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NEW ADVERTIlitEWNTS.
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Insolvency Notiee—Diecie Watson..
Insolvency Notice—Thoma ii Churcher.
Stolen --Strachan & Smith.
Entire Qolt for Sale-t-j..MeIvei.
Store to Rent—James Campbell.
Legal Card—W. R. Squier.
'Card of Thanks—W: MCDoueall.
Seiing Off—I3eatty & Co.
-FRIDAY,. JAN. ..„31,1873.
The Warden for .1,873.
On -Wednesday last, Mr. Arabi-
-bald Bisbop, Reeve Usborne, was
unanimpusly elected Warden for
- 1873. That Mr. Bishop has per-
forthed his duties fairly, trattirtially
and to his own credit and to the in-
terests of the country, the enenitni-
ter with which his colleagues have
re,eleeted him, is the hest,evidence
that could be given. We congratu-
late the people of -Lisburne• upon
the (Reduction which:has been con-
ferred -upon their respected Reeve.
emeimeiteetweesum
Property Qualification for Mu-
• nicipal Offices.
This is an ,age of progess, and
the public men of Ontario seem but
slightly inclined to continue in the
rutty ,paths trodden by their fore-
fathers. A few sessions ago a bill
was passed in the Ontaeio Logiela-
ture abolishing the necessity of rep-
resentatives tieing possessed of cer-
tain property qualificationtinder
this system the standing of our Leg-
islature has not been one whit low-
ered, nor bas legislation been more
reckless or extravagant. On the
contrary, our representatives ere as
intellioent and as competent as are
those of any other Province or coun-
try, and our legislation as econom-
ically and las correctly conducted.
Another etc') in 'the march . of
progress is now about being taken.
Hod,' Mr. McKellar has given notice
of a bill which he intends to intro-
duce duringtthe present session for
the purpose Of extending the Sean-
,
chise. itisproposed to allowthose
in receipt of a certain salary or in-
come the privilege of voting on that
salary or income for Parliamentary
representatives. Anodier honorable
gentleman proposes to introduce a
bill during, the present session fur
- the purpose of eecuring secret voting
by ballot at elections. Both these
measures are - progressi e steps,
which, we trek, may be cargo(' out,
and become law. But theiii is yet
another Measure of this description
which should receive the censidera-
don of, and which we, would like to
see sanctioned by our leg'stators.
That is a measure abolishingthe law
requiring- municipal Officers to pos-
sess a „certaia propeety qualification
to render them eligildesfor the posi-
tions of Reeves Deputy - Reeves,
Councilors, dec. If the people are
• comoeteut eo judge of a man's fit-
ness for the position of• Parliamen-
tary representative, -entirely inde-
• pen den t' of property q uali Lica tinn ,
surely they are equelly competent
te judge ot his fitness, for these
minor offices also, without regard to
property qualification. Honesty, in-
tegrity and -moderate Rhiuy are the
• best qualifications for positions of
trust such as those named, and, it'
the people are allowed to make their
selection according to these in the
one car, why should they not be in
the other also? The length of a
,
man's purse, or the brealtlit'of his
lands are poor geides by which to
judge of Iris -persoual worth or fit-
ness for offitiat respensibilities. •A
_man may ,be very rich , and, at
• the tame time, very dishonest, and
notoriously unfit for such eesitions
as we have named, while another
may be comparatively poor, but in
• every way well qualified to perform
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the dunes pertaining to these offices,
with profit to his neighbors and
• credit to himself. It de not -right,
therefore, -that the public shoilid be
derived of this nian's services,
meilely on account of his ?ovetty.
The people should be left perfectly
free to decide- tor themseiVes of a
man's fitness or unfitness to serve
them in a public cepacity,, entit e-
• ly 'independent of his financial
• stan d ng.
But; aside altogether • front the
question of right or wrong, to say
that a person without property is
qualified to •assist in the manage-
• ment of the affairs of avast Prov-
ince and ungiialified to take part in
transacting the business of a _County,
Township or Omit village, it a mani-
fest absurdity. We trust that our
legislators will not allow another
session to pass without taking this
matter up, and that they will take
such --action as will cause the re-
moval from our statute book cf the
provieion which compels municipal,
officers ,to oe rated on. the assess
meta roll for property to the value
of a few; hundred dollars before con-
stituents are allowed to pronounce
• them eligibleto transact their mu-
nicipal business, no matter 'what
their other qUalifications may be..
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JIHE WOODSTOCK PAPERS seem in
-danger of going, into hysterics over
the posited of the proposed West,
ern NormaTiSektool Wing 'mutts in
L'ondon. Wee cannott'see -but tf,hat
London is in every way as conveni-
.
en t and central a position for this in-
stitution as Woodstock. If there
should be nothing more objection --
able in the Goveinment Normal
School -scheme, than ordering the lot
cation of the school in -London, we
fancy there are few who will find
fault with it. We do think, how-
ever, that if the Government locate
two schools in the Eastern section
and only one -in tbe Western sectien,
as it is rurnored_they intend doing,.
they will perpetrate a gross injus-
tice on the latter. Mete is no ne-
cessity at the present time for two
Normal schools in Western Ontario,
and there is much less for two in
the Eastern portion of the Province.
• DOINGS IN THE LEGISLATURE.
Froni Our Own Correafiondent.
Tom:gra, Jen. 29, 1873:
Taking tip the narretive of the
eteceedings of the House at the
point at which my last letter closed,
1 find in the first place a discussion
upon the vexed
' ARBITRATION QUESTION
between Ontario `and , mite°. It
will be remembered -the when that
matter was hitt before the public—
mob: than a year ago—it etood in
this position : The Quebec Govern-
ment had objected t,) the award,
alleging -that it was invalid, the
Dominion Government had refused
to take action upon it tillthat doubt
was settied by a competent tribtinal,
and.th tivo local governments had
agreed to .submit it to the -Privy
Council in England. :it was deslit
able that both governments should
mutuelly agree upon the form in
which the points in dispute should,
be submitted to the Privy Council,
and accordingly the Ontario Gov-
ernment Prepheed a "case" and sent
it to Quebec to be sanctioned there.
That was as fan back as last :piing,
but for gomelunexelained reason the
Quebec Government, while not ob-
jecting to the case, took no action
upon if till November lest, when an
Order in Council was paiseed accegt-
-ing it with certain modifications.
These modifications had, of comse, to
considered by our. Govermnent be-
fore the case could be emit to Eng-
land. It i safe to assume—al-
though the Premier in his explana-
tions did not sey 'so—that the 'Gov-
ernweiit in prparing for the
ing the House—did not find time
since November to give these modi-
fications the consideration they de-
serve, and so the matter stands at
present.
THE JURY SYSTEM
came up -for general discussion on a
bill f Mr. a. 8. Macdonald pro-
viding that in civil causes the ver-
dict of a juty need not be iinanihn-
ous. The princiPle of this hill was
pretty generally'agreed to, but the
Attorney-Genetat intimated • that
the whole subject of juries and the
Mode d coestituting them would
receive the attention of the.Govern-
ment and a Measuie inight•be ex-
pected - next session. Mr. Mac-
dohald's bill was therefore 'ejected.
So far as. the jury system relates tee
criatine.1 .eases the House were de-.
cidedly opposed to any change, the
only suggestion on that point being
one front Mx.. McLeod that the
Scotch , practice be introduced of
allowing a verdict ot • Not,Preven
to be returned. With reference to
the mode of constitutine, juries, it
was suggested that the Dumber of
grand jurcrs should be reduced, and
they should not :be exempt 'from
serving, mil petit juries with the
view -of sech ring e better class of petit
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swore.
ASSESSMENT LAW.
• Mr. Rvkert brought in a bill to
make some amendments in the As-
sessment law-, which led to a aen-
.
eral diseitssion on the sut;ject of es-
sessment. Smile wore in favor of
deducting a man's debts frorit bis
assessmeet, • but the trreat testable
with honorable members was how
to reach mortgages. The upshot of
it all was that Mr. Reykett withdrew
'his hill on a promite from the Gov-
ernment that the whole subject of
assessment would be considered dur-
ing the recess and a measure sub-
mitted next session.
MR. GIBBONS
joined in this debate with a brief
speech. He thought that property
should be Lissetsed where it was found.
In so far as the right of taxing was
concerned he could see no difference
between a note- of hand and a
mortgage, if a note were taxed so
ought a mortgage to be taXed. . The
moment • that money borrowed on
property:passed from the lender to
the borrower we lost sight of it, and
it was not in his opinion desirable
to embarrass the assessoi by requir-
ing him to enquire into the special
circumstanses of each individual in
order to discover bow notch he
owed. A much better way would-
be to allow the assessor to go ott and
assess the property as he finds it.
He agreed generally with the pro:
visions of the bill, except, that which
required property owners to make
afhdavit before a rna.gietrate as to
TR
the v4ie of theiter peitis In some
cases rties' woul haAre' to travel
some 16 or 17 • miles ,in ()Kier to
make their affidavits. He was of
opinion thattit should he left to the
assessor to value the pOperty, and
• he urged that the ciente .making it
-compulsory on property owners to
• make a declaration on ,oath, should
be struck out. The practice of r'e-
quiring oaths was by far to preva-
lent already. Go intolthe office ,of
any commissioner for taking affida-
vits and you will see every little.
while parties comieg and taking
oaths as a mere _matter rpof form.
The less we had of that sot of thing
the better, from- a moral -point of
view at least. He thought we
I ought to allow the assessor all the
1-,1iberty he now has in :valuing pro-
perty according to his own judo-
] inent, he bethg responeible • under
oath for an impartial and just deci-
siontelore concluding, he called
the at tentien of the House and Gov-
ernment to the case a mortgages
given for money reeeived • from
money lendeitt in England. Jtwas
considered a hardship to tax these
mortgages, _because the capital in-
vested came from England.
DIVISION COURTS.
•
The utilitypr, otherwise of Dtti-
sioit, Cotirts Wag thy 'Subject of a
brief discussion 011 a motion for the
• reports of the Inspector. Memhets
&ern the west. generally spoke very
favorably of these courts, but seine
of the eastern members held quite a
different opinion. rt Seemed to be
a general 'opinion that fees to the
Clerk were too small, as it was
sometimes impossible for the Judge
tb get competent Limn to accept the
office.
MR. GIBSON
had ;t few words to say upon the
subject. Comparison, favorable to
Division Courts, had been made be-
tween them and the Court of Chan-
cery, but in preportion to the
amounts involved in the cases before
each of these courta the expense was
_greater in the Division Courts.
His eixpetience of these courts was
quiteldifferent from thi experience
of gentlemen feonfthe tast, who had
Oeif
epekcn so Htlytbei He'would
rather lose a small sem than go into
the Division .0°111.5 to recover it, the
costs were so much in conipatison
with 'the amount to be collected.
It would he thought be a move in
the right direction to exclude from
these courts mita in which not more
than $10 or even $20 were involved
(heat, hear) The result of this pro-
vision would be that eredit would
not be given for these !small sums
unless, to parties who. s ere safe to
pay, a result which would be in the
interest of priblic morality. vVith
regard to another• point - that had
been raised, namely, the partizan
political spitlit displayed by some of
the Division) Court Clerks, especial-
ly in election times ---be- thought it
wouid be well to take away the
frachise from these officers. He
hinvielf had seen in his own section
of; cofintry cases of interference in
electionss ore the part,' of Division
Court Okra He di not apply
that charge to all the DiviSiou Court
.
Clerks eu his County but it was
• true with regard to so le, and coo-
sidering the influence wili.011 these
Clerks had over poot 'debtors in
many cases, he thought he franchise_
should be taken from them.
• The Government bill for the con-
solidation of
THE MUNICIPAL LAWS
hasbeen refer' ed to a Seleet Com
mittee which held its first session
yesterday. The bill ha 510 clauses,
so you can imagine ti e work the
Committee have before hem. The -Y
have gene into it, la wever, with
the intention of losing o time. The
plan they have adopt is to go
through the clauses, reserving for
futtne, consideration th se which the
Committee seem dispos d to discuss
abd amend. In this ay they got
through • oyer 300 hl uses • today.
rhe main- points resirved were:
Ward eleetions ; mod of electing -
Beeves, Deputy Reeve • and May
ors e qualification of lectors, the
right of electoisto v te in _every
ward in which theyha -e -property ;
compelling • a man no mnated for
more than one office ti declare on
nomination day which one he will
accept ; requiring ele tore to pay
their taxes • before- th han vote.
The CommiCiee will in et again. on
Tnursday.
The Legislature to -day visit the
Institute for 'Deaf at1 Dumb. at
• Belleville. • The part left at 7
o'clock this morning, y a special
Grand Trunk ttain. PONTIAC.
MIL GIBSON, M. P. P, ON
YERS AND THEIR L
In the discussion on Tu
the motion of ?'Jr. Boultb
pointment of a Standing
mittee to whom should b
legal bills, Mr. (-ibon,
North Huron, took part.
that this was certainly a
right direction. The Flo
session been troubled to
legal bills from- you
and he cordially agree
mach of what had been
Member for South Brant (
totheinipropriety of tla
was perfectly impossible to
every little 'special case,
YOUNG LAW -
LE BILLS..
sday night on
e fin. the ap-
udicial Com-
referrecl all
Member for
He thought
move_ in the
Lese had this
much with
lawyers,
with very
said --by the
Ir. Wood) as
practice. It
legislate for
and yet that
seemed -to be the idea of their yotmg legal
, 'friends, It was possible they had another
object in view. It was just possible that
a goodniany of these bills were intro laced
without any idea or special desire that
they were going to pe passed (Laughter).
He supposed it eves gratifying to these
young gentleman to kuo* that their
lit-
tle bills were distributed. every morning
throughout the Province from Cornwall
to Algoma. It probably was a good sort
of
for them (Laughter)..
He would, not do them the injustice to
advertisement
say that ther had any mercenary Motives]
in bringing mall these measures, bnt it
was possible_that they did not overtook
that element in the matter: 11 they
were to live ten or tvielve years more as
non -professionals --the parties- who had
to keep up the lawyers and all --the
paraphrenalia connected with the admin-
istration of justice --they would learn
that these bills were likely to add more
to their pockets than to their renown.
Be had much pleasure in supporting the
motion for the appointment of a Standing
• Judicial Committee. Take for instance
the municipal laws. It had been well
said last session that it would take a
Philadelphia lawyer to know what the
municipal law really was, there had been
so much tinkering with it. The same
might be said of the school law, end the
electoral law, and able the assessment
law. These four laws were of more im-
• portance to the country than all the rest
of the statute book put together. And
yet so many acts bad been paesed upon
these subjects that to non-professionals,
who had the piper to pay, there was
great confusion when there should be the
clearest understanding. He hoped the
proposed Judicial Celmittee would be
organited with the view of restraining.
the introdaction by private members of
such a multiplicity °Mills relating to the
general law.
SEWS OF THE WEEK,
'Parliament is called an extra
edition of the Official Gazette, pub-
lished Wednesday, to meet for the
despatch of business on Wednesday,
the 5tle day; of March,
it terrible disaster °centred in the
English Channel, on Wednesday
night of last- week, by which nearly
400 lives were lost. •The emigrant
ship Northfleet came into collision
at miduight with • an unknown
foreign steamship, wilich cut her
down to the water's edge,andpro-
ceeded on her course without, taking
any steps to succour the drowning
crew and passengers of the sinking
vessel. The result of this inhuman-
ity is, that out hf 412 passengers and
the crew of the. lost vessel, only 97
individuals were a tile to save them-
selves. The horror of the occurrence
was intensified by a panic which
seized the pa3sengers, the captain,.
being filially obliged' to fire upon
them, wounding one man, in order
to enforce obedience to his orders.
Had the terror-stricken emiorahts
been amenable to authority, it is
probable that many more lives might
have been saved. t
- There is much uneasiness cn Eng-
land in consequence of the Euglish,
note to Russia regarding the dieput-
ed boundary question in Central
Asia. In the settlement of the re-
lations between the two poweis
few years ago, on the Forsyth un-
derstanding, England only r•equie•ed
Russia to absta Ln from the in vitS1011
of Afghanistan, out the boundary of
that territory was left nudetined.
The twesent note declares that the
northern loomidary• of Afghanistan
commences at the Lake of Siri Koko
in the Parnie Steppe; thence fol-
lows the Oxus to-Kadgba &deli and
from that point westward to the
Persian frontier. • The note further
states that England has informed
the Emir of Afghanistan that be
'may fight the Russians if they crose
line. The Ruseian reply de-
clarles the desire of Russie to main-
.
tain good relations with ,Eugi ind,
but iterefuseS to accsest the indicated
boundary; because it includes coml-
trio which never belonged to Af-
ghanistan, but were always inde-
pendent. Ruesia's object in taking
K.hiva is apparently to establish de-
pots and hold the whole valley of
the Oxus. England draws this line -
to interfere with Russia's purpose,
and to ehable the former power to
better bold Hindostan as a liee of de-
fence when the day of fighting cetnes.
• The latest reports with reference
to the AngloRussiantrouble in Cen-
tral Asia. are to the effect that Russia
has made 11 itropotal establishing a
'team] zone atal guaranteeing the
independence and neutrality of Af-
ghanistan. The Russian Grand -duke
.Nichotas.is about to iwoceed to Ju-
ritha in order • to pattieipate in the
K !liven expedition.
The Pi ince of Wales will proba?.
bly aesist at the opening of the Vi-
enna extlibition ; the Shah of Per-
sia will aise be present. The Em-
peror William will visit St. Peters-
teirgh at the end of May, and will
proceed thence to Vienua, accom-
panied by the Czar. despatch
from Cettigne states that, Prince
Nicholas is preparing to attend the
exhibition.
The Committee of thirtrappoint-
ed by the French Legielature to
draft a new constitution have adopt-
ed a decree providing for the crea-
tion of a second Legislative Cham-
ber, for a hew electoral law, and
for restricting the President's privi-
lege of addressing the Assembly to
occasions when bills are before it.
The draft of the decree will be sub-
mitted t� President Thiers, with an-
other amendment, which is yet in
abeyance, permitting the Executive
to speak int the Chamber on all im-
JAN,
portant interpellations of the thev-
.
eminent. niers will appear before
the Committee on Friday, to -day,,
and will explain his views on the
proposed decree.
COUNTY UOUNOIL.
1.11r. ishop Ile-clected Warden—Re-
port of the _Municipal Loan Fund
Delegation, lice; °
The County Council for the County of
Huron was summoned to meet on es -
day last, but on -account of trains being
delayed by the storm, many of the Coun-
cilors were unable to reach the County
seat in time for aasession on Tuesday.
consequently, the Council did. not open
untilWeanesday morning. On Wednes-
day the chair was taken by Mr. Adam-
son, Clerk, when the following members.
handed in their certificates of election :
Ashfield, George Armstrong and Maurice.
Dalton. • Brussels, John Leckie; Clin-
ton, Robert Callendar ; Colborne, Wm.
Young • Goderich town, Robert, Gibbons
and. 8. IL Defter ; Grey, A. McDonald
and S. Slemmen ; I -Tay, Robert Brown
1 and Wm. Catrick ; Howick, James Per-
kins, A. L. Gibson and David. Weir,
Hallett, Humphrey Snell and Alexander
Monteith; McKillop, W. J. Shannon
and James Hays ; Morris, A. Brown
and. D. Scott; Stanley, Thomas Simp-
son and ueorge Castle; Stephen, Thos.
Greenway and Wm. Fulton ; Turnberry,
B. Willson and Win. Douglas Usborne,
A. Bishop and George Willis, East Wa-
wanosh, David Scott, West Wawa -nosh,
Charles Girvin and E. Gaunt; Tucker-
emith, G. Edwin Cresswell and. David.
Walker, Ooderich township, David Pat-
ton and Henry Tord. Mr. Benson,
Reeve of Seaforth, Was storm -stayed at
Stratford.- on his way froni Toronto, and
vi as consequently unable to reach Code' -
ich until Wednesday afternoon.
The Clerk announced that the first
• business Of -the Council would be to elect
their Warden. It was moved by Mr.
Young, Reeve of Colborne, seconded by
Mr. . Snell, Reeve of Hullett, that Mr.
Archibald Bishop, Reeve of Usborne, be
Wardeu for the current year—Parried
unanimously.; The Warden took the
chair, and in a neat speech thanked the
Council for thehonorcoeferred on him
in re-electing him as their Warden. He
also referrecl to the action of the depu-
tation from the Council, which visited
Toronto to interview the Government
on the subject of the Municipal Loan
Fund indebtedness. The Warden also
referred. to the North Riding Registry
-
office business and other subjects of im-
pcitance which would hkelycome before
the Council for their consideration.
A committee of five was balloted. for
to draft the standing committees for the
year.. This committee was composed of
• Messrs. • Greenway, A tinstrong, Pat-
ton, Snell and tiresswell, Mr. W. N.
Watson, of Seaforth, was, on
motion, appointed one of the County
Auditors. Archibald. Diokson, of God-
erich, was appointed as the second Aa-
ditor by the Warden. The Clerk was
instructed to issue tenders for the County
printing. •
Moved. by Mr, Pntton seconded by
Mr. Ford, that the stira of $3,000 be
raised. by the Countytfor improving the
boundary lines of the several -municipal-
ities, the said sum to be expended on
the same principle as last year. -
Moved in amendment by Mr: Brown,
seconded by Mr. Weir, that no money
be raised for expenditure on boundary
tines this year—Carried on a divieion by
- a majority of two.
THE MUNICIPAL LOAN FUND.
The following statement, which was
laid before the Ontario Government by
the delegates appointed at the last meet-
ing of Council, to interview the Govern -
Well t of Ontario in reference to the Muni-
cipal Loan Fund debt, was read by the -
Clerk, and ordered to be phblished in the
minutes:•
To the Hon. 0. Mowat, Attorney -Gener-
al of Ontalici: •.
SI it, --The undersigned, having been
appeithed a deputation from the County .
of Huron, to represent to the Government the views of the County in regard
to the proposed settlement of the Muni-
cipal Loan Fund. indebte nsss, beg to
submit the following :
In the year [853, the then united
Counties of Huron, Perth and Beuee bor-
rowed from the Municipal Loan Fund
$500,000, which was investea in stock of
the- Buffalo, Braetford and Goderieli
gRailway, which stock became' a toted
- loss, and was extinguished on the trans-
fer of the railway to the Buffalo and
Lake Huron Railway Company. The
Countyll Perth, at its separation from
Huron and Bruce, assumed $200,000 of
• this loan, leaving on 'Huron and Bruce
$300,000. Oa the separation of Bruce
from liuron, that County took with it
$55,000. leaving Huron $253,000, which
IS the present nominal amount of the
indebtedness of .Huron to the MunicIpal
Loan Fund. Huron has punctually and
honorably' paid .up its interest and sink-
ing fund, and has now at its credit in
saiking fund about $l82, ,
The County of Huron does not come
before the Government as a suppliant for
relief from its just debts. The County
has heretofore honorably maintained its
credit, 'ana promptly made its payments,
and is wiltme to continue to do so if
other municipalities e uall bl
compelled to do likewise; but having
Seen that some counties, whose po ition,
buth as to the character of their i debt-
eduess and their ability to pay, bters a
close analogy to that of the County of
Huron, and wht have persistently,eand
heretofore apparently saeceSsfully re-
pii. iated their obligations to pay,—have
had deputations before the Government
asking that their indebtednese either be
cancelled altogether or greatly reduced,
--the County hare thought it but right
to firmly protest against any reduction
to municipalities who are well able to
pay. There are, tio doubt, seteral town
municipalities, and perhaps one County;
-that of Lan ark and Reifrew—whose
indebtedness to the fund is greatly in ex-
cess of their Means of payment, and to
whom relief may *justly be granted, but
with the exceptions above named, the
County of Huron- feels that no County
can justly plead inability to pay.
Without having any desire to oppose
the just demands of any mnmeipality,
the undersigned trust you will pardon
them in drawing a comparison !between
the County.of Huron and the County of
Perth. . The indebtedness of the two
counties .having been in chief part ineur-
•
Iritory, a.md Stratford, its county town,
has been largely built up by that railway,
The whole Municipal Loan Fund debt of
Perth is s288.000; that of Huron
048ne0,2andurrea$88,t of gravel
roadserth'e widebitent
dlieeh:
• county, while all but $8,000 of the debt
of Huron was sunk and lost rn the afore -
f said railway. Huron contracted, a
%Ala. debt of 4O0,0O0 for 'its gravel
roads, by the issue of its owa debentures,
upon which the interest and sinkine
fund have been paid. From this .state-
ment of the position of the two counties,
we think that it must be evident that
Perth is fully as well able to pay as Hur-
• on, and justly should be called upon to
do so. But, -while Huron has honestly
and faithfully kept up its payments,
Perth has for many years persistently
refused to meet its obligations to the
fund, and now seeks to be relieved, at
the expense of the Province, from the
• greater portion of its -debt, the annual
payments t9 which would involve no
'serious burden of taxation upon that
!county,. The annual payment required
• from Perth for interest and sinking fund
being only $20,560, while Huron has
yearly paid towards the liquidation of its
indebtedness to this fund $20,240, besides
from $20,000 to WOO annually OA its
gravel road debentures. -Huron is wil-
ling to continue its payments until the
• debt is liquidated, if payment is also en-
forced. from Perth, and other municipal-
ities in a similar position; whose ability
to pay can not be questioned.
Should the Government think it just,
however, that Perth should be relieved
of its indebtedness incurred for the Buf-
falo and Lake Huron Railway, on the
geound of that being a, work of Provin-
cial importance, then Huron is certain-
ly in justice entitled to a return of the
moneys paid on its loan contracted for
the same work. The deputation feel
convinced that the Government could.
never so far sanction and reward a course
of repudiation, as to relieve the County
of Perth and refuse a reimleursentent' to
Huron. The deputation think it un-
necessary to enlarge more upon this
point, as such a course would be a direct
encouragement to repudiation, and en-
courage other municipalities to follow
the exampre set, if that example were to
receive the sanction or endorsation of the
G-overnment of the Province,.
During the interview with you, the
&mita-eon were honored with to day,
they gathered fromyour remarks, that
the deputation lately before you from the
town of Goderich, had suggested the
propriety of the Government assuming
the settlement of a claim whichthe town
of Goderieh has preferred against the
County for the purchase or assumption
by the County of a road known as the
Northern Gravel road, in which the
town hid invested a portion of themoney
borrowed by that manicipality from the
Menicipal Loan Fund. The deputation
are fully satisfied that the Government -
,
will eleatly see the impropriety and in-
justice of interfering M any -way, by
cr government action, to arbi-
trarily compel the County teeassume any
portion of the indebtedness of the town,
against the will of the ratepayers of the -
County. *Wialout entering at all into
the merits of the claim of the town of
•Gederieh, it is sufficient to say that
whatever is just and right in the matter
will, no doubt, be done by the County,
and in anticipation of, and as an intro-
-auction to a final and satisfactory settle-
ment of the claimsot the town, the Coun-
ty Council did a,Vit, its last sitting in
1872 SSSUMe for the -present year, the
maintenance and repairs of the said road,
and agreed to pay to the town the sum of
-$2,000, as representing be interest for
the year of tie amount claimed by the
town for the road. We mention this
simply to show that the Colony is in- .
dined to do what is rieht in the matter,
but we must respectfully butt earnestly
protest against any coercion in b. matter
that lies solely with the ratepayers of
the County and their representatives in
the County Council. -
The deputation may mention that in
• 1871 the County made a proposition to
the late Government to 'close its Muni-
cipal Loan Fund debt by a further pay.
• mentto its sinking fund of $27,000, it the
Government would aecept thnt as a final
settlement of the debt. The proposition
was made upon the basis that _suet fine
ther payment would raise the sinking
fund to such an amount, that the inter-
est of six per cent. allowed on the eink-
hie fund would • equalize -the interest
called at five per centon the debt,
aaid. the Province wouia then cease to be
under any advances tor the County.
Such an inducement the Cennty thought
might be held out by the GoVernmkalt
for the earlier liquidation of the debts of.
municipalities, to those who had promptly and punctually kept up their unnual
payments, -
in conclusion the deputation treat you
will pardon Ahem M suggestingthat
after such returns are made in the in-
debtedness of any municipality, ns 'nay
lie considered just and equitable, and a
linal settlement of the 'amounts to be
paid is aimed at, the Governmeet
see the propriety and necessi ty (;-f adopt-
ing some much more stroweet nenesures
for the enforcement of Eh: paymeet ef
the irStiegIed,
rcistrd sinking fue.
nd in futur.
A.
J. LECIUE,
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M. ltusa.
Toronto, Jan. 18, 18731.
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f-;
• r!td for the seine line of rail
11-
under the same by -Taw. The County of
Perth has' derived a be -meter benefit from
the construction of the Buffalo and Lake
Huron Railway than the Comity of
Huron—has a greater number of miles
of that railway passing through its ter -
Moved by Mr. Perkins. seconded. by
Air. Weir, that this Council pay over to
the township of Howick the interest ac-
cruing on Howick's proportion of . the
surplus divided at the June session, as
the County has received the bank niter -
est up to this date, the amount of .said
interest being $12. Referred0to Finaucc
Committee.
A similar motion moved by Mr. Wit -
eon, aud seconded by Mr. Douglas, iu
reference to Turnberiy, was also referred
to Finance Committee.
Moved by Mr. Leckie, seconded by
• Mr. Hays, that a special committee of
seven be appointed to report on the pro-
posed changes by the Ontario Letislatere
on the municipal assessment and school
acts, so that this Council may give an ex-
pression of opinion on these matters -
Carried.
Upon a ballot being, taken. this; com-
mittee was declared to consist of Messrs. .
Leckie, Patton, Armstrong, Gibson,
Greenway, Oresswell and Shannon.
The Council then _adjourned until
Thursday morning.
(Conoluded next week.)
ERTH TEACITERS Assocheasoa.--The
Teachers' Association of the -Couney of
Perth will hold its next meeting in the
Central School, Stratford, on teaturday,
I Feb. 8, at 10 A. M. The following is
the programme: 1- The best method of
maintainin er or ler in school—Dis-
cussion to be
2—What /32o
onght to be
Steele, 3s -ti
School Trus
W. Laird. 4
Donaldeo
McGregor,
for the ensui
CANADIAN'
The sixth si
nadian Dairy
held at Iuge
trhorsaay, the
next. The al
eved beeeeX,
Caldwell; ef t
N. Ye will
Tainted m
on "
bert College,
-Clarke, will a
on subjects of
A- 'McKellar,
ture, and Prof
will permit,
following are
be introduced
jpg Cheese;
ture for Daire
-cheese; milk
, Drawer, en&
will be one
features of
.cheeee, make
pared t give
system of nea
event be need
-valuable of an
by the Assoei
-interested in
invited to at
-socia.tion will
tiekets by the
ederates,
A Few F
drTesisleeff4)11-11t.
Sel Et hi,: ntddi s3ot se r held ho
dentof BtRhEez
elation, at • th
snu;wiiodi srae. el ;oat:
breeding and r
ing from scru
use feeble a
p,whr bf:sup
r$l
mo
that which is
qualities. T
from a
lehthsis:Oodadak
is the object
• should also be
milking &mile
thy, 'Calves
the best milbi
grade bull elm
bad qualities
as good on
grades the
apt
and neeecept
smoafesit amitostoshe
lel
Poor blood
tent. Pure
day will be
The best to. b
continuance 'et
As in this, so i
farm, care rous
made to pay.
fuiselleetil:f
asveelasl
dren and a, gen
eational and tf
triunity at lare
Then, if he do
, weed heie, he
it eoinewhere
h. VERY
The indige.eti
is not
attallacitiel
and a. very le
on sale in oar T
than half -dried
the proper se
doubly unforte
stuff to Ameeit
toriously a ilat
more unfit cies,
J e found to ete
sratter. It et
than to disturb
Rral health, ate
mentally an4 ei
ally, Cheese
Foe: 8miod-°o frei ill
cheese is rio
fruit. But
ta a proper sta.)
• a digestion an
be used as fre
concentrated
ally use matur
eat it as freely
equal safety;
greeu. can tal
and that little
.alisp(eli ffi,aftiot t t
tM
condition, Still
CHARACTEUI
knowledge of a
to judge of titn
The proper staa
ized by a total
pressed with
feels as if break
the tient remain
peaeance when n
and finger ;
'Iikmottha illaPnepe
el:it4
oily surface for
endrYarikilg the • nurl
viz.- Elasticite
or tough strne
tween the Own
cracking reathlS
a harsh and tia
and a want ef
melt when ms1
that a cheese is
tionabln flavor
caeein changed
broken down
Cheese that /1-1
may always be
yielded up its ei
fermentation, a
ee ti ifficult 1ig
is feebly retanu
ally held in ni
ripe eheese it ei
with the new
MON: complete
-cellne•ate's:'';eaaudildy.
butes to::::11.,:ra
In the—
hill againet e'en