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Nedebai h citc in is c ic t 110 e t e Apul s f | Lower Rate Predicted. » N I X ON ' Hon. Leopold Macaulay, Conserva-- tive House Leader, who sponsored the Forest Hill bill, and Reeve Fred (G. Gardiner, emphasized that prior 'to 1935, when the Ontario Govern-- ment took over income tax collec-- tion from the municipalities, that one--third of the village's revenue had been made up of income tax. Loss of the tax caused the mill rate to jump 11 mills to a total of 43. hi ie e en uic ic ate There was, they argued, no equit-- & % able return in the one mill rebate Proposed Legislation Now |trom the Government or in its as-- R d { S d sumption of mothers' allowances eady ftor secon and old--age pensions for the cost of * these two services were compara-- Reading !llvely light in the village. Reeve f m--eonmnamaes Gardiner argued that every other municipality in the county, with the COMMlTTEE R E Po RTS exception of Swansea, benefited by smm n mm m e the change over of the income tax Notice was served upon the On-- collectior) system. A tario Legislature yesterday by Hon. In addition to that l:;i).or(n); claxm;d Harry Nixon, Provincial Secretary, that no more than'. 940,0 :t })03 that he would attempt to block in most f'"l' _°'f t'he village sd sl 25-"1 second readings bills that would _ COUNtY levy was r;lurm: "'.1 e authorize Forest Hill to incorporate ; Way of services, so that the revision as a city and York Township to ap-- meant a net loss to Forest Hill of i megioh "I¢ Municipul_tBom"d'fOr PE Im\.'iogl(:'i?loer %nrr;t:'rtn. K.C., for Forest 8& 8§ e cilty s uUs, A * *Ne*+ ® mi\lrgz;:o:-g ?l?claral'ion amm, im« ,mn. estimated .lhat in_corppration j mediately after David a Croll, (Lib., _| would allow a five to six m'llls re-- Windsor--Sandwich» had reported to _ Guction in the municipality's rate. the House that the two bills l;arl "'nfi"féa'pi.'fifi?.?pi'?{ thefl;agntc.\gu::'; been approved the same morning . | clar ) y: n by r:hoppl,e;;isu[ure Private Bill: |cannot afford to lose Forest Hill. Committec. If the village is incorporated, the w "As far as 1 am concerned." de---- |county will have to absorb $100,000. clared Mr. Nixon, "I want to give 'H can't be done. It would be ter-- notice that I will oppose the pass-- [ rible." R j age of these bills to set up two | He claimed that Forest Hill paid adaitional cities on the outskirts "g pelr r'otnhtl ¢:'f thfP';ounl.V ltevy and + of Toronto" \that two--thirds o e county on an While tinal authority rested with lassesement basis was still in default. the Legislature, officials pointed Reeve Warren of East .York pginted out that reverse action in the house out that the rate in his municipal-- to that of one of its committees 'ity was 60 mills on an assessment upon a piece of legislation, was ex-- |lequal to Forest }'l,illkand hle mai{\& tremely rare. tained that East York simply cou ks R not make up its proportion of the Attacked by County. loss if Forest Hill left the county. In this instance, threat of fur-- ther opposition fell upon a bill, that of Forest Hill, which bore the brunt of battle at every step in its passage ihrough the committee and then emerged on the basis of a scant 17--15 vote. The York Town-- ship bill, asking only permissive legislation, passed committee with-- out a polling of the members. Both bills, particularly that of Forest Hill, which asked city status on Jan. 1, 1939, was attacked by York County representatives. Special legislation in this first s major revision in years of the status of suburban municipalities was essential because Forest Hill had neither the required 15,000 population to become a city under application to the Municipal Board, nor was it in a position under nor-- mal procedure to jump from a vil-- lage to city standing. In the second instance, there was lacking under existing legislation autll\ority for a i f oo mmz municipality of township status to h°b° 1 'becomepa city without first passing Reporfel' |S EX ibit A for prOOf through village and town stages. % C LHs * Forest Hill's population was given " " |k o permeen o Bapniont® on Euo All Forest Hill Folk Not Millionaires that of York Township as 75,000. esmmuumertormerpumrcmsmmmumug Loss of revenue in county appropri-- Fashionable Forest Hill Village, | Hill's population consisted entire-- ations :vitho:n ain equltable"ret\:r: Toronto suburb, which is seeking | !Y ofl mi,l'iiom:irefi c;; if "ordinary in services, leaving an estimate C hay people" also live ere. $80,000 yearly "gift" to York County, §tatus sc k Cl¥ proved yeste.rday '"Well," returned _ Chairman was a major factor in Forest Hill's !t has a population not entirely | Davig A. Croll (Lib.. Windsor-- appeal for a break from the county made up of millionaires. Walkerville), "the best example I unit. During discussion by the On-- | know of is--stand up, Cragg." tario Legislature Private Bills Kenneth Cragg, no millionaire, Committee of Forest Hill's appli-- | but a reporter for The Globe and cation to be incorporated as a city, | Mail, stood up. A citizen of For-- A. L. Elliott (Lib., Peterborough), | est Hill, he was reporting the com-- asked if it were true that Forest mittee meeting. #A