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 •' tliis (',iiiiity Ip,' .1 I ijil'il. a'l I tlial a |iri,it inn lir s/iit tn i'ai'liainriil (iraviiiL; tor an i';\]p|unatiii'\ or new Act to 
 •• ciiilirai-c tile whnU- siilpjci-t. and lliat llic ( 'Icl'k lir ri'i|Ui'stri| t!i ci.niuinnicatc witli othrr ( 'onnrils (in 'lie sulijci't." 
 
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 cil rcsfn'climj the IJ.c/tn/st'.s- of I he .lihnii)istr(ilion of ■lH.st/ci\ I olso enclose 
 eof)!/ of He/torf in refereiiee llier<'to mid lulo/jted />// this Coiineil. irhieh I irill 
 thank [ion to suhniif to I lie Conneit of ijonr Count ij. 
 
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 )'o/ir otxi't Serr't, 
 
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 rUIMlNAI. JISIH I,. I'KISI.NI ID A I I UK I.ASl' .SKMSloN OK I UK COfNC ll„ IIKID AT ST. 1 HIJMAS, NoVKMllKR uili, i«74 
 
 •• '/'(/ lltr W'liiili'ii mill Cuiiiii-il : 'I'lii' (li'|iut;itiiiii iiii|"iintiMl at yniir Inst scssidii to wiiit M|"iii tlic Ifiii. tlii' Attdnwy 
 (ii'iuTiil nil tlir .siil)jci't of tlic ii.iiiiilicaliniis I'onut'ctfd with till' i'X|H'iisi's aitd tlie I'Xiiciulitiin' liy tliis ('miiity ciniiu'ctcil 
 with till' iitliiiiiiistiiitioii (if jiistlci'. Kcj; Icmm' to ii|iort : 
 
 •• 1. riiiit voiii- (|.'|iiit,iitiiiii hail nil ii|)iiointiiiuiit with llii' Attoi'iuy (Jciicr.il iiml tln' Hoii. the Ticiisiirer of the I'rii- 
 
 viiirr iit the ollicc of till' Attonii'y ( Jciicnil, I'llt owiiij,' to the cxist.'Ucc of ,.i'i'SMiiii,' liiisiiii'-is clHi'whcru the 'rrciisiirci- ilid 
 
 not iittciid. Your (l('lnitiilioii, however, wi'ic met tln'Vi' liy .Mr. Henry 'I'otU'ii. Auditor of the Treasury, to relHvseiit 
 
 tint departiiieiit. Thoiiias lloil;;ius, Ksij., M.IM*., kiiidlv atti'iideil wilii the iiiideisi;,'ued and look part in the diseilssioi 
 
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 tint ili'liartliiellt. I nomas iloii;{1US, nsi|., .»i.jm'., kiimuv auiMioen »iiri me uiiiierni^i^iieii aiiu wjuk [«h i- lu lih ,ii.i, llssum 
 )f sillijeets eoniii-'eted with the olijeets of their mission, and render. 'd th.'in Vidmihle ii'lvit'u and assistance. 
 
 " '1. 'I'liaf your ile|iuta'ion took with tlnuii all the memoranda of ohjeeti uis luiicle liy the Treasury, represented i 
 |iers(in of the Auditor, and dresv the attention of ihe .Vtt irney (ieiieral to sever.il iti'iiis of ex|ienditure liy the (V 
 eonneeted with the administration of Criminal diistiee allow aMe to elainiants payalile liy the (loverniiielit, whieli the 
 'I'reasurv have ref ised to |iav for mauv vear^ past, hat whieli are plainly piM\idei| for liy statute as payalde hy (!iivernmi;iit. 
 
 ••:'.. 'I'iial your di putiilion p linted out items of mileay;e to eonstaliles which are the sulijcct of vt.'ry isideraljle 
 
 outlay hy counties, ami under the plain wurds of the tarilf altaehed to the ( '. S. V. ( !. cap I liO, " iiiilea;,'!' in f,'oint,' to 
 serve summons or warrant when the ser\ice is not eH'.'et'd," itc , which the (iivernmcnt auditors have rcpeatclly allow- 
 ed, liiit which Mr Totteii always ilisallows, and as your auditors and the ( tovernmeut auditors always pro|it'rly allow, 
 the tJovernmeiit sluaild. as your deputation illsl^led, liaxe inviirialdy paid. 
 
 " 1. That voiir deputalimi pointed out liy the hook in thehaieU of your Ti'casurer that for luaiiy year.s jiast the iiiid- 
 it.ir.-i appointed liv tlu' (ioveriiinent have alloweil to the Ciuuty, as against the (loverniiR'iit. all the sums ever claimed 
 liy Vii.ir Treisun'r fi'om the Treasury of the Province; Imt the (i.iveniiiieiit have. tliroUfih their auditor, paid no atteii- 
 lioii wliate\er to such audit, or heen in t!ie sli;,ditest dei,'l-ee ;,'i.V('rned liy it. 
 
 •• .'i. V.iar dejiutation en huvored ti p lint out the total inutility of the l'i:'al (Jovurnmcnt lioanl, and iirijcd its be- 
 iii'^' dis-olved .IS ail useless form, their wcirk haviiij; no practical etfcct on the piiymunt of claims made upon the (Toverii- 
 ineat. I ul the Attorney (leneial, instead of adopting.' that dew, rcc.mimeiided its I'eu instruction by the appoiiitiiieiit of 
 the ('.lUiitv dudi,'(', the Warden and t!n' County Treasurer to be e.c-'ij/ii'ii) memliers of it ; which rec iiiiinendation has been 
 since acted on. 
 
 " ti. The statute before alluded to provides in section -J that the accounts provided fjr shall be audited, examined, 
 \ouclie(l and approved umh'r rei,'ulatioiis to be settled by the (rovernor in Council. By the existing' ( )rder in Council 
 the board before alluded to lia\e " power to audit the accounts wdiicli shall have been rendered to the County Treasurer, 
 and everv account so reii lei'cd, iiiaile out an I veritied, is to b,' subiiiitti' I to the b i ir.l at a ifiven time, and the board 
 may call upon the claimant for any inf irmation they may reipiire. After bcin^' so audited they are to be transmitted, 
 with the rep irt of the auditors, to the Provincial Treasurer, to be by him reported on fir the information i,f the (Jovernor 
 ill Couneii," .Ve.. (c/i/c circular Xo. :i, dated iDfli August, l.-^Ui.) Here are two duties to be performed in two ditfereiit 
 pla rs. First, that of auditing,', to be done by the board in the (,'ounty ; and, secondly, that of reporting the same to 
 the (li\irnor in Council by the Treasurer of the Prinince. Yet, notwithstanding these plain provisions of the statute 
 name 1, and of the ')r.li".' in Council, the (io\ernment. by a kind of dep'.rtmental arrangement at variance with the law 
 and the drder in Council, instead of reporting the audit to the (ioveriior, do the wdiole auditing (setting aside the audit- 
 ing bv the I'.oar.l) through a clerk in (hcTrcasuri, -.hose tiat is m idc absolute, an I fr.)iu which thcr.' is no appeal ; as is 
 pl.iiiiK iiidi -at' 1 liy Ihi' aatlnrit itiv,> stvle an \ dictat trial language exhibited in the reaiarks sent by him from time to 
 time (o your Treasurer. 
 
 •• 7. Til It viur de;iu;a:ion would po'.nl out the various inc insistent and enntradiutory Orders in (-'ouncil of construc- 
 tions put upon the iilain words of the Act of Parliament alluded to as an evidence of the assumption of authority by a 
 Department on a mailer a'li'cting the public expenditure, on which a second opinion cannot be reasonably based. As ili- 
 stanees, r.'f 'r t i cin- il ir No. o of i; Miivh, Iftti:!. from which it will be foniid that, under the guise of sjieakiug for the 
 l.iw olli'crs of the Crown, Mr. Diekinson says that "a more liberal interpretation ought to be given to some of the jiro- 
 visions of the .\ct." Krom wdiich it is to be impfied that the Act had not been liberally or justly interpreted before, 
 or that there was an assuai|ition of liberality which the statute did not Justify,- because thi' statute had not been in any- 
 wise cliaiiLted or aiiieiidi'd in the meanwhile. The circular goes on to provide that all reasonable claims after 1st .Janu- 
 ar\. {■•^y'l. Would be allow, 'd out of the funds of the Province, first, for services named under the statute tirst above 
 named. It iiii','lii lie rea i iiiabl,- concluded that such a provision as this by departmental otlicers would be unnecessary 
 when the .\et of Parliament itself had plainly made it the law of the land already. Yet a little further on there is 
 provision made, or purporting to be made, for "all items relating to criminal justice for wdiich a fee is provided in the 
 judges' tarill'.' Tiiis would at once strike any one aei|Uainted with the subject as clearly illegal. And this is made 
 more clear by thi- fact that if the law otiicers of the Crown |iassed an oiiiniou at all on the subject they must have very 
 >ooii changed Iheir minds ; for on the llth of August of the same year another circular was put forth under the guise of 
 exprissinii the opinion of the law olU'ers of the Cr.iwn, for it slid they had the subject under further consideration and 
 that items relating to criminal justice for which a fee is iirovided by the judges' tariti'are not payable out of the consoli- 
 dated revenue and would not in futui-e be allowed, but only those under C. S. of U. C., ca]i. llil), about which there could 
 be no doubt. 
 
 •' .'^. .\nother \ery large subject of expenditure liy the CJimnty has for years passed off without notice, for which your 
 deputation insist that the (lOVernnient should reimburse the mnty viz., the hist item in the schedule to the statute first 
 named, and under the department il rcgnhitions referred to the plaiu words set forth in the schedule have been set aside. 
 I'nder il ihe exp 'iises of publishiii'/ the schedules of summary convictions and fee fo the t.Merk (>f the Peace for each 
 copy of t!:e schedule, as specially authorized by an .\ct of the lA'gislatnre and before the ifth .luiie, IS 10, were payable 
 out of the ( 'oiiiity funds, ought after that date to have been paid out of the (ioverniueiit fnnd.s. But the Treasury have 
 alwiivs refu.>-ed to pay them. 
 
•'». Vi.iir <l('|.iihilinii t'cil tliiit til,' Onl.'i'H ill Coiiiicil ivfnml to wit.' uii iiii|ii'ii|H'i' iutfifriviiiT with tlii' |iliii,i \,v<>\U 
 
 iciiiN (if Mil Act of rniliiiiMciil ; tliiil till' liiw iillic'i'.-, ot tlii' Crciwii rct'.'m'il tn witi. ritlicr very | • lawyci-H, or llicy iii'Vri' 
 
 ill fiic't f^iivc Miii'li o|)iiiioiis III, iiiv iitti'i-i'il lis th.'ii's ; 111 if ilii'N uiti'i',.,! tlii'iii I Ii.'iiihi'Ivcs, tliVy iiniNl liii'vcilon.' so witlioiit 
 line collNiili'liitioli or I'cllcclioli. 
 
 "in. The l-.Mlll is, tllilMlii' wlioir siiliirrt iiiis Ihtoiiic so lull of coiiii.liciitiuii.s tlllll tile Hon. llii' Alton I'V ( iclicriil 
 limy MTV wi'lllii' I'.xciistil iVoiii luissiii;,' nn o|iiiiioii on llitiii, iiml lor refusing to ilistiirl. wliiit Iiiih tor vcnislici'onn' ii 
 sysicni of il.']iiii'tiiii'Mtiil hiw. tliiit it woiiM l.c ilitliciilt to di'iil nith iimny other way than hy an Act of' I'nrliani.'nt.— 
 Another result is that this < 'oiiiity, in eiiiiiinnn witii other eonnly iiiiiiiie*i|ialit;es, has imiil oii't lar;;e sums of inonev from 
 
 its own resoiirei'h for it liralicli of the |iill.li(' service that it was the rliily of the CoNei'iin enl of the I'lovii to larifelv 
 
 reimlnirse, hiit which was not recoii|icil lo the County 'I'lciisiny. 
 
 " ' '• ^'"11 il'imlatioM Iheivlore in iiiii mi thai iieees.sar\ ai-tion In liikeii in the matter h\ testiiiti the meaning of 
 
 the .scheiiiile to the Act lefcrreil to, anil the lexalily of the .le|'i,rtiiieiitiil orileis. ami |iarticulailv the liimlitv of the (oiv- 
 crniiieiit iiiiilit of county claims u|>iin the (iovernnieiil. 
 
 ••IL'. An ii|i|ieal to the I'liiliameiit piayiii^' lor Mil e.v|'liuialoi\ .\el.c'r a new .\ct lo deal u itii th.' whole .siilijeet, 
 
 would he the I e disiralile solnlioii of the whole eoiiiplication. Vour (le|aitatioii would therefore recommend (in the 
 
 event of the Council not ih teiniiiiiiif,' to resort to litij,'ation in order to recmer what is jiistlv due to the 
 
 County for past transaelions) that other County Coiiiieils l,e re(|iicstcd lo act it iicert with this Ciai'iitv in oniviiif^ for 
 
 sirIi Icjjislation. 
 
 " .Ml of which is rcN|ieelfully siilniiitlted. 
 
 •.JOHN MrCAISLAM), \Vaiii>i:n. 
 
 t). .1. HI'tiHKS. CoiNTV JiiMii:." 
 
 Tlie report was adopted, and it was ordered that the Lei,'islaliire he pi'titiiaicd to pass an e.\plaiiatorv Act, or a iiew 
 Act, to deal with the whole siilijcct.