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may: mm..m'" certain powers _Q"DMJ« To 1e 1 6'% * taxation of public corporations. f s amnt'w W&m"gfi n{:h;m had hfim introduced in the by Mr. l cv in the afee on pre: first instance entirely in the intcrests \ case of a vacancy in the o P UHiver: of the small corporations. The Goy-- ¢ sident, the senior professor 0: ernment had received petitions f f nd perform pe rom ' 'l'l't'YdCallm may act for and pe g,ree telephone company operating in | ' uties. ¢ seott, and from _ elec rie 1i E The clauses -- making provision for "': and street railway eompaniets in' otglelxt- 4 federation of 'Trinity University wer laces} askl tiflcation places, asking that the assessment bill amended to provide that on notiflica nat be not preué% on account of the bur-- by. Trinity before May 1, 1904, tha den of taxation which it would 'impose. they are desirous of federation, three He had had no idea of interfering with perssns shall be appointed, one a mem-- the larger corporations or franchises ; 1 ber of Trinity corporation, one a mem-- they could take care of themselves. He d ber. of fl!l;i l!limée"'.w', :;g:te;flt'l:dsht:fi proposed to substitute a new _ bill a ourt + C nnd * ; ° j f,','.';{."u: muf and consider articles of amending the assessment act. - agreement for federation. 7 ' The committee reported progress. | me d The 1::*\7!; Clauaei. (eaig ; e clause which was intende 0o E i Another Railway Grant. meet the scrap--iron assessment diffi-- f The Premier announced that one culty was as follows :-- | s item hbad been omitted from the rail-- "Real property belonging to or in the . 4s ways to be subsidized. He therefore possession of any person or incorpor-- $ 'proposed to add a clause that a sub-- ated company, and extending over . # sidy of $10,000 ($7,500 revoted) be more than one ward in any city or | k: given the Grand Trunk Railway to con-- town, may be assessed together in any | I struct a spur line from Burk's Falls one of such woads, at the option of the | ' to the Magnetawan River. assessor, or the assessment of the pro-- ' \_ Hon. Mr. Latchford introduced the perty may be apportioned amongst two | bills respecting aid to certain railways or more of such wards in such man-- | : 'already announced, and they woere ner as he may deem convenient, and o | |read a first and second time. In elther case the property shall be C ; valued as a whole or as an integral | & | Assessment Bill Withdrawn. part of the whole." i f i The Premier moved the House into International Bridge Cases. i committee on his bill to amend the as-- a 8 | |sessment act. He said that when it Continuing, Mr. Ross said provision j had been discussed on the}previous oc-- would be made for such cases as the 3 ]casion the debate showed that it con-- international bridge over the Niagara E: tained features which woud give a River at Queenston, where the assess-- ~® great deal of trouble and perhaps do an ment had been reduced to a scrap--iron «l injustlice. Members on both sides of basis. He proposed a clause providing the House 'had expressed some objec-- that in the case of any bridge crossing $ tion to the first clause, applying to the any river forming a boundary between /m I valuation of real estate. Exception Ontario and any other country, that Iwas also taken to the provision : that part in Ontario shall be liable to as-- cost of reproduction be taken into ac-- sessment as an integral part of the & Icount in assessment. In view of the whole, and on the basis of the whole. P late stage of the session he thought o s they might allow tha; to stm:ld o;;'::l' Objects to Withdrawal. | another year in that form, and w the Assessment Commission hed re-- Mr. Foy l(S;ou}t'l'ln Tg;(:n::gl::gugleo}; ported again next year they would have had been all loo it & N esY n thiat before them a complete bill dealing the Assesume'ntl omm's ot?fii an 'a A ( with the whole field of assessment. some fruit would arrive :hse"lon personal property, income, realty,| from their labors. 'He said the 'pr n-- franchises, etc. The House would per--| ciple of the Premier's origir'ml' bl.l,has baps be better able, having the wholol recommended by the commission, h:d -- field of assessment before them, to take not been attacked. The m'embers ' a wider view and discuss the question simply suggest@d some verbal amend-- i more satisfactorily. * ments. d;\'ow tl;tey we::'tic;ld }: \';3 !t'gg sceuss it or i k To Stop Scrap--iron Assessment. 't';:f ;:te. 'llt they l;md tg""&{ tthere : He did not, however, intend to allow some time yet, the public interest t \the decision with regard to the "scrap-- would justify the de}l&% Tit:le ft?ntlmtll:- F iron" assessment to stand. The feel-- sioners themselves sa lth'td e P ing in the House and in the country, he injustice should be removed without de-- d thought, was that there should be some lay. He again protested against tie -- legislatlon to x';esr:ore tt}!'xe.-tacsleellm'r'neut to withdrawal of the bill. '. 6 what it was before a ecision was *\ ' given. The hon. member fordl-lamlltlon Besieged by Corporations. --=-- ' § (Mr. Carscallen) had proposed a solu-- + itf" anyth i Ved ,, [NC Municipal Committes "list ahl'c;('x\';ed"xl:xlgx?: ythsa:iddxt::)%ger' theytrg(!l% f vear nad adopted a'resolution favoring of opinion and the absolute proof thut | the taxation of strecet rallways, erc., as the Government did not possess {je { souln coneerns. They had that view confidence of the country, if any dount § again presented by Mr. Carscallen. He now remained it must bé At; once d k-- believed that the adoption of the clause cHed.. At ihe request of the Goveia-- f he proposed would get over the diffi-- P t. . the . Asgessiment Commissic culty created by the judgment of the ?e(;r 4t the bifi n6W withdrawn. Court of Appeal, and that was the T';'l C l:'i'finhu?i been [drawif long $ main difficulty for the moment. ' d' frould ;. been fully conside'cd | \ _ He also proposed to withdraw his bill l P horod Aave been enedscuin ks \for the amendment of the municipal even before the se * _ Ad