection the township needs most is against its own Board of Education." $50,000 or a lot more if this inquiry keeps on until August or September as has been suggested?" The taxpayers of York Township stand every chance of being saddled with Runnymede Collegiate inquiry costs, running between $50,000 and $100,000, Leopold Macaulay (Prog. Con., South York) declared in the Legislature yesterday. Discussion of the collegiate controversy arose during consideration of Education Minister Duncan McArthur's esti-- mates. After a prolonged debate Mr. Mac-- aulay asked: "What protection has the Township of York against being burdened with costs which may be Y¥ York Taxpayers Shun School Inquiry Costs Leopo'd Macaulay States Bill May Be $100,000 APR\IL 14-- Chairman Harry Durrant, York Township Board of Education, said he was hoping the Department of Education would pay "at least a share" of the cost, including the re-- muneration of the commissioners and their counsel. While no defi-- nite arrangements as to costs had been made and there was no way of knowing how much they would run, he said, "I should anticipate we would pay our own solicitor and in-- cidentals such as witnesses." '"The taxpayers feel they have not asked for the inquiry," added Reeve MacRae, "and consequently have no responsibility for the costs incur-- red." Mr. Durrant added it was Mr. Clarke, not the board, who had asked for the inquiry, as he was in-- terested in having his name cleared. The estimate of cost given in the Legislature, in his opinion, was "ex-- travagant." Any teacher may request a Board of Reference, who feels he has a grievance, Trustee Frank Oke, York Township, pointed out, and if so, it was his understanding that the De-- partment of Education supplied the machinery. The taxpayers of the Township of York "are becoming increasingly alarmed at any suggestion that they should have to pay for any charges incidental to the Board of Reference now investigating Runny-- mede Collegiate Institute matters," said Reeve Farquhar J. MacRae, last night, when asked to comment on the Parliamentary discussion of the matter yesterday afternoon. "The inquiry was initiated and ordered by the Provincial author-- ities," said Reeve MacRae, when told that Leopold Macaulay, M.P.P., had referred to local concern lest the township be saddled with all the ex-- pense of the inquiry, which might run from $50,000 to $100,000. Reeve Says Township Should Not Be Liable