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£ publication of banns And 'lssuingertz'f_'-' ' TBE Attorney--General then outlined licenses. It validates malflagessidentq | the main features of the bill, which tofore made by persons not trhe N Oours | | have already appeared in The Globe. of Canada. It also regulates t ed and | The second clause, 'hne pointed out, at which licenses may 'be issue \ makes it clear where assignments in | marriages take place. 1 unorganized districts should be filed-- | The Attorney--General has also "E in the same office as bilis of sale and troduced bill 151, respecting Justicesdor mortgages. Another clause provided the Peace in the Districts of T-hunttf | that the largest dividend possible is Bay and Rainy River. ]'t liml'tS') _g| to be paid within twelve months after | jurisdiction of Justices of the If*,""\ the assignment and every six months | resident in Rainy River to tha? 1');;'1tm.' or more frequently thereafter. The in-- 1 ,of the Provincial judicial distr 't'}t )tlt | spector is not to have any allowance be-- | |'I'huu.]»«x' Bay in('lud»'d. in the territo | yond necessary disbursements, and | | ial district of Rainy River. | then not more than $4 a day and ex-- I _ penses. Clerks. agents, etc., of the as-- signor may be examined, and persons | having statements of the insolvent will be compelied to Wisclose the same. | Sir Oliver Mowat next moved the second reading of his bill to secure pay-- ment of _ wages for work per-- formed in the -- construction of public works. In moving it he said that he had heard of heart-- lr_r*{nlin'.:' cases in which, often by the | failure of the sub--contractor, workmen | had been deprived of their wages. He !h:l'l consequently --drawn up this bill. | Mr. Marter briefly assented to the bill, | | which was passed. ! ! _ The Attorney--General then secured | | the second reading of his bill respect« i | ing the quieting of titles ; it provides | for the posting of typewritten notices * f | in lieu of expensive advertising when the property does not exceed $3,000 in | yalue. Next, his bill relating to dowry | | in certain cases was given its sm'nndl | reading. He explained that it was to | | provide for certain cases in which hus-- | band and wife have been living apart for five years. Then Sir Oliver Mowat's | bill cespecting the law of landlord and | tenant was read a second time.. He | stated that the opinion had been held | | that the act previously passed took | away the right of distress for rent. | Chief Justice Meredith had given an } opinion contrary to that view, and the | | bill was intended to make it clear that | that judgsment expressed the intention | | of the House. I | The Attorney--General's bill to tax | travelling shows, circuses and other ex-- | hibitions $50 per day. and to pI vide for the free 'llllllm\xvull of Provincial | detectives, constables, etc., was given its second reading. So, too, was his bill to amend the judicature act, 1895, and the law relating to courts He ex-- plained that the larger part of it was | due to the desire of the commission-- ers to hay the procedure embodied , in a statute The Surrogate Courts bill, also by the Attorney--General, was given its second reading; it relates largely to procedur« The bill to pre vent debt collectors© from imitating court documents in their forms, also by the Attorney--General, was given its second reading, and ) was Sir Oliver Mowat's bill i pecting bills of sale -l'Yl*l chattel mortgages in unorganized The House then adjourned at 5.35 p.m BILLS INTRODUCED, Mr. Middleton to--day introduced bill 178, to amend the municipal act 1t relates to the acquisition of land by municipal corporations for providing an outlet for sewers or establishing a sewerage farm and making the neces sary connections therewith It-- also changes the time for publication of no-- | tice of submitting a by--law for build ing street railways or gas or water-- works from three months to one month Dr. Ryerson brought in bill 179, re-- | specting the voterg' lists in certain cities. It applies to cities of 100,000 and over in which by--laws may be passed for enawbling the assessment to be taken and completed and revised | for every ward or subdivision of a ward separately. In such cases the voters' list for each ward or subdivis-- ' ion of a ward is to be prepared as soon | as the revision of the roll is completed an 1 the Judge is to hold his court. This 1."f'-'-~~lv'.lr- is to be followed until the | |list for the last ward or subdivisiqn lis reached, when complaints may be | entertained with respect to the lists ! |previously revised so far as such com | plaints relate to the removal or death ! of persons named in those lists, and | ! any person who has removed from one | I ward to another may have his name | | added to the list of the ward or subdiv-- ! | ision into which he shall have moved. | | All the lists are to be finally revised | | before December lst, but after that | date and up to the date of the nomin-- | ation for any election the Judge may | remove the names of persons who have 'dit'(l. | Sir Oliver Mowat introduced bill 180, to make further provision respecting | he solemnization of marriage, which ends the law with regard to the