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r ' V" . ." .1 '_ _ _ . . "r27ia--7 i BMA! ""lljlti' " - Y . . i . " _ MB. _ I l l NM The House Sends it to a Com. mittee. THE MASSEY MUSIC HALL. No Provision Made for' its Ex- ' emption. i ----------. an. woon's BILL TO menus: THE Jams- le'TION OF THE DIVISION COURT! READ A SECOND TIME. ( Monday, May 15. . The house had before it to-day Mr. ' Waters' bill, preposim: to abolish person- 1 ally ussessm nt, and to tuslicVtf machinery ' used in 'tumtttucturltut pill'ptztws from l taxation. The subject was not gone into ' Very deeply by either Mr. llurtly or Mr. _ Meredith, who, in addition to the pro- lL/ur. said u tuw wool.-, on the bill. l They refrained from making: any wry de- tinite dcclaratiotr.1 of upininn ur policy, but both were willing that the upwstion. should be rtln,rattul to u committw- that all views in regard to it might lw fairly presented. Mr. Mcrmiith "id nut "tttici- pulr any very t:atirifitctory result of the rerertt,r'ts. lt was ll inuth'. he said, that should be dealt with by the government. as tiruslly " must be. lu'm'l'Fo'TtNt'e H',tErOHIH. Sir Olivet' Mowut introdtltw-d a bill ro's- pectin; cwrtuln ninth-s, "ubilities and tues of sheriffs. it tvccivcd its tirst read- ing. The following pi'iVute bills were read a third ttttw:--- To "orr,solidute the debt at tho town of Irgerscn---Mr. McKay wxfunl). I ritmpt'cting the 'i'ux-nnti lttt'andcscent", Electric Light Co.-). Tuit. I . To legalize and 1'ontirtn by-law No. 1,401 _ of the township of York, tvlatittpr to the Toronto Lut'l'zmsu and Athlctlc 3.1450013.- tion tlimited, am. Tait. i Tho following bills were passed through J committee:-- I ' Respecting the city ot 'aondott-"iiu; , Meredith. ', Respecting the 'i'uruntu Hallway cum- a pztiiyrdir. liye-i'sun. . LI . Mr. Clarke "skei to have eliminated t'"'e from the bill ro-spt-t-tim: the city of To- ronto the chum: pruvidlng for th" t'A- l emptiun {hull t:xx:ltmn of tho Masrrw _'? Music hall, l't-rutJM- tm- terms upon which it was to lu- lit-M by tlt,. irllsiw-H were nut ' yet 1ltstltiltely So-ttlwi. The hall, lm suid, ol w,uld not Ire randy for ortwpution fur t twelve months yvt, and iwt'nre that tlnu- " the city would hun- :mutho-r trirporturiit.v ' ii of Coming .iJv-t'ur- um iI'sIlsillilil'tf fur rT power to wxempt this lrrritttt.V. Thot clans.» was omitted from the bill as pe- , ported. Mr. (ill'nmnr's hill respecting thv Met.. rupulitun Sir-mt Hallway company. and il, Mr. liailtunr's bill to amt-till thrs acts re- lating to the Sandwich. Windsur & Attt- I lxvrstburg railway, wa-rc read a second time. i in answer to a nun-stint) by Mr. Ity- _ ersun. Mr. Dryden said :A [ The pml'essur of Fluv,lish literaturn- in 'th-- fintnrio Agricultural i'i'lli'Lli'. (im-lph, 'i, is James Mills. M.A.. LLJ), Hie: are in h?, .V'eurH. Ho was uppuintmi in it??? alt u. I salary of $2,000. th, revolves thr sumo ' - salary now. In is." Mr. lu'. L. Hunt, " ' ithirul-yvur tirtdor-viradutcto, was uppnint- _ ml assistant rushtvnt master. at a salary of $750. For svvt-rnl yours Ito taught mzlthvmaiiI-H only, but was "i'torwards required to unwh smm- literature. His i salary was min-l to NM in 1V7. and to $1.000 in 1830. Mr. Hunt tuvciurrirsd in Oe- , tuber last. Mr. John Mot'rn- is now r assistant rer:ident and mathematical ' mush-r. (in his :ippuivitmv-nl it was SD00- t hilly vtiptslutt-O tint ho Would lw_r<-qniru:l to tum-h more lltrut1uti" than Mr. Hunt 1 hull dune. Ott this account he receives the sumo Salary. i Mit w s'rmtu' HILL. Mr. \Vntnrs moved tho second reading - of his bill to amend the assessment act t in Slu'll it way as to assess pvrsotralty on I an income bards, and to exempt from tax- it ation machinery used for mnnumcturittrt "4 purposezt. The assessment on personal . ,;i't