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deba' thit twen' thin T - "i" Friday. March 27. , piady spent a. busy after- . passing Government hills, l" not"! " of which were.advanced a sage, and concluded the day with u . te which resulted in a division . gave a. Government majority of ' enty, the vote standing 46 to 26 in a 1el'i'd,ouo",',) The subject was the ot't- , bated one of public accounts. Col. 'ltattteson moving an amendment to a motion to so into supply, to the effect that a. system similar to that pursued in the Auditor-General's report should be followed in presenting the expendi- F "me: of the Province. The debate interior an hour before 6 o'clock and tor three'hours after, .001. Matheson, Mr. Whitney and Mr. "Marter being among the speakers for the Opposition. and Mr. Ross, Mr. Harcourt, Mr. Da- aw. and Mr. Gibson (Huron) among aa, on the Government side. Mr. _a-rrhve.?eir opposed the Government. ("Id the Patrons divided. two or three "young with the Government and half t dozen with the Opposition. Before the orders ot the day were called, Dr. Ryerson's bill respecting voters' lists in certain cities was given its second reading. in order that it might he considered by the Municipal Committee before it concludes its busi- The Mouse then took up Government orders, passing through committee the Attorney-General'" bill respecting Sur- rogate Courts. Hon. Mr. Harcourt's bill to make further provision for the payment of sucCession duties in cer- tain cases next was considered in com- mittee; Hon. Mr. Harcourt introduced into " a provision on lines suggested by Col. ,Matheson regarding partial discharges. Hon. Mr. Gibson's bill re- specting liens of mechanics, wage- earners and others was then passed through committee, a num- ber of technical amendments being introduced. In the Attorney- General's bill respecting antecedent un- reiistered agreements for bills of an! and chattel mortgages a. change was made so as to make the bill apply to antecedent verbal as well as writ- ten agreements. It was then passed through committee. Hon. Mr. Bron- Ion's bills to amend the electric rail- wtw net of 1895 and reel: w ting the ex- 'h'Wlt,te,e, ot lands of the Province by " way companies were reported from comm??? w'ithogt amendment. o ow ntr ills wer l ' ' second readiagc-- e tr Ven tttttit ingh?::18 2lireaTp,,teyg respect- 'A"i'tir'i'e?,-',l,i'iriir,r.i o marr "e-The esyreetiuq Justices o tir, Districts of (ilifuflUrhu'g""ug a ny River-The Attornev..Geherai. Respecting certain matters under the Separate Schools tust--Mr. Ross. Relating to the law of lite insurance --Mr. Gibson (Hamilton). To consolidate the floating debt of the Town of Trenton-tir. Biggar. Respecting bakeshops-Mr. Dryden. GOVERNMENT BILLS PASSED. "itGirii'etar-ihd Canadian Historical lihrhibition--Mr. Rowland. _ _ -iFire,, third readings were called, the following bills went through that -pr0- cedune and were paid..-- A - BESS. "itGi,Giiiui' Gailir school moneys of the City of Ch?thtym--s1r. Pgrjdp. . , Wm; Bouae-Mtuts Govern meat at". P-ed-Pro- or the Dante. MAJORITY OF TWENTY. Discussed. Indence Manon by Matheson. Mr. Davis maitrtaioed: and after as- (ermming by a uut'stion that Col. Matheson did not wish to are the prin- l'inle of the Attdititr-Gettotars report admncd. but simply an extension - the system ot punlishing the pub counts that would show det _ expenditures. went on to m Mr. Davis replied. remarking that the question was an old one. having been frequently raised beforn. Col. Matheson had not rroved his charges, In speaking to his amendment, Col. Matheson said the public accounts ot the Province did not show matters as plainly as they should. There was much additional clerical labor neces- sary before the matters could be made clear. A similar motion to the one he introduced had been brought up in the Public Accounts Committee last Year. but had been voted down. The Colonel then quoted a, number of spe- cific instances from the accounts re- garding the London Asylum, notably in the case of cloth, hay and fish, to show that the articles Were entered in groups and no details given. There was nothing in the. report. he said, to show to the country how the money had been spent, and consequently there was no check on the expendi- ture. The necessary information. he concluded. could be put in titty extra' pages, and the report not be. deiayedl more than a. week. . THE PITBLJC ACCOUNTS When Hon. Mr. Harcourt moved that the House Ko into supply. Col. Mathe- sun rose to move an amendment which at once started a debate. He moved "That it is expedient that the public neenunts and general expenditure of this Province should be published in as full a manner as done in the Au- ditor-General's report for the Domin- ion of Canada, putting. as far as pos- si'nle, all expenditures of the same na- ture together, and giving prices and nuantities in all payments over $5: and colonization road expenditure. givlng the name and oeoupatlon of all Iyer- snns engazed in the work." To amend the act respec lists in unorganized terr Ross. To amend the municipal ( act-Mr. Hardy. There was scarcely any any of the bills, the brief e given by the Minister in ch bill generally proving 8 Hon. Mr. Hardy's bill am municipal act has one imp tion, providing thnt in 'sas-., -_i.. ~,y un- AuvulC-'tl C0uneil at its next meeting In June. and that it would also accept a, further pro- vision. which he otherwise would have inserted in the bill, that all persons who had matriculated in any Cana- dian University on or before Novem- lwr l, 1895. should be entitled to re- gistration in medicine. On this under.. standing he would withdraw his bill. _ -_" ...-\. "Uote." [0 them that the House and the Govern- ment had eonfldence in the way in which the Council had managed its affairs, but that it was apparent. however. to the Government that during the last year or two there had been a disposition on the part of the Council to impose restrictions that were so severe as to prevent the re- gistration of a number of mung men, and " was the object of the bill to prevent this. On consultation with them ho had received assurances that all the points covered by the bill would he conceded by the Medical Council nf Stu nnvt "M'A""" . _ - _ __.-_.-._. "Ill-IV!" All. intori--etfi; Attprnev-Genertd Respecting salaries ot Police Magis- trtptei--rhe A..ttorney-msneiiii To amend the public lands tutt--Mr. Hardy. To amend the Algonquin National Park tuet--arr. Hardy. To make further provision respect.. ing mines and minirur---Mr. Hardy. To amend the municipal art-Mr. Hardy. To provide for the inspection ot meat and milk supplies of cities and towns--.. Mr. Harcourt. v r.-....5 '"""muetory. anon. Mr. Hardy's bill amending the municipal act has one important' Mee.. tion, providing that In cases of actions for damages the municipali- ty only, and not its servants as well. shall be liable to action; in case of negligence the municipality may sue its employees. -.. "a" men moved the dis- charge of his bill regarding medical registration. He stated that a large deputation of members of the Medical Council had waited upon him with te.. gard to the bill. He had stated to them that the House and ft,, I'M" MR . DAVIS REPLY ES . uIIschUOH or meat cities and towns- respecting voters' l territoFiesCii'i. icipat arbitration, K satisfactory. amending the important' sec- cases of actions municipal]- its servants Te to action; in Muhlptpal A! "Y debate on f explanations chaygg of the