The Huron Expositor, 1872-02-02, Page 4NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.'
Furniture--Thornas Bell.
Money at7 per cent: -
Calves for Sale—S. Carnocha.n, jr.,
-Notice to Debtors—George Barker.
Notice—S: Swinerton.
For. Sale-s-Ilenry Byrds. -
Dissolution of Partnership—Allen 4i
Millen.
- Netice—J. W. Fullerton.,_, -
Auction Salea-7.A. Bishop.
Spectacles—M. R. Counter.
Farm for Sale in Stanley. -
Tavern to Rent—T. S,hannen.
Sale Still Continuing -L -T.
mint extpooitor.
FRIDAY, FEB..'. 2; 1872. •
The Warcicenship.
We are glad to be able to an-
nounce that the County Council
have at length mustered sufficient
Courage to break thrOugh' the cast-
iron rule which has bound theM f�
so many years, and have, wonderfu
to say,- selected a Warden from out
a aide the limits of the Countytown.
The °fight waa.a hard one, but the
victory Was finally won by those fa.
to breaking up this -i‘monop..
,ng prevailed. P1118 year, the honor
° ly of. honor" system which has so
o
Of the Wardenship is conferred
upon a retResentative of a Southern
municipality,Mr. Archibald Bishop;
Reeve of Tisborne, being the hon-
ored individual. A better selection
scould not. have been •made. Mr.
.: Bishop has represented the town-
ship of UsbOrne in trip County Colin-
- eil for ten soccessiie years. • e
has been a• resident of the itoun v
for many years,.and there could not
be 'found a County represented e
-better posted OD Municipal matter
Mr. Bishop has resided in the towa
ship which he .represents -about_ si
teen you's, eleven of which he h s
,
seyved in theTownshilJ Cmincil,an
as we have already said, ten in • t 1 e -
County Council, With' but t‘ o
exceptions; he has been elected b
acclamation, and on these Om oCe
aions the opposition to his retur
has been merely neininal., • A tea
.who•stancls so well -with his cOnstit
ents ,as this -is justly entitled to
hive the highest honor in the gift Of
the Comity Coinicil conferred upon
him. We congratulateMr. Bishop's
constituents on. the election of their
representa,tive as Warden, and have
every confidence that lie will filais
new office with as• re uch-4:reclit asthe
has given them satisfaction.
11
Our New School Law.
According to intention we an-
nounced some time ago; we proceed
to further consideration of the lead-
ing provisions of the new School law.
-
Thus far, our remarks have been, in
favor of the law, but our .readers'
must not' conclude from this that we
consider it entirely fatildess,- for like
everything of hulnan origin, it, un-
questionably, is far from perfect.
But -we take the position that the
Law is coareGt in its chief °principles;
and hold\ that its hearty adoption by
the people at large and its thorough
enforcement by the authorities can:
not but 'result in great and lasting
benefit to the ceuntry. We cannot
expect to reap the 'full benefit, how-
ever, until the law is establishpd in
the good Will of the geneLl public,
and the way to bring this about is.
certainly not to give undue pron.'',
rience to its detects, bet- rather to
point out its Illftny e,xcellent provi-
•sions, and present it to the people
in as ifavorable a light as possible,
consi tent with fact. For this lea -
son we approacb. the subject :in .e
friendly . rather than fault-finding
•
spirit.
The defects awe 'see in the
,
law are principally maters of . de-
tail that can be remedied at some
. future time without endangering the
stability or effioiency of the wiser
and more important provisions :and
instead of urging our objections at
the _present time, and .triing to
spread disaffection bathe Minds .of
the peo'pl'e, we prefer to do all .we
can to remove such pbjectiooS to the
law as * have already been Made.
At the same time,we disclaim any
allegiance to Dr.' Ryerson, the ven-
erable framer of the School law, al-
though we are quite- ready to gie
him all the credit he justly deserves
in this connection or any other. We
are discussing-, not the character or
past conduct of the Chief Superin,
tendent, but our school system and
school laws as they now stand and
,iu dbing st we set aside personal
considerations altogether.- We may
stay, however, that we do not iegatd
oer-school systeru. as the exclusive
production of any one man.; _ un-
• doubtedly,it is largelY eclectic in its
compotition, being a compilation of
materials.from-various sources ; and
therefore, we think-, :the Doctor
scarcely merits the higheit honors
of an original lawgiver, accorded to
his predecessors Solonand Lycur-
gus. Besides, many of the prom-
inent features of the New Bill, pe-
culiarly Ryersonian, were modified,
mutilated or entirely lopped off in
running the gauntlet of the House,
so that u ei•e really remains little in
r•-
a
•
the present appearance.of the law to
indicate its 'artlntege. Having de-
fined our p sition, in order to pre-
vent
misconception, we go on to dis-
cuss a provision of the Jaw t1i4t
has drawn forth aigreat deal of op-
position from, certain quarters, t
!Superannuated Teachers' Fund.
Ther..:rattw requires' all licenc
-.s ti,is
t
male tea.; hers to pay four dollars p
anurn t*nto a fillet for the suppo
1a super n4ated9Mb'ersi ofthe.
profession. In ca 'ae iaf a teacher's
death, dr whole amount of his sub-
,
scription with interest 46 aweii. per
cent.; is'
When a
ated, he
tionate ti
paid in to his widow.
teacher becomes superannu-
eceives a pension propor-.
the amount of the fund
and the 1 ritunber ;f years he has
taught; should he leave the profes-
sion, he can. claim one-half the stun
he ha°,s'paid tin. IN•SnOli is the appar-
ently wise and .benevolent provision
that has iroduced, so much dissatiS-
faction a313 ong the persons It wqs
cldaigned o benefit. It embraces the
principles•of ..7i Savings Bank, and 4
Mutual Jife Assurance Society, a
as such i stitutions, wherever ho
2ekly con uetett;hav'e proved highl
beneficial, there is no doubt but th
Jaw willa altaba-generally recognize
is of grea advantage:to the teache ..
It was ictJrinended, too, f r
an additiot 'iiidaCerlient to teacheis
remaining for life in the professio
and has a decided tendency to di
courage the pitetice of making teach-
ing a mere stopiiiiigsstoue• to , some
less arduous and more remunerative
calling,—ft great and prevalent evil...
A teacher Whe'enters the profeasion.
with the, int efiation of, (knitting it as
sod** as .' h*1rCumstances will p=
m
mit; cairn e loT' expe ted to apply
himself to 4theatask of mastering the
art of teac int, in thepry and prac-
tice, with ta-eneigy nd success o
ake it the Pc
We sincere'
e clause un
j
r With a gen
salaries,and
in obtainin-
the effect of
of temporary
• The objects
then, are ex-
rst place, to
nally by pro-
ni of support
Ii e shouldafail
ncy in, other
11
one who
' cupation
hope, thei•
'der discuS
eral inGrea
flie great
`certificate
esolyes to
f his life.
ore, that t
ioNofhe
e th teache
r vdifficult
have
reducing t ie number
and inetfic'ent teacher
of the Tea hers' Fund
cellent, be ng, inthe
benefit: the teacher pers
viding hi with a me
iii his old ge, in case
to acquir a compet
ways, an in the seeond place, to
icnprove t e 'condition of our public
,schools, b tending to make teaching
4 permane t and life-long profession.
These are evidently the objects of
uthis Wise p°vision, an 1 we have yet
to see it 4. Onstrated that it will
fail to actom pliah the
• .
As we laLve said, the enactment in
,
question is strenuous' r 'objected to
by maeay- o our teache s. ' We have
not heard ' ny doubt e, pressed as to
the uldma e benefit he fund will
confer on Ithe profess on ;'-' norl are
we aware that any -sus :aim, of dis-
honesty in the !future management
or distribution of the oneyis en:
tertained; but,: as f4 as we can
learn, thej onliy objection ut4-ed
s that it arbitrarily dis.
teacher's money with-
ing him .thereon, and is
y' tyrannical . Now, we
aaainst it
poses of di
out consul
conseq u en t
think this ia)jection ca,n be fairly
an-swered. In the first place; we
understand that the advisability of
making such a provision in the
School La* as th f one u der con -
vat first urged, by teach-
! -es, ancl brought to the
e.Chief Supelintendent
• debates on the question
of the Teachers' Associ-
oronto and. . elsewhere
the' country. But no
t inlroduced to the pub -
e in the School Bill em-
bodying theiri' suggestions, than it
sideration) a
ers themsel
notice of t-1
throgla th
in •, leeting
ado'
throt ghout
ii
in
scion4r was
lic as' a clam
stirr
indig
-the s.
Agai 1, our
percei,ve•any
ments that make imperative demand
upon the public purse for the benefi
of their piofession_; how then can
l
they be'conlistent when they con
deron that provision as tyrann a
which simplly requires them to de
..
posit four dollars per annum to then
-own credit in a .badk which can not
break ? .-We can see nothing .unrea
sonable in MI6 allthority which tarants
the tea.cher Ips license annexing 4.1iOh
'
a condition hereto ; not do .*07,,see
anything w ong in that authority
which arbi rarily disposes of the
people's- money for the advancement
of ed - ucatio extending a little bene- -
volent contr 1 over a portidu of the
teacher's sal t'y for the same objecii
It will hot do to say that teachers are
sufficiently intelligent to provide for
the future by their own manage-
ment. No doubt many of them are,
but on the other hand it is jest as
certain that numbers of them- will
need assistance when:they are driven
`.,.0 thQ wall by old age, misfortune,
or disease. Many of our spruce young
teachers, too, clever enough at solv-
ing quadratic equations and the like,
but not sufficiently impressed with
the truth of the proverb that "you
can't both eat your cake and have
it," may fail in obtaining a satisfac-
tory solution to the great problemof '
up an _amount cf -pedagogic
alien truly portentous, but, at
the time, somewhat surprising.
teachers. are unable to
tyranny in those enact -
life, andtana
Doztor,.or, t
his wise est•
for Superan
yet liveto thank the
e Doctor's ghost, for
blishment of the Fund
uated Teachers. ,
Gro s Negligence.
On Thu day morning of last
week; our r porter, who was in at-
tendance at he County Council, at
aoderich, in iled at the Post Office
in that place, . a full rep9rt of the
first two da s proceedings of the
Cou ici1, tog ther with other im-
port Lnt mat er. The letter, how -
eve did.no reach this office imtil
Sat rday ni ht following. This ac-
cou ts for th non-appearance of any
ion of t e election of Warden,
men
and the proceedings of the Council
in lalst week's issue. The letter had
evid ntly been miS-sent by the Post
Office Clerk on the train, as the
PostruaSter a Goderiali, states that
he has a 'd stinct recollection of
placing it w th other letters going
•East that In ruing, and the Post.
master here -ays that it came to his
office with. th mail from ihe East
on Saturduy fternoon. Such abomi-
nable careles ness as this should not
be p,aassed iv, but should be, sirictly
looked- after by- the Post Offiee
authorities.
'
TEE ONT
now :beginni
oarry thong
f°t• which the
ed while in
day last, a in
by Mr. Blake
• reading with
the Isegislatn
surplis funds
Goveanment
the Railway
manner: Th
in Council al
sum to a cert
ask the Legi
order. ,On Tu
Indet en d ence
sure was mar
ed the second
position. Thi
that n0. perso
emolument unc
RIO GOVERNMENT are
g to push forward and
the House measures
7. so zealously contend-
pposition. *On Mon-
asure was introduced
and passed the second
tit a division, giving
.e Control over the
of the Province. The
ropose to deal with
and in the -following
y will pass an,order
propriating a certain
in railway, and then
lature to ratify that
-Way, Mr. McKellar!a
of Parliament mea-
uced, and also pass -
reading without op
measure provides
bolding an office of
ler the Crown can oc-
cupy a seat in
justice of th'
.quently been
columns, that
the Legislature. The
measure has so fie -
urged through these
it is 'unnecessary for
us to say more at this time than
that we heartl
peck of its bei
upon he stet
rejoice at the proa-
g so speedily placed
te book.
Mr AloliE emt's Bria, to. abolish
Dual Repiesei tation, if passed' by
the egislatu e of which- there is
•
every probabl ity, will take effeet
upon he expitation of the piesent
term if the 1 ominion Parliament,
so tha, • after t e approaching session
of th body o member of it can
hold seat in the Local House.
This oes not look like backing
down n that. part of the Reform
policy.. •
Mr. BLAKE tated in his place in
the House on 1 hursday, that here_
„after Statu i es of Ontario will be
furnis ed free of charge to Justices
of the Thace. Mr., Blake also stat-
ed on be same day that the Govern-
ment re prepa to. offer a substan-
tial re 'ard for the apprehension and
cletecti n of It el,: the murderer of
Thorn Scott.
- TRE Nrav Y RR. Trqyttize ittertifi-
ed lest the Un ted States .drity be
wholly or- Part! removed. from salt.
ft say, -: _ .
"Th re is .a very large Salt manufac-
ture at 7toclerich, on Lake Huron, and at
several )oints on . he line of the GoderIch
and Buf alo Rain ad • The great Cana-
dian S it Field s bated on a bed , of
fossil 8 It of the nrest quality, from ,25
feet to 1)0 feet tit**, . The extraordinary
dimenet ns of this deposit may heft esti-
mated f om the ffiet that it has been pen-
etrated at Kinzatdine and at Seaforth,
points_ in the Dominion fifty miles apart;
,There is now a la. ge Wheat. trade .- down
' the ,Lakes to oderich. The return
vesselst eeuld tak ), the Canadian Salt in
ballast to - Chic go, • Milwaukee, . and
.Duluth, because i - would be pot aboard
by the. s Uppers, . nd the cost and delay
. of grave ballast rould. be saved to the
.
vessels. - SO cheep is labor in
* ' :, e
Canada, so abuiich nt. and cheap 'is fuel
. there, ai d so -vast and so rich. is its de-
posit Of tilt, tha r competition with it in
ithe Lak4 ports by our Salt wilt be simply -
impostib e. Our actories would be shut'
up. '
A P TITION roni the London,
eron and Er ice Railway Com -
any, p -k-tying f
he am for the
eletio of their
the ntario
esday,--24th. ul
f Loud n.
r an act to extend
beginning and coma
road, was presented ,
egislature, on Wed-
. by Mr. Carling, -
NE S 0 THE WEEK
At th last m eting of the Mid-
dlesex County C uncil, a resolution
was pa sed off ring a reward of
$1,000 . r the airPst and conviction
of Riel, he mur erer of Thos. Scott.
4. collat ral reso talon was also ad-
' olpted, r questin the Ontario and
Dominic, Gover ments to offer re-
\ arcls, al o to the same end.
iox ha broken. out in
yeral wns on the lines of rail -
way in the vicinity of New York.
It is on the increase both in Phila-
delphia, and Btooklyn.
Snow storms continue to rage
with greait -Violence on the line of
the Pacific Railway, west of Omaha,
and the 'cold is intensely severe.
Several .trains are snowed up at
varioua points along ithe line.
The Boys' Horne,' established in
Belleville, a Short time ago by that
philanthropic lady, Miss McPherson, was tOtaliy consumed by 'fire,
on Monday evening last It is re-
ported that another Mime will be
esta,blished by the people of Belle-
ville to replace the one burned.
There were gib ty-two'deaths from
small -pox; in Montreal last week,
being an increase of nine over the
preceding week.
Canadian lumbermen may expect
a brisk demand for building materi-
als for Chicago as soon as naviga-
tion ons. Agents of building con-
tractors there have already left for
this country to make arrangements
for early shipments.
The Success of the narrow guage
railways in this. Province has led to
the discussioja as to the, prcipriety of
inq.odueing them into Nova Scotra:
A meeting is shortly to be held in
town of Noel to consider the,
stioP of building a narrow guage
that town to the Shubepacathe
ion of the Pictou Railway.
t h
q u
fro
Sta
r. Boniter, M. P: P., for the
No .th Riding of the County of
Ha tings, has exhibited a button of
4
at 0135,;, t e result of 40 tons of.
I
gol w,eig mg 6 oz. 9 dwt., valued
roc j cris-hed by the Independent
1
Gol • M niug Company, of "Mar-
ino a," lth concession, lot 1117T
was Col. MeGivern.- All expressed
wishes of the workingmen. The
Inent citizens most of whom were
mepie w
A larg,ely attended ineeting of
t.
einployers of labor, and among whom
workingmen of - Toronto are also
about inaugurating a similar move -
The rock belonging to this company.
meet-
ing Was addressed by several prom -
make a working -day nine hours in -
themselves willing. to accede to the
is supposed to be worth on an ave-
rage
of ten as at present The meet -
the nine hour movement. That is to
'Co nty of Hastings. - 'This , is the
ets, etc.', in the mill, as is usually
rage about $8 per ton. ,
the workingnien. ,of Hamilton, was
held a few evenings ago, at which it
was unarninously agreed to carry out
rest t of the first cru3bing in the
the case when the maThinery is new.
main. in the settlers, grinders, blank -
above company's mill. A large por-
tion of gold is yet supposed to re-
estern- Fair for 1872, is to
be held at London, 8th, 9th, 10th,
and llth of -October. At the An-
nual meeting of the Association, it
was unanmimously agreed that $10,-
000 be offered in prizes. The fol-
lowing gentlemen were elected of-
fice -bearers for the current year:
WilliaM Saunders, President; John
Nixon'of Westminster, 'Vice -Presi-
dent ; Wm. McBride, Secretary, and
A. S. Emery, Treasurer.
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sesionommineamillimes
FROM TORONTO.
From Our. Own Carrespondent.. .
Tonoterd, Jam 30, 1872.
To day Mr. GibbOns presented a peti-
tion from Joseph G. Ward and others,.
School teachers, praying, that no altera-
tion be made in the lavi relating to tIte
Stiperannuated Teachers' Fund.
After the introduction of several
some interesting information Was given
by the Government in answer to ques-
tions put by members. Mr. Scott stated_
that the Gevernment intended to extend
the FreeStrent Policy by m-aking it itp-
plY to patties .who had settledin the free
grant district before the passage of the
Free Grant Act, such parties would gee
their patents freeethe seine is those who
settled after the passage of the Act.
Mr. Blake stated that the Government
were censideting the question of regula-
ting thecotsof litigation, and it might
form the sebject of Legislation at soon
as the prospective general scheme for the
amalgamation Of the. courts came into
"Oerna.tni-tOlit'ien of Mr. 'Cumberland a return
Was at respectnig the meetings of
the Senate of Toronto triiiversity. Mr,
CtunVerland intiniated that he intended
tointroduce a hill to give the graduates
a voice in the electien of the Sepate and.
to provide that they shall, elect the
Chancellor. Thiseperhaps, will lead the
way to giving the graduates a, represent-
ative in Parliament -_a proposition which
has been talked of.
Mr. Lauder's motion for a committee
to inquire Mtn alleged improper practices
M connection with the South Gtey elec-
tion was called for, •but Mr. Lauder was
not present to make. his motion, although
he had a ceased the Government with at-
tenipting to delay the enquiry. Mr.
Blake accordingly gave notice of a mo-
tion for the Committee of Enquiry,
which does not look like a desire to
shirk investigation. -
The Government have given notice of
a bill to amend the Registry Act, by re-
pealing the proviston empowering the
Lieut -Governor council to divide
counties for registratien purposes.
It 18;not their intention to disturb the
recent appointments of the tate govern-
ment, unless Petitions from the people
should make it apparent that t
he in the interest of the county to do so.
Each case would. of course be considered
upon its own merits.
FRANK PALTEIDGE has been Working
like a brick, and has got all things ready
to make you a dozen photographs this
winter ; only $1 per dozen, Scott's
Bleck, Seaforth.
THE COUNTY COUNCIL.
Conant!, a from First rave.
The following reports were then read
and :adopted r • ,
REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON RULES
OP COUNCIL.
The Committee would Xecommend that
the fourth rule, in reference to the elec-.
tion of Warden shall be 80 amended, that
the Clerk or presiding offiner after calling
the Council to order, and -requesting
nominations for Warden, shall give half
an hour, after which no further nominee
etions shall be accepted. The presiding
officer shall, at the expiration of half an
hmir open a poll, and asking each mem-
ber distinctly for whom he votes, shall
record the'name and also -the vote under
the name of the •cantlidate so voted for.
He shall then -add up such poll lists,, and
' declare the candidate having the great-
est number of votes duly elected. The
1, Committee would further wigged that
otherwise the rules as printed in the
June minutes of 1867 be adopted, and
printed in the January minutes of this
year, for the 'future guidance of the
;Council.
TAOS. GREENWAY, Chairman.
• REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON VIE AGRI-
CULTURAL ACT.
The Committee recommended that the
Agricultural Act be se amended as to al-
low Township Societies, in different elec-
toral divisions, to elect a part of their of-
ficers and directors from each division, or
to unite the hinds for such purposes as
they may require. Also that the Act be
so amended asto allow officers and di -
!Directors of township societies po be
;elected from other minicipalitiea than
that which the society- represents Also
that the Warden and Clerk petition the
Legislature of Ontario to this effect.
! JOHN LEmere, Chairmau.
REPORT OF JAIL AND COURT HOUSE COM-
MITTEE.
' The Committee having visited and in-
i3pected the Jail, find it clean, comfort-
ableand in every way satisfactory. We
were pleased to find but four prisoners
confined' therein, all of whom expressed
theimelves satisfied with the treatment
they are receiving.
ARCHIBALD MCDONALD, Chairman. '
A communication was -read from
Messrs. Miller and Dewar, County
School. Inspectors, asking an. additional
allowance for stationery and postage ex-
penses. Referred to the School 'Com-
mittee,
Several accounts were read ancl refer-
red to the Finance Committee.
Messrs. Rips, of Ueborne, Turnbull,
of Clinton, and 111 cKa,y, of Goderich,
*ere re-appoiuted. County Examiners.
Moved by Mr. Gibson,, seconded by
Mr. Hays'. That a Committee be appoint-
ed to ascertain if a more edonomical sys-
tem than that. at -present in vogue, can-
not be devised, for the maintenance of
county Bridges.
Mr. Gibson explained that the object
qf his motion was to endeavor to ascer-
tain whether'perinanent structures, built
rincipally of iron, or such as we now
have, woUld be the least expense. Also
to enquire and deterntine whether it
ould not be better to erect permanent
structures at a large cost and spread the
terms of. payment Over an extended
,pefiod, so that those who come after Us
may have to bear a share of the expendi-
ture as well as -participate in a share of
the benefit; or to continue erecting tem-
porary strUctures at a less cost, and pay
for them as we go on. He also said that
in this County euitable tinber for bridges
would soon become very s ,arce and dear,
and he thought it well if, ome snbstitute
could. be devised.
The Rev. RobertUre was re -appointed.
High School Trustee for Goderich ; and
R. Matheson re -appointed fot Clinton.
Bobert Gibbous and Peter Adamson were
appointed as Board of Audit .for school
moneys.
Moved by Dr. Holmes,: seconded. quired. He was opposed to spendMg
Mr. Wilson, That two valuators be ap- second_ ace
by $7,000, orally sum for the erection of a
pointed. to examine into the system put- gistry office, but he did hot
sued by the various Municipal Assessors;
ior im.=motion
T
and report to the Council at the Tune
Ss
Doctor explained that the object
ohissheien was to ascertain the exact
basis upon which the assessinent of each subject, but from what he could learnit
and the was the object of the b
township had been madetion of the Government to prevent
. For example, ill inten-
micipality and pick out three or foot lots t
further divisions being made without
-these two 'Valuators could visit ea.cla mu- I
situated in different parts of the munici- suCh division being asked for 'by a
jority of the County
the divisions which Ch"andieijeebnutintadht
essitent .Rolls and ascertain whether or
pality, compare these lots with the Ass -
not they had been assessed at- their real Wouldbe left as they are.
'Value or at a lower rate, and report the
same to the Equalization. `Committee,
who would: thus be placed in a very 'fair
position to judge upon wha-b basis the
assessment of the whole townships had
been made.
Mr. Leckie would like to see the Coun-
ty assessed, at least for once, by a compe-
tent person. The Rolls frequently came
before the Equalizatioif Committee in a
disgraceful state, as each roll is made out
in a different way, and on all kinds of
valnation. In his opinion the best way
to ,overcome the difficulty would be to
appoint two competent County Assessors.
The returns of these assessors would be
of great advantage to theEqualization
Committee, and. would 'also be a guide
for assessors to go by in future.
Mr. Greenway- agreed etith Ms. Leckie
as to the appointment of County Assess-
ors. But he could not see the beneiits
which would arise lrom the scheme pro-
posed in the motion. He thought the
Equalization Committee could get, more
information from the Reeves and Deputy
Reeves of the municipalities„ thaitcould
be got from these -valuators, TheIerm er
as a rule were thoroughly acquainted with
the various lots in the municipality
which they represented. He woulki
however, to take the true valuation of
the County at least once in five years.
.11r. Creswell thought the scheme
proposed by Dr. Holmes a good one, and"
would enable the Council to see whether
the various assessors had stated their
valuations truthfully. The whole sys-
tem. upon AvhiCh the assessments are now
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secondedby Mr. Moon, That two County
Valuators. be appointed to go through.
every concession, and ascertain the actu-
al value of all cleared and uncleared,
land.
Mr, 'Greenway thought that in this
connection many townships had great
grievances. In the township of Stephen,
and also in Other, -townships, there were
large tracts of Canada Conapany tau&
These lands are assessed at as high a
valuation as possible, in order that the
township can ma.ke the _iteinpany pay as
high taxes as possible, and eonsequently,
the valuation of the cleared lands Le rais-
ed on the Equalization Committee to etee
respond with the Canada COmpany land
which had, probably been assessed at its
full cash value. Even if the 'valuation
of 'these •valua,tors should not be taken
the Equalization Committee, still tt
would foray an excellent guide for them
to regulate themselVes by. It is impote
sible for the embersof the'Equalizatiou
Committee to form a correct estimate of
the valuation of property in various
townships at they are unaexpiaintedwith
it. .
After several further amendments
wtre moved, discussed and . put to the'
meeting, the matter was left -just where
it began by the folloWing resolution be.
ing carried a.hnost unanimously :
Moved by Mr. • Castle, seconded by
Mr. 'Willis, That this Council take no
action in the matter ai the present tiine.
Moved by Mr. Gibson, seconded by
Mr. Douglan, That the Couneil petition
the Legislature to a,mend,the Assessment
Act so as to assess personal property
wherever found.
This resolution was cyried without a
discussion, 'when the.: Council adjourned
until seven o'clock M the evening to give
the various Committees an opportunity
to finish the work before them and re-
port to the Council.
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FRIDAY EVE:s.7ING-.•
The COuncil met pursuant to adjourn-
ment. The first business was to read.
the following report of the
aracciao coattliTITE ON REGISTRY OFPICES
In the matter- of the North Huron .
Registry Office at BlYth, the Committee
made the following recommendation
That as a. petition heti already been sent
from this Ceunty Ceuncil asking. the
Government to repeal the Act providing
for the erection of Registry Offices in
ridings, and as there is already a Bill be-
fore the House referring to the matter*
no further action be taken by this COUR,-
Acil alotNp-erdesebnytIMr. Young, seconded by
Mr. Girvin, That the report be not
adopted, but that this Council- petition
the Local Legislature to abolish the
Registry Offiee Blyth, it being a nuis-
ance to the North Riding-, and that the
Government be recommended to reim-
burse the incumbent for any loss he mey
have sustained through his appointnient
Mr. Leckie thought with Mr. Young
that the R-egistre Office in question was
a nuisance and an iiconvenience to a
-east majority of the, people of the North
Riding. He thought that determined
and decided action should: be taken by
this Council to have the offiee abolish:el .
If it were not abolished, this County
would have to *expend about $7,000 in
building a new office, He would' be
strongly infa.vor, however, of remunerat-
ing the Registrar for any loet he may
sustain through his appointment,
Mr. Youngthought it Would. be much
more beneficial to spend $7,000 in the
erection of a Poor House in the County,
than for a second. registry office.
• Mr: Greenway said • his reasons for
supporting the report was that the Coun-
cil had already strongly petitioned the
Government on the subject, and he.
could see:ito reason for another petition
now. The Government thoroughly
tmderstand what we want,' and he did
not believe that anotherpetition was re-
think that on this matter it was right
for this Council to attempt to assume
the functions of the Government.
Mr. Gibbons said that a. bill had be -en
introduced into the Legislature on the
The following division was then taken •
upon. Mr. Young's motion :
For the Motion.—Messrs. Cresswell,
Snell, Moon, Gaunt, Simpson, Brown
Benson, Girvin, Leckie, Welker,
Douglas, Gibson, McDonald, Carrick,
Young, Yearley, Scott, (Morris.) --18.
For the Report. — Messre. Castle,
Armstrong, Dalton, Holmes, McGuire,
Detlor, Patton, Wilson, Perkins, Shep-
herd. Hays, Greenway, Scott, Shannon,
Farran.-15, -
The report as amended was adopted by
the Council The following report was
then read :
REPORT ey THE SCHOOL AND PRINTING •
COMMITTEE,
The Sclit-ol and Pr4rting Committee
reported as follows : Referring to the pe-
tition of John Mowbray and others, from
„School Section No. 10, Usborne, the
Committee recommended that . Judge
Brough, J. R Miller, County Superia-
tendent; John. Pearson, of Crediton ;
Robert Brown, of Zurich; and W.. J.,
Shannon, of McKillop, be a committee to
When' the matter in difference be referr-
ed. Referring to T. T. Coleman and one,
hundred -others, respecting a High
school at Seaforth, recommend that the
prayer, of the petition be granted, and
that the following municipalities be set
apart as High School districts, viz : The
town of Goderich and township of Col- „
borne, for .Goderich. High School, the
village of Clinton, township of Goderieh,
and township of Hullett, for Clinton
hich had thousa-nds of acres of unclear-
ade it a fraud. He knew townships ftltahilhitpowil'olhilA)10°IfiillToupsafeoris.miatil Atrita
sHeigholiabChool ; and the villa.ge .of Sea -
lands which were never mentiened on The Committee further reconamended.
oeilriotlis;o1Bilar tohnelyprohveistiohnes ovofiltthe wmho- that the tender for printing of Donaghy
laation of personal property is at pres- & Simmons be accepted, it being the
lowest. _
ould be exposed. Any assessor who
ekes a fair, honest valuation 'vs be
pear on the Aesessment Rolls assessed. and. _Archibald De-aiar, School fospectors,
Referring to the reports of J. R. Miller
psed over. The manner in which the
r little or no persenal property, when we are pleased to fi'ild that they have eut
t made is absurd. Frequently parties
is well known that they must be pos= tesareti tslfafeatiothryfuellatinitifopan.raiestly upon their
ssed of a considerable amount in order duties, and. that sotinany schools are Ma
us. He considered the Eciaalization Moved. by Mr. Patton, seconded by
Dr. Holmes, that the petition of T. Te.
,Ettolta.e.nv!isoii-loliangt:hrtehSsaeteat 11° township be -annexed
enable them to early on their voca-
g, and he had no hesitation in saying consent of the Reeves and Deputy
aoolDeisaltliritcdt: without the
mmittee, so far as dealing out even
riled justice is concerned, to be a hum-
ved M amendment by Mr. Greenway, with the above resolution, and. after con- -
siderable discussion adepted.
The report was emended in accordance
Moved by Mr. Benson seconded by
at it was based upon a humbug. •
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