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ONTARIO LEGISLATURE, mm mm n mm Third Parliament--Third Session, t mm ranntlfemacemmen Lraisrative Assenmuy, Monday, Feb. 4, The Speaker took the chair at 3 o'clock, Prayers were read by the Rev, Father Mc-- Cann. PETITIONS. The following petitions were present. ed ;-- By Mr. Miller--Of the township of Morri« son, against erecting the provisional county of Muskuka. Also, from a number of electors in Mus-- koka to the same efiect. By Mr. Sexton--Of the County Councail of Wentworth, for amendments to the YVoters' Lists Act. PRIVATE BILLS. The House went into Commiitee and re-- ported the following Bills without amend. ment :-- j Respecting the Belleville and North Has-- | tings Railway Company--Mr, Boulter, $ Respecting -- the _ Toronto Club--XMr. | Bethune. Respecting the Burnside Lying.in Hospi-- tal and the Torouto General Hospital--Mr, Chisholm, Respecting the Hamilton Girls' Home-- Mr. Williams, Respecting the Whitby, Port Pery, and $ Liudsay Railway Company--Mr, Paxtou,. R THME JURY LAW. Mr. ROSS asked if it was the intention of the Government to introduce this session any measure to amend the Jury Law, with a | view of providing for a more eflicient and | iess expensive mode of selecting jurors. | Mr. MOWAT said that it was well known | to hon. members that doubts existed as to | whether the jurisdiction with regard to juries, | particulariy grand juries, belouged to the | Dominion or the Local Governmont. He | had consequently been in correspondence' with tho Minister of Justice on the subject, and they had both agreed to bring the ques-- tion, as it related both to grand and petit jurices, before the Supreme Court, It wasnot desirable that there should be any legisla-- tion with regard to juries until this question o{ jurisdiction w&s decided. GUARDIAXS A4D LITEM, Mr. GRANGE moved for an Order of the House for returns for the years 1876 and 1377 of all orders issued by the Court of | Chancery appointing guardians ad lifem to 11 infant limatics, and all other persons under | disability, and the names of the solicitors so | appoiuted ; also, a return of all bills of| Costs taxed during the above two years In | the Court of Chancery for guardians ad lifem, | giving the amounts of the bills brought, the wnounts allowed, and the names 0f the solicitor and guardian ad litem in each case ; __ also, a return of the amount at the credit of the Suitors' Fee Fund during these years, and the amounts paid out of said fund, and to whom paid. Mr. MOWAT said that in order that the return might be as full as possible, he pro-- posed to add, after the words "in each case,' the _ words, _ * and showing also the amounts disbursed by such solicitor and guardian -- ad_-- liiem in payments . 10 agents, to the fee fund, to sheriffs and otherwisc." With this amendment he had no objection to the motion. The motion was carried. oNxTARIO PHARMACY ACT. Mr. CLARKE Norfolk) moved the gecond treading of the Bill to amend the Pharmacy Act of 1871. lIn explaining the provisions of the Bill, he said that it had reference more to the internal operations of the p.har- macoutical profession than to the public at large, 'The object was to ct_)nsol'xdnfe the Actin such a way as to simplify itand render it more useful. Several punecess&l'v