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"7- '"v T _ "v. " ' MTURDAY, MARCH". '24, 1917. W I ' '. I . , F _... , 'MilllllWllillilllllEit " »He,took " an instance the mdm- g ' . Iiiiidtiri, qtrpmi1mion,orttere, money of tl . . ", t -, ", . _. wr {the municipalities was being handled RY . iby the Commission. He thought that. ' _ ' i ' so far as these Commissions were con- . . corned which indirectly expend public money, those who contract with ------- othem should be placed under the pro- fvisionj l"", as 1nt',1',",',t as if they re- . . " ,ce ve t roni t e Public Works De- Mr. Dewart's Complaint In the [Dartment or any other department . lot the Government. Legislature i Mr. Rowen said there was room for doubt as to the present law in respect tl.to' some of these 1"otnmitmions. He, ------.- [knew the question had been up in H'ourt with reference to the Univer-, ISHOULD OPEN THE BOOKS im- 1 i i Hon Mr. Lucas instanced the Ni-l ; genera Park Commission, where it, I -------. was; held a contract was a contract! , {with his Majesty. , IMr. Dewart Also Wants Government l Pi'emier' "CY,'" saidhthe Govern-; , I nent wmi d on into t e matter. Commissioners Put in Sallie Posi- ; The. bill was lost on division. I tion " Ministers Respecting Gots ; . The bill setting forth annual elec-s , . tions to the Hoard of Education, and E crnment Contracts 'which applied to Toronto, passed] l 'through committee. , i (minimisation Provisions. 1 Mr. H. Hartley Lewart's bill re-' ti When. the workmen's compensa-. ' . ' .. t on measure was in committee, Mr. 'i!,"',"?,??'. an trialled")?! of the '""""""r Howell thought there should be some! Pf the P. & N. U. Railway Commis- method that, would be fair all round? ision was declared lost on division in! tn the case of workmen with a low, itne Legislature yesterday. The bill :21? 11(',ciT', 1""y/y1t'titd, for "I . r . 7 ' i ,"er perm. than t e thirtv days" inroposed that the accounts should .it first aid provision. Hon. Mr.) Luct'ls. all times be open to the inspection of Attormv.c-Gow,rtal. took the view that any member of the Legislature. He f',ftrey.1" "I'"", were provided for in had asked this rather than that the (the discretionary power given the full accounts should be included in' l "(mmmbmn' tho Public Accounts, which would he American Insurance Companies. expensive. There Was " total of . Mr. Itowoil, at the request of some $2,000,000 of insurance on T. & N. o. of his "onstituents, raised a question Railway property, and the firm of in- (? rainiion to the insurance act and sun W . ., . .. "r... . _ Hi ier insurance companies. He 141.8 ugents "uh which this wart, stated that the complaint was that Pt manly Placed "or. lrisli Gr Maul- American companies did not come son the President and largest share- under the insurnm-e art and were per- holder of which (Mr. Mark H. Irish) "3'th to rate insurance at a lower was one of the members for North-i figure 11:yi the domestic companies east Toronto. One would think, said I drapexmlued to accept. Mr. Dewart, that there were some [ on. Mr. Lucas: yym he would have other firms beside that in which the? a report on the. subject. member for Northeast Toronto \vzisi No Lake, Nipissing Fishing. largely interested in which the insur.. i, lie .. di . ' ance could have been placed. This) Mr 'fill mg a /ptic'e of 'motion by illustrated the importance of having: iyJ; 'mgmu. (f11yyeor.1 Fa1is), Hon. these accounts accessible to members; inlay .?.laediatirttid said no licenses of the House. i were Ko.""," to be Failed for the year Hon. Mr. McGarry (Provincial: _ tg' tish m Lake 'sirius',. This had Treasurer) pointed out that therel een decided in view of the strong were Ill members of the House and ; ttie,f,'J,ee2"t,i,te from representative one could conceive if the members) "usiness men and others. _ Mr. exercised that right the trouble, an- , ' ageau said the statement was quite noyance, inconvenience and loss of' satisfactory, and he would not press effective. work on the' part of the: the motion. . . .. 'if?yumiysiys. if a member of the! i Seraond reading W3? given to 'a bl} [House had some particular purpose in (, 1:970 need by y,rvelyy,trd (Dundasi View, it he desired to get information i .ivlntr municipal Councils power to :for use in the House. he did not think I purchase supplies 9f vegetable and he (the Treasurer) would refuse .to I Sroot seeds and retail them to the re- facilitate access to these books. i, [sidents ot the municipality, Regulation of Commissions. l I" Mr. Dewart then moved the second . reading ot his bill amending the Leg- , islative Assembly act. applying to. itliose who were members of the! (House, so that they should not he able ', ito make contracts whereby they di-;' irectly or indirectly received sums of, ;money for any service, work, matter' :0" thing. "by or on account of anyl (commission or board appointed by (fli existing under the authority of any act of the Province of Ontario." For; .examplc. it would apply to the Oil" Itario Railway and Municipal Board, (the Hydro-electric Commission of On- i itario, the Timiskaining & Northerni Ontario Railway Commission, and to ,the Board of License Commissioners! . for the Province. I F Hon, Mr. Lucas (Attorney-General) i said he had no quarrel with the. prin- _ "siple enunciated by the member for . ISouthwest Toronto. He was advised (by legal omcers of the department fthat the law was now exactly as his thonorable friend thought it ought to be. ', . Put Them in the Act. I Mr. Dewart said there might be very serious doubt as to whether' money that was paid. coming from the T. & N. o. Railway, was so paid as money of the Province of Ontario.