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e e e O S 0 0 C 0 * Fcbw-ami V3 | Initial Reading Is Given Bill T o Widen Mail Summons $ |_ _A bill to permit the sending of, ing of the summons within ten days | summons by mail to persons who | Of 1the violation, continues to apply ind A avant ;iar. | ODIY to breaches of the Highway | have violated any Provincial St8l*| Traffic Act. Provision is male for Iute as well as municipal and other serving a summons upon a corpora-- 'by-laws and regulations, was given lio'n where one of the officers re--;| first reading in the Legislature yes-- q:lrc% hto bc.ser\lfed cannot be locz:it- s x ed. ere is also provision made terday. Introduced u'nd.cr the title for dispensing with service by mail of the Summary Convictions Amend--| ang permitting personal service in ment Act, it extends the provisions| the first instance in certain in-- made at the last session of the Legis-- Sug'nc:s.se tfon' of l enemeft s # C ie amen latgrc to serve gummonses fgr MQ: provides for cases in which there lations of the Highway Traffic Act|;, difficulty with regard to address-- by prepaid mail. es Under the present system no An explanatory note states that|address of an offender is recorded the requirement calling for the serv--' with the license and permit, A cmmmenmmmcme mm mm # Mortgage Tax Act I ;Amendment Asked | An amendment to the Mortgage| % | Tax Act, permitting the itax of one--| tenth of 1 per cent on mortgages registered in the registry and land titles office to be used in connection with the administration of justice, was introduced in the Legislature yesterday by Attorney--General Co-- nant. It provides that these moneys shall be paid to the Inspector of Legal Offices and deposited in the Provincial Treasury, instead of going to the general furd of a municipal-- ity. The revenue from this mortgage tax will be applied in payment of any deficit in the operation of the registry or land titles office. The bill affects Toronto and the County of York only. The tax was adopted originally for the purpose of assisting the city to pay for the Albert Street registry office, which is now fully paid for.