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reaumg was one, introduced by Mr. .E.w. J. Owens, to regulate the prac- tice of optometry. It was referred to the Legal Committee, and it will be considered by it at 10 o'clock on Vednesday morning when any ob.. !jections will be heard. Leader of the Oppositi appreciation of the an brought down. He wa Meaaed to see the cl to medical attendance, Among the several private bills that were reading was one. intro It is also stipulated in the amend- ing act that the principal contractor is responsible for notifying the Board of all sub-contracts made, and of seeing that assessments un- der the sub-contracts are paid. Al- lowance is also to be made for the providing of artificial limbs for in- jured men. Provision is made too for appeals in certain cases. All restrictions will be removed on the payment of medical expense. and in future the Government will meet the entire cost of medical atten- tion. In future no compensation is to be paid to residents of enemy coun- tries. Unless these dependents have fore-sworn their allegiance to their native land and become citizens of Canada they would not be entitled to the pension ordinarily paid. This provision also applies to countries voluntarily foreaking alliance or failing to establish peaceful rela- tions with the Empire'.' Several changes are to be made in the Workmen's Compensation Act at this session of the Legisla- ture which will to some extent at least, meet certain suggestions that have been made to the Government. Hon. T. B. Lucas introduced a, bill yesterday to amend the existing act. The amendment that will probably be welcomed more than any of the others is that increasing the allow- ances to widows and children. The new scale will increase the monthly payment from $20 to $30. and the lchildren's allowance from $5.00 to $7.50. and the maximum to all de- pendents from $40 to $60, provided that the 55 per cent. of the aver- age earnings will permit such pay- ments. However, the widow's al- lowance is never to go below $20. nor the children's below $5, where thcre is a widow, or below $10, where there is none, except that the total payment to all dependents is not to exceed $40, unless the 55 per cent. of the average earnings admits of it. Another clause provides for abol- ishing the exclusion of persons on- gaged in clerical work from sharing in the benefits of the act. The; act. as it stands, not only deprives: persons in clerical work of the bene- fits of the act, hut also causes great difficulty in dealing with both'; claims and assessments. This change i however. will not come into effect until the beginning of the year. Exclude Enemy Aliens. ! Miximum for All Dependents Raised From $40 to $60 OPPOSITION IS PLEASED COMPENSAWNUMLIFBL o, 1ulu. Mllll LIQUOR ACT AMENDED 0N DOCTORS' nli%lll?'fli)l6 M onthly Allowances to Widows and Children Increased William Prpudfoot, K.C V VV..u-vv.., L\.\_u. ) Opposition. expressed at the amendment. as . He was particularly re the clause relating _trfven siecoxid EA'l'DKDAI' APRIL J, 1913 public and J. D. Flavelle Gives Figures on Enforcement of o. T. A. Since September, 1916, Before Public Ac. counts Committee Mr. J. D. Flavelle. Chai"man of the Ontario License Board. told the Public Accounts Committee of the Legislature. when the inquiry into the Dewar! charges against Chief License Inspector J. A. Ayearst was rr'sumed. that since the O. T. A. had been in fovce----ltettVeen Septem- ber It}. 1916, and February 28, 1919 Commissioner Smith told Mr. Dewart that the members of the present board had endeavored to do their work. notwithstanding the re- duction in the number of the mem- hers, fest from tive to four and then from four to three. The work was a little heavier on the members now than it was in 1915, Mr. Smith said, expressing this opinion in ref- erence to the office work. An In- spector could not make a sale of liquor to a vendor without instruc- tions from the board. Donations of liquor to hospitals or other charit- With the exception of this in- formation, comparatively little PCO- gress was made by the committee in adducing any further important facts. Commissioner George T. Smith and M P. J. F. Mowut, account- ant of the department. were the only other witnesses called, Mr. H. Hartley 'Dewart. K.C., who made the charges in the blouse. was only able to.)ie present l'0r_part of the time, having to leave to attend the fipst session of Sir William Mere- dith's inquiry at Osgoode Hall. l.ieut.-Cdl. H. A. c. Machin ot Kenora examined Mr. Smith and Mr. Mowat, and adjournment was then taken until Wednesday morn- ing of next week. Col. Machin inti- mated that he would call Mr. w. S. 'pintrman. Vice-Chairman of the hoard. to give evidence at the next sitting. Told Not to Search Baggage. Mr. Flavelle told Col. Machin that the figures quoted above did not in- tlude the amounts' issued by drug- gists or veterinary surgeons, or amounts sold direct from distillers. Nor did it include the amounts sold by distillers for industrial purposes. Three or four months ago the board had through its Inspectors-ind the distillers had done their part. too-- notified the doctors that because of the epidemic, the distillers could supply the doctors direct. Work of Board Heavier. more than 1,000,000 quarts of liquor were supplied under doctors' trrestviptions. or this amount, 475,- 000 quarts We": :npplied between August l, 1018, and February 28, 1019. Between September 16, 1916, and February 28 of this year' the tities actually paid totaled approxi- mately $1,250.000. Of this amount $500.000 was received by the de- hartmcnt, the informations having been laid by its own oft1cevs: $750.- 000 of the amount went to the mum- cipalities, the informations having been laid by the local police. Dur- ing the same'period the number of convictions for breaches of the Act totaled 8,500; of this number 4,700 were convictions for being drunk. Mr. F'lavelle tiled with the ttottl- mittee a letter' which was sent to all inspectors of the board on March 13 in substantiation of the statement he made at the previous sitting that instructions had been issued advis- ing ofticials not to search personal baggage for liquor unless believing there had been a contravention of the Act, and not to search the per- sons themselves without a warrant. While the letter was markel "private and confidential," it was read to the committee. _