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S Any municipality may vote itself 1 out of the jurisdiction of the Gov-- ernment's bill extending the term of municipal councils to two years Smmmmmmpmmmmmmemmmmmmment through a plebiscite initiated either * # by the Council or by petition of 5 N° NOW !.OVIOS Af' per cent or 5,000 of the voters, as lflVO'V.d In MOV. to the result of an amendment passed + R'.ch Uniform;fy in the Legislature yesterday while iT Nre UTRTGTTTTY T T the House was in committee of the INCLUDE Annuities _ ) ""e Hon. Fric Cross, Minister of Mu-- Wessusessseseamoummmmmmae nicipal Affairs, moved the amend-- Attorney--General Conant in the | ment after members of both sides 5 M s hn legers techiee of the House had stated that it Legislature yesterday introduced would be virtually impossible to ob-- amendments to the Ontario Income tain 10 per cent, or even 5 per cent, Tax Act to bring it into conformity of the voters in any large munici-- with changes made in Federal legis-- pality fo .s.ngin A petmon_ .Premler I8tION in th l us 5. He 1 lllephum said he o supported the j n in the past two years. He in-- stand that a numerical total should ; formed the House that no new prin-- be named and would support an ciple nor any taxation was con-- even lower number than five thou--| tained in the bill sand, "but that is for the Minister | o v to decide." ' Annuities or other annual pay-- R x NN * |\ __Mr. Cross finally guided the bill | ::\::'ts"r:lc'civ;?" ';:d::ug:hf"z:o' ( ilhrough committee stage, and it isl tive of the);lme C wRhich th tp": now ready for third reading. Criti-' C elfective .and n;lwlt:st::; cism of the terms of the bill was| becam * <@ voiced by J. J. Glass (Liberal, St. T ) ::'dt::ve';c}rg';tc:::ftaTnf':x'::z "'::'I'; Andrew), and Leslie Frost (Conser-& 5 » vative, Victoria). be included specifically in the total | "x. nuln(;,orr-,:u total should be otdincome assessable for taxation, lnampd by the Minister," said Mr. ";' l" one of the amendment's pro-- _ | Glass, "as it would be virtually im-- visions. . | possible to get 5 per cent of the To-- Another amendment provides for |ronto voters to sign a petition." ~-- f::':m':' ;':'m nn'(-omc :f ';'"'"' | _ Mr. Frost said he agreed with this yments made by an stand, and stated that it would be ;:\.Ptli%yel' to an ?mv'fo.\'fli'fi' superan-- Ieasier to check a definite numerical n or pension fund. total, than a percentage of the vot-- Extension of certain powers vest-- 1@,-5_ ® € ed in the Law Society of Upper At a previous sitting of the Canada is contained in another House in committee of the whole ie meman en ges. utm -- [Anopiontitade un itlh » $ * | cutting from o 5 per cen e to-- ing. The sociecty is given authority 'tal number of names needed on a toh suhsper;'d a ;)arrister l:)r solicitor petition to force an election. But the + who has been found to be mentally House rose before this could be incompetent or mentally ill, or who | vcted on. has failed to pay his fees to the semmmmmas society for a period of one year. Re-- iInstatement of any such barrister A or solicitor is also provided for in the amendment. & A fine of not more than $100 for wminiosumtunc's: Would Classify Schools $200 for a subsequent offense is stipulated in an amendment to the Solicitors Act which sets up new F P f + penalties for those not duly quali-- or urposes o ran fied to act or practice as a solicitor. ' of;:ern:cl)'rle:al':r trx):l(-iseo';ih'zglo cs:\lxlx:s:: A clause which discriminates be--, An amendment adopted in 1937 which have n.ot. been approved. are tween continuation schools with a| took away this township grant from s' contained in an amendr'r)tgnt i0 the large county attendance and there--| grade A and grade B continuation 'Trades Schools Regulation Act in-- fore a large county revenue, and | schools, on the ground that a num-- f roduced by Hon. Dr. L. J. Simpson schools with few county pupils and | ber of schools in the Province, be-- Minister 0'; Ed\.xcati.on .'I'he ppen: a very small county revenue, islcause of these township grants, ities Fanxe from 310(1). for the ini-- contained in the School -- Law | were making money out of running tial o"en:e io 32000 for a second A'mondmont Act, 1940, which was | the continuation school. offense. In the ca'se of a company given first reading in the Legisla-- It was felt, however, that some * i m k * ture yesterday. schools suffered . thereby, and in 'h;.l':'"t':"&eoog"{he'"::::;mg: The amendment introduced by| 1939 the township grant was rc-- z:claroys. »000, Hon. L. J. Simpson, Minister oflstored to these grade schools where R Education, clarifies the situation by |eight or more mills of the local Q\'}.&t:lzf?z':it:::hew):m}lr;u;:B(:'g\v'r?g basing the amount of the township | taxes were required to pay teach-- Line to Hamilton iny1939 was $108,-- grant on the net cost to the con--|ers' salaries. :uiwaccordin 0 Ticubes tabled by tinuation school section concerned| --But as it did not deal with the Ho;\ T. B IgcQuesfen .Minister of of running the school. An explan--| net cost to the continuation school C . Hi l'xwa.s.in esponse .toaquestion atory note points out that prior| section concerned, the act !a_aled i € TyA. Mur .hpo(.Com Beaches) to Jan. 1, 1937, the counties were| to show the necessary discrimina-- ' ,;o::'l 'm;intonl:\n)ée co's.t. for t'he'. required to pay grants toward the| tion between schools with large at-- o Aighw in 1939 '"_as $69,972 | salary of the principal and not | tendances and those with small en-- same nighway o se more than two assistant teachers| rollments. in a rural continuation school, on Other amendments introduced § the same basis as they paid grants | provide machinery for the setting in the principal and teachers of a | up of township school boards in un-- f _ public school in the township. ° organized districts. f 1 ;j