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§ o k > | apply to contracts in this Province under | for the use of the Court--house, (Laughter ¢ | the control of the Dominion Government, ' and cheers.) : | -- Mr. ROBINSON did not think they could The motion was carried and the Bill read legislate to affect those contracts. the second time. Mr. PAXTON thought . both Bills should It being six o'clock the Speaker left the l go to Committee. * chair. | ; Nr. LAUDER pointed out cases in which After recess, the Liens Act had not worked advantage-- Mr, PATTERSON (Essex) called the at. ously. _ He thought the law should be | tention of the Speaker to the fact that there f amended so as to compel parties before | was not a quorum present. is taking out a lien to swear that their claim ! The House sdjourned at--7:49. & was in danger, | Mr. ROSS said if the ten per cent. pro--} pmmenanememawen. recmeommenenmmnnmmmeamemmeme, vision in the Bill of the hon. member for l t | Kingston (Mr. Robinson) prevented con. ; tractors from completing their work, such contractors could not be in a solvent condt-- t $ | tion. This Bill, be thought, was a step in 1 | the right direction, and might with advan-- 1 1 | tage be adopted. The Bill of the hon. x $ meinber for Ottaw * contained objectionable g features, and he thought it would be well to (L refer both Bills to a Committee. $ Mr. BELL said ho was heartily in favour 6 of the Bill of the hon, member for Kingston, $ as it was a very common occurrence for the . § rights of mechanics and sub--contractors to $ be entirely overlooked. 12 The motion was carried, and the Bill re-- V ferred to a Select Committee, composed of 3 Messrs. Crooks, Cole, O'Donoghue, Bel}, M Baker, Hodgins, Macdougall (Middlesex), Robinson, Scott, Clarke (Wellington), and Meredith, Mr. ODONOGHUE moved the second reading of the Bill to amend the Mechanics' Lien Act of 1873. The motion was carried, and the Bill re-- | . ferred to the same Select Committee as Mr, Robinson's Bill on the same subject. wWINDBING UP OF JOINT STOCK COM-- PANLES, On motion of Mr. MOWAT, the House went into Committee on the Bill respecting the | winding up of Joint Stock Companies, Mr Clarke (Wellington) in the chair. Several clauses were adopted with unim-- & portant verbal amendments, and the Com-- 'n mittee rose and reported . f t CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN ONTARIO. i Mr; MOWAT moved the second reading E. of the Bill to extend the Religious Institu-- ¢ tions Act to the Church of England in On-- ' tario, -- Carried MARITIME COURT IN ONTARIO, Mr. MOWAT moved the second. reading of the Bill respecting the Maritime Court of | Ontario. HMe explained that the Bill was | « intended to provide that the Maritime Court should have the use of the County Court-- . houses for its sessions. Mr. CAMERON said that it was hardly right that the county of York p and _ the city . of Toronto _ should be obliged to supply a Court--house tor the k benefit of the whole Province of Ontario, 'There was, he believed, only one Maritime Court in the Province--that presided over ht by Judge Mackenzie--so that the county of : York would have to maintain a court for all ' that business, Mr. MOWA'LC said that the Bill applied 4 not only to the county of York, but to any ) county in the Province, and it was quite | P likely that as the business extended a num-- | ber of other courts would be re. quired. The amount of expense involved would be very small indeed. Mr. MACDOUGALL (Simcoe) said the | Maritime Court was a Dominion Court, and ' took cognizance of cases of a Dominion ' | character. He did not see the reasons why the Attorney--Gieneral should be in such a burry to maxke provision for a Dominion | Court, but it certainly seemed to indicate a veory friendly feeling between the two Gov-- ernments. He thought that the Province E should bear the expense and not the county .0 4 of York, \ & After some conversation, ' Mr. CALVIN expressed the opinion that \ the sittings of the Court should be held at the most convenient place along the frontier, ' If it were held in Frontenac he would f guarantee that no charge would be made 4