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THE MEMBER'S MANUAL 
 
 OF 
 
 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE 
 
 IN THB 
 
 LEG [SLATI VE ASSEMBLY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, 
 
 WITH 
 
 DECISIONS OF MR. SPEAKER, 
 
 FROM 18(57 TO 189?, 
 
 RULES OF THE HOUSE, ' . 
 
 AND MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 
 
 BY 
 
 CHARLES CLARKE, 
 
 Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 
 
 1803. . 
 
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 The experience of a ({uarter century of legislation, with a single 
 Chamber, has fairly tested the system inaugnrated ui)on this Continent 
 on a large scile when the Province of Ontario adopted it in 1867. It 
 has developed a Parliamentary Practice which, while fashioned upon 
 that of the British Isles, and adhering as closely to it as circumstances 
 have permitted, has made some slight dei)arture8 from the great con- 
 stitutional original upon which it was based. To give an intelligent 
 outline of the Procedure of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, as it 
 exists to-day, and to afford a guide to the new men who enter the Cham- 
 ber as law-makers forthe first time after every (ieiieral Election, has been 
 the aim of the com])iler of this little work. He makes nb claim to origi- 
 nality in conceptiofi or execution of it, and frankly admits how deeply 
 he has been indebted to the British Parliamentary authorities from 
 whom he has freely quoted. He has not sought to make a big book, but 
 to produce a short compendium of Parliamentary Law which may find, 
 he hopes, a place in the desks of the Legislators of Ontario, and be of 
 some service to the Members of the Sister Provinces which have 
 discarded a Second Chamber. And, while this has been the main 
 object which he has kept steadily in view, he flatters him-.elf that the 
 " Manual" will be of e<jual use to the Municipal representative who 
 desires to make himself familiar with the rules of debate and the 
 various point-i of order, and form, which arise, from time to time, in 
 the transaction of business of public character. . 
 
 A few abbrevations have been used to which the following is the 
 key: "B. H. of C.'' signifies "British House of Commons;" the 
 numerous references to May are to pages in the Ninth (1883) edition of 
 his well-known "Parliamentary Practice" ; the Rules referred to are 
 tliose of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario ; and the Speaker's 
 Decisions are those of Speakers of the Ontario Assembly collected in 
 this work. 
 
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THE MEMBER'S MANUAL 
 
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 TFIE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO. 
 
 In tlie Parliainont of Canada, on 2m\ August, 
 l'S()G, concurrence was asked '.n the Fifth of the 
 Confeileration liesolutions, -wlien Hon. J. H. 
 Cameron, the lepresentative of the County of Peel, 
 moved, in ameiuhuent to tlio proposition for a 
 Single ChaniUei- in this Pi'ovince, tliat " the Legis- 
 lature of Up|ior Canada should he composed of two 
 Chambers to be called the Legislative Council and 
 the Legislative Assembly." His motion found a 
 seconder in the Hon. Alexander Mortis, soon to be 
 Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba, and subse(iuently 
 a prominent member of the Legislative Assembly of 
 Ontario. After a di'oussion of an interesting if 
 not exciting charactc. , division was taken, and it 
 was found that l)ut *" 'vteen membei's favoured a 
 double chamber for »_ pper Canada, while no less 
 than eighty-six recorded themselves against it. Of 
 the thirteen composing the minority, it is fair to 
 state, nine represented Upper Canadian constitu- 
 encies. The large majority against the amendment 
 comprised the leading men of the two great parties, 
 who for the time had called a truce and voted as 
 conviction dictated. Conspicuous amongst the 
 supporters of a single chamber were five men 
 destined to take an important i)art in the delibera- 
 tions of the first Legislature of Ontario. Hon. John 
 Sandfield Macdonald, Matthew Crooks Cameron, 
 John Carling and Edmund Burke Wood, afterwards 
 members of the first Ontario Cabinet, i-ose with 
 Archibald McKelUr, the coming leader ot the first 
 Ontario Opposition, to give their votes against the 
 amendment. It was not a question upon which 
 there was a partizan difference of opinion. A com- 
 mon desire to minimize the necessary cost of a local 
 government evidently influenced the majority of 
 Upper Canadian representatives. That was the 
 
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 (lechirt'il intention "of (loor^o Brown, of Matthew C. 
 Cameron of tloliri S. Miicdonald. Said Mr. lirown, 
 (hirin;^ tlio Conl'rdcration Doliato: " UndouKtcdly 
 th«i niodo in which the h)eal ^^^ovcrninont sliail l»o con- 
 structed will yory much aflcct tlio cost oi the whole 
 Hchenic ; hut if we adopt (as I carneHtly hupu wu will) 
 sinjpleand ine\pensiv(Mnachinery for local purposes, 
 I am (juito satislie I (hat there will he a reduction to 
 the people of (Canada in flu? amount they now con- 
 trihutc." Said Mr. M. C. Cameron: " If we are 
 really to liav(! a Local Fje<i;islaturo, we want it to bo 
 as ineNp(Misiv(» in its character as possible, we want 
 to construct it, as much as possible, with a \iew to 
 economy, in order that the public burdens nuiv bo 
 lessened to the lowest practical )K)int." And said 
 Hon. J. S. Macdonald, in Fed)., 1871, then looking 
 ba(dc ove)* thi-ee years' experience of the new jon- 
 (lition of thin<^s : " f am sincerely attached to a 
 sinolo chamber, for it has been proved that it can 
 mana<;e satisfactorily tlie affairs of two millions of 
 people without a second chamber, consistin.L,^ of 
 niend)ers appointed for life, and who, once elected, 
 do not care for anybody." 
 
 Not less hopeful of the new order of thino-s was 
 the House itself when it unanimously addressed 
 Lieutenant-Governor Stisted, in reply to the first 
 Speech from the Throne to the Le<.,dslative Assembly 
 of Ontario, and said that for years |)ast it had been 
 the aim and effort of Upper Canada to secuie a 
 more direct and unlimited ccmtrol over her own 
 local affairs than was attainable in legislative 
 alliance with another Province, and that, while sen- 
 sible of the many advantages which had accrued 
 to both sections of Canada from the Union of 184<1, 
 the people of Western Canada had, nevertheless, de- 
 sired a wider and more elastic governmental system 
 which should afford larger op})ortunities for their 
 own particular growth and experience. They added 
 that this object had been attained, and that while 
 the provision for the future government of the Pro- 
 vince was, in one particular, exceptional, for it con- 
 ferred upon them the exclusive privilege of framing 
 laws, in relation to matters within their jurisdiction, 
 
iction, 
 
 uniiiilod an<l unclmcked liy tho suporvisory control 
 of an()tli(U-C)iiiinl)or, it romained for tlicin tojiistify, 
 by their wisdom, moderation and i'oriithoti^lit, tlio 
 confidence ho t'icely reposed in tljcm Ity the Imperial 
 Government. 
 
 In every Hncceedin<,' Le<,dslatnre the one cliamV)or 
 ha.s proved itself to ho even a {greater success than 
 WHS anticipated when it was first proposcid. It 
 clieapens tlie cosi of je^^islation ; f'acilitiit(!S tlie pas- 
 san'e of needed laws ; removes tlu; delay which, 
 under the douhle system, checks tlu^ completion if 
 not the introduction of measures emhedying salu- 
 tary refoinis ; is (piickly responsive to the touch of 
 puhlic o])inion ; nnd ^ives o])portunity foi- ])r()mpt 
 correction of le<jislative errors should such ever 
 find entrance to tho statute book. With a sin<^do 
 chiimher, Ontiirio has, in annual sessions of about 
 two months' duration, ))i()vid(;d n(!cessary chantjfes 
 in the ln\v>> ^ovtn'nitii^ two millions of peo|)le, ])osHess- 
 ini;" large centres of urban po[)\dation and hundreds 
 of rural municipalities in all stances of {growth. She 
 has been able to keep pace with tlie numerous 
 wants of a territory, enormous in extent, and vary- 
 inj^ in character from tlu; unbroken wilderness to 
 the cultivated settlement of an older country. She 
 has fostered education, administered justici^ pro- 
 tected property, developed enterprise, stimulated 
 agrieultui'al progress, and cHected legislation deal- 
 ing with private interests to an extent which can 
 only be thoroughly appreciated aftei* an inspection 
 of her statute books. These things have been done 
 smoothly, quickly, thoroughly, and with little or no 
 necessity for appeal to the courts against any Act 
 beyond her powers. The members of the Single 
 Chamber, conscious of the fact that their legislation 
 was practically final, and therefore impressed with 
 a full sense of their responsibilities, have deliber- 
 ately considered every disputable point, and given 
 ample consideration to any measure submitted to 
 them. In short, for twenty-five years the system 
 has been on its trial, and has so justified the pre- 
 diction of its promoters that it commands the respect 
 and warm support of all classes in the community. 
 
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 Uepreaeii- 
 tation in 
 18(i7. 
 
 Represen- 
 tation in 
 1891. 
 
 Projjerty 
 (qualifica- 
 tion un- 
 necessary. 
 
 Classes in 
 eligible. 
 
 Excep- 
 tions. 
 
 Sureties 
 not eli- 
 gible. 
 
 Its .success is no Pftity victory. It was the out- 
 come of a t^enetal (tesiro for ncomiiion-Heiiso reform, 
 and, as lias been sliown, wastlie pro<l\iet of tlie best 
 minds of Upjier ('anada. Tiic result of tlieir wise 
 co-opei'ation 1ms already made its influences felt 
 beyond Ontario. Of tlie Provinces enteiin«jf Con- 
 federation, Ontario alone adopted the Sin^de Cham- 
 ber. To-day the Double (/haml er no lonj^er e.xists 
 in New Brunswick, Manitol):i, Briti.sh CVdumbia, 
 and the Northwest Teriitories. And it is safe to 
 pic'dict that, before many years hav( passed away, 
 each Province of the Dominion will be ^^overned by 
 a Lej^islative Assembly, and that the Lej^islative 
 (■onncils existent now will have been thrown aside 
 as complicatiul, expensive and needless ])orti(jns of 
 legislative machinL-iy. 
 
 By the British North America Act of hSOT, the 
 Province of Ontai-io was divided into eighty-two 
 Electoral Districts, with a like number of representa- 
 tives, but the (pening of new territory since that 
 date, and the growth of population in various .sec- 
 tions, from time to time made necessary an increase 
 in the repre.sentation. The Seventh Legislature, 
 meeting on 11th February, 181)1, was composed of 
 ninety-one A' embers, representing eighty-nine Con- 
 stituencies. 
 
 l]y Chap. 9, Sec. .'^ R. S. O. 1887, it is i)rovided 
 that " noqualitication in real estate shall bere(juired 
 of a candidate for a seat in the Legislative Assem- 
 bly," nor is other recpiirement prescribed as to 
 qualification. There are, howevei', various classes 
 who are declared ineliiiible for election as Members 
 of the Legislature of Ontario. Amongst these (>ie 
 Senators, Mendiers of the House of Commons, and 
 persons holding office at the nomination of the 
 Crown. Here again there are exceptions Officers 
 in the Army and Navy and Militia Officers (other 
 than Offieer.s on the Staff of the Militia receiving- 
 permanent salaries), Ju.stices of the Peace, Coroners, 
 or Notaries Public are eligible for election. No per- 
 son who is surety for a Sheriff, Registi'ar, County 
 Attorney, Clerk or Bailiti' of a Division Court, or 
 other Public Officer, shall sit or vote in the Legisla- 
 
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 tive Assembly. H<; may be elected to that position, 
 but must take and complete .sucli action as may be 
 re(|uisite to relieve him from any thercaltor accruing' 
 liability in respect of his suretyship, before he can 
 lej^^aljy occujiy a seat in the Chamher. (See sub- 
 sec. 2, sec. Id" chap. 11, H. S. O. 1887.) 
 
 The LofTislative Assembly is called tofj^ether, for 
 the despatch of business, throuf^h a Proclamation 
 from the Lieutenant-Governor, wliich is i)ablished 
 in the Onturio Gazette. By a chanf,'e in the law, 
 nind" in 42 Vict., it is unnecessary to i.s.sue a formal 
 proclamation foi the asscmblinii^ of the Le;.,nslature 
 when it is not intended that the meeting .shall be 
 for the despatch of liu.sine.ss. No fixed rule nowexists 
 as to the Icni^th of time to ehipse between the issue 
 of the pioclamation and the meetin^f of the House, 
 but in practice the interval is aiwaj^s sufficient to 
 enable ever}' Member to be apprised of the (act that 
 a summons has been made. The call must be such 
 that twelve months shnil not intervene between the 
 last sitting in one Session and the first sitting in 
 the next. 'Jhe Clerk communicates by letter with 
 each Member, announcing to him the fact that a 
 meeting of the Legislature has been called. 
 
 A MemVter-elect, l)eiore taking his seat, makes an 
 affidavit ms to certain expenditures incurred in con- 
 nection with his election, takes the oath of allegi- 
 ance and .signs the loll. (See sec. 15, chap, 11, R. 
 S. O. 1887.) . ■ 
 
 His Honour the Lieutenant Governor, attended by 
 his suite, proceeds to the Chamber of the Legisla- 
 tive Assembly on the day of the opening of a new 
 Legislature, and ascertaining that a Speaker has 
 not been elected, directs it to be announced that he 
 will not declare the cause for callinir a meeting' 
 of the Legislature until a choice has been made. 
 He retires, and the ai)pointment of a Speaker 
 is piocecded with. '1 he Clerk, sitting at (he head 
 of the Table in the Chamber, receives nomina- 
 tions for the position. If not more than one is 
 made, the election of the nominee is declared. If 
 more than one name is submitted, the first nomina- 
 tion is first put to the vote. As the selection is gener- 
 
 How meet- 
 inpr of Leff- 
 inlalure U 
 called. 
 
 Twelve 
 months 
 shall not 
 int rvene 
 between 
 tlie Inst sit- 
 ting in one 
 HPHsirin and 
 the tirHt 
 hitting in 
 the next. 
 
 Prelimi- 
 naries io 
 taking 
 
 seat. 
 
 Selection 
 of a Speak- 
 er. 
 
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 He returns 
 thanks. 
 
 Mr. 
 
 Speaker 
 accepted. 
 
 The 
 Speech 
 from the 
 Throne. 
 
 Bill intro 
 duced pro 
 forma. 
 
 Proroga- 
 tion. 
 
 ally from tho rank.s of the predominant party, it is 
 seldom that more than one name is ottered. In the 
 seven Legislatures which have been convened in 
 Ontario, each Speaker has been called to his position 
 without active oppo.sition. 
 
 The newly-elected Speaker is conducted to the 
 Chair by hi.s mover and seconder, and, standing on 
 the upper stop, in conformity with an ancient cus- 
 ton., briefly expresses his thanks foi' the honor con- 
 ferred upon him. The Speaker takes his seat and 
 the Mace is laid u|)on the table. After congratula- 
 tory addresses have been made, the House is 
 adjourned until the following day. 
 
 On the day following the election of Mr. Speaker, 
 His Honour returns to the House, when Mr. Speak"»- 
 addresses him, informing him of the appointment 
 and claiuiing the undoul)ted rights and privileges 
 of the House. His Honour, through a brief foi'mal 
 address delivered by tho Provincial Secretary, 
 assures tho Assetnbly that its constitutional privi- 
 leges will be recognized and then proceeds to open 
 the Session with the I'oading of tho Speech from 
 the Throne. This Speech, prepared in Cjouncil, is 
 regardi'd as an outline of the policy ot the Gov- 
 ernment, juulof the most important legislation to be 
 introduced during the Session. lunnediately after 
 the delivery of his Speech, the Lieutentant-Governor 
 retires, and the Speaker then takes the Chair and 
 informs the House of the recei])t, by the Clerk, of 
 Reports Iroiu the Judges, and of other matters, if 
 any, pertaining to the Election, etc. 
 
 A Bill, 'p'^'o forma, is now introduced, and the 
 Speaker announces that, "to prevent mistakes," he 
 has secured a copy of the Speech delivered by His 
 Honour. The Speech is ordered to be taken into 
 consideration on some named future day, and the 
 House adjourns. 
 
 A, similar routine is gone through at the opening 
 of every succeeding Session of a Parliament, with 
 the exception of the proceedings at the election of 
 a Speaker. 
 
 Ordinarily, when the business of the Session is 
 coHipleted, His Honour proceeds with his suite to 
 
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 the Chamber of the Assembly and, takiiiji;' his seat 
 on the Throne, listens to the r(a(lin<4. by the Clerk 
 Assistant, of the Titles of ?jills pass J dm Ing the Ses- 
 sion. TheCIeik, when the reading- of ':he titles is 
 completed, turns to His Honour, who sii.'niHes his 
 assent, and the Clerk then inoclaims that 'In Her 
 Majesty's name, His Honour the Lieutenant-Gover- 
 nor doth assent to these Bills." 
 
 The Supply Bill is not included in the Bills thus 
 assented to, but is presented by Mr. Speaker, in a 
 formal speech, expressive of " unfeigned devotion 
 to Her iVlajesty's persnn and Government," when 
 His Honour signifies his acceptance, and the 
 Clerk announces that " His Honour the Lieuten- 
 ant-Governor doth thank Hei Majesty's dutiful and 
 loyal subjects, accept their benevolence, and assent 
 to this Bill in Her Majesty'.: name." His Honour 
 then reads a Speech usually congratulating Mr. 
 Speaker and Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly 
 upon the close of their labors, and the House is 
 thereupon prorogued b}' the Provincial Seci'etary 
 announcing: " It is His Honour's will and nleasure 
 that this Legislative Assenibly be prorogued, and 
 this Legislative Assembly is accordingly ijrorogued." 
 
 Royal 
 aysent. 
 
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 The 
 
 Supply 
 
 Bill. 
 
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 Proroga- 
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 ETIQUETTE OF HOUSE. 
 
 Obeisance 
 to Chair. 
 
 Members uncover and make a bow to Mr. Speaker 
 when entering, leaving, or crossing the tloor of the 
 House, and, although permitted to wear a head- 
 covering when seated, uncover when rising to 
 addi-ess the Chair or to vote. In case of sickness 
 or bodily infirmity, a member is permitted, by gen- 
 eral ac([uiescenee, to retain his seat wdien address- 
 ing the House. (May, 380)— {B. H. of C, Rule 1U-) 
 
 When a Message is received from the Lieutenant- 
 Governor, "signed by his own hand," the members 
 stand uncovered wdiile the Speaker reads it. 
 
 Upon the Lieutenant-Governor or his represen- 
 tative entering the House, at the Opening or Pro- ^f^Lieu"** 
 rogation of the Legislature, the members remain tenant 
 standing until he retjuests them to be seated. Governor. 
 
 Message 
 from Lieu- 
 tenant- 
 Governor. 
 
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 Adjourn 
 ment. 
 
 Order after 
 a Division. 
 
 Member 
 speaking 
 and the 
 Chair. 
 
 Not to pass 
 between 
 Speaker 
 and Mace. 
 
 Position of 
 the Mace. 
 
 Removal 
 of strang- 
 ers. 
 
 Who shall 
 speak . 
 
 Use of 
 proper 
 names. 
 
 "Mr. 
 Chair- 
 man." 
 
 Selection 
 of Seats. 
 
 When the iiouse •a'ljoiu-ns, the Members ai-e 
 dire(?ted by Rule 8 to retain their seats until the 
 Speaiver has left the Cliair. 
 
 Members retain their seats after the " Yeas " and 
 " Nays" have been taken, and until the result of a 
 Division is annouueed by the S[)eakcr. 
 
 When a member is speaking, no other ought to 
 pass between him and the Chnir ; but, if absolutely 
 compellL'tl to do so, must so carry himself as not to 
 obstruct the view of the one by the other. {Rvle 
 17.) 
 
 When the Speaker is in the Chair, no member 
 may pass between him and the mace. {Rule 17) 
 
 The mace is placed upon and aci'oss the table 
 when the S[)eaker is in the Cliaii', but beneath it 
 when the House is in Connnittee. 
 
 At the request of live members, the galleries and 
 floor of House may, at any time during a sitting, 
 be cleared of sti'angers. {Rule 7.) 
 
 If two or more members rise at the same time to 
 speak, the Speaker designates the one who iirst 
 caught his eye as entitled to then address the 
 House. {Rale II.) 
 
 In debate, no member shall speak of another by 
 his proper name, but designate him by the title of 
 the official position which he may occupy, or the 
 onstitviency which he represents. {B. //. of G. 
 Rule JO'S.) 
 
 In the British House of Connnons, it is customary 
 to address the Chairman of Committee ))y his 
 proper name, but, in the Legislative Asseml)ly of 
 Ontario, he is addressed as " Mr. Chairman." 
 
 The Legislative Chamber is furnished with desks 
 and seats. Those on the right of the Speaker — 
 half of the total number — are reserved for the sup- 
 porters of the Government, while those on his left 
 are filled by the members of the Opposition and such 
 Ministerial follower^ as cannot find room on what is 
 known as the Government side. The Members of 
 the Government are seated near to the Speaker's 
 right, and the leaders of the Opposition occupy the 
 seats nearest to his left. The selection of seats is 
 
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 ^ks 
 
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 made by members, through the Clerk, before the 
 opening of a new Parliament, but, as a matter of 
 courtesy, members of the preceding Parliament are 
 permitted to retain their former seats, if they desire 
 to do so. 
 
 Although no important business is entered upon First busi- 
 at the beginning of a Session, until the Government Jpggjyn^ 
 is formally assured of the confidence of a inajoi'ity 
 of the House, by the passage of the Address in 
 reply to the Speech from iho Throne, it is usual to 
 introduce a Bill, pro formd, for the purpose of 
 assertinrr the risfht of the House to legislate without 
 direction from the Crown. In the Joui-nal of the 
 B. H. C. 22nd March, 1G08, it is ordered, "That 
 the first day of every sittitig in every Parliament, 
 some one Bill, and no more, receive a first reading 
 for form sake." 
 
 Any member speaking disrespectfully of the Disie- 
 Soverei<m, a member of the Royal Family, the ^i'^^'/"' 
 Governor General, or Lieutenant-Governor, or using forbidden, 
 offensive words against any other member, will be 
 at once called to order. (Rule 13.) 
 
 While members may make free use of notes dur- Reading 
 ing the delivery of a speech, they must not read the '*i'^^^*^^^- 
 speech itself, and will be at once called to order if 
 attemj)ting to do so. (/i //. of C. Rule 14''>) 
 
 During the Session of the House, members should Conversa- 
 converse in whispers only, and refrain from indulg- •^'''"• 
 ing in any action calculated to interrupt a member 
 in po^ssession of the floor. When the conversation 
 is so loud as to make it at all difficult to follow the 
 debate, the Speaker exerts his authority to restore 
 silence by calling "Order." (5. ^. o/" a A^t/e i'/J) 
 {May 387.) 
 
 The words " Hear, hear," are often used to denote >. u, ^ 
 approval, but may be sometimes employed to ironi- hear." ' 
 cally express dissent, and, if exclaimed with a 
 loud voice, be made markedly oflensive to the 
 member who is speaking. Whenever these or simi- 
 lar observations are evidently intended to interfere 
 with the proper course of debate, the Speaker will 
 call to order, and, if the interruption is persisted in, 
 name the offendinof member. 
 
 (OOa 
 
 w 
 
 
u 
 
 Intrtxlno- 
 tion ot .. 
 hioiuIht. 
 
 Admit- 
 tance to 
 the 
 Chiunbor. 
 
 Whon Mr. 
 
 Speaker 
 
 rises. 
 
 Member 
 called to 
 ordtr. 
 
 A inoinlxT clcettMl aftcir tli(^ c)ponin<i[ <>1' h I'arlia- 
 inoiit takes tlio oath.s and .si<j;tJH tlio roll, as do all 
 iiuMnlKM'.s, ami is introdiiciMl to the Speaker, bel'oro 
 takiiijj^ his seat in the (llminher. if a inend)er takes 
 his seat upon a suceessfnl Petition, after a {j^eneral 
 eh'ction, introduction is unnt^eessaiy. 'I'he ceremony 
 of introduction is brief The new nuMnhei" enters 
 tlie Cimnd)e<' at the Har between two other nieni- 
 bers, and the three ajiproacii tl. tabU;, niakintj; 
 a bow to the Si)eaker. One of thoni says: "Mr, 
 Speaker, I have tli«> honour to present to you Mr. 
 
 member elect for the electoral 
 
 district of , who has taken the oaths 
 
 and sinjned tlu> roll, and now clainis the I'ii^ht to 
 take his seat." The Speaker then replies: " I^et 
 the honourable mend)er takt> his seat." Tlui new 
 nuMuber advances to the ('hair, and after shaking 
 hands with the Speaker, takes his seat. (/i. 11. of 
 G. Rule 'J4.) 
 
 Ex- Members of the Lt^i^islative Assembly, Sena- 
 tors, Members of the House of Commons, ,Jud<j;es, 
 and other distinguished ^'isitors are admitted to the 
 Floor of the House by tickets obtained from the 
 Speaker. Atlmission to the Speaker's Galleiy is by 
 tickets issued from the otRce of the Speaker, and to 
 the Ladies' (Jallery, of ladies and their escorts, by 
 cards ])rocured from the Sero-eant-at-Arms The 
 doDrs of the Visitors' Galh^ry are open to the public 
 generally. 
 
 Whenever Mr. Speaker rise-t during adel)ate, any 
 member then speaking or oti'ering to speak, is to sit 
 down, and the House is to be silent so that Mr. 
 Speaker may be heard without interruption. (B. 
 
 11. of a Rniv irs.) 
 
 A member called to order shall sit down, and the 
 point of order .shall be stated, when he may explain. 
 {Ride 11) 
 
PKTITIONS. 
 
 e, any 
 to sit 
 Mr. 
 (B. 
 
 PetitionK to tlio Houho inay 1)0 cither written or 
 printed, ami tlu; .siifiuitmcs of at least tliree IVti- 
 tioncirs must Ix; suUscrilK-d on tl)(j slictit containin;^ 
 tliu prayer of tlie Petition, exc<!pt in tlie case of a 
 .single Petitioner or a Corporation. A Petition from 
 a Corporation must liave aflixcsd thereto or impressed 
 thereon the; seal of such eorporatc; hody. {/tiiJc 'JD.) 
 
 A Petition is ])r('.s('nt(Mi by a mendier in his place;, 
 who is smswerahh^ tliat it does not contain imperti- 
 nent or improper matter. {Hide 8U.) 
 
 A Member presentin<; a Petition will endorse his 
 name; thei'eon, and eonline himself to a brii^f state- 
 ment of its prayei', ;ind \\\o. names of tin; parties 
 from whom it comes. {Hide i)0.) 
 
 No Petition can he received wliieh prays for any 
 expenditure, money grant, or (diaige on the Public 
 Revenue. {Rule Of.) 
 
 A Petition is not rea<l when pi-esentcMl, unless 
 with unanimous consent, l)Ut is " i(ia<l and received " 
 two days after presentation. The Speaker decided 
 1st April, l(Si)l, that "the practice of the House is 
 that every Petition presented to it shall be at once 
 depo.'-'ited with the (Jlerk for examination by him, 
 and if found to bo such as, according to the rules 
 and practice of tlie House, can be received, it shall 
 be brought to tlie Table, by direction of the Speaker, 
 two days after the presentation, to be lea.d and 
 received. It may then be reail at length b^ the 
 Clerk at the Table, if re(|uire<l, or, it may, with 
 common consent, be read l)y the Clerk at the 'imp, 
 of its presentation, but this cannot be done if any 
 member objects. When a Petition com))l'iins of 
 some present pers./nal grievance, recpiiring an 
 immediate remedy, it may, with ommon consent, 
 be read." 
 
 The following Form of Petition may be used for a 
 Private Bill or other purpose, the address being 
 
 HJKnature 
 to Petition 
 
 I'rpHenta- 
 tion. 
 
 Kndorde- 
 nient. 
 
 MtiHt not 
 aHk money 
 .'lid. 
 
 Kf acting 
 Petition. 
 
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 i.oo. 
 
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 n a 
 
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 9 
 
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 Form of 
 petition. 
 
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 clmiii^^cd whore it is for pn^sontation to His Honour 
 tho Liouteimnt-Govornor in Council : 
 
 To tiio Honouralihi the LeL^isiativi! Assembly of 
 Ontario, in Parliament A.ssemhied : 
 
 The Petition of the undersiijfned, 
 of tlio of 
 
 HlJMIU.Y SlIKWKTII : 
 
 Tiiat {here state the object desired hjj (he Petition, 
 either in soliciting an Act, or for an// other pur- 
 pose, briefly setting forth the reasons therefor). 
 
 Wherefore your petitioners humbly pray that 
 your Honourable House may be pleased to pass an 
 Act {for the purposes above mentioned, or to take 
 such. otJirr artton as nio]/ Jje desired) And as in 
 duty bound, your petitioners will ever pray. 
 
 Signature, 
 
 Date, 
 
 \ Seal in the case of 
 
 '. existing ])etitioning 
 I corporation. 
 
 NOTICE OF MOTION. 
 
 Two days" "^^^^'^^ days' tiotice of a Motion, Resolution, 
 
 Notice. Address, or pro|M)sod Amendment to a Private Bill 
 
 should be given in writinsj^, to the Clerk, not later 
 
 than ,5 p.m. of any day when the House is in session, 
 
 so that it may appear in the printed Votes and 
 
 Proceedings of that date. Thus, a notice given on 
 
 Monday permits the matter to be proctjeded with 
 
 on Weihu s<lay, if it is then reached in the Orders 
 
 of the Day. Notice of leave to bring in a Public 
 
 Bill must precede, by two days, the introduction of 
 
 the measure. Notice of a Question must be given 
 
 two days before it is asked. {See Hide SI.) 
 
 ^ . By Rule 82 it is proviiled that a Motion may be 
 
 mouscon- made, by uiuinimous consent of the House, with- 
 
 sent. Q^t previous notice. 
 
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 loiioiir 
 l.ly of 
 
 ^etifion, 
 e.r pur- 
 r). 
 
 ly thiit 
 
 puss ail 
 
 to take 
 
 i as in 
 
 case of 
 tio u i n g 
 
 olution, 
 
 ate Bill 
 
 lot later 
 
 session, 
 
 >tes and 
 
 ^iven on 
 
 ed with 
 
 Orders 
 
 . Tublic 
 
 iction of 
 
 Motions on the Notice PajxT undor (liscussion at 
 <) p.m., on Wednesday an<l Kri(hiy, will l»c first on 
 tlu! j)aper after 7.30 p.m., when tin- lioni- assi<fned to 
 Private liills has (dapsed. (h)t'(>. Hide .JO.) 
 
 ff any Motion on the Notice Pa])er is nndcr <lis- 
 cussion when the lloiisf; adjonrns, it stands first on 
 the Orders of the foUowinj.;' day, next after any 
 other Orders which may, hy the Rules and Orders 
 of the House, have special precedence. {liiiU ;i7.) 
 
 Motions to adjonrn the Ifouse or Dehate, and 
 Questions of i^'ivih;ge, reipiire no Previous Notice. 
 {RaUoU.) 
 
 HeHiiiiiin^ 
 (liKciiMHinn 
 aftur 
 p.m. 
 
 RfHiiiiiintf 
 (liHcuHMion 
 after 
 adjourn- 
 ment. 
 
 No N<)tic(i 
 r( (|uir(^(l 
 for certain 
 MotionH. 
 
 Wl.at 
 <^>iiHMtionB 
 may be 
 put. 
 
 Notice. 
 
 (QUESTIONS. 
 
 A memlicrof the House may put a Question re- 
 
 latint( to public atiairs to a Miidstci' of the Crown, 
 
 and to any othei' niemlKU- if said <^)iiestion i-elates 
 
 to a P)ill, Motion or other jMililic nialtei- connected 
 
 with th(! husiiHsss of th<' 'louse, in which such 
 
 Miomhei' may Ix; concerned. A notice of such 
 
 Question must i)e handed to the Clerk before 5 
 
 p.m., and will bo ])rint<'d in the Votes and Proceed- 
 
 inn's. The (^hicstion will appear on the Oi-der 
 
 P;iper on the second day after notice luis been 
 
 u:iven. In i)uttin!;' a (Question, no arifument or >fo argu- 
 
 opinion is to bi; ollered, nor anv drbatablt' facts "»:"t "r 
 
 opinion to 
 be offered. 
 
 ^tatc'l ; and, in answerinu' such Unestion, a nuunber 
 
 is not to deliate the matte)' to which it refers. May 
 says that (.»)ueslions should be put in such manner 
 as not to involve o))inion, argument or inference, 
 and an answer sliould V)e confined to the points con- 
 tained in the question, with such exj)lanation only 
 as will ]-cnil(ir the answer intelligible without dis- 
 cussion : but, he adds, a certain l;ititu<le is soiue- 
 times permitted, by courtesy, to Ministers of the 
 Crown. (Sne RideH ^9 aiuUU.) 
 
 Whei'e notice of an irregular fpiestion or motion rnegular 
 has l)een given, it is coi'i-ected by the Clerk at the •.•nestion. 
 tabl(' after conference with the member uiviuLT such 
 notice, or it may be wholly omitted by direction of 
 the Speaker. (Ma>j, p. 29'), SoO:) 
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 w 
 
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18 
 
 Daily 
 Routine. 
 
 First 
 Readinf^B. 
 
 Orders of 
 the Day 
 
 Third 
 HeadingB. 
 
 Considera- 
 tion of 
 Amend- 
 ments to 
 Bills. 
 
 Private 
 
 Members' 
 D»ys. 
 
 Govern- 
 ment 
 Days. 
 
 Dropped 
 Orders 
 
 Order of 
 Business 
 after Rou- 
 tine. 
 
 ORDER OF PROCEDURE. 
 
 Rule 19 provides for the ordinary Daily Routine 
 of Business, which follows the reading of Prayers. 
 
 Presenting Petitions. 
 
 Reading and Receiving Petitions. 
 
 Presenting Reports of Standing and Select 
 Committees. 
 
 Under the head " Motions," Bills are introduced 
 and receive their first reading. 
 
 The Orders of the Day follow Routine. When 
 Bills have advanced thi'ough the necessary stages, 
 Third Readings precede all other Orders. Bills 
 reported from Committees of the Whole, with 
 Amendments, are considered next after Third Read- 
 ings. Bills reported, after Second Reading, from a 
 Standing or Select Committee, are on the Orders of 
 the day following reception of the Report, for refer- 
 ence to Committfc of the Whole, next after Bills 
 reported from that Committee. 
 
 Monday, Wednesday and Fiiday are devoted 
 primarily to the business of memhers not ol the 
 Government although Government Notices of 
 Motion and Government Orders appear, after other 
 business, on the Order Paper for Wednesday and 
 
 Friday. 
 
 Government Business has precedence of all other 
 matters on Tuesday and Thursday, which are 
 knowm as Government Days. Government Orders 
 are taken up in such rotation as the leader of the 
 Administration may determine on the days on 
 which Government matters have precedence. 
 
 Orders of the Day are taken up according to the 
 precedence assigned to each, but, if not taken up 
 when called, ace dropped for that day, although set 
 down in the Orders, aftei le other Orders, for the 
 next Sitting Day. 
 
 The Order of Business, after Daily Routine, is as 
 follows : 
 
 Monday. 
 
 Third Readings. ' 
 
 Private Bills. 
 
 Questions put by Members. 
 
 Notices of Motions. 
 
 Public Bills and Orders. 
 
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 Tuesday. 
 
 Third Readings. 
 
 Government Notices of Motions. 
 Government Orders. 
 Public Bills and Orders. 
 Questions put by Members. 
 Other Notices of Motions. 
 Private Bills. 
 
 Wednesday. 
 
 (Until the hour of six o'clock p.m.) 
 
 Third Readings. 
 Questions put by Members. 
 Notices of Motions. 
 Public Bills and Orders. 
 
 (From half -past seven o'clock p.m ) 
 
 Private Bills (for the first hour.) 
 Public BilI.-5 and Orders. 
 Private Bills. 
 
 Government Notices of Motions. 
 Government Orders. 
 
 Thursday. 
 Third Readings. 
 
 Government Notices of Motions. 
 Government Orders. 
 Public Bills and Orders. 
 Questions put by Members. 
 Other Notices of Motions. 
 Private Bills. 
 
 Friday. 
 
 (Until the hour of six o'clock p.m.) 
 Third Readings. 
 Questions put b^' Members. 
 Notices oi" Motions. 
 Public Bills and Order.*. 
 
 (From half-past seven o clock p.m.) 
 
 Private Bills (for the first hour.) 
 .Public Bills and Orders. 
 'Private Bills 
 
 Government Notices of Motions. 
 
 Government Orders. 
 
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 DEBATE. 
 
 Inter- 
 ruption of 
 debate. 
 
 No debate 
 after 
 Members 
 are "called 
 in " for a 
 DiviHiou. 
 
 Explana- 
 tion lUT- 
 mitted. 
 
 When 
 misunder- 
 stood. 
 
 To ad- 
 dress with- 
 out motion 
 out of 
 order. 
 
 British Parliamentary authorities set forth that a 
 • Ichato upon a (jucstion may Ix; interrupted: (1) V)y 
 a matter ol privilege siuldenly arising; (2)l)y words 
 of heat between nieml)ers ; (fi) by a motion for 
 reading an Act of Parliament, an entry in the 
 Journal, or other public documents relative to the 
 question. 
 
 No mend)er may speak to any question after the 
 same has been })iU by the Speaker, and the voices 
 have been given thereon in the aflirmative and 
 negative, but may be heard after the voices have 
 been pronounced in the athrmative only. Rule! (^7 
 provides that when meuibcrs have been called in, 
 pre|)aratoiy to a division, no furtlier debate is to be 
 permitted. {Ride lJf7, B H. of G. May, 341, ,i42.) 
 
 By indulgence of the House, a member may ex- 
 plain matters of a personal nature, although there 
 be no (|uestion before the House, but sucii matters 
 may not be debated. By Rule l."i, he may speak in 
 explanation of a mateiial part of his speech, in 
 which he may have been misconceived, Init then 
 not to introduce new matter. When he has been 
 misunderstood or misrepresented by any speaker 
 following hiiu, he has a light to exphiin, and state : 
 " I did not say .so," or " I meant to say so and so," 
 or " What I stated was this," but he cannot at that 
 time reply. No other mcmbor has a right to in- 
 terpose. The most convenient ime for ('.\|)lanation 
 is at the conclusion of the speech which has called 
 for it, but a member desiring to explain may rise 
 when the objectionable statement is mide, and then 
 make his exj)lanation, if the member in po.ssession | 
 of the llooi-, by teuiporarily resuming his .seat, per- 
 mits him to do so. If the speaking miniber declines ? 
 to give vvay, the explanation cannot be made until 
 he concludes. (M<iy, j). ooS, 859.) 
 
 A member is not in order in attempting to address 
 the House when there is no motion before it, unle.ss 
 he is about to conclude with a motion A personal i 
 explanation, made with the permission of the House,! 
 
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 is the only exception, but the in<lul;,'cnce tim.s <,'iven 
 to n particular incmher will not justify a debiito. 
 General argument or observations beyond the fair 
 bounds of explanation ou^^dit not to boused. {May, 
 '^■>.'/, ')'')S,) 
 
 It lias^been declared tliat no nicinber has a r'lrtht Charges 
 to occupy the time of the House in explanation of a ^'|*ere *^'*'^' 
 chariL,f<' Miad«' a^^ainst him elsewhere, an«l which does 
 not refci" to any wonl or act of some member while 
 in the House. 
 
 A member who has proposed a substintive motion when a 
 has the right to reply. It is not allowed to a >*'i>ly »« 
 member who has moved an Older of the Day, or to " *^**^ ' 
 the Mover of an Am.en(huent, or of the Previous 
 [Question, whicli is in the nature of an amendment, or 
 [of an Instruction to a Committee. (RiUe Jo. May, 
 
 A member called to order for attem})ting to speak ^*"'". 
 [a second time to the satne question miy be allowed hpcak a 
 I to speak on special motion. second 
 
 No member is to allude to any debate of the same ^n^jin^ 
 [Session upon a (juestion or bill l)eing tlien under dis- to Pre- 
 jussion, nor read from any printed newspaper or ^"'"^ ^®* 
 )0ok the report of any speech made in Parliument 
 hiring the cuirent Session, unless by the indulgence 
 )f the House for personal explanation, oi" unless he 
 rises to a Question of Privilege. {M<nj,oGJ4.. H. H. 
 of a Rule WL 
 
 When any member objects to words used in de- Words 
 )ate, and desires them to bo taken down, Mr. down. 
 Speaker will, if it appears to be the pleasure of 
 the House, order them to be taken down l)y the 
 ^lerk, but every such objection must be taken at 
 ^he time when such w()rds are used, and not after 
 my other member has s])oken and the debate has 
 )een continued. {May, 377, 378.) 
 
 Any member having used objectionable words, Objection- 
 md not explaining or retracting them, or ottering ^l^^^ 
 my apologies for their use, to the satisfaction of the 
 louse, will be censured or otherwise dealt with as 
 bhe House may think tit. {B. H. of G. Rule, 172.) 
 
 When a member interrupts the proceedings of the Naming a 
 [ouse, and refuses to come to order, he may be Member. 
 
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 r 
 
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22 
 
 The Mem 
 ber witli- 
 draws. 
 
 A motion 
 to adjourn 
 equivalent 
 to 8j>eak- 
 ing. 
 
 Moving 
 Adjourn- 
 ment (if 
 Debate. 
 
 May speak 
 to i)oint of 
 orner or 
 privilege. 
 
 Relevancy 
 of Debate 
 not insist- 
 ed on when 
 motion is 
 made for 
 Cftm- 
 mittee of 
 Supply. 
 
 Excep- 
 tions. 
 
 culled " l)y naino" hy Mr. Spouker, an^l directo*! to 
 withdniw. The ilouHu will listen to a roasonahle 
 apolotj^y from hiiu, or may direct the Speaker to 
 rej)rimand him, the snltstanco of which reprimand 
 will 1k^ <luly entered upon the.Journid, {li. Il.Df'C. 
 
 Rule ir>.) 
 
 Any mend)er aj,'ainst whom any clnr^e has heen 
 made, havinjj; been lieard in his place, shall with- 
 draw while any .such ehiir^e is under d(d)ate. (/A 
 H. of a Huh' irs. Mail,. lit:.) 
 
 A. n\eud)er who ha.s moved or secoi»de<l a motion 
 to adjourn a <lebate is held to have spoken on the 
 main question, and cannot ajjjain speak thereto, nor 
 is he entitled to move an amendnu nt. A member 
 movin;; the adjournment of a debate, which motion 
 is carried, is permitted to continue his speech when 
 the debate is resumed. {M'.uj, >>Jf7,) 
 
 A niend)er who has not spoken during' a debate 
 may move or second the adjournment of the debate, 
 but havini^' thus already spoken cannot afti'rwards 
 move or second the adjouiinnent of the House 
 durin<]f the sanu; debate. {M((j/, 'WI, o'(J.J, SOJf..) 
 
 A member who has already spoken may rise and 
 speak ai^ain upon a point of order or privile^^c, but 
 may not ri.se to move an amendment or the adjourn- 
 ment of the debate or of the House, or any similar 
 question, while the nuiin (|uestion is still before the 
 House, but may speak to these new cpiestions when 
 proposed by other members. {May, SGI, JO.J.) 
 
 It is permissible, without moving any amend- 
 ment, to call the attention of the House to partit ilar 
 subjects, on the question of the Speaker leavintif the 
 Chair for the purpose of ^oing into Supply, or 
 Connnittee of Ways and Means, the rules of relevancy 
 in debate, as well as in amendments, being wholly 
 ignored on these occasions, with the following excep- 
 tions : that (1) a member may not discuss any pre- 
 vious or intended votes of the Committee of Supply, 
 or items in the Estimates ; (2) nor any resolution to 
 be proposed in , the Committee of Ways and 
 Means ; (3) nor any other Order of the Day ; (4) 
 nor any motion of which notice has been given. 
 (May, 003.) 
 
24 
 
 rectcMl to 
 
 oaker to 
 MH'imand 
 Ul.ofC. 
 
 has }>een 
 all with- 
 )UtO. (jj. 
 
 a motion 
 ell on the 
 I'l'oto, nor 
 I tiiomber 
 L'h motion 
 ech when 
 
 f a (lel»ate 
 ho debate, 
 Tterwards 
 lie House 
 004.) 
 
 { rise and 
 ;ilem', but 
 adjourn- 
 ny similar 
 xd'ore the 
 ions when 
 JO.J.) 
 
 a mend- 
 par tit liar 
 .•aviiiLj the 
 iipply, or 
 relevancy 
 nt;- wholly 
 ingexcep- 
 any pre- 
 of Supply, 
 solution to 
 Vays and 
 Day; (4) 
 een given. 
 
 It has been held tliat, in movin<,'a second rea«ling 
 of a Bill, to go through it clause by clause is to antici- 
 pate the woik of the Committee to which it will 
 be referred, and that the (h'bato shall be confineil to 
 «i discussion of the principle of tlw^ Dill. For 
 general convenience, a departuie from this course 
 is sometimes ])ermissiblo. {May, J/JJ, fiJ^5. Han- 
 mnl, M7, ino.{.) 
 
 Rul(! 14 provides that any momber may require 
 the ((iiestion under discussion to btf read at any 
 time of f ho debate, but not so as to interrupt a 
 member while speaking. 
 
 MOTIONS. 
 
 A motion must be in writing or jirinted, and 
 seconded, before it can be proposed fiom the ('hair 
 anddel»ated, but motions to adjourn the House or a 
 Debate are not necessarily written ; and an Order 
 of th(! Day may !)e moved without a seconder In 
 Committee of the Whoh; House, a seconder to a 
 motion is unrecessary. {Rnle-l-}) 
 
 A motion, of v/hich it was ne':'essary to udve 
 notice, imist be in the precise language in which 
 such notice was given, any amendments thereto 
 being matle l)y the House after it has l)een moved. 
 
 If a motion otfered is, in the opinion of the 
 Speaker, contrary to the Rules or Privileges of 
 Parliament, it is his duty to apprise the House of 
 the fact, and to (piote the Rule or Authority 
 violated or relating thereto, and such motion shall 
 not be proceeded with, unless, l)y an appeal to the 
 House, the decision of the Speaker is set aside. 
 {Role ST.) 
 
 A member, although he has given notice, may 
 desire not to proceed with a motion when it is 
 called in regular order, and it is customary in such 
 case to request that the motion may " stand," which 
 request is usually granted. 
 
 After a motion has been read by the Speaker or 
 Chairman of Committee, it can be debated, amended, 
 adopted, superseded or rejected, but can be with- 
 
 in d«bat« 
 on Hecond 
 
 iliHCUHHion 
 
 of clnilMOH 
 
 inndviH- 
 able. 
 
 <.>iitHti<)n 
 ti) he read 
 ifrpqiiired. 
 
 Motions 
 nniHt be, 
 written 
 and 
 
 HBConded, 
 with c(^r- 
 tJiin «'X- 
 ct'ittionH. 
 
 Motion 
 niuMt con- 
 form to 
 notice. 
 
 The 
 
 Speaker 
 will chHck 
 motions 
 contrary 
 to rnle. 
 
 Motions 
 
 may 
 
 "Htand.'' 
 
 Motion 
 cannot be 
 withdrawn 
 without 
 permission 
 of House. 
 
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 ■ Oq. 
 
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 No motion 
 for api)ri)- 
 priation of 
 I'lihlic 
 He venue 
 in order, 
 unit 'SB 
 rcconi- 
 nien(l<Hl by 
 tlieCrown. 
 
 No motion 
 
 renewable 
 
 upon 
 
 wliicli 
 
 jndguient 
 
 linH been 
 
 exi>repsed 
 
 during 
 
 LMirrent 
 
 Session. 
 
 How a 
 
 (iuesti<m 
 may i>e 
 evaded. 
 
 Motions of 
 adjourn- 
 ment. 
 
 Motion 
 that 
 
 "Orders 
 of the 
 Day •' be 
 now read. 
 
 dniwii only on leave of the Hon.se oianted without 
 n negative voice. /J, If. of C. Rule 110. May, iiU'J.) 
 
 A.s no Petition can he received whicli prays for 
 any expenditure, oraut or charge on tlie Puhlic 
 Revenue, so no motion can he made for any ap])ro- 
 priation of any part of the Puhlic Revenue, or 
 creating a tax or impo-t, that hps not heen first 
 reconmiendcil h\' Message of the Lieutenant- 
 Governor. {Rale 01. B. N. A. Ad, Sec. r*4.) 
 
 A motion u})on which the judgment of tlie House 
 has been expressed cannot he renewed during the 
 current ses.sion, hut a resolution nuiv he rescinded 
 duiing the Session in which it has been parsed. 
 A motion, however, which has not been seconded, or 
 which, by leave of the House, ha.s been withdrawn, 
 nuiy be revived. A motion which has been 
 negatived cannot be afterwards moved, during the 
 same Session, as an amendment. {May, oJH.) 
 
 A (piestion may be evaded or superseded l)y 
 moving the adjournmetit of the House ; by motion 
 "that the Order.s of the Day be'now read;" by 
 moving the Previous Question ; or by Amendment. 
 {May,\l(ii).) 
 
 The question that the House do now Adjourn 
 nuiy be moved by any member who obtains the 
 tloor, at any period when the House is in session, 
 and wdio has not spoken during a debate then pro- 
 ceeding, but he cannot speak to such motion for 
 more than ten minutes. Such adjourinuent uf the 
 House, during the consideration of any motion, 
 supersedes tiiat )uotion. An Order of the Day so 
 supei'seded disappears from the Orders, although it 
 may he revived on formal notice ; but, if a Notice of 
 Motion is being discussed, it, altliough temporarily 
 obstructed, stands for the following day. (Bide JO, 
 27.) 
 
 When " Notices of Motion " have precedence, 
 the debate may be interiupted by a motion " that 
 the Oiders of the Day be now read." No amend- 
 ment to this motion is permitted, and, it carried, 
 the Orders jnust be at once proceeded with, so 
 superseding the motion then under discussioji. (May, 
 302.) 
 
"% 
 
 2.-> 
 
 without 
 ay,2UfK) 
 
 )rays for 
 e Public 
 ly api)ro- 
 enuo, or 
 eon first 
 •utenant- 
 
 he House 
 uriuji; the 
 rescinded 
 1 pa-sed. 
 ouded, or 
 itbdrawn, 
 lias been 
 uring the 
 JS.) 
 
 seded by 
 Dy motion 
 ■ead;" by 
 lendment. 
 
 Adjourn 
 tains the 
 u session, 
 then pvo- 
 i()ti')n for 
 lit of the 
 motion, 
 le Day so 
 
 though it 
 
 Notice of 
 inporarily 
 
 (EideJU, 
 
 recedence, 
 ion " that 
 (» amend - 
 it carriecb 
 with, so 
 ion. {May, 
 
 AMENDMENTS. 
 
 B}' Rule 134 of the Ihitish House of Commons, 
 it is declared that a (piestion having l>een proposed 
 may be amended (1) by leaving out certain words 
 only; (2) by leavin<5 out certain words in order to 
 insert or add other words ; or (.S) by inserting or 
 adding words. As it has been wll put by an 
 AuKirican writer, there are three ways of amending : 
 by addition, elimination an<l substitution. J]y addi- 
 tion, when something is inserted ; by eliniination, 
 wb.en something is sti'ieken out ; and by substitu- 
 tion, when something is stricken out and other 
 matter inserted. 
 
 The time for moving an Amendment is after a 
 question has been pi'oposed by the Speakei*, and 
 before it has been put. {May, J/7.) 
 
 An Amendment pi^posed in tlie House, but not 
 seconded, will not be entertained nor entered on 
 the Journal. {May, 3?i7.) 
 
 A seconder is not necessary when an Amendment 
 is moved in Committ(!e of the Whole. 
 
 An Amendment to add words to the main Ques- 
 tion having been atlirmed, those words cannot be 
 struck out by any subsequent Amendment. {May, 
 3W.) 
 
 No Amendment may be proiiosed to any part of 
 a Question after a later part has been amended, or 
 has been proj.osed to be amended, unless a pi'oposed 
 Amendment has been, l)y leave of the House, with- 
 drawn, but w^ords may be added to an amended 
 Motion or Amendment A Motion to strike out the 
 first part of an Amendment when the amendment 
 has been amended in the later portion, is out of 
 order. {May 320, J^il B. H. of G. Rule l.jO.) 
 
 No Question or Amendment may be proposed 
 which is the same in substance iw any question 
 which, during the current Session, has been resolved 
 in the affirmative or negative. {May, 328, 331.) 
 
 When a Member has proposed a resolution to 
 which an Amendment is moved, he cannot substi- 
 tute another Motion until the proposed Amendment 
 
 What is an 
 Ainend- 
 inent ? 
 
 Repetition 
 of (Ques- 
 tion iiiad- 
 misBible. 
 
 Substitute 
 for Motion 
 cannot be 
 moved an- 
 
 loa 
 
 
 
 Time of 
 
 
 moving. 
 
 
 Must be 
 
 A 
 
 seconded. 
 
 0; 
 
 
 
 
 uk. '^ 
 
 Seconder 
 
 wm ■ ^ 
 
 not necea- 
 
 wS'Vl 
 
 .-'firy. 
 
 w% 
 
 Words 
 
 ^ 
 
 added can- 
 
 ^ 
 
 not be 
 
 
 Htruck out. 
 
 
 Words 
 
 
 may be 
 
 
 added 
 
 
 after 
 
 
 Amend- 
 
 
 ment. 
 
 
 
 o 
 
 ■£■■ 
 
J'll 
 
 26 
 
 til Amend- 
 ment is 
 with- 
 drawn. 
 
 Amend- 
 ment 
 omitting 
 matter of 
 recital. 
 
 No prior- 
 ity because 
 of Notice. 
 
 Further 
 Amend- 
 ment pi-r- 
 mitted. 
 
 Must be 
 relevant 
 to Motion. 
 
 Cannot 
 leave out 
 all the 
 words of 
 an Amend- 
 ment. 
 
 When 
 amend- 
 ment to 
 Amend- 
 ment is not 
 in order. 
 
 has been withdrawn, A Motion and an Amend- 
 ment being before the House, the Motion cannot be 
 withdrawn until the Amendment is rejected or 
 abandoned. A proposed Amendment may, by leave 
 of the House, be withdrawn. {Mity, 299.) 
 
 An Amendment is not out of order because it is 
 substantially the same as the original Motion, if it 
 proposes to omit considerable matter of recital con- 
 tained in the original Motion. 
 
 Notice does not give priority in moving amend- 
 ments. (May, 317.) 
 
 When an Amendment is carried, the question is 
 put on the amended Motion, which is then open to 
 the proposal of further an endments, but such 
 proposed amendments must be to the part of the 
 original motion subsequent to that already amended. 
 
 When there is a total absence o\ congruity 
 between a proposed Amendment and the main 
 Motion, so that the Amendment is a new proposi- 
 tion upon a different subject, it should be ruled 
 out ot order for ii relevancy. Except on Motions 
 for going into Committee of Supply, or of 
 Ways and Means, an Amendment ought to be essen- 
 tially analogous to the main question, and be so 
 framed that, if agree<l to, the question or Amend- 
 ment as amended, would be intelligible and consis- 
 tent with itself. {May, S25, 326.) ^ 
 
 An Amendment to a proposed Amendment can- 
 not be moved if it seeks to leave out all the words 
 of such first proposed Amendment; but in such 
 case the first Amendment must be negatived before, 
 the .second can be offered. The difficulty is avoided 
 bv movino; an amendment to the Ame'^dment 
 which leaves out all the words of the Amendment 
 after the first word " That." (May, 325.) 
 
 An amendment to a proposed Amendment to a 
 Motion for the House to go into Conunittee of Sup- 
 ply is not in order. (See Speakers Decisions.) 
 
 An Amendment to a Motion for going into Com- 
 mittee of Supply does not require notice, and a dis- 
 cussion upon it is permitted to take wirle latitude. 
 In the British House of Commons, how^ever, as in 
 that of the Dominion, notice of intended amend- 
 ments is generally given. 
 
27 
 
 ^mend- 
 rinot be 
 3ted or 
 ly leave 
 
 Lise it is 
 on, if it 
 tal con- 
 
 amend- 
 
 estion is 
 open to 
 ut such 
 t of the 
 mended. 
 Dngruity 
 le main 
 proposi- 
 be ruled 
 Motions 
 I, or of 
 be essen- 
 d be so 
 Amend- 
 d coasis- 
 
 An Amendment to a Public Bill or question may 
 be moved without previous notice, but two days' 
 notice must be given of a proposed Amendment to 
 a Private Bill. (Rule 73.) 
 
 Every resolution reported from a Committee of 
 the Whole House may be amended, disagreed to, 
 postponed or recommitted to the Committee. A 
 relevant Amendment may be moved on the Second 
 Reading. {May, 681, 682.) 
 
 If it is proposed to amend a resolution from Com- 
 mittee of Supply, the Amendment can only effect a 
 diminution of the proposed burthen and not an 
 increase. {May, 683.) 
 
 An Amendment (not being for an Address) pro- 
 posing a different appropriation of funds to that 
 recommended by the Lieutenant-Governor is out of 
 order. {See Speakers l)eeinio)is.) 
 
 Amendments may be moved to the question " That 
 Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair," by leaving 
 out all the words after the word " That," and substi- 
 tuting other words ; and other Amendments often 
 properly assume that form. 
 
 Although a Member who has spoken to the main 
 Motion cannot, at an after period, move an Amend- 
 ment thereto, ho may speak on an Amendment pro- 
 posed by another. {May, 362.) 
 
 A Member who has already spoken, being 
 desirous of proposing an Atnendinent, must place 
 that Amendnient in the hands of some other Mem- 
 ber. As a Meuiber who moves an Amendnient can- 
 not speak again, so a Member who speaks in second 
 ing an Amendment is etjually debarred from speak- 
 ing again upon the original question, after the 
 Amendment has been withdrawn or otherwise dis- 
 posed of. In both cases, the Members have already 
 spoken while the question was before the House, 
 and before the Amendment ha<l beeu proposed from 
 the Chair, but if another Amenduient is moved 
 bv some other Member, they can speak to it. (May, 
 S6:2.) 
 
 A Member who has moved an Amendment does 
 not, as in the case of a substantive Motion, thereby 
 secure a right to reply. {May, ■160.) 
 
 Notice of 
 Amend- 
 ment to a 
 Public Bill 
 unneces- 
 sary. 
 Resolu- 
 tions 
 may be 
 amended. 
 
 Cannot in- 
 crease pro- 
 posed bur- 
 then. 
 
 Different 
 appropria- 
 tion of 
 funds out 
 of order. 
 
 Amend- 
 ment may 
 leave out 
 all but the 
 first word 
 "That." 
 
 Member 
 ma> speak 
 to Amend- 
 ment. 
 
 Cannot 
 speak on 
 Motion 
 and after 
 wards 
 move an 
 Amend- 
 ment. 
 
 Cannot 
 spe'ak to 
 Motion 
 after pro- 
 posing an 
 Amend- 
 ment. 
 
 Mover of 
 Amend- 
 ment has 
 no right to 
 re 
 
 IOq. 
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 K 
 
 U 
 
 a 
 
 ply- 
 
28 
 
 Three 
 ' lonths' 
 hoist. 
 
 American 
 practice. 
 
 An auiendinent to the proposed second or third 
 reading of a Bill, to the eft't'ct that it shall be read 
 at some future date, say three or six months, is 
 always in order. 
 
 The leading United States anthority, Jefferson'-9 
 Manitol, although not f[Uotable as an authority for 
 procedure in a Canadian Legislature, says that 
 when a question contains several points, a division 
 of such may bo called tor, as in British practice ; 
 but a question to strike out or insert shall not be 
 divided. Rejection of a Motion to strike out and 
 insert shall not prevent a Motion simply to strike 
 out. Nor shall the rejection of a Motion to strike out 
 prevent a Motion to strike out and insert. In a 
 Motion to strike out and insert, the part to be 
 stricken out and the part to be inserted may each 
 be regarded as a question. 
 
 ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS. 
 
 Accounts 
 
 and 
 
 Papers. 
 
 Order of 
 the House. 
 
 Address to 
 the Crown. 
 
 Returns or Papers relating to a public matter, 
 over which the House or Crown has jurisdictitm, 
 may be moved for by any member, either by Order 
 or Address. Ordinary Accounts and Papers re- 
 quired .by members are brought down u|)on an 
 Order of the House, after the adoption of a motion 
 therefor, of which two days' notice has been given. 
 Of this character are returns relating to public 
 departments, or bodies incorporated by the Province 
 of Ontario, and of all municipal, educational, and 
 other institutions existing through and regulated 
 b3'' Ontario Statutes. They may be obtained from 
 all public orticers, but the information sought shall 
 be of a public and otTicial, and not private or 
 confidentiol description. An Address to the Crown 
 is necessary to procure Returns relating to matters 
 connected with the exercise of the Royal Prerogative, 
 Orders in Council, Correspondence between the 
 Dominion and Provincial Governments, affairs of 
 any other Piovince, subjects over which the Domin- 
 ion or Imperial authoiities have control, and other 
 things not within the immediate jurisdiction of the 
 Legislature of Ontario. 
 
Li) 
 
 DIVISIONS. 
 
 When a debate upon any Question is supposed to Putting 
 be closed, the Speaker asks : " Shall the Question Jhe 
 be now put ?" It' no member desires to address the 
 House, and there is no request that the members shall 
 be called in, the Speaker proceeds to put the Question 
 by rising and reading the motion and any proposed 
 amendments thereto in his hands, and states that 
 " the question will be upon the amendment to the 
 amendment," if such there be. If the amendment to 
 the amendment prevails, he puts the amendment as 
 amended, and this being carried, he submits the 
 original motion as amended. He says : " So many 
 as are in favor of the motion (or amendment, as the 
 case may be) will say, 'Aye.' " The " Ayes " 
 announce themselves by responding " Aye." He ^y^"* *"^ 
 will then say : " So many as are of a contrary 
 opinion will say, ' No.' " The " Noes " having 
 declared themselves, he will express his belief that 
 "the 'Ayes' (oV 'Noes') have it." If his o])inion 
 is oot challenged, he will declare the motion carried 
 or lost. But any five members may demand the ^*^^^ ^°^ 
 "Yeas" and "Nays," when, if the members have"' 
 not already been called in, the division bells are 
 rung, and, after a necessary interval, the Sergeant- 
 at-Arms enters at the bar, makes a bow to the 
 Speaker, and so informs him that the members are 
 " in." The Speaker, having called order, again rises 
 and reads the motion and proposed amendments, if 
 the members liad not been called in when the 
 motion was first put, and says: "The ' Yeas' will 
 be pleased to rise,"- every question being first put in 
 the affirmative. The Clerk Assistant, at the table 
 calls the i^ames of the "Yeas" in succession, and 
 the Clerk marks on the Division List the name of 
 each member voting, such list having upon it, in 
 alphabetical order, the name of every member, 
 under the title " Yeas," and a similar arrangement 
 of names under the title " Nays." The members 
 resume their scats as their names are called. The 
 " Nays " are recorded in similar manner, and the 
 
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 tc 
 '|o 
 
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 Z 
 
 EX 
 
 ' m 
 
 Ui 
 
 -I 
 o 
 c 
 
 4 
 
 Q 
 
Excused if 
 "paired." 
 
 K«8Ult. 
 
 Pecuniary 
 interest. 
 
 Must be in 
 House 
 when 
 the ques- 
 tion put. 
 
 No record 
 of divisi- 
 ons on 
 adjourn- 
 ment. 
 
 Members 
 seated un- 
 til result of 
 Division is 
 announced 
 
 30 
 
 Clerk, after countilig the names on both sides of 
 the list, announces the result of the division. If 
 any errors have been committed in the record of 
 the vote they are now corrected. A member is ex- 
 cused from voting if " paired " with an absent 
 member, or for a reason which meets with the 
 approval of the House, but must vote " Yea " or 
 " Nay " if the House insists. 
 
 The Speaker announces that the motion has been 
 l().st or carried as the result of the division indicates. 
 
 When a member has a direct pecuniary interest 
 in the matter before the House, his vote is dis- 
 allowed, provided that such interest is of private 
 and not public character. (Rule 16. Decision of 
 Speaker.) 
 
 If a member enters the Chamber after the question 
 is put, or if not within the Chamber at the time 
 it is put, and which question he cannot, therefore, 
 have heard, his vote, if recorded, is struck off after 
 the list of Yeas and Nays has been read by the 
 Clerk. 
 
 In <livisions on the question of the adjournment 
 of the House, or of the Debate, the numbers only, 
 and not the names of members voting, shall' be 
 entered upon the Journal. 
 
 After a division is taken, members must remain 
 seated until the result thereof is determined. 
 
 A. member not present in the Chamber during a 
 vote upon an amendment, and entering before the 
 main motion is put, can vote on such motion. 
 {May, 402.) 
 
 COMMITTEES. 
 
 Definition 
 of a Com- 
 mittee. 
 
 A Committee, with the exception of a Committee 
 of the Whole House, consists of a portion of the 
 Members, selected by the House, for the purpose of 
 considering more fully than the larger body is able 
 to do, any matter reterred to it ; and, generally, it 
 is empowered, by the order of the Legislative 
 Assembl}'^, to call for per.sons and papers, and to take 
 evidence upon oath or otherwise, as may be directed. 
 
31 
 
 ■iideH of 
 on. If 
 cord of 
 r is ex- 
 absent 
 ith the 
 ^ea " or 
 
 las been 
 
 idicates. 
 
 interest 
 is dis- 
 private 
 
 ision of 
 
 question 
 :he time 
 lierefore, 
 off after 
 I by the 
 
 furnment 
 ers only, 
 shall* be 
 
 c remain 
 
 during a 
 'ore the 
 motion. 
 
 Duimittee 
 •n of the 
 urpose of 
 
 y is able 
 lerally, it 
 
 gislative 
 id to take 
 
 directed. 
 
 Chap. 11, Sec. 32, R. S. 0. 1887, provides that the 
 Legislative Assembly may at all times command 
 and compel the attendance before the Assembly, or 
 before any Committee thereof, of such persons, and 
 the production of such papers and things as the 
 Assembly or Committee may deem necessary for 
 any of its proceedings or deliberations. And Sec. 
 33 sets foith that the Speaker may issue his warrant 
 or subp(Ena, directed to the persons named in the 
 Order of the Legislative Assembly, requiring their 
 attendance before the Legislative Assembly or a 
 Committee thereof, and the production of such 
 papers and things as may be ordered. 
 
 Sec. 60 provides that any Standing or Select Com- 
 mittee may examine witnesses upon oath adminis- 
 tered by the Chairman or any member of the 
 Committee, such Oath being as follows: 
 
 " The evidence you shall giv(3 to this Committee 
 touching the subject of the present inquiry shall be 
 the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the 
 truth : So help you God." 
 
 The Assembly has power, by sec. 48, to inquire 
 into and punish, as breaches of privilege or as 
 contempt of Court, any person guilty of ; 
 
 Tampering with any witness in regard to evidence 
 to be given by him before said Assembly or any 
 Committee thereof; 
 
 Giving false evidence or prevaricating or other- 
 wise misbehaving in giving or refusing to give 
 evidence, or produce papers, before the said Assembly 
 or anv Committee thereof ; 
 
 Disobedience to subpoenas or warrants, issued 
 under tlie authority of this Act, to compel the 
 attendance of witnesses before the said Assembly or 
 any of its Committees ; 
 
 Presenting to said Assembly or to any Committee 
 thereof, a forged or false document with intent to 
 deceive the said Assembly or Committee ; and 
 
 Forging, falsifying or unlawfully alteiing any of 
 the records of the said Assembly, or of any Com- 
 mittee thereof, or any document or petition pre- 
 sented or tiled or intended to be presented or tiled 
 before said Assembly or Committee ; or the setting 
 
 Power to 
 compel 
 attendance 
 of wit- 
 nesses. 
 
 i 
 
 a 
 u 
 
 < 
 
 0. 
 CO 
 
 s 
 
 Oaths of 
 witnessen. 
 
 
 Form of 
 oath. 
 
 w 
 o 
 a 
 
 Powers of 
 Assembly 
 to punish. 
 
 Tamper- 
 ing with 
 svitnessep. 
 
 o 
 
 It 
 
 False 
 evidence. 
 
 
 Disobedi- 
 ence to 
 subpu-na. 
 
 A 
 
 Presenting 
 false docu- 
 ments. 
 
 i 
 
 Falsifying 
 
 records, 
 
 etc. 
 
 ^ 
 
82 
 
 
 Before 
 
 whom 
 
 certain 
 
 affidavitH 
 
 may bt; 
 
 made. 
 
 Payment 
 of wit- 
 nesseH. 
 
 Certificate 
 that evi- 
 dence is 
 material 
 and im- 
 portant. 
 
 Certificate 
 to be 
 renewed. 
 
 Certain 
 Witnesses 
 not to be 
 paid. 
 
 Com- 
 mittee 
 of the 
 Whole. 
 
 or subscribing by 'any person, of the name of another 
 person to any sucli docunient or petition with intent 
 to deceive. 
 
 Sec. Gl provides that wliere witnesses are not 
 required to be orally examined before a committee, 
 any oath, affirmation, de^'i ration or affidavit in 
 writinji", which is reciuired in respect to any matter 
 before the Committee, may be taken before the 
 Olerk of the House, the Clerk of the Committee, or 
 a Conunissioner for taking affidavits in tlie High 
 Court. 
 
 The Clerk of the House, by Rule 86, is authorized 
 to pay out of the Contingent Fund to Witnesses 
 summoned to attend before any Select Committee 
 of the House except in the case of Private Bills, a 
 reasonable sum y)e,v diem, to be dotoi'mined by the 
 Speaker, during their attendance, and a reasonable 
 allowance for travelling expenses, upon a certificate 
 or order of the Cliairnuni of the Conunittee before 
 which such witnesses have been summoned ; but no 
 witnesses shall be so paid unless a certificate shall 
 first have been filed with the (chairman of such 
 Committee, by some niember thereof, stating that the 
 evidence to be obtained from such witness is, in 
 his opinion, material and important; and no such 
 payment shall be made in any case without the 
 authority of the Speaker, which shall be signified 
 by the endorsement of the Speaker upon the afore- 
 said certificate ; and when any witness shall have 
 been in attendance during three days, if his pi'esence 
 is still further recpiired, recourse shall again be had 
 to the Chairman of the Conunittee, and so on, every 
 three days ; and no witness residing at the Seat of 
 Government shall be paid for his attendance. 
 
 A Committee of the Whole consists of the whole 
 of the Members of the House, who sit in the House 
 itself, and is under the control of a Chairman, 
 nominated each Session by the Speaker, or by the 
 House, if it so desires, and wdio, while presiding 
 over the Committee, exercises the general powers of 
 the Speaker. 
 
 The Chairman occupies the chair approjn'iated to 
 the Clerk while sitting at the Table. 
 
 I; 
 
1 
 
 33 
 
 Special or Select Committees are appointed by 
 the Ho.use, and to ihem is directly submittod the 
 consideration of somo distinct question. By Rule 
 8:5, no Select Committee may, without leave of the 
 House, consist of more than fifteen Members, and 
 the House may stdect the names to form the 
 (Committee, unless objected to by five Members, 
 when each Member of the House names one, and 
 those who have most voices, with the mover, shall 
 form the Committee. 
 
 Reference in the House to the proceedings of a 
 Committee before it has reported, are out of order. 
 {May, U'^,o(>9.\ 
 
 Standing Sessional Committees are appointed, on 
 the recommendation of a Select Committee, in tlie 
 (larly part of each Session of the Legislature, and to 
 t lem are referred matters coming spe.Mally within 
 their purview. 
 
 The Sessional Committees of the Ontario Legis- 
 lative Assembly are known as the Committee on 
 Railwavs, Committee on Priv^ate Bills, Committee 
 on Standing Orders, Committee on Privileges and 
 Elections, Municipal Committee, Committee on 
 Printing, and Committee on Public Accounts, A 
 Special Standing Committee is appointed each 
 Session for the purpose of assisting Mr. Speaker in 
 the management of the Library, and another for the 
 consideration of Bills appertaining to Legal Matters. 
 
 The Hou.se resolves itself into Committee of the 
 Whole, upon motion to that effect, for the purpose 
 of considering the items of Supply, laid before the 
 House in the form of Estimates, and accompanied 
 by a Messasfe from His Honour the Lieutenant- 
 Governor. Tlie House resolves itself into a Com- 
 mittee of the Whole for the consideration of Ways 
 and Means. All resolutions authorizing the expendi- 
 ture of public revenues or moneys, or the imposition, 
 reduction or abolition of a tax must originate and be 
 discussed in Connnittee of the Whole The various 
 clauses of all Bills, Public or Private, after the .second 
 reading, and even after having been referred to a 
 Special Committee, are subjected to the criticism of 
 the Committee of the Whole. And any question, if 
 C 
 
 Select 
 Com- 
 mittees. 
 
 Reference 
 to jiro- 
 cecdinfj.s. 
 
 Standing 
 Hessional 
 Com- 
 
 iiiitteea. 
 
 Title-^ of 
 Ses8i(jnal 
 Com- 
 mittees. 
 
 When 
 
 Com- 
 mittee of 
 Wliole i.s 
 necesaary. 
 
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 'f 
 
 in 
 u 
 
 1 
 
 /■Pk 
 
 a 
 
 z 
 
i 
 
 31 
 
 Hllll'X of 
 l)t<l)Httt 
 
 In Com- 
 iiiittoc. 
 
 CjhH'HtioIlH 
 
 (if onhu' 
 in Com- 
 
 SoooniitT 
 
 tmnect's- 
 
 sary. 
 
 Previous 
 
 nut'stion 
 
 iniutuii.s- 
 
 siblo. 
 
 Cauiiot 
 
 adjonin. 
 
 A motion 
 by Chiiir- 
 iimu to 
 leaveChair 
 supersedes 
 biusiness 
 of Com- 
 niittee. 
 
 Votes 
 in Com- 
 mittee. 
 
 Reception 
 of Report. 
 
 roforrod thereto by tlie House, may 1m» dcihated in 
 such Committee. 
 
 Tlie rules of debate, an to a ri/^dit of rejtly by a 
 nuMubiM' alter luiviii;jf already a<l(h('NS('d tlu! House;, 
 are .su.spcnded in any C/ommittiu;, and a mend)er is 
 jit libiMty lo speak without restriction if be dbserves 
 tlie usual courtesies of discussion, and makes bis 
 remiu ks lelevniit to tbe nuitter under eonsidcrjition. 
 {Niile 7!K Sir.J.) 
 
 If a (|UeHtion of order arises in ('ommittei! of the 
 Whole, it may be decided by tin; ( 'hairman, or, on 
 niotion, referred to Mr. Speaker; and, for this pur- 
 pose, the Chaiinum is insliueted to report pi-o^ress 
 and ask leave to sit a^ain u|)on that oi' so.ne other 
 (ia,v. {I\ul.> SO.) 
 
 It is an estahlished rule that a motion in Com- 
 mittee need not 1)0 seconded. {Mdi/, '/■>"'■) 
 
 A motion of " tbe previous tpiestion " is not 
 aibuitted in Committee of the Whole. {May, 'iOJf, 
 
 A (\)nnnit(ee of the WhoK- bas no power either 
 to adjourn its own sittings, or to adjourn a debate 
 to a future sittin<.j, but it may rise, report procuress, 
 and ask leave to sit aj^ain ; but if a motion is carried 
 " That tlu; chairman do now leave tbe cbaii'," oi' 
 " That the (\)mmittiH' do now rise," without report- 
 ini::, tbe question before tbe t/ommiltee is superseded. 
 
 A motion, " That the Chairman do now leave the 
 Chair," when carried, super.sedes tbe business of tbe 
 Committee, as tbe adjournment of tbe House, duiinfj 
 tbe consideration of any nuitter, supersedes tbe 
 ([uestion ; and when tbe Speaker resumes the cbair 
 no report is made from tbe Conuuittee. J3ut no 
 sucb motitni can be interposed while any mendjcr is 
 speaking. {May, Ji^O) 
 
 Votes taken in Conuuittee are by " count," tbe 
 " Ayes " and " Noes " standing up for tbe purpose, 
 but no recoid of tbe names of those voting is made. 
 
 Each Special or Standing Committee presents its 
 report tbrougb its Chairman, who moves its reception 
 and tbe concurrence of tbe House therein if sucb Re- 
 port makes any recommendations. If the reception 
 
Mo 
 
 :;()unt," the 
 
 of a Rtiport is (»{)])(is(mI, it luiiHt .stafi«l ovit two clay.s 
 before it a^ain cotncs up for c()nHi(l(!rati()n. A Ito- 
 port may 1k^ sriit Imck to its (/oiniiiittrci for nfcon- 
 Hidt^ration iti wliolo or ii» part. (»SVv' SpcAikcvH iJeci- 
 
 Ilulo <S4 provides that of the iiumhcr of McinhiirH 
 appoirit(Ml to coiiipoNo a Ooriifnittcui, a majority of 
 tlio samo shall l)c a (.J)iioniin, iiiiifMS the House lins 
 otherwise oidcrt^d. 
 
 Hy loiif^ cstahlislied usaj^jc; in th(; British Mouses of 
 Cvomiiioiis, it has \h\vii doteiiniiu'd that, when; no 
 new hurdcii is iuiposcMJ, tlie disposition of an (ixisting 
 charge is not r«'(|uir('<l to originate in (!oinmittee. 
 
 On tlie liMrd Ki'l.ruary, I.S72, lion. T. 1). Pardee 
 was (>x(!iis('il from altcndini^ a Sclcet ('ommittce in 
 cons('(|Ut'nee of illness, and another mendier was 
 a<lded to the (yommittee. 
 
 Altliou^di.hy th(! Ilulesof the IIouHe,n()(Jonnnittee 
 is permitted to sit wliih; the Mouse is in sijssion, on 
 4tii I)(;e»;mher, 1>S74«, a Seleet ('ommittcM! to which 
 had heon t'eferriid certain chai;i,^(!s against one m(!m- 
 her' hy aiiotiier was, hy ohNm' of the House, pcirmit- 
 ted, witli the unanimous consent of tluj (yonunitt(!('!, 
 to sit and continue its sittiu'^s (hirin;j the sittinj^s of 
 the House ; and on 17th l)e(!end)er, 1.S74, the House 
 oi'di reel that atiy CJommittee of tliis House, may, foi- 
 the rest of this Session, sit durin<^^ the sittinj^sot" the 
 House. 
 
 On <Sth Decemher, 1<SGI*, the House ordenid the 
 Standing C'ommitte on Railways to I'eport evidence 
 taken hetbre it, which liad mov(;d tiie (Jommittee to 
 report the Pi('aml)le of a Hill not proven. On Otii 
 Decemher the (Jonnnittee reported that it coidd not 
 transmit the evidence, inasmuch as the promoters 
 and opponents of the Bill, together with the wit- 
 nesses for each, respectively, had been heard viva 
 voce, and no record of their statements had been kept 
 by the Committee. 
 
 ih\ 2 1st March, 1884, it was Re.tolved, That it le 
 a Ses.'sional Order of this House that tliere be a<lded 
 to the Standing Committees of the House a Com- 
 mittee to be known as a Municipal Committee. 
 
 •Riorum. 
 
 DiHpO' 
 .'litiiiii (if 
 HxlHting 
 chak'tfH. 
 
 excuHed 
 from 
 
 littoll- 
 
 danct', 
 
 Kxcfption- 
 111 i)t;ririiM« 
 HJon to hit 
 (InriiiK 
 Hiltin^ of 
 till! HouHe. 
 
 Committee 
 onlered to 
 report 
 evidence. 
 
 Sciij.sional 
 order. 
 
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 riTI'.LIC lULLS. 
 
 What iH a 
 Bill. 
 
 BillH : 
 
 Publit'and 
 
 Privati'. 
 
 First 
 Readinpr. 
 
 Unusual 
 to oppose 
 First 
 Readings. 
 
 All Act of I'arliaiiKMii is tin* outcoint' c»f a ]V\\], 
 written or printctl, intrtxliiccil hy the CKurtt'sy jind 
 consent of tlie lloiisi'.und ciin icd tlu'oui;l» its various 
 ata^os in c<iin|ili..nce with i'.-s riih's and orfh'i's. It 
 is .suhjoct to clia* ^'o at every step ol its |ir()<i[reHs after 
 its inti'odiietion, and sehhan readies its final pas- 
 sn<i;"e without more or less nin(lilie!ition of itsdi^taiis, 
 lait no alteration can lie nwuh' in it without the 
 antlioiity of aCoininitteo or of the Hou^e. 
 
 Bills may be divided into two classes : Piddie and 
 Private. 'Pho^e which ha*'0 a witle and <:en(!ial 
 o|ier;ttion and concern the whoh* connnnnity, oi' a 
 laij^i' portion oi it, such as Municipal I/iw, Diaina^^o 
 Law, School l^avv, etc.. are known as Public Hills. 
 Tlioso seekint; an enactment calculated to advance 
 the iiderest of a particular peisoii or association of 
 persons, or for a distinctly local purpose, or havini;' 
 a special ])i-ivate object to si>rve, are dosi^nated 
 Private P.ilKs. 
 
 So that publicity may be ^iven to intcaided ieii;is- 
 lation, a member (lesirimj^ to brinij^ in a, Public Dill 
 will hand to the Clerk of tlu» House, before o p.m. 
 upon anv dav of the Session, a written notice of his 
 intention to ask leave for its introduction, whieh 
 notice will appear in the V^otes and Proceeclings of 
 that day. After two days' notice, and when Mr. 
 Speaker calls for " Nb)tions," the member will, by 
 written motion, ask that such leave bo ^-iven, and 
 that the Bill be now read a First tinn*. No Bill, it 
 must be observed, can bo introduced in blank. 
 (Raleo'l.) 
 
 The First Readino' of a Bill is usually acceded 
 ti) as a matter of courtesy without debate, 
 although it is within the powers of the House to 
 refuse leave. It is not unusual for the mov^er, 
 upon the first reading of a Bill of more tha*^ ordi- 
 nary public importance, to explain its j)rincipal pro- 
 visions, but this course is confined almost altogethcM- 
 to (tovernment measures. If the First Reading: is 
 in pursuance of an Order of the House, it is made 
 without amendment or debate. 
 
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 Tlio iiu'iiilaT ijitrodiicin}^' a l^ill iriflorsi^s it with 
 lii.H iiniiH', aiul when icatl tliu ('l»!rk C(M'tifi«'H tijioii 
 it tlw (late of its liist l(•a<lillJ^^ ami scihIm it to tiu! 
 Law Clorlv for revision hcfoit; it is for war* led to tlio 
 PrintcM". 
 
 Ill rtM(lin;jf a l>ill, tho C-lerk simply prononncos 
 tlio title and declan's it to lu' tlic; Kiist, Sccof 1 or 
 Third Reading', as the case may he. 
 
 The Second IveadinLj, vvld<'h ])racticn,lly deteriidiies 
 wlit'ljicr the House n|)j)rovt's of tlx; principle of the 
 Itill, is not made until tli(^ UKtasure has heen pritiled 
 and distiihuted and marUed I'rinfcd, on tho Unhsis 
 of tho Day. {Unle J,,t.) 
 
 A Puldic I'ill introiluced hy a private momher, — 
 om? not of the ('jihitKit — is Hr,.ti(.i'ally idei-red, Jifter 
 itssecontl rcadinjj;, to a Sjiecial or Staudi»ijL( C-om- 
 mittee, wlnle (Government measures an; nearly 
 always place»l upon tho Orders to he discussed in a 
 Committe*' of the Whole Ifouso. 
 
 A l»ill, after it lias heen reported liv the Special 
 or Standinn' ('ommittee to which it lias heen r( leired, 
 is a;jjain placed on the Orders for reference to a 
 ComiiiittiH! of the Whole, wliere it is considered 
 clause hy clause, tlui I'reand)le heini^ last taUen up. 
 It is the'U i-cporttid to the House, and, if with iimend- 
 nients, lie pr in fed liefoie it is further ])roc<HMliMl 
 with, this lieinL>'th(! (roursc; pursued with respect to 
 every Hill in which im])()rtant amendments are 
 made at any s^age. (Ridr J/.'f.) 
 
 A Bill reportf-d hy Oonnuittce of the Whole is 
 forwai ded to the Law Olerk, who carefully exaudnes 
 it, an<l initials it as ])r()of that it ha.-. Ikm'U amended 
 as din cted. It is in ordei-, hy direction of the House, 
 for a Third Rivulinuj. and marked die printed when 
 returned fiom the Printer. At this staije, the Ord(M- 
 for the Tliird Reading, when called, may he dis- 
 charged, and the Bill referred hack to a Couuuittee 
 of the Whole for further amendment ; hut if any 
 changes of a merely clerical character are required 
 at the Third Reading, they are usually made at the 
 Clerk's tahle while Mr. Speaker is in the chair. 
 
 The Bill having heen read a third time, it is 
 moved " That the Bill do now pass and he intituled 
 
 NaiiiH of 
 nii>v<tr and 
 (liiUi in- 
 (l(>rH«>d, 
 
 |{«'a«1inK 
 Title. 
 
 Hncond 
 Ki'iwliiig. 
 
 Reference 
 to (Jdiu' 
 
 IltittMO. 
 
 After Re- 
 port. 
 
 Third 
 Reading. 
 
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 PaHsing 
 and Title. 
 
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 ns in tho motion." An opportunity for junondnienfc 
 of the title is tlius <;iven, and often availed of, but 
 no further jiinenduionts are attempted at this final 
 
 Bill for- 
 wftriU'd to 
 
 stage. 
 
 Royal 
 Assent. 
 
 Procetiure 
 in Com- 
 niittue. 
 
 If no 
 
 amend 
 
 ment. 
 
 The Clerk endorses upon the \V\\\ the fact and 
 Law clerk time of its Third Reading, and forwards the docu- 
 ment to the Law C^lerk, wlio is responsible for tho 
 corn>ctness of Hills if tliey are amended. (Rules 
 
 After a Bill has been passed, it is carefully re- 
 printi>d, and a co|)y thereot' is sent to His Honour 
 the Lieut«Miant-(Jovernor, who signs it upon its face 
 and forwards it lo the Clerk of the Ciown in 
 Chancery, to be held by him until the Royal Assent 
 is reached. At the Prorogation, or more early date 
 if it is deemed necessary, His Honour proceeds to tho 
 House anil the Royal Assent is given. 
 
 In considering a Bill >n Committee of the Whole, 
 the Chairman reads the number of each clause in 
 succession, together with the short nuirginal notes 
 which explain its object. {Mat/, SOI.) 
 
 If no amendment is ottered to any part of a 
 clau.se, the Chairman at once puts the question," That 
 this clause stand part of the Bill." If there is no 
 opposition, he declares the clause carried, places his 
 initials on its margin and proceeds to the next. 
 {Mai/,')()l.) 
 
 If an amenihnent is offered, he states the line in 
 which it is proposed that the alteration shall be 
 made, and puts the (juestion in the ordinary form. 
 {Mat/,o()L) 
 
 May says that members who are desirous of offer- 
 ing amendments in Connnittee should watch care- 
 should be f^i'ly ^'^^e progress of the Bill, and propose them at 
 offered. the proper time ; for if the Connnittee has passed 
 on to another clause, or even amended a later line 
 or words in the same clause, amendments cannot, 
 without general consent, be then made in an earlier 
 part of the Bill. (May, 501.) 
 Putting an When a clause has been amended, the question 
 amended put from the Chair is, " That this clause, as amended, 
 stand part of the Bill ; " and no other amendment 
 can be proposed to a clause after this question has 
 been put from the Chair. (May, 562.) 
 
 If amend 
 
 ment 
 
 offered. 
 
 When 
 amend 
 tnents 
 
 clause. 
 
139 
 
 New clauses are moved ijriinofliately after the N«\v 
 orifrinal clauses of a F^ill are dispoHerl of. {May, f>f>5.) <5'»'"«''' 
 
 No previous notice need be given of a proposfwl Notice 
 amondinentof a Public P>ill. unneceg- 
 
 A Hill may be recommitted as often as the House yin may 
 thinks fit without limitation with respect to par- b« recom- 
 ticidar' clauses, or for the insertion of some particu- '"'"*^- 
 lar or additional provisions. (Mai/, '>7f}.) 
 
 Wh«!n a iJill has been parsed through (/ommittee, Signature 
 and is ready for report, the Chairman attaches there- "^ Chair- 
 to his signature iu full. (Hide, 7 J.) 
 
 If a l>ill is rejected, another of the .same substance A rejected 
 cannot be brought in during the; same Session. ber(?vh'ed. 
 
 May declares that no amondinent can be moved No ad- 
 on the second reading of a l^ill by way of 'i'l<'dti()n jjj^^^'j.'j^^^^'f^^^. 
 to the (juestion. See deciHton of Mr. t^peak&r. ^oUi. Hecond 
 Mail. ISO. I. "^''ading. 
 
 The clau.ses of a Public Bill, involving a charge „, 
 upon tlie [)C()ple, must be initiat(;d in a (Jounuittee initiated 
 of the Whole, by the adontion of resolutions, pre- '".Com- 
 
 I ^ ^ \ \M • 1^1 o • • tnittee of 
 
 viously recommended by Message, m the Session in whole, 
 which such lUll is proposed. (B. N. A. Act, necft/f..) 
 
 In Committee, amend 'uents may be made in <!very Amend- 
 part of a Bill, whether in the preamV)le, the clauses ™ny fmitof 
 or the schedules ; clauses may be omitted and new a Bill ad- 
 clauses and schedules added. {May, '>(]',.) miHsible. 
 
 An amentlment or new clause cannot be brought Amend- 
 up in Committee, if substantially the .same as one "I''"* . 
 already negatived by the Committee. {May, 50-'>.) j'ected^ 
 
 An amendment )nu.;t be consistent and coherent N[u8t be 
 with the context of a Bill. {May, oOr,.) consistent. 
 
 GiiEY, one of the recognized Parliamentary . , 
 authorities in England, in speaking of proposed ments at 
 amendments at the third reading of a Bill, says : '^^''■^. 
 " It is with great and almost invincible reluctance *^* ' ^' 
 that amendments are admitted at this reading, 
 which occasion erasures or interlineations." The 
 Canadian and British practice admit such amend- 
 ments, and a decision of Mr. Speaker, loth Decem- 
 ber, 1877. says in effect that an amendment which 
 declares some principle adverse to the measure, or is 
 otherwise opposed to its progress, may be moved to 
 the Third Reading of a Bill ; while another decision 
 
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 Bill rein- 
 stated on 
 Orders of 
 Day. 
 
 Passing 
 with unus- 
 ual speed. 
 
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 Royal 
 
 Assent 
 
 Refused. 
 
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 declares that no aniendrnent to the motion for a 
 second or third reading can V)o moved " l)y way of 
 mere addition to the question." 
 
 On 10th February, 1871, it was ordered that Bill 
 (No. 51) to amend the Asse.ssment Act, which 
 had been discharged from the Orders of the Day on 
 Monday last, be reinstated upon the Orders of the 
 Day of Fri(h)y next, and do stand thereon for a 
 second reading. 
 
 By unanimous consent, Bills have been occasion- 
 ally passed with unusual speed, and instances of this, 
 in addition to the annual Supply Bill, may be found 
 at following dates: No. Ill, 22nd March, 1884; 
 No. 138.24th March, 1884; No. 29, 24th March, 
 1884 ; No. 170, 27th March, 1885 ; No. 170, 21.st 
 April, 1887; 21st March, 1S89; ord April, 18;i0; 
 No. 178, !)th April, 1892 ; No. 170, 1 1th April, 1892 ; 
 No. 179, lltir April, 181)2; No. 180, 12th April, 
 1892 ; No. 191, 195, 25th May, 190, 2Gth May, 1898. 
 
 On 80th March, 1885, His Honour the Lieutenant- 
 Governor, being present to give Royal Assent to 
 various Bills, the Title to a Bill entitled "An Act 
 to correct certain clerical errors in the Consolidated 
 Jurors' Act of 1888," was read, and the C/hik said ; 
 ''His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor doth with- 
 hold Her Majesty's assent to this Bill, the purpose 
 thereof having been provided for by the Act for 
 further improving the administi'ation of the law, 
 which Act His Honour has assented to in Her 
 Majesty's niune. 
 
 On 28rd March, 1888, the title of "An Act to in- 
 corporate the Port Arthur Water, Lii;ht and Power 
 Company " was read, when the Clerk announced 
 that the Lieutenant-Governor, by advice of His 
 Executive Council, withholds the Royal Assent, on 
 the jjrounds that " throuj^h inadvertence the Bill 
 gives to the Company thereby proposed to be incor- 
 porated, impoitant powers not mentioned in the 
 public notices of the intention to apply for the Act, 
 which powers may seriously atteci, and it is asserted 
 do seriously atiect the rights of persons who, before 
 the passing of the Bill, had no notice that such 
 powers were to be applied for, and it is contrary to 
 
41 
 
 the intention of the Legislative Assembly in pass 
 ing the Bill that the same should give such powers 
 without the ])ersons interested in opposing the same 
 having an opportunity of doing so Jigiooably to the 
 practice of the Legislative Assembly in that behalf." 
 
 On i29th March, LS73, the titles of two Bills inti- Bills 
 tuled " An Act to Incorporate the Loyal Orange As- reserved, 
 sociation of Western Ontario and Eastern Onf-ario " 
 were read, when the Clerk of the House, by com- 
 mand of the Lieutenant-Governor, said : " His 
 Honour the Lieutenant-Governor doth reserve these 
 Bills for the signitication of the pleasure of His Ex- 
 cellency the Governor General." 
 
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 BILLS DISALLOWED. 
 
 The following Acts of the Legislature of Ontario 
 have been disallowed by the Government of the 
 Dominion of Canada since 1st July, 1867 : 
 
 An Act to define the Privileges, Immunities and 
 Powers of tlie Legislative Assembly, and to give 
 summary ])rotection to persons em})loyed in the pub- 
 lication of Sessii nal Papers. Passed 1 9th December, 
 1868. LisallovxHl 29th November, 1869. 
 
 An Act for gi-anting to Her Majesty certain sums 
 of money ie(|uired for defraying tiie expenses of 
 civil govenunent for the year 1869, for making 
 good certain sums expended for the Public Service 
 in 1868, and for other ])urp()ses. Passed 2.Srd Jan- 
 uary, 1S(J9. Disallowed 'iOth January, 1870. 
 
 An Act to amend the law respecting escheats and 
 forfeitures. Passed 24th Maich, 1874. Disallowed 
 1st April, 1875. 
 
 An Act respecting the administration of justice 
 in the norther!}' and westerly parts of Ontario. 
 Passed 11th March, 1879. Disallowed 12th Febru- 
 ary, 1880. 
 
 An Act for protecting the public interest in 
 rivers, streams and creeks. Passed 4th March, 
 "".881. Disallowed 19th March, 1881. 
 
 An Act for protecting the public interest in 
 rivers, streams and creeks. Passed 10th Mai'ch, 
 1882. Disallowed 20th September, 1882. 
 
 
 
 
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 Escheats 
 and For- 
 feitures. 
 
 Adminis- 
 tration of 
 Justice. 
 
 Rivers, 
 
 Htreams 
 and creeks. 
 
 Rivers, 
 streams 
 and creeks. 
 
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 Rivers, 
 streams 
 and creeks. 
 
 License 
 Duties. 
 
 42 
 
 An Act for protecting the public interest in 
 rivers, streams {ind creeks. Passed 1st February, 
 1883. Disallowed ICth Marcli, 1883. 
 
 An Act respecting License Duties. Passed 26th 
 March, 1884. Disallowed 30th April, 1884. 
 
 PRIVATE BILLS. 
 
 
 What is a 
 
 Private 
 
 Bill. 
 
 Powers of 
 a Provin- 
 cial Legis- 
 lature as 
 to Private 
 Bills. 
 
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 li 
 
 Private 
 and Rail- 
 way Bills. 
 
 May says that " every Bill for the particular 
 interest of any person or persons is treated in Par- 
 liament as a Private Bill, whether it be for the 
 interest of an individual, or public company, or cor- 
 poration, or parish, or city, or county, or other 
 locality." He adds that a Private Act is an excep- 
 tion from the general law; and powers are sought 
 by its promoters which cannot be otherwise exer- 
 cised, and which no other authority is able to con- 
 fer. Clifford in his " History of Private Bill Legis- 
 lation," says that " by ' Private Bills ' are commonly 
 understood all Bills affecting the interests of indi- 
 viduals or paiticular localities, and which are not 
 of a general public character." 
 
 "The British North America Act, 1867," declares 
 by Section 92, that in each Province of the Confed- 
 eration, the Legislature may exclusively make hiws 
 in relation, amongst others, to the following matters : 
 
 Sub-sec. 11. The Incorporation of Companies 
 with Provincial objects. 
 
 Suh-^ ec. 16. Generally all matters of a merely local 
 or pi'ivate nature in the Province ; 
 
 And Local Works and undertakings other than 
 such as seek to connect the Province with others of 
 the Provinces, or extending beyond the limits of the 
 Province, and such works as are declared by the 
 Parliament of Canada to be for the general advan- 
 tage of Canada, or for advantage of two or more of 
 the Provinces. 
 
 The Legislature of Ontario divides the Private 
 Bills submitted to it into two classes, ordinary 
 Private Bills and Railway Bills, referring each class 
 to its own Standing Committee. 
 
 
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 Every Private Bill is based on a oetition, v^hich 
 should state, in general terms, the objects or privi- 
 leges sought to be obtained by the parties soliciting 
 the Bill, and be signed by them, and not by the 
 Solicitor acting in their behalf. At least three signa- 
 tures should be on th^ same sheet on which the 
 petition is written or printed, except in the case 
 ot a single Petitioner, or a Corporation. If the peti- 
 tion is from a corporation, the seal of such body 
 should be attached to it, and the signatures of the 
 President or Secretary, or head and Clerk of a 
 Council. {Rule 90.) 
 
 Every petition for a Private Bill must be in 
 duplicate, one copy to be presented to the House 
 by the Member in charge of the Bill, and the other 
 to be addressed to His Honour the Lieutenant- 
 Governor, and forwaided to him through the 
 Provincial Secretary. 
 
 Petitions against a Private Bill, as well as those 
 
 referred without motion to the 
 {Rule 01.) 
 
 Private Bill is received by the 
 House after the first ten days of each Session, unless 
 the time for the reception of such petition has been 
 extended, on tlie recommendation of two Staiiding 
 Committees. {Rule 51.) 
 
 No Private Bill is presented to the House after 
 the first seventeen days of each Session, nor is the 
 Report of a Standing or Select Committee upon a 
 Private Bill received after the first thirty days of 
 each Session, unless the time for such presenta- 
 tion and Report has been extended. {Rule ol.) 
 
 After a petition for a Private Bill has been re- 
 ceived and read such Petition is, without further 
 action of the House, sent to the Committee on Stand- 
 ing Orders, to report whether the Rules with regard 
 to Notice, have been observed, and, if not, to 
 reconunend to the House the course to be taken in 
 consequence of such insufficiency of Notice, and 
 omission to deposit Plans, Books of Reference, etc. 
 {Rule 56 ) 
 
 All applicants for Private Bills shall insert a 
 Notice, for six weeks before the consideration of 
 
 Petitions 
 for Private 
 Bills. 
 
 Petitions 
 in diipli 
 cate. 
 
 in its fav3r, stand 
 Committee thereon. 
 No petition for a 
 
 Petitions 
 
 atfainnt 
 
 Bill. 
 
 Within 
 first ten 
 days of 
 Session. 
 
 Private 
 
 Bills pre- 
 
 sent'^d 
 
 wUhin 
 
 seventeen 
 
 days. 
 
 Reported 
 
 within 
 
 first thirty 
 
 days. 
 
 Sent to 
 Com- 
 mittee on 
 Standing 
 Orders. 
 
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 Six wesks' 
 Notio«. 
 
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 f ! 
 
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 Railway 
 Billa. 
 
 Notice re- 
 specting 
 Railway 
 Bill. 
 
 Copy i,f 
 Bill and 
 §100 to be 
 sent to 
 Clerk. 
 
 Certain 
 infor- 
 mation a.s 
 to tolls. 
 
 Maps and 
 PlanSjCtc, 
 to be de- 
 posited 
 with 
 Clerk. 
 
 the petition, in the Ontario Gazette, an^l for the 
 .siune period iti at least one newspaper pnhlished in 
 the locality to be att'ected, and it' no such newspaper 
 is tlierein pnhlished, then in that published iiearest 
 thereto, and send copies of such Notice to the Clerk 
 of the House, to be liled in the Room of the Stand- 
 ing Orders Committee. {Rule J->.) 
 
 Private Bills referrinjjj to Railways running 
 wholly witliin the Province of Ontario, and not 
 forming part of a road over which the Dominion 
 Parliament exercises control, are referred for con- 
 sideration to the Railway Committee. {Rule 5o.) 
 
 In case of a Railway Bill, atfeeting several muni- 
 cipalities, the Notices of intention to apply must be 
 published in one newspaper in each municipality, 
 if theie is such a newspaper, and, if not, in the 
 nearest municipality theieto. {Rule oS.) 
 
 Within two weeks of the first appearance of such 
 Notice in the Ontario Gazette, a copy of the ))ro- 
 posed Bill, and the sum of one hundred dollars, for 
 purpose of defraying the cost of prijiting and 
 the expenses attendant upon the consideration of 
 the Bill, shall be forwarded to the Clei'k of the 
 House, and it will be the duty of that officer to get 
 the Bill printed forthwith after the receipt of said 
 sum. {Rule ^S.) 
 
 Any per.son or persons asking for power to erect 
 a Toll Bridge shall, upon giving the Notice, under 
 Rule 53, also give Notice of the rates of tolls which 
 they intend to ask, and supply certain other infor- 
 mation required under Rule o4. 
 
 Before a Petition for a Bill giving powers to <ion- 
 .struct a Railway, Tramway, or Canal, is I'eceived 
 by the Plouse, the applicants shall deposit with the 
 Clerk a Map or Plan, of not less than half an inch 
 to a mile, of the ))roposed work, and show the lines 
 of existing or authorized works in the same locality ; 
 a Book of Reference giving the names of munici- 
 palities in which the works are to be constructed ; 
 the population and the ratable value of property 
 therein ; a general description of the nature and 
 probable cost of the work ; an exhibit of capital pro- 
 posed to be raised ; and an estimate of the probable 
 
45 
 
 revenues and annual cost of the undertaking. 
 {Rule -5.'7.) 
 
 When the Standing Orders Committee reports Y-n-nt 
 favorably upon a Petition, leave for tlie introduction Keadinj?. 
 and First Reading of the Bill prayed for may bo 
 moved, and it then stands referred to the proper 
 Standing Committee, unless it is an Estate l)ill. 
 {Rule 01.) 
 
 Sec. 59, Chap. H, R. S. O. 1887, providjsthnt thi- ^.^^te 
 Lieutcnant-Ciovernor in Council may issue connnis- Bills, 
 sions to the Judges of the Su|)reme Court emj)ower- 
 ing them, or any two of them, to report to the Leg- 
 islative Asseml)ly in respect to Estate Bills or Peti- 
 tions for Estate Bills which may be subnutted to 
 the Assembly. 
 
 An Estate liill is a Private Bill and is said to wimtinan 
 be one that aflects some piivate lund or estate, Entate 
 vesting it or otherwise authorizing its disposi- 
 tion in a particular mannei'. Forexam])le: if a 
 Bill is intended to niodil'y a tru>t, or to declare the 
 meaning of andjigiious expres.sions in a gi-ant or con- 
 veyance, oi- to render eilective provisions or condi- 
 tions contained therein which, otherwise, could noi. 
 be carried out by the ordinary legal tribunals, or 
 without unreasonable expense, such a Biil would be 
 considered an Estate Bill. The preamble of an 
 Estate Bill must fully recite the facts upon wliich 
 legislation is prayed, and the pi'o visions of the Bill 
 must in general be assented to by all parties con- 
 cerned, and protect the just rights of all parties 
 attected thereby. Raportof 
 
 Every Estate Bill, when reatl a first time, is re- Commis- 
 terred to the Commissioners of E.state Bdl.>s tor their Estate 
 report, and an}' two of them may give their written '^'^^'*- 
 opinion whether, presuming the allegations of the 
 preamble to be proved to the sati.sfaction of the 
 House, it is reasonable that the Bill do pass into 
 law. Their report is read by the Clerk at the table, 
 and, if it is favorable, the Bill goes at once to the 
 Committee on Private Bills for further consideration. 
 If the rcpoit of the Estate Commissicmers is adverse, 
 such Bill is not further considered. {Rule 02.) 
 
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Five days' 
 notice 
 neccMBary 
 before con- 
 sideration, 
 by Com- 
 mittee. 
 
 Promoters 
 and 
 
 opponents 
 heard by 
 Com- 
 mittee, 
 
 Chairman 
 ha') casting 
 vote. 
 
 Second 
 Reading 
 after re- 
 port by 
 Com- 
 mittee, 
 
 Re-printed 
 
 when 
 
 amended. 
 
 Two days' 
 notice of 
 amend- 
 ments. 
 
 Fees, in 
 some 
 cases, re- 
 mitted. 
 
 Railway 
 liills. 
 
 4G 
 
 No Private Bill is considered by a Committee 
 thereon until after it has been printed and distri- 
 buted and five days' clear notice of the sitting of 
 such Committee has been exposed in the lobby 
 (Rule (J/f..) 
 
 As a Committee on a Private Bill Jicts in a judicial 
 as well as legislative capacity, full opportunity is 
 given for promoters and opponents of the proposed 
 measure to be heard, before a decision is reached, 
 and counsel may appear, with the consent of the 
 Committee, for the purpose of supporting or oppos- 
 ing it. {Rule 60.) 
 
 In case of an equal vote in Committee, the Chair- 
 man has a second or casting vi)te {Ruled'/.) 
 
 Private Bills, repoitod to the House by the Stand- 
 ing Committee to which they were referred, are 
 placed upim the Orders of the Day following the 
 report, for a Second Reading in the proper order, 
 but all Private Bills reported with amendments are 
 Re-printed before they are further proceeded with, 
 and amendments of important character at any 
 stage, necessitate a Re))rint. {Rule 70.) 
 
 If further amendments are proposed to be made 
 when the Bill is in Committee of the Whole, or at 
 its Third Reading, two days' notice of them must 
 have been given before they can be considered, as 
 it is desirable, to avoid precipitate and unfair leg- 
 islation, and that no new provisions n)ay be 
 inserted, affecting the inteiests of parties not 
 represented before the Committee, without due 
 notification to all concerned, by publication in the 
 " Voces and Proceedings." {Rule 72.) 
 
 When a Bill is abandoned by its promoters, or 
 the Preamble be not proven, or the ordei' for its 
 second or third reading be discharged, the fees 
 upon it, less the cost of printing, may l.e refunded, 
 if the Committee so recommends with reasons satis- 
 factory to the House. It is customary to remit fees, 
 less the cost of printing, upon Bills relating to edu- 
 2ational or ecclestiastical matters. 
 
 Private Bills referring to railways running wholly 
 within the Province of Ontario, and not forming 
 part of a road over which the Dominion Parlia- 
 
47 
 
 inent exercis(!s control, are referred for considera- 
 tion to tlie Railway Committee. 
 
 Private Hills are the first Order of the Day on 
 Monday, and the last on Tuesday and Thursday. 
 On Wednesday and Friday they are considered lor 
 an hour, from half-past seven o'clock p.m., and after 
 " Public Bills and Orders " on the same day. 
 
 When a Private Hill is before its Standiii-,' Com- 
 mittee, the Preamble is first considered, and if it is 
 rejected, the Bill is not proceeded with. {Man, 858, 
 800, 801.) 
 
 A Private Bill receives the Royal Assent in the 
 same foini as a Public Bill. 
 
 In its passage through the House, a Private Bill 
 is subject tf) the same forms of procedure hs a Public 
 Bill, with the exception already noted as to refer- 
 ence and amendment. 
 
 Private 
 Bills on 
 
 
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 Hidered. 
 
 
 Royal 
 
 
 assent. 
 
 
 In Housp, 
 
 
 procedure 
 
 
 as with a 
 
 
 Public 
 
 
 Bill. 
 
 
 ADJOURNMENTS. 
 
 Rule oO provides that a motion to adjourn the 
 House, or the Debate, shall always be in order ; but 
 no member shall spealc to such motion for more 
 than ten minutes ; and no second motion to the 
 same eti'ect shall be made until after some inter- 
 mediate proceeding shall have been had. {Mai/, 301.) 
 
 A member who has moved the adjournment of 
 the Debate cannot, before that question is decided, 
 move the adjournment of the House ; nor can he 
 then move the adjournment of the House if motion 
 for adjournment of Debate is negatived. The only 
 amendment to motion that the House do adjourn 
 to some specific hour or day is, that the House do 
 adjourn to some other hour or day. {Mx,^, S-~)U,S51.) 
 
 On the motion that the House, at its rising, do 
 adjourn until some specific day, it is irregular to 
 discuss anything which is the subject of one of the 
 Orders of the Day. {Mny, 352.) 
 
 On the motion that the House do now adjourn, 
 no reference can be made to a former debate of the 
 same Session. 
 
 Rule re- 
 8[)ecting 
 adjourn- 
 ment. 
 
 A member 
 cannot 
 move ad- 
 journment 
 of debate 
 and House. 
 Amend- 
 ment to 
 motion to 
 adjourn. 
 
 On motion 
 to adjourn 
 cannot 
 discuss an 
 Order of 
 the Day. 
 
 No refer- 
 ence to 
 former 
 debate. 
 
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 When 
 irroK'iliir 
 to move 
 acljiiurii- 
 nient. 
 
 Caiiiiut 
 proiMJHt' an 
 amend- 
 nient IV- 
 latin^ to 
 Boiiip (itlur 
 matter. 
 
 Hftvirif? 
 Bpoknn 
 cannot 
 movfl 
 
 adjiiiirn- 
 nient. 
 
 If motion 
 to adjourn 
 
 Btantivc, 
 riKht of 
 reply 
 existH. 
 
 Adjourn- 
 ment may 
 supersede 
 u .stasre 
 of a Bill. 
 
 Cannot be 
 moved 
 while 
 another is 
 speakinjf. 
 
 No record 
 of names 
 on motion 
 to adjourn. 
 
 "Count- 
 ing Out." 
 
 On a motion of a<ljoinnni(!nt it is not iintisnal for 
 a nu'iiil)L'r to addrciss tlic llouso on hoiik^ otlici" sub- 
 joct ; l)ut it is rcji^anltMl as irr(»;:fnlar for a nicnilter 
 to move the afljoiirnnu'nt of the House meioly for 
 the puipose of enahlinuf anotlit'r moniher to athlress 
 the Flonso. a sccoikI time 
 
 Oh the ([nestion of adjoiinimciit of tlio Mouse, a 
 (uemher cannot make a motion on another snhjoct 
 hy way of aniondmont to the (piestion l)efoi'o the 
 liouse. {May , ^i''> t .) 
 
 A moml»er who Iims (tncc spoken in a I)ehat(» can- 
 not m()V(i tli(^ adj (Ui'nmcnr of the House, for tiie 
 purposes of spt.'akini;- aij^ain diirini;' the same <lebate. 
 But if tlie motion for the adjournment be proposed 
 i>y some othei- member, lie may spealv again (Mitif, 
 
 If tlie motion for a IJonrnment is made while 
 another motion is bciforc the House, and duriui;' the 
 pi'ogress of the Deliatf, thei'e is no right of r(!ply on 
 th(> part of its movei'. Ihit if the motion for adjourn- 
 ment is a substantive motion, tlu; right of reply 
 exists. {M(i!/, -lOl.) 
 
 If the second reading or other stage of a Bill be 
 superseded by adjonrnnjent, the Bill disappears from 
 the Orders until the House appoints another day 
 for proceeding with it. 
 
 The adjournment cannot be moved while a mem- 
 ber is speaking. {Mdy, r/'OO.) 
 
 No nnnics are I'ecorded on the Journals on a motion 
 to adjt)uin th(^ House if a vote is taken. (Ride ^S.) 
 
 When the attention of the Speaker i.s called to the 
 fact that twenty members, including himself, are 
 not present, he uiay adjourn as that number is 
 necessary to form a (piorum for the transaction of 
 business. If at any time the House is so adjourned, 
 the names of the membeis present are to be inserted 
 in the Journal. If the House is in Committee of 
 the Whole, and twenty members are not present, 
 the Chairman may conn^ and leave the chair, when 
 the Speaker resumes his chair, and counts the 
 House, adjourning if twenty members are not within 
 the bar. {Rule 4-'^. May,4^-)S.) 
 
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 isiial for 
 ,\\vy s\ih- 
 mcnilier 
 erely lor 
 ) adflrcss 
 
 House, a 
 r siihjocb 
 et'oi-c the 
 
 l>at(^ can- 
 '. for the 
 le debate, 
 pi-oposed 
 II (i^f'ty, 
 
 de while 
 urinnj; the 
 i: reply on 
 • adjouru- 
 b ot" reply 
 
 u Bill be 
 )oars from 
 tber day 
 
 lea mem- 
 
 n a motion 
 
 Ride S8.) 
 
 led to the 
 
 mself, are 
 
 lumVter is 
 
 saetiou of 
 
 idjourned, 
 
 ie inserted 
 
 nmittee of 
 
 it present, 
 
 \air, when 
 
 ;ounts the 
 
 not within 
 
 The House Inis be(!n adjourned at various dates Adjoum- 
 as a mark of respeet to 'tli«' memory of a niendier J[|2" ^J'" 
 who had died during' tlu^ then curnjiit Session. On Members. 
 ()th January, 18(51), it adjourned on the death of W. 
 M, Sliaw, Es(|, South Lanark' ; 12th Jaimary, 1.S77, 
 on death of Peter Oraliam, Km\., Frontenac ; 22nd 
 Jaminry, 1S77, on death of John Fleminj;. Fs(i., 
 South Waterloo; in 1885, on death of W. Markin, 
 Escj , who died in th(; Housi^ ; on 20th February, 
 18Sl,on death of Abram W. Lauder, Fs(j., Fast Grey; 
 on 2n(l Mareh, 188.5, on death of Daniel McCraney, 
 Es.|., Fast K<'nt; and on 28th of March, 1892, on 
 death of Meiu-y Fdwai-d (Uarke, Es(j., Toronto, who 
 died in the Chamber. The House adjourned !)th 
 November, 1809, to attend the funeral of the (Jhan- 
 cellor of Ontario, Hon. P. M. Vankouj^dniet, and in 
 1882 it attended the funeral of Rev. Dr. llyerscm, 
 for nuiny years Superintendent of Fducaticm of 
 the Province. 
 
 ILLEGAL PROMOTION OF BILLS. 
 
 By Sec. 43, Chap. 11, R. S. O. 1887, it is enacted 
 that no member of the Legislature shall receive 
 remuneration in any sha|)e or manner for drafting, 
 advising upon, revising, promoting or opposing any 
 Bill brought before the House, or a Committee ; and 
 no ])arrister or solicitor, who, in the practice of his 
 profession, is tlie partner of a member of the Legis- 
 lative Assembly, shall accept or receive, either 
 directly or indirectly, any fee, compensation or re- 
 ward as aforesaid. Any person violating these pro- 
 visions .-hall be subject to a penalty of SoOO, in addi- 
 tion to the amount or value of the fee or compen- 
 sation and costs of action, one-half of the whole 
 amount being payable to the person suing therefor, 
 and the other half for the public use of the Pro- 
 vince. Any violation of Sec. 43 shall be deemed a 
 corrupt practice, and an election petition may be 
 tiled against the offender within six months after 
 the offence. 
 
 The offer of any money or other advantage to 
 any Member of the House for the promoting of any 
 D 
 
 No mem- 
 ber, 
 
 through 
 himse f or 
 partner, 
 shall re- 
 ceive re- 
 munera- 
 tion for 
 promntiuf,' 
 a Bill in 
 any man- 
 ner wlia*;- 
 ever. 
 
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 ber for his matter whatsoever depending or to lu; transacted in 
 intluonceu Parliament, is declared, by linle IIG, to be a liigh 
 crime. crime and misdemeanor and tending to the subver- 
 sion of the Constitution. 
 ottfv of a Sub-sec. :i, Sec. 4.S, Chan. 1 1, R. S. ( ). IHH7, enacts 
 
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 lege 
 
 . . tliat tlie otl'er to, or tlie acceptance of a bribe by any 
 a. jreach member of the As.seiubly to iiithience him in his 
 of i>rivi- proceedings as such, or the orterlng to or acceptance 
 of any fee, compensation or reward by a»iy mend)er, 
 for or in resi)ect of tlie drafting, advising ujjon, 
 revising, promoting or opposing any bill, i-esolution, 
 matter or thing sul»mitted, or intended to be sub 
 mitted to the Assembly, or any Committee thereof, 
 may be punished as a breach of privilege. 
 
 ABSRNCE OF SPEAKER. 
 
 Proviaion 
 in 'He of 
 ce of 
 ■ir. 
 
 In case of 
 illness, or 
 other 
 cause, the 
 Speaker 
 uiiiy call a 
 member to 
 take the 
 chair pro 
 ton. 
 
 ABseinbiy 
 may elect 
 a Speaker 
 for the 
 day. 
 
 Sec. ',]:], Chap. 1 1, R. S. O. I.S87, enacts that in case 
 of the absence for any reason of the Speaker from 
 the chair of the Legislative Assembly, for a perioil 
 of forty-eight consecutive hours, the House may 
 
 •jt another of its members to act as Speaker, and 
 the member so elected shall, (.luring the continuance 
 of the absence of the Speaker, have and execute all 
 the powers, privileges and duties of Speaker. 
 
 Whenever, from illness or other cause, the Speaker 
 finds it is necessaiy to leave the cliair during any 
 part of the sittings of the Assenddy on any <lay, he 
 may eall upon any membe}' to temj>orai ily occupy 
 the chair, and even sit during the whole of the 
 remainder of the day ; and whenever it is im))0s- 
 sible for th«=! Speaker to b-^ present at the meeting 
 of the Assembly on any day, the House may elect 
 a membtn- to take the chau- and preside as Speaker 
 for the day; and everything done, while such mem- 
 ber is acting as Speaker, shall be as valid as if the 
 Spoaker himself were presiding in the chair. 
 
 WHIPS." 
 
 Kach paity, at the commencement of a Parlia- 
 of"hr ment, selects one or more gentlemen to act as 
 "Whip'<." "Whips "and Assistant Whips. Their duties are 
 
51 
 
 onorons nticl exacting*, and ro(inire those vvlio faith- 
 fully discliar^ii tlioiii to not only foresee Imt be 
 present at all Divisions, to know the whereabouts 
 ot every member, and to take pfood care that the 
 supporters of their leaders are within the sound of 
 the Division bells when they announce that a vote 
 is about to be taken. 'JMiey are necessai'ily tin; cus- 
 todians of party secrets, and become the means of 
 conununicatioii, at times, between leaders and fol- 
 lowers. They miike " pnirs " with tlie Whips of the 
 opposite side, and often ascertain the namesof mem- 
 bers anxious to take part in a debatt;, and ai-rannfe, 
 to some extent, the length of a protracted discussion 
 whi(;h has u'one beyond ordinai'v liudts. They sum- 
 mon mendiers to a " caucus," and attend to the 
 many other thinf(s which must come within the 
 sco})e of thoroui^h or^anizntion. In short, what a 
 j^'ooil Adjutant is to a Regiment, a faithful Whip is 
 to liis J^uiy. 
 
 PAIRS. 
 
 A member compelled to absent himself from a p^j^,^ 
 division, either throuL^h sickness or other cause, sought in 
 ou'dit to make an arranueiuent, throuuh " the ^''^■^*^ "^, 
 vVnip or hrs party, to secure him " a i)air with sory ab- 
 some member on the opposite side who may desire sence. 
 to be absent, or willing- to u'ood natiiredly serve a 
 fellow iiu.Muber. in this case, the member airreeinfj 
 to ])aii' will not vote, even if in the House, uniil the 
 return of the absent memlier, and the relative 
 strength of the respective parties in the House will 
 not be atlected. No official record is kept of pairs, 
 but, aftei- a Division, the Whips call attention to 
 their existence by asking- that the Division List be 
 read, and stating that certain gentlemen have not 
 voted because they had "paired" with others. 
 This temporary suspension of the liujht to vote is 
 an act of courtes}' willino'ly extended by members 
 to each other, but is seldnn resorted to unless under 
 pressing circumstances. The absence of the name 
 of a member from the Division List when he is 
 "paired" is generally reported by the press. 
 
 
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The 
 
 Previous 
 Question 
 precludes 
 further 
 amend- 
 ments, but 
 cannot be 
 put ^ hen 
 an auiend- 
 ment is 
 before the 
 House. 
 
 Nor can 
 an amend- 
 ment be 
 moved to 
 the Prev- 
 ious (Ques- 
 tion. 
 
 No amend- 
 ment shall 
 be moved 
 which is in 
 the nature 
 of the 
 Previous 
 Question. 
 
 52 
 
 THE PREVIOUS QUESTION. 
 
 The 35th Rule of the House defines the Previous 
 Question as prechiding all atiiendments of the Main 
 Question, and to be put in the words, "That this 
 Question be now put." If this motion prevail, the 
 original question is put forthwith without amend- 
 ment or debate, and although the question of 
 adjournment may be proposed and voted upon after 
 a motion for the Previous Question has been placed 
 in the hands of the Speaker, it cannot be moved, 
 when the Previous Question has carried, before the 
 Main Question has been disjiosed of. The House, in 
 adopting it, had resolved that the Original Question 
 should be now put, and that mu t be done. But 
 the Previous Question cannot be put if an amend- 
 ment is already belore the House. When that 
 amendment is disposed of, the way for the Previous 
 Question is clear. Nor can an amendment be moved 
 to the Pievious Question, although the debate upon 
 the adoption of the Previous Question may be 
 adjourned. 
 
 No amendment s^^nuld be submitted which is 
 in the nature of a Previous Question, May says, 
 nor can an amendment to an Amendment be admit- 
 ted, if of this character. (See Decision of the 
 Speaker in Ontario Legislative Assembly, 14th 
 February, 1877) But the more recent Practice of 
 the Legislative Assembly, and the Speaker's rulings 
 with reference to the same matter, have been con- 
 trary to this Decision. 
 
 THE ONTARIO CABINET. 
 
 Asst 
 
 f 
 
 Reipon- 
 sibls 
 Govern- 
 ment in 
 Ontario. 
 
 Ptesponsible Government prevails in Ontario as 
 it does in the Dominion. Each member of the 
 Executive necessarily holds a seat in the Legislature, 
 and the Cabinet relies for its existence upon the 
 confidence reposed in it by the representatives of 
 the people. Its policy must be such as shall secure 
 the approval of a majority of the Legislative 
 
. revious 
 he Main 
 hat this 
 /ail, the 
 
 amend- 
 ^tion of 
 )on after 
 n phiced 
 
 moved, 
 fore the 
 louse, in 
 ^)uestion 
 le. But 
 amend- 
 en that 
 ^revious 
 e moved 
 ite upon 
 may be 
 
 •hich is 
 
 \Y saj's, 
 
 admit- 
 
 of the 
 
 14th 
 
 ctice of 
 
 rulings 
 
 en con- 
 
 y 
 
 ario as 
 of the 
 lata re, 
 
 )on the 
 
 :ives of 
 secure 
 
 islative 
 
 58 
 
 Assembly, and a vote markedly adverse to it is re- 
 garded as a withdrawal of the support essential to 
 the oHicial existence of the then advisers of the 
 Lieutenant-Gov^ernor. The Cabinet cannot retain 
 power in opposition to a declared want of confidence 
 expressed by a vote of the House, although, under 
 certain circumstances, it may advise and be granted An appeal 
 an appeal to the electorate. Its ret'^ntion of posi- to Pilec- 
 tion, in such case, will depend upon the sustaining 
 vote of a majority of the newly-elected body. 
 
 A member of the Legislature may be called upon without 
 to enter the Cabinet, in either the Dominion or the Portfolio. 
 Iiovince, without portfolio or salary, l)ut such an 
 appointment is not often made, and is a departure 
 from the general rule which apportions to each of the 
 Executive the control of a Department. 
 
 In Ontario, a Minister of the Crown has frecpiently 
 been compelled to undertake the management of 
 what are piacticaliy two or three Departments, 
 although nominally at the head of one. 
 
 A Minister has acted as Commissioner of Agri- Ministers 
 culture and of Public Works, and afterwards as combining 
 Commissioner of Agriculture and Provincial Secre- meats.' 
 tary. The Commissioner of Crown Lands has 
 control of Mines and Mining, and the Provincial 
 Secretary, in addition to his other duties, has charge 
 of the Public Institutions of the Province. The 
 Treasurer, while managing the Finances of the 
 Province, superintends the License Branch, and the 
 Minister of A o-r, culture discliarijes the duties of 
 Registrar-Genei'al, and presides over the Bureau of 
 Industries. 
 
 Since Confederation, the affairs of the Province of Three 
 Ontario have been administered l>y three Cabinets, Cabinets 
 of which Hon. J. S. Macdonald, Hon. E. Blake and federation 
 Hon. Sir 0, Mowat have successively been the 
 Premiers. That of which Hon. J. S. Macdonald 
 was leader, was formed in July, 18G7, and its first 
 members were sworn in on the 16th of that month. 
 This Government, coalition in character, remained 
 in office until 19th December, 1871, when it resigned 
 after adverse votes in a newly-elected Legislative 
 
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 Ineligi- 
 bility of 
 Members 
 of House 
 of Com- 
 mons. 
 
 
 First 
 Cabinet. 
 
 Second 
 Cabinet. 
 
 Third 
 Cabinet. 
 
 Assembly. Hon. E. Blake was sworn in as Premier 
 and President of Council, on 20th December, 1871, 
 and held office until 25th October, 1872. In the 
 Session of the Ontario Assembly in 1872, an Act 
 was passed, and received the Royal, Assent on 2nd 
 March, which provided that it' any person, being a 
 m'ember of the Legislative Assembly, should, after 
 the dissolution of the then House of Commons of 
 Canada, sit or vote as a member of that body, his 
 seat in the Assembly would thereby become void; 
 and the House of Commons, at its Session closing 
 14th June, 1872, enacted that no person shall be 
 eligible to a seat in the Conmions if at the time a 
 member of either the Legislative Assembly, or 
 Council of a Province declaring a member of the 
 House of Commons incapable ot being appointed a 
 member of its Legislature. In view of this legisla- 
 tion, Mr. Blako, a member of both the House of 
 Commons and the Legislative Assemblv, was com- 
 pelled to chose one or the other as the scene of his 
 parliamentary labors, and, preferring the larger field, 
 resigned the Premiership of his native Province 
 and his seat in its Legislative Assemblv. He was 
 succeeded by Hon. O. Mowat, who formed a Govern- 
 ment, and took office thei'ein as Attorney-General, 
 on 81st O-^ober, 1872. 
 
 The First Cabinet of Ontario comprised Hous. 
 J. S. Macdonah^ Premier, S. Richards, M. C. 
 Cameron, E. B. Wood and J. Carling. 
 
 The Second Cabinet consisted of Hons. E. Blake, 
 Premier, A. Mackenzie, A. Crooks, A. McKellar and 
 P. Gow. 
 
 The Third and now existing Cabinet, formed 31st 
 October, 1872, has had amongst its members at 
 various times, Hons. Sir O. Mowat, Premier, T. B. 
 Pardee, C. F. Eraser, A. S. Hardy, G. W. Ross, J. M. 
 Gibson, R. Harcourt, J. Dryden, A. McKellar, S. C. 
 Wood, A. Crooks, J. Young, A. M. Ross, C. Drury 
 and E. H. Bronson. 
 
 
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 The following list shows the office held by each 
 Cabinet Minister since Confederation, and the date 
 of his appointment and resignation : 
 
 FriisT Cabinet Formed 16th July, 1867. 
 
 Hon. J. S. Mfvcdonald : Premier and Attorney- 
 General from 16th July, 1807, to 19th December, 
 1871. 
 
 Hon. M. C Cameron : Provincial Si!Cfetary from 20th 
 Jlllv^ 18)7, to 25th July, 1871; Commissioner 
 of Crown Lands from 2.)th July, 1871, to 19th 
 December, 1871. 
 
 Hon. S. Richards : Commissioner of Crown Lands 
 from IGth July, 1867, to 2.')th July, 1871 ; Pro- 
 vincial Secretary from 25th July, 1871, to 19bh 
 December, 1871. 
 
 Hon. E B Wooil : Provinual Treasurer from 16th 
 July, 1867, to 19th December, 1871. 
 
 Hon. J. Carling : Commissioner of Agriculture and 
 Public Works fro;n 16 oh July, 1867, to 19th 
 December, L871. 
 Cabinet resigned 19th December, 1871. 
 
 Second Cabinet Formed 20tii December, 1871. 
 
 Hon. E. Blake : Premier and President (jf Council, 
 fvmn 2(Jth December, 1871, to 25th October, 
 
 1872. 
 
 Hon. A. Mackenzie : Provincial Secretary from 20th 
 December, 1871, to 21st December, 1871 ; 
 Provincial Treasurer from 21st December, 1871, 
 to 26th October, 1872. 
 
 Hon. A Crooks : Attorney -( rerieral from 20th 
 
 December, 1871, to 25th October, 1872. 
 Hon. A. McKellar : Commissionei' of Agriculture 
 
 and Public Works from 20th December, 1871, 
 
 to 25th October, 1872. 
 Hon. R. W. Scott : Commissioner of Crown Lands 
 
 from 21st December, 1871, to 26th October, 
 
 1872. 
 CaV)inct resigned 25th October, 1872. 
 
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 Third Cabinet Formed 25th October, 1872. 
 
 Hon, Sir O. Mowat : Premier and Attorney-General 
 from 25th October, 1872, to present date. 
 
 Hon. T. B. Pardee : Provincial Secretary from 25th 
 October, 1872, to 1873; Commissioner of 
 Crown Lands from 4th December, 1873, to 
 December, 1888. 
 
 Hon. A. Crooks : Provincial Treasurer from 2"')th 
 October, 1872, to 24r,h Marcli, 1877 ; Minister 
 of Education from 14th February, 1876, to 2:]rd 
 November, 1883. 
 
 Hon. A. McKellar : Commissioner of Agriculture 
 and Public Works from 25th October, 1872, to 
 4th April, 1874; Commissioner of Agriculture 
 and Provincial Secretary from 4tii April, 1874, 
 to 24th July, 1875. 
 
 Hon C. F. Fraser : Provincial Secretary from 25th 
 November, 1873, to 4tli April, 1874; Commis- 
 sioner of Public Works from 4th April, 1874, 
 to date. 
 
 Hon. A. S. Hardy : Provincial Secretary and Ref^- 
 istrar from 19th March, 1877, to 18th January, 
 1889; Commissioner of Crown Lands from 
 18th January, 1889, to date. 
 
 Hon. S. C. Wood : Provincial Siicretary and Regis- 
 trar from 25th July, 1875, to March^ 1877; 
 Provincial Treasurer from 19th March, 1877, 
 to 2nd June, 1883. 
 
 Hon. J. Young: Provincial Treasurer and Commis- 
 sioner of Agriculture from 2nd June, 1883, to 
 1st November, 1883. 
 
 Hon. G. W. Ross: Minister of Elucition from 23rd 
 
 November, 1883, to date. 
 
 Hon. A. M. Ross: Proviucial Treasurer from 2nd 
 Novembei-, 1883, to 14th June, 1890; Commis- 
 sioner of Agriculture from 2nd November, 
 1883, to May, 1888. 
 
 Hon. C. Drury : Minister of Agricultu' 3 from 1st 
 May, 1888, to 2yth September, 1890. 
 
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 Hon. J. M. Gibson: Provincial Secretary from 18th 
 January, 1 889, to date. 
 
 Hon. J. Dryden : Minister of Agriculture from 30th 
 September, 1890, to date. 
 
 Hon. R. Harcourt : Provincial Treasurer from 30th 
 Se})tember, 1890, to date. 
 
 Hon. E. H. Bronson : Without Portfolio, from 30th 
 September, 1890, to date. 
 
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 LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS OF ONTARIO. 
 
 Lieut.-General Hi-:nry William Stitsed, C.B., from 
 July 1, 1867, until July 14, 1868 ; died Decem- 
 ber 10, 1875. 
 
 Hon. William Peauce Howland, C.B., from July 
 ^ 14, 1868, until November 5, 1872. 
 
 Hon. John Willoughby Crawford, Q.C., from 
 November 5, 1872, until his death, Ma}'^ 13, 
 1875. 
 
 Hon. Donald Alexander Macdonald, Priv. Coun., 
 from May 18, 187 5, until June 29, 1880. 
 
 Hon. John Bp:verley Robinson, Q.C, from June 
 30, 1880, to February, 1887. 
 
 Hon. Sir Alexander Campbell, Q.C, from June 1 . 
 1887, until his death, May 24, 1892. 
 
 Hon. Lieut.-Col. George Airey Kirkpatrick, Q.C, 
 LL D., appointed May 30, 1892. 
 
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 Wh.-n 
 Kloctcil. 
 
 Iicf^islaturc". 
 
 Hon. .lolin StcviMiaon 
 
 " Kiciiard Willimn Scott 
 " (t(MirR(> James Ourrio . 
 
 Lennox 
 
 Ottawa 
 
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 Dec. 27, IH(>7 . 
 
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 First. 
 
 Part of Sec- 
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 Part of Sec- 
 
 '' Hupert Mi'arso WtiUs. 
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 " Jacob Baxter 
 
 South liruce 
 
 Ccntn' WcllinKton. 
 
 }la1dimand 
 
 South Forth 
 
 ond. 
 Part of Sec- 
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 Third. 
 Fourth. 
 Fifth. 
 Sixtli. 
 
 " Thomas Ballantyne . . 
 
 Seventh. 
 
 PPvF.MIFJlS OF OXTAUrO. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Constitufnoy. 
 
 When 
 Appointed. 
 
 Lcf^islature. 
 
 Hon. .Tilin Sandfield M.ac 
 donald 
 
 Cornwall 
 
 July 10, 1HG7 . 
 Dec. 20,1871 . 
 
 Oct. 31, 1872 \ 
 
 First. 
 
 Hon. Ed\vai"d Blake 
 
 Hon. Sir Oliver Mowat ... 
 
 West Purhani 
 
 North Oxford ... 
 
 Second. 
 
 Part of Sec- 
 ond up to 
 Seventh 
 inclusive. 
 
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 Foil AURKST OK PaIU'Y Ol-FLTV OF A CoNTKMPT OK 
 
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 Proviiuu' orOiifiii-io, Vl'o 
 
 Dominion of CJaiiaila, J- v 
 
 To Wifc: j 8ergeant-at-Arm.s. 
 
 Wlnircas, the Legislative AHSiirriMy of tlie Pro- 
 vince of' Ontario have tins day resolved that 
 
 , liuvino' Iw'cn L^niilty oi' ii con- 
 tempt find hn^aeli of thci |)rivil(';L,'es of this IIoijs(!, l)e 
 connnitted to the custody of tin; Serf^ouit-at-Arms 
 attendir)"^^ this House. These, are ti.;"'jt'ore to 
 re(|Mire you to take into your custody tin; hody of 
 tlie said and hiin safely to 
 
 keep (hirino- the phwisure of tlie House, tor which 
 this shall be your sufUciciUt warrant. 
 
 Witness my hand and Heal, at the City of Tor- 
 onto, tliis day of , in the 
 year of our Lord, one thousand ei;^ht hundred and 
 ninety- . 
 
 (L.S.) 
 Speaker. 
 
 NOTICE TO THE SPEAKER 
 
 Or A Skat Rendered Vacamt ijy the Death, 
 Reskination, or A(J(."ki'tance OK Office by a 
 Member, 
 
 To tlie Honourable , 
 
 Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 
 
 We, the undersigned, being two members of the 
 Legislative Assembly of Ontario, do hereby give 
 
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 notice to you that a vacancy hns happened in the 
 Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the representa- 
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 (by the death of) 
 (by the resignation of) 
 
 (by the acceptance of an office of emolument under 
 the Crown, t' at is to say, the office of ) 
 
 , Member of the said Elec- 
 toral District of , 
 
 Witness our hands and seals at 
 this day of 189 
 
 Signed and sealed in \ 
 
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 E. F. f C. D. (L.S.) 
 
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 RESIGNATION OB^ A MEMBER. 
 
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 189 
 
 To the Honourable , 
 
 Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 
 
 Sir, — T hereby declare my intention of resigning 
 my seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for 
 the Electoral District of , 
 
 and I do hereby resign the same. 
 
 And I make this declaration and resignation, 
 under my hand and seal, and in the presence of the 
 undersigned witnesses. 
 
 Signed and sealed in our 
 presence at 
 
 the day and year above 
 written. 
 
 C. D., of 
 
 E. F., of 
 
 A. B., (L.S.) 
 
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 61 
 
 GENERAL ELECTIONS IN ONTARIO SINCE 
 CONFEDERATION. 
 
 September. Le<ri,slatuie clI.sHolvcd, 25th 
 February. 1871. 
 
 Nomination.s, 14th Match. Poll, 2l8t 
 March. Legislature tliis.^iolveti, 23rd 
 December, 1874. 
 
 Nomimitioiis, 11th January. Poll, 18th 
 January. Legislature disriolved, 25th 
 Ajml, 1879. 
 
 Nominations, 20th May. Poll, oth June. 
 Legislature dissolved, 1st February, 
 1883. 
 
 Nominations, 20th February, Poll, 27th 
 February. Legislature dissolved, loth 
 November, LSSG. 
 
 Nominations, 21st December. Poll, 28th 
 December. Legislature dissolved, 26th 
 April, 1890. 
 
 Nomination, 29th May. Poll, 5th Juno 
 
 1. 
 
 18G7. 
 
 2. 
 
 1871. 
 
 3. 
 
 1875. 
 
 4. 
 
 1879. 
 
 5. 1883. 
 
 6. 1886. 
 
 7. 1890. 
 
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G2 
 
 VOTES CAST AT GKNKRAL ELECTION TO ONTA- 
 RIO LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 1890 
 
 (NameH of memberH returned in italic.) 
 
 'r 
 
 ConsUuiency. 
 
 Addington 
 
 AlKoina, K. R . 
 " W. R 
 Brant, N. R . . . 
 
 " S. U . . . . 
 
 Brockvillo 
 
 Bruce, N. R.... 
 
 " a. R.... 
 
 " C. R.... 
 
 Card well 
 
 Carh'ton 
 
 Total vote. 
 
 Klid. 
 
 Campbell, A F. 
 
 Camnce 
 
 Wnn<i 
 
 lldrilii 
 
 Frasi r 
 
 Ucovfjc 
 
 lyConnor 
 
 Dnck 
 
 Hdiiimdl 
 
 Monk 
 
 14! 18 
 1D()!» 
 7S() 
 1178 
 20(17 
 1781 
 1835 
 21 79 
 18(;0 
 1183 
 1145 
 
 Dufferin Barr 
 
 Uundaa 
 
 Dm ham, 10. R. . 
 W. R 
 Elgin, E. R .... 
 " W. R . . . 
 
 Essex, N. R... 
 
 S. R . . . 
 
 Frontenac 
 
 Glengarry 
 
 Grenville 
 
 Grey, N. R 
 
 •• C. R 
 
 " S.R 
 
 Haldimand ... 
 
 Haltoii 
 
 Hamilton 
 
 Hastings, W. R 
 
 E. R . 
 
 N. R. 
 
 Huron, E. R . . . 
 
 " S.R... 
 
 " W. R... 
 
 Kent, E. R 
 
 " VV. R . . . 
 
 Kingston 
 
 Lambton, E. R. 
 
 Whit IK II ... 
 Ctuniihcll, <f . 
 Loc/ihart. . . . 
 (>lo(hrin . . . . 
 McColl 
 
 333 j 
 
 2104 
 131 4 
 ir.!)4 
 2038 
 2384 
 
 White 1901 < 
 
 Balfour . . 
 Smith ... 
 
 Jldi/siile . 
 Bush .... 
 CItlaivl .. 
 Ititrkr . . . 
 Hunter . . 
 Baxter, . . 
 Kerns . . . 
 >StinK(in . . 
 lliilfnir. . . 
 Jluilxon . 
 Wood ... 
 h'Uinon . . 
 Bishop . . . 
 Oarrow . 
 
 Fcnjuson 
 
 (Vancu. . . 
 Met calf . 
 
 2f)05 
 
 12r)8 
 
 175(i 
 
 l(;il 
 
 2312 
 
 1513 
 
 2150 
 
 2000 
 
 2377 
 
 4111 
 
 1078 
 
 1801 
 
 Accl. 
 
 225f5 
 
 2144 
 
 2125 
 
 2347 { 
 
 2823 
 1(;2!) 
 
 McKcnzie. 2203 
 
 " W. R mtckenzic ... 
 
 Lanark, N. R <\(ldiccll . . .. 
 
 '• S. R McLenaghan. 
 
 Lteds 1 Preston 
 
 2748 1 
 1525 
 
 1509 ■[ 
 1818 
 
 Halliday 1412 
 
 Lyon 150!' 
 
 MacdoncU .... 72, 
 
 Hamilton 057 
 
 .loiit'rt 1433 
 
 Kinney 1(120 
 
 I'orter 1818 
 
 Tennant 1204 
 
 vShaw 1549 
 
 Lenn<).x 1138 
 
 Kidd 1136 
 
 Hailt'y (!03 ) 
 
 Gaviller 501 f 
 
 (Jndiam 1948 
 
 Collins 1304 
 
 I'rower 1()43 
 
 Dance 1!>20 
 
 McCrimmon.. 2199 
 
 I'acatid 12(i() | 
 
 Cleary 802 / 
 
 Eox 22!t8 
 
 Hhibley 11(;9 
 
 MclMiee 1498 
 
 French 1199 
 
 Creighton 1935 
 
 Hunt 1370 
 
 Blythe 2012 
 
 .Sheppard 1()G7 
 
 H-obinson 219G 
 
 (iib.son 4025 
 
 Ostrom 1542 
 
 \ ermilyea 1792 
 
 Musgrave 1753 
 
 Holmes 1986 
 
 Roberts 2013 
 
 Patterson 1714 \ 
 
 Parrot 286 j 
 
 Flemng. 2782 
 
 Thon pson KiOO 
 
 McGillicuddy . 1741 \ 
 
 Barnes 260 f 
 
 Fitzgerald 2035 i 
 
 Coulter 172 I 
 
 Preston 1336 
 
 Kiopen' 1078 | 
 
 l'>iurov's 7 J 
 
 Webster 1362 
 
 8 
 
 86 
 
 60 
 
 5!» 
 
 521 
 
 634 
 
 17 
 975 
 311 
 
 45 
 9 
 
 730 
 
 166 
 10 
 51 
 
 118 
 185 
 
 635 
 
 207 
 
 98 
 
 258 
 
 412 
 
 377 
 
 143 
 
 144 
 
 333 
 
 181 
 
 86 
 
 136 
 
 9 
 
 503 
 158 
 112 
 
 633 
 
 41 
 
 29 
 
 462 
 
 713 
 189 
 431 
 451 
 
G3 
 VOTES CAST AT GKNKRAL KLKCTIO'S— Conceded. 
 
 Conatituoncy. 
 
 Lennox 
 
 Lincoln 
 
 London . 
 
 Middlesex, K 
 
 N 
 
 W 
 
 Monk 
 
 Muskoka 
 
 NipiHHinf? 
 
 Norfolk, S ,. 
 
 N 
 
 NorthuinlH-rland, K. . . 
 W . 
 
 Ontario, N 
 
 S 
 
 Ottawa. 
 
 Oxford, N 
 
 S 
 
 Parry Sound 
 
 Pee! 
 
 Perth, N. R 
 
 S. K.... 
 
 Peterborough, E 
 
 W .... 
 
 Prescott 
 
 Prince Edward . ... 
 
 Renfrew, S 
 
 N 
 
 Russell. 
 
 Simcoe, E 
 
 W 
 
 C 
 
 Storinont 
 
 Toronto . J 
 
 [ 
 
 Victoria, E 
 
 " \V 
 
 Waterloo, N 
 
 S 
 
 Welland 
 
 Wellington, S 
 
 E 
 
 W 
 
 Wentworth, N 
 
 S 
 
 York, E 
 
 " W 
 
 " N 
 
 Total vote. 
 
 Mrnchavi .... 1441 
 
 HimM 2424 
 
 Mcrntith Accl. 
 
 Tuuleii 2f)08 
 
 Watcn 2000 
 
 itoxs i<>r)0 
 
 Ilarcnurt 1705 
 
 Marttr IfjOf) 
 
 Loiiqhrin 881 
 
 Chn'rlton 15(58 
 
 Frcf)ii(tn 1001 
 
 Willouiihhii .... 2185 
 
 Field 14.')3 
 
 (Jlctiih'uniiKj . . . 180!) 
 
 Driidin 2400 
 
 lironsan 837!' 
 
 iUinidt Accl. 
 
 Afch'aii 17r.4 
 
 Shar)ic 1.SS7 
 
 <]/iis/iolm 20.')1» 
 
 Afirots 272!) 
 
 Ihlhtnlync .... 2241 
 
 niiuird . 1421 
 
 Strattun 1925 
 
 L'noiturcl Accl. 
 
 Uprwjiir. 2040 
 
 DimUni) 1470 1 
 
 Dunlop 1843 
 
 Jiohillard 2233 
 
 MiKcumjML... 20!)2 
 
 Wiilir 1.318 
 
 J'itt(,u 155!) 
 
 Mack . .. 2202 
 
 E. F. Chirk f . . 5802 
 
 11. E. i larkc... 5542 
 
 Tait 535!) I 
 
 Fell 14,5!) 
 
 McKai/ 1827 
 
 Snidrr 2205 
 
 Moore 2161 
 
 McChary .... 2345 
 
 (lutliric 20!)8 
 
 Vlarkt, C 1502 
 
 Alhiii 14!)5 
 
 McMahi.n .... 1409 
 
 A wrfii 1 472 
 
 >Smith 1705 
 
 (■'(iiiiour 178!) 
 
 Davis 1875 
 
 Ayleaworth . . . 141!l 
 (iarHon 2271 
 
 Turdoni 2450 
 
 Hutchins 1!)45 
 
 Morgan 1820 
 
 I Snider 1341 
 
 I Cock burn 1470 
 
 PnrviH 429 
 
 Morgan 14!)8 
 
 Houghner 121)4 
 
 Young 1910 
 
 Purser 1000 
 
 Coidd 1791 
 
 Miller 2S28 
 
 Donaldson .... 1904 
 
 i^iitler 1)03 
 
 Mc(;orniick . . . 1277 
 
 Hughew 1930 
 
 IlecH 2037 
 
 Davis 1610 
 
 Kidd 1342 
 
 Unrnegie 1361 
 
 •lohnson 2033 
 
 Campbell 1241 
 
 Leitch 240 
 
 Murray 1755 
 
 Broder 1388 
 
 Drury 19.34 
 
 Hood . 823 
 
 Craig 1142 
 
 Leitch 1906 
 
 McDnugall. .. 51!)7 
 
 Armour 4502 
 
 Hell 4001 
 
 Moses . . . . 703 
 
 Campbell 1.387 
 
 Cruess 13!)5 
 
 Kcully 1483 
 
 Bowman 1744 
 
 Morin 2274 
 
 McDonald 144() 
 
 Hampton 1103 
 
 Long 1189 
 
 Maclean 1181 
 
 Potts 1451 
 
 •olil)si)n . 1188 
 
 Clendennan . , 1728 
 Robinpon 1184 
 
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 163 
 
 68 
 
 86 
 124 
 424 
 
 89 
 462 
 
 66 
 307 
 276 
 393 
 
 78 
 
 132 
 
 1415 
 
 801 
 110 
 123 
 • 92 
 631 
 79 
 564 
 
 229 
 
 88 
 835 
 158 
 495 
 417 
 356 
 320 
 183 
 
 162 
 
 72 
 432 
 
 722 
 417 
 
 71 
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 Monk 
 
 Norfolk, N . . 
 
 S.... 
 
 T)\irhnin, K. . , . 
 
 iVrth, N 
 
 Hamilton 
 
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 VVellinHfton, E. 
 
 KingMton 
 
 Renfrew, N . . . 
 
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 Peel 
 
 Toronto 
 
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 Cdrprntcr . 1720 
 
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 CaruiMI 17«» 
 
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 Smith 2177 
 
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 McCnUum .... 2230 
 
 HoUKlmer 14!)0 
 
 MorKun 1575) 
 
 O.IIinH 1(592 
 
 Ahren 2782 
 
 Stinson 3710 
 
 (Jeorge 19(5(5 
 
 Craiff 1221 
 
 I trciinAu ..... 1572 
 
 I Findiay 1151 
 
 K.nt A\\(i\ 
 
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 ()»<don 7"29( 
 
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 McKinnon 1825 
 
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 OFFICERS AND SERVANTS. 
 
 The Clerk ok the House is appointed l>y Com- 
 luission from tlie Lieutenant-Governoi', and is 
 respoiisihlo for tlic safe lvoepin;L( of all tho Papers 
 and Records of the House ; lie has direction and 
 control over the Otficers and Clerks enii)loyed in 
 the Le;j;islative Chandler, suhject to such orders as 
 he may from time to time receive from the Speaker ; 
 he eniloises, wjtli liis recomm<'n(lation and appi'oval, 
 any iww a[)|)ointnient of Clerk or Messenger, and 
 sen<ls it to the Speaker for action thereon ; he fur- 
 nishes the Speaker every moining with the Order of 
 the Proceedings of the Day, and forwards to the 
 Lieutenai)t-(j!()Vcrnoi' a copy of the V^otes and Pro- 
 ceeilings of the j)ref'eding day ; he delivers to each 
 Mend)er, at the Ijeginning of each Session, a printed 
 list of the Reports whicli it is the duty of any Offi- 
 cer or Department of the Government, or any Cor- 
 porate j^oily to make to the House; he ceitiHes 
 upon all l)ills the date of the reai lings and })assing 
 tlicreof, and keeps a record of their various stages ; 
 he mnkes all Notices as to Private Bills ; he trans- 
 mits Estate P)ills to the Connnissioners ; he posts, in 
 come conspirnous pai't of the House, a list of the 
 several Standing and Select Conunittees ; he pays 
 out of the Contingent Fund the i'evs to which 
 witnesses before S|)ecial Committees an^ entitled ; 
 records Divisions ; reads Petitions and other Docu- 
 ments ; admits persons to the LiWiary ; receives 
 F\>es on Private Bills; and discliai-ges numerous 
 other duties not specitied in tlie Rules of the House. 
 
 TiiH Clekk Assistant acts as Clerk of Votes 
 and Proceedings ; indexes the Jouriuil and Sessional 
 jiapers ; prepares the Orders of the Day and Notices 
 of Motions ; indorses, enters and indexes Petitions ; 
 calls Divisions ; keeps a record oF the progress of 
 Bills; reads the titles of Bills for Royal Assent; 
 and aids generally in Sessional wurk, and in ])roof- 
 reading, indexing and other cleric d l;d)ors (luring 
 the recess. 
 
 The Clerk. 
 Rule 100. 
 
 Rule 98. 
 
 Rule 101. 
 Rule 39. 
 
 
 
 Rule 102. 
 
 W a 
 
 Rule 46. 
 
 
 
 Q 
 
 Z 
 
 Rules 62, 
 04, 75. 
 Ruli' 62. 
 
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 Rule 78. 
 
 1 
 
 
 Rule 86. 
 
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 t 
 1 
 
 
 Rulr 92. 
 
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 Rule 110. 
 
 
 
 Clerk 
 
 Apsistaiit. 
 
 ■■'■ , X 
 
 
' 
 
 08 
 
 Sergeant- 
 at-ArniB. 
 Rule 103. 
 
 Rule 0. 
 
 Rule 7. 
 
 The L<aw 
 Clerk. 
 Rule 50. 
 
 Post- 
 master. 
 
 Account- 
 ant of the 
 House. 
 
 The 
 Librarian . 
 
 The 
 
 Hou!-:t'- 
 
 keeper and 
 
 Chief 
 
 Messen 
 
 ger. 
 
 The Sergeant-at-Arms is responsible for the 
 safe-keeping of the Mace, Furniture and Fittings of 
 the House during the Session, and for the conduct 
 of the Messengers and Pages ; he takes into custody 
 any stranger admitted to the House who shall mis- 
 conduct himself and not withdraw when directed ; 
 shall clear the House of strangers when directed by 
 the Speaker ; precedes the Speaker when entering 
 and leaving the House, and issues tickets for admis- 
 sion to the Galleries, and invitations to the opening 
 and closing of the Legislature. 
 
 It is the duty of the Law Clerk of the House to 
 revise all Bills after their First Reading, and to 
 certify that they are correct ; and in every subse- 
 quent stage of them he is responsible for their 
 correctness, if amended. 
 
 The Clerk in charge of the Pos. Office discharges 
 all the duties of a Postmaster, and, with his assis- 
 tant, receives, sorts and delivers the mail ; has 
 charge of Private Bills, Repoi'ts, and other Sessional 
 Papers for distribution ; and assists in the arrange- 
 ment and preservation of the Records. 
 
 The (.Queen's Printer acts as Accot'NTant to the 
 House, and, with the Clerk, pays the Sessional 
 Indenmity to members ; and issues stationery 
 required for the use of the Legislature. 
 
 The Library of the Legislative Assembly is in 
 charge of a Librarian and two Assistants, one of 
 whom at least is present fioni 9 a.m to 9 p.m. daily 
 during the Session, and later if the House continues 
 to sit ; and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on everyday 
 during the recess, excepting holidays and Sundays. 
 The Reading Room is under the control of the 
 Libi-aiian, and is open at the same hours. The 
 Rules for the management of the Library are given 
 under a sejjarate heading. 
 
 The Chief Messenger of the House acts as 
 housekeeper antl has residence in the west wing of 
 the Public J'uildini^s. He has special cliarge of the 
 cleanliness, heating and lighting of the Chamber, 
 Committee ivootns, Speaker's Apartments, offices, 
 coiridors and entrances connected with the Legi.s- 
 lative portion of the Building, and has control of 
 
C9 
 
 the Messengers and other employes during the 
 whole year, subject to the instructions of the 
 Speaker while the Legislature is in Se-sion. He 
 prepares the Pay-sheet for Messengers, Pages, 
 etc., which is certitied by the Clerk before it is sent 
 to the Ti'casurer, and makes, under direction of the 
 Public Woi'ks Department, purchases of necessaries. 
 
 SUSPENSION OF RULES. 
 
 Rule 51 declare^ that no motion for suspension 
 of Rtde for the extension of the time for the recep- 
 tion of Petitions for Private Bills, the presentation of 
 a Private Bill, or of the Reportof a Standingor Select 
 Committee thereon, shall be entertained unless after 
 reference thereof to the several Standing Commi- 
 ttees charged with the consideration of Private Bills, 
 or upon report submitted by two of such Committees ; 
 but by Rule 57, it is provided that no Motion for 
 the suspension of the Rules upon a Petition for a 
 Private Bill is in order, unless said suspension has 
 been reported by the Committee on Standing 
 Orders. 
 
 Rule G4 directs that no Private Bill is to be con- 
 sidered in the Committee thereon until it has been 
 printed, distributed to Members, an<l five days' clear 
 notice of the sitting of the Committee has been 
 posted. This Rule cannot be suspended until the 
 proper Standing Committee has reported in favor of 
 such suspension. 
 
 Rule 7'^ says that, except in case of urgent and 
 pressing necessity, no Motion can be made to dis- 
 pense with any Standing Order relative to Private 
 Bills, without due notice thereof. 
 
 Suspen- 
 Hion of 
 Rules re- 
 garding 
 extension 
 of time for 
 certain 
 jjurposea 
 must be 
 upon re- 
 port of the 
 Commit- 
 tee. 
 
 Suspen- 
 sion of 
 Rule. 
 
 In case of 
 
 urgent 
 
 necessity. 
 
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 PRAYERS. 
 
 The proceedings in the Legislative Assembly are Form of 
 preceded each day by the reading, by the Speaker, ^J^^fn/of 
 of the following Prayers, adopted by the House on Daily Ses- 
 the report of a Special Committee, in the Session of ^•°"' 
 1878 : 
 
 Lord our Heavenly Father, High and Mighty, 
 King of kings, Lord of lords, the only Ruler of 
 
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 pritu'c^. who dost, from Thy tliroiu* lielioM till llu» 
 (IwoINm's M|>t>M (>)U'th ; M(^s( lionrlilN \v«» Itrsccch 
 'V\\oo widi Thy jjivor lo iirhoM our Most. ^niciniiM 
 SovortMLiu l.july (^huM'H N'icloriji, nnd so i-(>|)l(Miish 
 hiM' witli I lu> !4rm'(> of Thy Holy Sjtivil llint. sh(Mimy 
 always inolitu* t(> Thy will and walk in Thy way: 
 Mnduo h(>r ))UMd*MMisly with llcMvcnly iril'ts ; nraid. 
 hoi" in h(>nl<h niut W(>Ml(h lon^n l.o li\t'; st,rt<iin;lh('M 
 luM' (hat sins may Nanipiish and oviM'conu* all her 
 t'liiMuics ; and linally. al'tiM' t.his lir«>, may attain 
 ov«M-laslino; joy and rdioity, throuj;lv Jcsum ('hrist 
 Our liord, Ainon. 
 
 Ahni-^ldy {\oi\, thr l"'o\n»lain oT all (uxxhuvss, W(» 
 linnd>ly lit\s(>('(d\ Th«M> to l>l«\ss Allu'it. I'Mward. 
 I'rinco i>r \\'aU\s. [\\o I'rinorss of \\'al(>s, and ail the 
 Rv\val l'\'innly : Mndn(> tiitMii with Thv Holy S|>irit ; 
 tMU'ioh tluMu with Th\ HcavtMdy (Jivn'c; |)r«)s})t>r 
 tluMU with all Hap]>inoss; and hrim^ them to Tliitu^ 
 oviM'lastino; lvinij(h)ni, t.hr(>n!j^h .losus Christ ( )ur 
 Lord.- — Anion. 
 
 Most (lraoi(Mis (utd. W(» hunihly hcsoiM'h Thoo. aft 
 for tho PnitiMl Ki^^^■doln M' (Jroat Britain aiul \yo- 
 land, and Hoi- Maj(\sty's Dominions in m'nt'ral. so 
 ospooially \'ov this Pi-o\inoo. and hojv'in nioi-o par- 
 tioidarly fi>rtho liiontonant-( {oviM'uor and tiio Hou.so 
 of Assomhly. in thoir l,t\oislativo oapaoily at this 
 tin\o Assomhloil : that Thou wouldst ho ploasod to 
 (liioet and pnvspor all thoir oonsultations, to tho 
 advaneomont of Thy Ljlory. tlu^ safoty, honour, and 
 wolfaro of our So\'ortMi;n and Hor Province t)f 
 Ontario, that all tilings may ho so ordorod and 
 sottlod by tlioir ondoav»>rs. upon tho host and suiost. 
 fivindations, that poao-: and happinoss, truth and 
 justioo roliiiion and pioty.may ho ostahlishod anu)n<i^ 
 us for all i^onorations. Those, and all other neces- 
 saries for them, ami for us. we humbly W^^ in the 
 Name, and throuLrh the mediation i>f Jesus Christ, 
 our Most blessed liOrd and Saviour. — Anum. 
 
 Our Father whieh Art in Heaven, HalloNved be 
 Thv name. Thv Kitiijdom eome. Thv will be done 
 on earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our 
 daily bread. And fiM'ijive us our trespasses, as we for- 
 ijive them that trespass against us. And lead us not 
 into temptation ; but deliver us from evil. — Amen. 
 
 I I 
 
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71 
 
 OATHS. 
 
 Soc. If), niifij), II, |{,. S. (). IH.S7, •Icc.lanvs duit Adl.lavn 
 iM^Torr II McmlMM-clccI, of (he liCiMMlittivr A^HClllMv ""*''i"»y" 
 is pcniiiMrd i.o liiUc llm ()iillui,sji Mcmlicr, lie slmll ,,iii..r Uuui 
 lilt> witli l\w (!|rrU ol* llic House i,\u'. lollowin;; alii- tl'n.uKlnm 
 (Iiivit, in Ik> Hwoni lirl'on^ till! (JlcM'k : ' ^*" " 
 
 I, , of tllO , ill lilt! 
 
 ('ouiil.\'(>r , ('l('cl,('»l U) icproHiJiit l\\t' 
 
 lOlrct.onil |)ist.ri(rl, of (ds llw aiHr iikii/ hi'), 
 
 \n the Legislative Asseiiilily ol" I.Ik^ Province of 
 Oiiljiiio, iiiiik(^ omMi iiikI Miiy : — 
 
 Tliafc, ox(Mf|il, ill r(«M|)(M!l, of my ))(«rsoiial (!X|)eji.st's, 
 I hnve not. iiiii<le, Iterore. (|iiiiji!L,^ or since l,lie I'llcc- 
 tioii. any pjiyiiieiit.. lulvaiice, loan, or depoHit, Tor tlio 
 purposes of the Mlcction last, held Tor tlu; said 
 Kle<'t(»ral l)istri(!t, otheivvixc^ than t,Iiron;,di /I.//, ami 
 (/'. I), my n;;"eiit,H, duly appointed under T/ii' OtUarlo 
 • KlcA'lhiii Ad : and that I will not, liereal'l.er iiiaUe 
 any iiaymenl,, loan or deposit in riispect of the s lid 
 ^1 MIect.ioii.exct'pt. t hroiiirh an aL(eiit. or iiL^n'iit.sappoiiit,(Ml 
 
 under the sitiil Act. I further say thn.t I have not 
 ImciU jj^ullfcy of any (!ornipt praotictjs in r(!sp(;ct of 
 the s lid hileetion. 
 Sworn liefore me, this \ 
 
 day of A.I). ISO I \ 
 
 rV,('r/,' III' I III' L"f/ishUlr(', Asuenhh!// <>J l/ie Province 
 of Oiitiii'io. 
 
 Si'ctiou lliS of '/'//(' /iril'is/i, Nortli. Aiacrini, il'J^ Oatli of 
 /(SV;/, directs that every M(>ml)i!r of a Lei^islativi! A"*'"^ 
 Assemhly of any Province, shall, he.l'ore taking his 
 Koafc therein, tak(^ and suhscrilie hoforo tho Lieiit(3n- 
 ant-Clovernor of tho l^rovinco, or some person 
 authori/e(l hy him, tlm Oath of Alieufiance contJiincd 
 ill tho lifth schedule! to tho Act, and which iM^ads as 
 follows : 
 
 I, A. 11., do swoar that 1 will ho faithful and hear 
 true allogiunco to Him* Majesty, Queen Victoria. 
 
 (Note. — The nn/me of the Kinff or Queen of the 
 United Ki)i(/<lo7n of Great Britain and Ireland 
 for the time being is to he siihHiiiuled, from time to 
 time, lu'ith jwoper terms of reference thereto.) 
 
 X 
 
 lOOo. 
 
 ID 
 
 a 
 cc 
 o 
 
I'l 
 
 iii 
 
 iuiloninitv 
 
 tiouH for 
 non- 
 attoiiil- 
 ance. 
 
 Partial 
 payment 
 (luriu)? 
 Session. 
 
 Miloagp. 
 
 D»vlara- 
 tiou as to 
 attend- 
 ance. 
 
 PAVMKNT OK MKMI'.KKS. 
 
 Id ('V(M'v Sossion of (lie L^'^i^l!U.i\•(» A,ss(>iiil»l\- 
 tluM'c shall lu> allowed (o oacli MomluT tlio sum of 
 ^(1 Tor oiU'li (liiv's nitcndancc, umIcsh tiio Sossioti 
 oxtoiuls bin (»n<l tluit.v days, \vlu>n a .snssioiial allow- 
 ancoof such su'M as may he M|>|)i())»riali'd I'oi- (he 
 puv|ios<\ I'roiu (iu.c to timr. shall he paid. 'PIk! 
 a\('iam' l(Mii;th ol' a S(\ssi(»n is ahoiil (wo mioiiUin. 
 and the indtMunity for many years has hccn fixed 
 at !?()(»(). In addition (i» his indenuiily. each MemU(>r 
 receives stationery su)>])li(vs ^u (he value of Sl.'> (>Mch 
 vSession. 
 
 A diMhiction, a( the ra(e of .*54 j)er day, shall he 
 n»ade from the sessional allowance of a i\lemher for 
 every day upon which he doe.s not attend a sittins;' 
 of tlie House, vniless, if residini; ai tlu^ time within 
 t(M\ miltvs of (h(» ])lac( wIkmv the S(\ssion is held, he 
 is prexenled hy sickness from a(tendin<4' th(> sitting. 
 
 See. (>4, Clui]>. 11. R. S. O. I.NN7, enacts tliat tiio 
 c<vupensa(i(Mi may hi> ])aid from time to time as the 
 nu niher becomes entitled to it to the extent of $4 
 for oacli days attendance, but (he remaindcM- sliall 
 be letained b\- the (.^lerk of the House until the 
 close i)f the Session,. vvhen the final payments .shall 
 bo made. 
 
 There shall also be allowed to every member the 
 sum (if ten cents for every mile of the distance 
 between the plae-.^ of his residence and the City of 
 Torontc), reckonino- the distance uoinsj; and cominsj 
 accordiuii" to the nearest mail route, which distance 
 shall be determined and certified by the Speaki>r. 
 
 Each member, beAne receiving- the balance of 
 indemnity due to him at the close of each Session, 
 must nuike the following declaration before the 
 Clerk of the House, or the Accountant, or a Justice 
 of the Peace : 
 
 DECLARATION TO OBTAIN SESSIONAL 
 ALLOWANCE. 
 
 {Rev. Stat. Ont, Chap. II. sec. 68, Schedule G.) 
 
 I, , one of the Members of the 
 
 Legislative Assembly of Ontario, solemnly declare: — 
 
 That I reside at , which is distant by 
 
 <l 
 
 
vn 
 
 ncaicst. mail routo miles, ns (IctcrmiiKul l»y 
 
 tlic S|)(«aki;r ol' tlu; liCj^nslativ*! AssiniiMy, I'lom ilio 
 (Jitvof Toi'oiito. vvlicrc (lie Session oF tin; Lc-'islativo 
 Assnnlily of Oniario, which hr<raii on the 
 *h\y of , one thoiisan<l ci.ii^hr hiiiidrcd jitid 
 
 ninety- , was hcM. 
 
 'I'hat tho HrHtfiny durinef the said Sossion on whi(!]i 
 I was [trosent at Toronto, where tho Hai<l Session 
 was hold, was the day ol' , one 
 
 thousand eiij^ht hundred nnd ninely- 
 
 'I'luil, on th(> said diiy, and on each tUiy of the.said 
 Session, alter tlio said day on which thert^ was a 
 .sitiin;; <>!' tin; said Iie,i;islativo Assembly, 1 attended 
 such sit(in<^, or a sitting ol" some ( -onnnittiHi thorcot',* 
 except oidy on dnys,** or» 
 
 ol' which 1 was prevented hy sic^Um^ss Crom attending 
 as aforesaid, though I was then })rosont at tlio said 
 City of Toronto.*'^* 
 
 B 
 /W W 
 
 iwoa 
 IP •" 
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 Declared hoforo mo at , tho 
 
 I )i day of , one tliousand eight hundred ;ind 
 
 ninety- 
 
 (^lei'k (or A(;connt)int) of the Legislative 
 Assembly or .lustico of the I'eace for 
 the of (or as the case 
 
 may be). 
 
 Mileage at 10 cents per mile $ 
 
 Sessional Allowance 600 00 
 
 Less days a))sent,'at %^ per diem 
 
 % 
 
 u 
 o 
 
 o 
 
 % 
 
 Toronto, 
 
 day of 
 
 L89 
 
 Received from the Accountant of tho Legislative 
 Assembly, the above mentioned sum of 
 
 (Signature) 
 
 M.P.P. 
 
II 
 
 74 
 
 ANNUAL SESSION. 
 
 Tw.u,. Pvy Soo. 4, ('liM). 11, U. S. <). 1S.S7. it is providod 
 
 Ehlot duUthrn' shnll l.r n S«\sMimi ol' (li(> l..«L.islatiir(\ 
 in(oi\i'n«» ouco i\i loMst. in cvci'v v»Mir. so I1\mI. |.\v«>Iv<> lu'inlhs 
 ««>MiTi" ^1»»'l '>»»< intiM\tM\«« lirlwiMMi Mic Insl sittiuL!: t>r Ihr 
 
 l,OLiisl;itmi' in ono Stvssion, :inii the (ir.st, sitting" in 
 
 tlu' ne\l. • 
 
 n. N. A,. StM. N(> «>t' tlu> Hrilisli North AnuM-irn Aot. l.S(}7, 
 1S(?7. th>('I)U"es ihnl llwMt> slinll 1m> a stvssion of thi* iiCi-isla- 
 
 ninwlrti- t '•'■'' «'< ^'iitano. onoo !U. least, in (>v('rv ycMir. 
 
 DURATION OK A LKiilSLATUiili:. 
 
 Tour ('hM|v 11 »^t' l\. S. (). (Mnu'ls (hal (»V(M'v l/t'^ishitivo 
 
 yoftm. Assaiuhly shnll ooiil inne I'or I'unr yenrs front tho 
 
 tii'ty lit'tii «!;\y aWov the dtiio of (lu» writs of tiie 
 
 oh\'tion. }n\tl no lono-oi- (^snl»joet to lu>inij sooner dis- 
 
 solvotl by (lie LitMitenant-ttovernor). 
 
 T.fjjislA 'j'lu» po\V(M' to proroi^ne or (lissolv(> the Assenihly 
 
 dif>s,>lv«.i ''^ '^*^^ MtUn'teil hy »len)ist» of tlie Soveroij^n, norsiuili 
 
 bv (1oinis<> (Ih^ As-<enU<ly dt^tornune and hedissolveii l)oeivns(> of 
 
 "cro'Au. siH'h doini>e. 
 
 PAVMKXrDF WinrKKS. MKSSKN(U<:i{S AND 
 
 PA(Ui:s. 
 
 Tlie amount ol eon\pcnsation to Sessional Writers, 
 Messonovrs and Paixos, is fixed by Mr. Speaker, ami 
 is ijonerallv as follows : 
 
 Sessional Writers i?2 00 per ditMU. 
 
 Mossoniiers 1 'lO 
 
 PtViTOs.r 75 
 
 DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 
 
 Each inonibtM" of the Leijislative Assembly is 
 ontitleil to receive copies of Public l^ocunients, as 
 they are printed from time to time, in following 
 uumbers : 
 
 Votes anil Proccedin^fs, daily - 
 
 Ordeis of the Day ' " * 1 
 
 •|',?(i . 
 
 Tb 
 Hills, 
 for tl 
 Onta 
 passe 
 
 11 
 
7r. 
 
 PiiMic liillH 5 
 
 l'rivait> I'.illM 2 
 
 ScNMioiml I'npciH H 
 
 Dcpni Inunlnl HcixJitH 5 
 
 l'ul»li(' r.illM, MiinI n'n(lin|;r 5 
 
 I'rivdio Hills. " f 
 
 JJomid .IdUiiwilM (»r llic lloiiHo 2 
 
 " Scs.siomil l'n|i(>rH 1 
 
 Sl.ahitoH 
 
 120 c'DpJon to llift iiii'iiilior iiilrocliivin^ it. 
 
 /W 
 
 ,«0 £ 
 
 
 O 
 
 NiJMr.i':i: ok imopokts, k\v. 
 
 Th(> iunnli(<r of Kcports, Vohvi, Ordrrs <A' l]\() I)ay, 
 HillM, ScHsiotuil rnpciM and .loiinials, l.o Ix- printtvl 
 Tor the IiCi;i.sla,l ivo AsscMnlily for 1,1m I'iovIikm' of 
 Ontario, as per Hcjxiil, of ('oniinitUo on Printing 
 pasHiMl 'JKli Marcli, iSSf), is as follows : 
 
 Niiinluir of cdiiieH. 
 
 1. Aniiculttirn and Ails (incliidiri;^ 
 
 ■kM) Cor hound ScsHional vols.). . 2,^00 
 
 2. Kniit (}i'ovv«>is' Association (in- 
 cluding 420 for hound Sessional 
 vols.) 2,r,()0 
 
 ',]. Aj^ricultural ('ollc^c^ (includiufr 
 
 4"-0 for hound Sessional vols.).. 2,r)00 
 
 4. Estinuitcs (includiuL!,' 420 for 
 
 hound S(^ssional voh.) 2,500 
 
 6. Puhlic Accounts (inciudinji^ 420 
 
 for hound Sessional vols.) .... 2,500 
 0. Education (includin<.j 420 for 
 
 hound Sessional vols.) 2,500 
 
 7. J)e])artinental Keports (includinn; 
 
 ing 420 for Ijound vols.) ],920 
 
 8. Votes 1,150 
 
 9. Orders of tl»o Day 250 
 
 10. Puhlic P.ills, first reading 1,150 
 
 11. Puhlic Bills, reprinted 250 
 
 12. I'uhlic Hills, third reading GOO 
 
 1.'}. Private Hills, first readino' .... GOO 
 
 14. Private Bills, reprinted. ....... 250 
 
 15. Private Bills, third reading. . . . 100 
 
 T 
 1 
 
 OC 
 
7G 
 
 Number of copies. 
 
 16. Sessional Papers (600 for im- 
 
 raediatedi.stributicjiiaiul 420 for 
 bound vols.) 1,020 
 
 17. Journals, bound vols GOO 
 
 The nunibci- of all Departmental Reports to be 
 1,920, including 420 for bound volumes, excepting 
 those numbered from 1 to G, inclusive, which are to 
 be 2,500. 
 
 Orders for any of the above publications required 
 for any of the De])artujents mu.st be signed by one 
 of the members of the Executive or head of said 
 department. 
 
 Recapitulation of Distribution. 
 
 L— Votes. 
 
 Distribution as per list 900 
 
 Remainder 100 
 
 Total printed *1,500 
 
 //. — Order's for the Day. 
 
 Distribution as per list 230 
 
 Remainder 20 
 
 t 
 
 Total printed *300 
 
 HI. — Public Bills, First Reading. 
 
 Distribution as per list 1,170 
 
 Remainder 80 
 
 Total printed *1,500 
 
 IV. — Public Bills, Reprinted. 
 
 Distribution as per list 230 
 
 Remainder 20 
 
 Total printed 250 
 
 V. — Private Bills, First Reading. 
 
 Distribution as per list 500 
 
 Remainder 100 
 
 Total printed 600 
 
 ^Numbers subsequently increased by Order of Committee on 
 Printing. 
 
 a 
 
of copies. 
 
 320 
 
 jOO 
 
 bs to be 
 :cepting 
 li are to 
 
 'equired 
 
 by one 
 
 of said 
 
 )00 
 LOO 
 
 500 
 
 530 
 
 20 
 
 00 
 
 70 
 SO 
 
 OO 
 
 10 
 50 
 
 >0 
 
 
 
 
 
 Stee on 
 
 77 
 
 VI. — Private Blllfi, Reprinted. 
 
 Distribution as per list 230 
 
 Remainder ... 20 
 
 Total printed 250 
 
 VII. — Departmental Reports. 
 
 Distribution as per list 1,400 
 
 Remainder 100 
 
 Total printed 1,500 
 
 VITI. — Third Readings of Public Rills. 
 
 Distribution as per list 500 
 
 Remainder 100 
 
 Total printed GOO 
 
 IX — Third Readings of Private Bills. 
 
 igi Distribution as per list 80 
 
 Remainder 20 
 
 Total printed TOO 
 
 A'. — Sessio7ial Returns. 
 
 Distribution as per list .500 
 
 Remainder . 100 
 
 Total printe.) GOO 
 
 XI. — Bound Volumes — Journxds. 
 
 Distribution as per list 380 
 
 Remainder 40 
 
 Total printed *G00 
 
 XII. — Hound Volumes— Sessional Papers. 
 
 Distribution as per list 380 
 
 Remainder 40 
 
 Total printed 420 
 
 By order of 
 
 COMMITTEE ON PRINTING. 
 
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Origin and 
 u«e of 
 Mace. 
 
 FirHt Up- 
 per Can- 
 ada Mace. 
 
 78 
 
 THE MACE. 
 
 Ah a liistory of the orifjin Jiiid use of tlie Mace, 
 wliicli pliiy.s a part more or less important in the 
 procedure of the llou.se, mui^t possess some interest 
 tor tlie MemluMs of t\u' Lo^ishiture, an articK' 
 upon tlie sulnji'ct, copied from tlie Cdnadian 
 Mo7ifhli/ for Au^nist, ISfSl, is<,Mvon as an Apj»endix. 
 
 It may l)e aihhid, that an oil-painting, reproduced 
 and enlart,'ed from a photoi^Maph, of tl)e first Maco 
 used in Upper Canada, and caj)tured by the Ameri- 
 can forces at the hurniriL;- of York, U.C , on 27th 
 April, ISl.'-,, is to he found in the Members' Recep- 
 tion Room. 
 
 SALUTES TO MEUTENANT-GOVERNORS. 
 
 WImmi Earl Kimbeiley, Secretary of State for the Colo- 
 
 behalfof' »iR«. ii^ re])ly to a (incstioii pu^ to him, as to the 
 thc'iiiccii. ceremony to be obsorvetl at the openinj^ and closing 
 of Pi'oviiicial Legislatures, said m a despatch to Earl 
 of Dutl'erin, Governor-General of C. nada, 7th No- 
 vember, 1872: "With refeience to the ((uestion 
 asked by Sir Hastings Loyle, and submitted by 
 Lord Lisgar for my decision, namely, ' whether the 
 Lieutenant-Governors are .su[)posed to be acting on 
 behalf of the Queen,' I have to observe that, while 
 from the nature of tlieii' a{)p jintment, they repre- 
 sent, on ordinary occasions, the Dominion Govern- 
 ment, there aic, nevertheless, occasions (such as the 
 opening oi- closing of a Session of the Provincial 
 Legislatures, the ceiebi-ation of Her Majesty's birth- 
 day, the holding of a levee, etc.) on which they ' 
 .should be deemed to be acting on behalf of Her 
 Mnjosty, and the first part of the National Anthem 
 should be ])liiye<l in their presence. In connection 
 with this subject, I reipiest you to intimate to your 
 Ministers that it would be desirable to altei' para- 
 graph 12 of the Militia Regulations of 1870, so as to 
 permit of the ))laying of the first six bars of the 
 National Antliem in lieu of a slow march, a-i now 
 presci'ibed Ijy the Regulations." 
 
 
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 Janadian 
 /\{)I»endix. 
 Hproduced 
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 RNORS. 
 
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 question 
 itted by 
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 at, while 
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 Govern- 
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 By despatch, dated I)ownin<; Street, 10th Oct., 
 18()iS, it was declared that Lientenant(jlovernors 
 an- not entitled to salutes from Her Mfijcsty's ships 
 and t'ortitications witldn tluiir lespective I'rovincus. 
 
 \\y the Ke^ndations and Oiders for the Militia of 
 Canada, 18.S7, it is ])iovided, i)ar!inrap]i 470, that 
 wlienever called out for duty asatJuard of Honour, 
 etc., the nnlitia are to receive His Excellency the 
 Goveinor-General with a "general salute," standards 
 and colours Hying, oflicers saluting and ba?ids play- 
 ing' tiistpart' of the National Anthem (six liars). 
 
 \\y ])ar. 47 1, it is declared that (Juards of Honour, 
 who will]'ay sinn'ar compliments, will be fuinislied 
 to the Lieutenant-(ioveinors of I'rovinces on the 
 opening and })rorogation of the Provincial J.egishi- 
 tures, and the applications foi- such guaids of honour 
 must be made to the J). A. (J. of the District, who 
 will order tlieni under this authority. Such guards 
 are, if piacticable, to be i'urnished, and .salutes tired, 
 by any permanent force of militia stationed at the 
 place, or by the active militia in theii" absence. 
 
 Par. 47(), sets forth that at the opening and 
 prorogation of the Donnnion "arliament, the Gov- 
 ernor-CJeneral is entitletl to a .salute of 10 gun.s, and 
 the Lieutenant-Governors of Provinces, on the ()])en- 
 ing and closing of theii* Prox'incial Legislatui'es, to a 
 
 (iovernor- 
 (Jfneral 
 entitlfd to 
 general 
 salute. 
 
 liieuten- 
 ant-(ii)V- 
 ernors en- 
 titled to 
 Hitnilar 
 honours at 
 ojii'tiing 
 ami closing 
 of lieginla- 
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 Lieu- 
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 (ioveiiuiM 
 entitled to 
 a salute of 
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 POSTAGE. 
 
 betters lUMiled by Members oi the Leuislative 
 Assemb.v dui'ini; a Session of the Leoi.slature, and 
 all letters from any of the ]3epartinents, are .subject 
 to the usual postage rates, the postage; thereon being 
 paid by the Province, 
 
 Mendiers must, initial oi- place their names uiion 
 the envelopes of such U'tteis as ihey niay .send 
 during the Session, so that the Postma.'-ter nuiy be 
 satisfied of the genuine character of cDU'esjiondence 
 passing through the House Post Office. Letters not 
 so distinguished aie sent to tlie Dead Letter Office. 
 
 ^lembeisare recjUested not to close or seal envel- 
 opes in which Bills, (>tc., may be placed, as tliey will 
 tlien be subject to letter rate.s. But Bills may be 
 .sent in an open envelope as free matter. 
 
 All letter.s 
 subject to 
 postage. 
 
 Letters 
 inu.st hnve 
 name ( f 
 .'^ender on 
 envelojies. 
 
 Envelopes 
 cover'Dg 
 liills net 
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 n\ivtti'r 
 niniled 
 free. 
 
 Petitions, 
 Addrt'SHcs, 
 etc., free. 
 
 Statutes 
 and 
 
 Library 
 Books sub 
 ject to 
 postage. 
 
 Depart- 
 
 nuMital 
 
 Kt'ports 
 
 dcliverod 
 
 witliout 
 
 clKuge in 
 
 lTuiti>d 
 
 States. 
 
 Olosinp 
 the mails. 
 
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 All PapiM's piiiiti'd l)y order of tlio Le<j;isl}itivo 
 AsstMnlly may bo scut, iruo of Canada postage, 
 cithtM' sini,dy or in pacUa^jjcH, so put up that tlioir 
 contents iiuiv l»o known. MeinluMs sendiii<r tliem 
 will niJirU tlieni with (heir names, 
 
 IV'titions an<l .Vddresstvs to the Provincial Lciri.s- 
 latnie of any t)t' the Provinces .)t" the Dominion, or 
 to any hrancli tliereof, and also Votes and Proceed- 
 ing's, and other papers pi-inti^d hy order ol' nny such 
 liCii^islMture, or any hianch tlu'rcot", may pass Tree of 
 Canathi postaoe, under such regulations as the Post- 
 mastei'-(»eneral may prescribe. This does not in- 
 clude the Statutes ol" the respective Provinces, nor 
 is the privilei2'e of carrying', free of postauje, books 
 tc) and from the Library of any rje<;islatuie, con- 
 ceded to MiMuhers of a Pro\incial Legislature; as it 
 is to the lUcmbeis of the House of (/onunons and 
 Senate of tlu' Dominion. 
 
 By a recent decision oi tlie Post OtHce Depart- 
 ment, De]Kirtnu'ntal lL'])orts are allowed to pass 
 fre«^ through Canadian territory to the United 
 States, where, under the existing convention be- 
 tween Cana<la and the Cnited States, they are 
 delivercil without charue. 
 
 When, (hiring the >>ession, the House adjoiirns at 
 oi' before six p.m., thc: Post Otlice closes at 9 p.m. 
 Wl)en there is an evening Session, i-he mails are 
 made up until lO.lU) p.m. 
 
 STATIONERY. 
 
 On l()th dan., 1871, the House Rcsolml: Th.nlin 
 future a Sessional allowance of Stationery of the 
 value of ten dollars, and no more, shall be delivered 
 to each member at the opening of the Session, and 
 that each member may select his own stationery. 
 
 Tins amount has l»een found to be insutHcient, 
 and the allowance of stationery now represents a 
 value of liftei'U dollars. 
 
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 Ji>' Standini;' Order of tlir Imperial House of 'pj,g 
 Oomnioiiis, adopted 27tli November, 1882, it was Cloture, 
 <leclared : 
 
 " That when it sliall appear to Mr. Speaker, oi to 
 
 (he (JhairiMaii of Ways fuul Means in a (Committee 
 
 of tlie \Vh()l(! House, (Uu'inf^ any (Udjat(\ tlun the 
 
 subject lias been adeipialely (UscussimI, jind tliat it 
 
 is tlie evident sense of the Hou^c, or of the C'orn- 
 
 niiltet?, that tlie (luostion be now put, he may so 
 
 inform the House, or the Committ(;e ; and if mution j;;,ipp^,,'.''ed 
 
 bo mad', ' IMiat the (|Ue.-ti(^n l»t' now put,' Mi-, hymorw 
 
 Spcidcer, or tlie Ohairman, sliall forthwith put such f,',j",\r,^i' 
 
 question; nnd, il'thesjinie betlecidcd in the ntliiuia- Mieiniiers; 
 
 tive, tlu^ (inestion under discussion shall be i)ut ^""*^ '1 1'''' 
 
 foi'thwith : l*rovi<le<l that the (piestioii, 'That the less than 
 
 (luestion be novv i)ul,' sIimU not be decidcl in the ["""^y '""'^*' 
 1 ^ . . , l)p sm>' 
 
 allirmative, if a division lie taken, unless iL shall ,,,„te(l by 
 anncar to have lieeii sup])orted by more than two """■*; t*'*" 
 hundred iiiemln'rs, or uni».';-is it sliall appear to have rpd. 
 been o])posiMl by less t^;an forty iiicinl)cts, and sup- 
 port!., by more than on" hundred membiTS. 
 
 On the ISth March, 1887, the Imperial House of 
 Coiiiiiions adopted the followitio; Standing Order, 
 contaiiiinj;' further provisions for the ])urpose of 
 |)ievi'ntine' obstruction to the l)usiness of that body : 
 
 That after a Question has been proposed, a Mem- 
 ber risint;' in his place may claim to jnit "That the 
 Question be now pub," and unless it shall appear to 
 the Chair that such motion is an abuse of the Rules 
 of the House, or an infrin^emeiit of the rinjiits of 
 the miiioriiy, the <j)uestion, " That tin} Question be 
 novv put," shall be put forthwith, and decided with- 
 out amendment or debate. 
 
 When the M(»tion "That the Question he now put" 
 has been carried, and the (^)uestion conseiiuent 
 th<'veon has been decided, any further motion may 
 be made (the assent of the Chair as aforesaid not 
 havin<;f been withheld) which may be re(|uisite to 
 bring to a decision any (juestion already proposed 
 from the Chair; and also if a clause be then under 
 
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 consideration, a motion may be made (the assent of 
 the Chair as aforesaid not having been withheld), 
 that the Q|uostion, " Tli at certain words of the clause 
 defirKMl in the IVlotion stand part of th') clause," or 
 that the clause stand part of, or be added to the 
 P)iil, be now ])ut, such motions shall be put forth 
 with, and decided without amendment or debate. 
 
 l*rovided always, That Questions for the Closure 
 of Debate shall not be decided in the affiruiative, if 
 a Division be taken, unless it shall appeal" by the 
 numbers declared from the ( 'hair, that such motion 
 was supported by more than two hundred meml)ers, 
 or was opposed by less than forty members, and sup- 
 ported by more than one hundred members. 
 
 Provided alwa^'s, That this Rule shall be put in 
 force only when the Speakei* or the Chairman of 
 Ways and Means is in the Chair. 
 
 TITJ.E (3F " HONOURABLE." 
 
 By a despatch to His Excellency the Governor- 
 General, dated Downing Street, 24th July, 1808, 
 the followini;' legulations for use of the title 
 " Honourable," were laid down for observance : 
 
 " In consequence of the Confede'-ation of the 
 Biitish Provinces, some revision of the former 
 usaires there about titles has been nece.'-sarv, and I 
 have the honour to inform you tliat Her Majest}'' 
 has been [>leased to approve of the adoption of the 
 followins^' regulations : 
 
 1st. The Governor-General of Canada to be styled 
 "His Kxcellency." 
 
 2nd. 'J'he Lieutenant-Governors of the Provinces 
 to be stvled "His Honcmr." 
 
 .Srd. The Piiv\ Councillors of Canada to be styled 
 " Honourable," and for life. 
 
 4tli. Scrators of Canada to be styled " Honour- 
 able." but oidy during otHce, and the title not to be 
 eontiiiued afterwards. 
 
 5th. Kxicutive Councillors of tl.e Provirices to 
 lie styled " Honourable," but finly while in oihce, 
 and the title not to be continued afteiwaids. 
 
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 Gth. Lcirislative Conncilloi's in the Provinces not 
 in future to have that title, but jj^entlenien who 
 were Leii'islativc Conneillors at tlie time of the 
 Union to retain the title " Honou'altle " tor life. 
 
 7th. The President of the Legislative Council in 
 the Provinces to be styled "Honourable" during 
 office. 
 
 cSth. The Speakers of the Houses of Assembly in 
 rhe Provinces to bo styled " Honourable " during 
 otfice. 
 
 LIBRARY. 
 
 The following Rnh's, for the management of the 
 Library of the Legislative Assembly, were adopteu 
 Lst May, LS91, and supei'sede all former Rules: 
 
 Rules of thii; Liijrary. 
 
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 I. A proper catalogue of the books l)elonging to 
 the Library shall bo k'ept by the Lilu-arian, or 
 person in whom the custody and responsibility 
 thereof shall be vested; and who sludl bo retjuired 
 to report to the House, through the Speaker at the 
 opening of each Se.ssiou, the actual state of the 
 Library. 
 
 '2. No person shall be entitled to resort to the 
 Library during a Session of the Legislature, except 
 the Lieutenaut-Oovernor, the Members of the 
 E.Kecutive Council and the Legislative Assembly, 
 and the officers el" the House, and such other per- 
 sons as uiay receive a written order of admission 
 from tlii> Speaker of the House. Members may 
 personally introduce strangers to the Library dur- 
 ing the day-time, but not after t'.ie hour of six 
 o'clock p.m. 
 
 •S. During the Session of tlie Legislature, no book's 
 belonging to the Library shall be taken out of the 
 building, except by the autliority of the Si)eaker, or 
 ui)on receipt given by a member of the House. 
 
 4. During the Session the Library shall l»e opened 
 daily from o'clock a.m. until 9 o'clock p.m., and 
 .should the Hou^e ren^ain in session after such hour, 
 the Library shall remain open until the Hou.se 
 adjourns. 
 
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 liilM'iUT sluill lie open cvcfy (liiy in cju'li wccU, Siin- 
 ilays juul lu)liila>s cxct'ptcd, IVtim the liom- ol" ten 
 in tlu> inornini^r nnlil i'onr in (li*^ tilttM-noon, imd 
 ju'i'oss ((» t.lu» liihniry slmll Itc pcrmit.lcti to jicrsons 
 intnxluccd l>y ii nnMnl>»>r nl' the Lfnisliiiurc or 
 aduiidiMl ill tlu' tliscrt'tion ol" (1m« ( 'Icrk of Lilnariim, 
 siilijcci (o sMi'li ri'ijulat ions as niav 1»»' drcnHMl ncccs- 
 
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 snr\' Vol- (.lu> si'curilA' and pii'siTvation of ti 
 colK't'tion. 
 
 (). Ihnin^' tlio IJiH't'ss of tlic LcLjisInturc no nu-in- 
 luT ol (lie House sliall In- at liluTly t.i liolTow oi 
 lui\t' in liis |>(tss('ssi»>n at. any one linn", more •linn 
 (lm>t* \V(»rks ol' llic lal'rary, or retain the sani' lor 
 a loniiei" period than cne month. No lio(»l\s ol' rel- 
 e)(MU'i' I'r liooks ot ^jierial cost or \alui' may he 
 rmiox I d i'r(UM the Seat ol' ( !o\ crnnifnl under anv 
 eireuuistanees. 
 
 7. At the lir>t niet'tin^- ol tlu- liihrai'y Conindt U'(> 
 in eaeh Session of the l.ei^ishiture, tlu' Librarian 
 shall report a list ol" liooi<s al^smt at the i'oninience- 
 uttut ol' the Se>sion, speeih in^' the luimes ofany 
 persoiis who laxc letaincd the ^auH> in eontraxfu- 
 tion of any ol tlie I'ore^oini;- Ixide--. 
 
 S. Uuriui;" the Keeess such li.ioks may he taken 
 out of the LiUiary hy the Lieutenaid-dovernor, 
 MenduMs o( Kxecntive, the Spt-aker and hepnty 
 Heads ol' |)i»pai'f u\t'nts as mav l»e Ktpiii'ed liy them; 
 and one volumt> at a tine." may he taken out by 
 niembers o\' the ('i\ il SiMvlee and by >ueh other 
 persons as may lu' nami-d to the bibraiian b\- a 
 member of tlie liibrarv t'ouuuittee (U- Executive 
 Council, and a receipt shall be i;iven to the Libra- 
 rian by eaeli such person taking out a book. 
 
 9. The t'ollowiuLif shall be deemed Hooks ol' Ivef- 
 erence : — All lH)oks in the Law hepartment, 
 Dictionaries, KncycKipa'dias, Manuals, Directories, 
 Archives, Ne\vsj>apers, Maps, Knoravings, Pam))ldot 
 Volumes, Unbound Ma^'azines, and books whicli are 
 valuable on account of their cost, rarity or antiquity. 
 
 10. .\ny poison wishing to obtain any book for 
 peni<al and reference in the Library nnist first 
 make his selection from the catalogue and then 
 
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 apply I'oi- i( at, tlic (Icsk of i\H\ rjltrari.in. 'I'lio 
 liooks Mills received must, iiol, Ik^ taken f'loiii t,ho 
 liilir.'ii y, Itiit, l)e retiiiiKMl to t,lie liilti-iiriHn's (l«!sl<, 
 ollwrwise the j)ei>;on shall remain le.sponsjhle loi- 
 tho books. 
 
 I I. 'i'he liiliiai Ian slinll exei'cis(» a, |)fopei(lis('i*inii- 
 niition as to tlio (Iclivery of snch hooks as hct may 
 jinl<;>' liahh^ t-o ho injiirecl. M;inns('cipts, rare m,ii(1 
 vii.lu!il>le hooks and plal(!s are exeliided from this 
 iiile ; they will he shown oidy on special a,j»j)lien,ti(»n 
 to the liihraiia.n and nndei- such rei^ulaXions as th(5 
 (;ir(MimstanL'(is of eacli case may in his jiid^'ment 
 re(pni-e. 
 
 12 No pei'son, except the Lihrariaii or Ills assist- 
 ants, shall he permit.teil to t,ak(! fi-om any cast; or 
 shelf or replace therein or tlicreon, any hook, map, 
 or other |)uitlii'ation. 
 
 !.'{. No hook shall he ta,keii from I, he Lihi-ary 
 until its title and the name of the pc^rson takioLC it 
 ha\'(! heen ic^istered hy the Lihraiian, and a, i-eceipt 
 muHt hi! i4iven hy the jx'i'son t,akinL( the hook. N(j 
 pnhlie ollicter or other p(»rson piixilcLicd to draw 
 l>ooks, shall ext(Mid the privileo(> to others, or take 
 books from the bihrai'}' for the purpos*; of lojinii)^ 
 tliem to othei's. 
 
 14. Any person takin;^ any hook, map, or other 
 piihli(;atii)n iVom tho liihrary, shall h(> liable for all 
 danuiL^tvs doiKi thoroto, whilt; in his or h(!i' posses 
 sion, which damaj^rf. shall ho assessod hy tin; Librar- 
 ian, an<l paid to him by i\\v person takinn' sucli 
 book. \\\'A\) oi' other ])Mblica,tion. The leaves of 
 books must not \)i\ turned down and no marks with 
 ink or piiTU-il on tho marL;in or olsowhoro will be 
 permitted under tho penalty aforesaid. 
 
 15. The Libiai'ian or liis assistant shall carefully 
 examine each book returneib «iud if Ibuu'l to have 
 sustained any injury oi* to have been rendered of 
 less value by boin^f .soiled or written in, \w. shall 
 require the person to whom the sann? was deliverofl, 
 to pay the amount of damage or injuiy done, or 
 otherwise to piocure a new copy of liipial value, 
 and in the latter case such j)erson shall bo entitled 
 to the damage<l copy on depositing a new one. 
 
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 IVom till' Spi'ilkei' ol" till' lloilsr to lioiToW hoolvH 
 IVom tlu' Lihrai y, shall Im> nllowcd (o liaA(! in his 
 pi)ss(>ssi»)H iiKirc than nuo hook at any time, or to 
 retain the siiinc loni^fff Ihan two wccUs, and all such 
 persons shall return the Itoohs so taken when 
 ret|uired l>y the hiltrarian. 
 
 17. All hooks on loan dinini;- th(5 i'<<cess ol' the 
 liei^i.slatiM'i' eNcoptiiii; such as uuiy he i-ei|uived hy 
 th(> liitMiteiuint-lJovei'nor. .UimuIkm's oi' the Execu- 
 tive and the Le^islafi\e Assendtly, the Speaker and 
 the Deputy Head.-, of l)e|>artnients, shall he relurne<l 
 at least ten days lH>!'or»> the openini;' of the House. 
 Should the order not he coniplii>il with, tlie person 
 .so olliMitliui;' shall lorleit all privileges to the 
 liihrary. 
 
 is. It' on notice to ;»ny person that the time for 
 which any h(»ok has hcen drawn IVoni tlie Lihrary 
 l>y such pei'stin lias (>\pired, or il' any pt'r.son shall 
 ha\i> in his ov her possession any liook oi' other 
 articK' Ix'lonLrinn- to the Lihrary, and shall nei^'lect 
 to return such hook or other article to the liihrary 
 for more than thi'ee days after sucli notice, .sucli 
 poison shall he liiihl(> to pay for such hook or hooks 
 a sum e(i|ual to tlu' vahu» of sucli hook or hooks or 
 otlier article, which value shall he estimated at the 
 cost o\' replacine- the same. 
 
 19 t)n Sundays duriuL!,- the Session, the Lihrary 
 shall he opened to Memlu'rs only. 
 
 '20. Smoking' or spitting- on the lloor or carj^et 
 shall not be perniittctl in any of the Lihrary apart- 
 ments. 
 
 21. A blank book shall be kept on a tabic or 
 stand accessible to readers, in which may be entered 
 the titles of any books which it may bt> deem.cu 
 adyisable to procure for the use of the Library. 
 
 
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 TAIUJ-: OK IMUaiKDKNCK IN CANADA. 
 
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 Tlic f(»ll()\viii,n' olTiciul tal>l(! of pr(H'(Ml('iu!(i, for uso 
 in ('imailii.vvfis trjinsmittrd l>y tin; '^Mumiu's ( 'oininaiKl 
 to the ( Ji)V('nioi'-( Jciifnil ol' (/fuiada,, .liilv 2.*{r<l, 
 IMiS, itiid |»iil)li,sli()(l in tlio l>oiiiini(>M ()/Jii;i(d 
 
 1. TIu' < lii\ ('i"iior-( JcMcrnI oi- ((IIIcci' admiiiisterin;;' 
 
 tllO (»()V('«'lllll(!llt. 
 
 2. 'Pliii senior ollicial in connnand ol' tli(! Lroo[)s, 
 it' ol' the raid< ol' ( JciKMal, and tlio ollicci in com- 
 mand ol" llcr MajifHty's naval forces on IIk! station, 
 it' ol' thi- j'a,nk ol' /\(linir;il tJieii own relative laidc 
 l)(>.ini,f determined l*y the Queen's Uei^ndations <tn 
 tliat sid)je(t. 
 
 Ji, 4, f), (J. The Lieut(!nant-tjit)vei"n(;is (;f the sev- 
 eral Provinces of Ontaiio, of Quehec, of Nova 
 Scotia, an<l of New P)runswicU (and in their a))pro- 
 l)riat(! order, the Lieutenant (Governors of I'l-ovinces 
 al'teivvards added to tlu; Dominion). 
 
 7. Archliishojis and UiNJiops, according- to seni- 
 ority (of consecration). 
 
 8. Members of Cahinet, iiceordinif to seniority. 
 
 9. The Speaker of tlie Senate. 
 
 0(t. The Chief Justice of the Snj)rc!me Ooni't. 
 
 10. The Chief .Judges of the Courts of Law and 
 E(|uity, accoi'dini,^ to seniority. 
 
 11. Mendiers of the Privy Council not of the 
 Cabinet. 
 
 12. General Ofheers of Hei- Majesty's Army serv- 
 inji- in the Dominion, and Otlicers ot the rank of 
 Admiral in the Royal Navy, servinuj on the British 
 North American Siation, an 1 beinii' in the chief 
 connnand ; the relative rank of .such OHicer.s to be 
 determined by the Queen's regulations. 
 
 1."}. The senior officer 'r co; .nand of the troops, 
 if of the rank of Colonel or Lie^.unant-Colonel, and 
 the officer in command of Her Majesty's Naval 
 
 (j!r>vern()r- 
 (Icrifral. 
 
 A fJcneral 
 or All- 
 in i nil. 
 
 Lieut.- 
 ({(•ver- 
 noFH. 
 
 Arclibinh- 
 opH and 
 IlinliopB. 
 
 Mf'inbers 
 of Cabinet. 
 
 Speaker of 
 Hanate. 
 
 Chief 
 Juwtice of 
 Supreme 
 Court. 
 
 Chief 
 Judges. 
 
 MernberB 
 of Privy 
 Council, 
 
 General 
 and Ad- 
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 Dominion 
 or on Brit- 
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 Forces on the Station, if of equivalent rank ; tlieir 
 own relative rank being determined by the Queen's 
 IiCj^ulations. 
 
 1 4. Members of the Senate. 
 
 15. Speaker of the Hou.se of Commons. 
 15a. Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court. 
 
 Meinl)er8 
 of Senate. 
 
 Siteftker 
 H. of C. 
 
 Puisne 
 Judges 
 Supreme 
 
 Court. 
 
 Puisne IG. Puisno Judges of the Courts of Law and 
 
 orSrts Etiuity, according to seniority. 
 
 of Law and 
 E(iuity. 
 
 Members 17, Members of the House of Commons. 
 
 House of 
 Commons . 
 
 Executive 18. Members of the Executive Council (Provin- 
 Couucil of cial), within their Province. 
 
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 Speaker of 19 Speaker of tlie Leaislative Council, within 
 
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 tive 
 
 Council. 
 
 Members 
 Legisla- 
 tive 
 Council. 
 
 Speaker 
 Legisla- 
 tive 
 Assembly. 
 
 Members 
 of Legis- 
 lative 
 Assembly. 
 
 Revised Her Majesty approved of the adoption of revised 
 
 rc^ula- regulations in respect to the style and title to be 
 
 tions as to 1 ,,,,,,, "^ . "^ 
 
 title. used by the lollowmg persons : 
 
 The Governor-General of Canada to be styled 
 " His Excellenc}'. ' 
 
 The Lieutenant-Governor of the Province, to be 
 styled " His Honour." 
 
 The Privy Councillors of Canada to be styled 
 " Honoui'able," and for life. 
 
 his Province. 
 
 20. Members of the Le<nslative C()uncil, within 
 their Province. 
 
 21. Speaker of the Legislative Assendily, within 
 his Province. 
 
 22. Members of the Legislative Assembly, within 
 their Province. 
 
 Governor- 
 General. 
 
 Lieut.- 
 Governor. 
 
 Privy 
 
 Council- 
 lors. 
 
 Senators. Senators of Canada, Executive Councillors of the 
 Provinces, the Presidents 3f the Legislative Coun- 
 cils, and the Speakers of the Houses of Assembly :n 
 the Provinces to be severally styled " Honourable," 
 
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 but only during office, and the title not to be con- 
 tinued afterward.s. 
 
 Gentlenion who were Legislative Councillors at 
 the time of the union are permitted to retain their 
 title of " Honour al)le " for life, but Legislative Coun- 
 cillors in the Province are not in future to have 
 that title. 
 
 DECISIONS OF MR. SPEAKER. 
 
 Upon the correct interpretation of the Rules of 
 Order by which the Legislative Assembly is governed, 
 and the prompt and clear exposition of the numerous 
 precedents which form the hirger })ait of Parlia- 
 mentary law, depends the succes.shd aeconi))lishment 
 of the woik subnntted to it. There ai"e uiiforeseen 
 combinations of circumstances cropping up in nearly 
 every Ses.sion, which are scarcely amenable to mere 
 rule, and can find solution only in the Practice oi 
 the legislative bodies of C'annda or Great lU'itain 
 Rule ] l.'i of the As>end)ly of Ontario, similar t'> one 
 adopted in the Catuxdian Hou.se of Connnon.s, and a 
 Rule of the Old Canadian Parliament, which sa}s 
 that : " in all unpi'ovided cases, the rules, usages and 
 forms of the United Kingdom of (beat IJritain and 
 Ireland, as in force at the time shall he followed," 
 evidently indicate a recogr.ition of diiSculties which 
 cannot be proviiletl for in advance, and must be 
 solved by the larger and wider experience of an older 
 countrv. But it is advisable that, in as far as 
 possible, the proceedings in any legislative body 
 shall be tjovei-ned by itis own Practices and Prece- 
 dents. In Ontario these are endjodied, to a consi- 
 derable e.Ktent, in the Decisions of the Speakers, who, 
 since Confederation, have occupied the chair of the 
 Legislative Assembly. Easy reference to then), when 
 points of order suddenly ari^e during debate, will 
 add eminently to their value, and it has been deemed 
 advisable, for that purpose, to collect them from the 
 Journals over which they are scattered, and publish 
 them in collected and readily accessible form. In 
 the following pages, clo-^e adherence to the lan- 
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 order. 
 
 An 
 
 Amend- 
 ment, dif- 
 fering in 
 form, but 
 identical 
 in purijort 
 with an 
 Amend - 
 m(;nt al- 
 ready re- 
 jected, 
 cannot be 
 enter- 
 tained. 
 
 tliouiiht necessurv for a cloaror elucidation of tho 
 Docisioii, and in nearly every iti.stunco a full liistory 
 of eaclj case uuiv i)e found. 
 
 .lOHN STEVKNSON, Es(,.., Lonnox, was the 
 iirst Speaker elected in the Lei;-islative Assemhlj', 
 and was called to tha ( 'hair 27th Deceniher, 18(57. 
 
 On loth FeltruiUT, IMGS (paj^e ')2 of Journals), he 
 mive his tii>-t decision. 
 
 A Private Bill was introduced for the incorpora- 
 tion of the Erie and Niagara ilailway ('(jinpany, 
 which was duly reported by the Connuittei^s on 
 Standing' Orders and Hail ways, Mnd amended in the 
 Railway Conuuittee, in the J'reanible, l>y a (thange 
 of names of Promoters. Exc(4)tion was taken to 
 these amendments as in excess of the prayer of tlie 
 Petition on which it was based The Speaker 
 decided : That as it was manil'est that the object 
 of the Petitioners was to ol)tain authority to build 
 a li;nlwiiy, the change of some of the names in the 
 Preamble did not, in his opinion, require that the 
 Bill sliould be referred back to the Committee on 
 Standing Orders. 
 
 On -l.')th November, ISGS (page .'U)), the second 
 reading of Bill (No. 24), To alter the law of Dower, 
 etc., was considered in Connnittee of the Whole, and 
 reported with amendments. On motion for reception 
 of Report, Mr. Blake moved, "that the Report be 
 not now received, but tliat it be referred hack to 
 Connnittee of the Whole, witl) instructions to amend 
 tlie Bill by expunging so much thereof as destroys 
 the right of Dower in cases in which Dower is by 
 law recoverable." This wa.s put and lost, when Mr. 
 Blake moved that the Report be referred back with 
 instruction to amend the lUll by providing "that so 
 much thereof as destroys the right of Dower, in cases 
 in which Dower is now recoverable, shall not affect 
 existing rights." Objection was taken by Attorney- 
 General Macdonald that the amendment was identi- 
 cal in purpose with the previous amendment already 
 declai'ed lost, and couid not therefore be ])roperly 
 received. Mr. Speaker decided : The latter amend- 
 ment, although differing in construction, is identical 
 
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 think, be received. 
 
 On December 2iid, 1<S()S (pa^e 40), it was moved: 
 Thftt in tlie oj)ini<)n r)f this J louse, it is necessary 
 and expedient, in the interests of (jolle^date Kihica- 
 tion, th;it some compj'f'hoMsive scheme he devised 
 and adol>ted foi" fjjivin;;- efl'eet to the objects, and for 
 exteii(liii<,'the o])eration of tlie Act, 1(5 Vict. ea|). 89, 
 in the ostablishnuMit of a Provincial University, and 
 tlie afliliationof (Alleges to be supported in connec- 
 tion tlievewitl). In amcTKbnent it was moved : that 
 all the words after "That" in the original resolu- 
 tion lie stniek out and the following be insei'ted in 
 lieu thereof: " WHule the House recogni/es the 
 imporlance of educational interests it is .still of 
 opinion (ms expressetl by the Act of last Session,) 
 that no College 3r educfitional institution undei' 
 the control of any Religious Denomination sliall 
 receive aid from the Public Ti-easury." Objection 
 was taken that the amendment contained matter 
 irrelevant to thi' oi-iginal motion, and could not thej-e- 
 fore be pro])erly received. The Speaker decided Jis 
 follows: The amen<bnent i,s, I think, in order, and 
 ought to be received. 
 
 On December ord, 18(J8 (page 45), it was moved 
 that the Report of Connnittee of the Whole on Bill 
 (No. .'1), be a<1opted. It was moved, in amendment : 
 That the Report be not now received, but that it be 
 referred back to a Committee of the Whole for the 
 purpose of expunging from the tenth and twenty- 
 second sections of the Act, so much as provides for the 
 re-uniting of the City of Toronto ;rn<l the County of 
 York for Judicial purposes. This was lost on a divi- 
 sion. On December 8th (page o2\ on the motion that 
 Bill (No. 51) be road a third time, it was moved in 
 amendment that it be referred back to Connnittee 
 witli insti"uctions to amend "by expunging so much of 
 section ten and twenty-two as provides for the 
 re-union of the City of Toronto with the County of 
 York for Judicial purposes." The Attorney-General 
 objected that the amendment was identical in pur- 
 pose with that upon which the House had alread}' 
 expressed an opinion, and which could not, there- 
 
 Annmend- 
 iiifiit to a 
 i*n1)stan- 
 tivf motion 
 htrikin*" 
 out all at 
 the word 
 "That," 
 it!ui on a 
 connate 
 subject, in 
 order. 
 
 An amend- 
 ment on 
 Third 
 Heading 
 identical 
 with one 
 rejected on 
 reception 
 of Report 
 ofCommit- 
 tee of the 
 Whole de- 
 clared out 
 of order. 
 
 
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 decidea 
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 in Commit- 
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 a Bin, the 
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 tion of a 
 Bill pro- 
 viding for 
 expendi- 
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 public 
 moneys 
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 vided for 
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 fore, be properly received, and Mr, Speaker decided 
 tiiat : The amendment is not in order and cannot be 
 received. 
 
 On 9th December, 18G8, (page 59), the tTomsg 
 went into Committee on Bill (No. 88), To pi'ovide 
 for the establisliment and gov< rnment of Central 
 District Prisons, when Attorney-General Macdonald 
 moved consideration of the second section of the 
 Bill, Objection was taken by Mr. Blake to the 
 considei'ation of the second section before the lirst 
 section had been considered, contending that the 
 Bill must be considered section by section as nura- 
 bered. The Chairman ruled that the first section 
 should be fir.^t considered. An appeal was made to 
 Mr. Speaker, who decided : That the second section 
 may be considered first. An appeal from the decision 
 of the Speaker, was made and sustained by a 
 vote of 315 to 29. The House went again into Com- 
 mittee, when the Attorney-Ceneral moved ths con- 
 sideration of the first section, and objection was 
 then taken to its consideration as it involved the 
 expenditure of money which had not been recom- 
 mended by the Crown or considered in Committee 
 of the Whole prior to the introduction of the Bill. 
 The Chairman" decided that the consideration of 
 the section was iu order, as applying to charges 
 to be liereafter provided for by vote in Committee 
 of Supply. 
 
 On 11th December, 1868, (piges GG and 67). 
 Mr. McDougall, moved : 
 
 1. That with a view to attract immigration into 
 this Piovince it is expedient to provide, that, on and 
 after the first day of April, imuiediately subsequent 
 to settlement on any lot, the regulations of the 
 Government having been complied with, the locatee 
 of such lot should have the right to cut and dispose 
 of the timber on it, free from any Governmental 
 charges. 
 
 2. That the right to cut pine or timber berths 
 during at least ten years, should, subject to the foi»e- 
 ing resolution, be given to the license holders, under 
 such charges for ground rent, duty, etc., and such 
 other provisions as may be made by the Government 
 of this Province. 
 
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 67). 
 
 And objection liavinfj been taken by Hon. Attor- 
 ney-Gcnenil Macdonakl, that the motion could not 
 be entertained without the recommendation of 
 the Lieutenant-Governor having been previously 
 obtained, 
 
 Mv. Speaker decided : That, as timber affords 
 revenue, no qtiestion as to the disposal of the 
 same can be entertained without the approval of 
 the Lieutenant-Governor having been previously 
 obtained. •• 
 
 An appeal was made against the decision ot" Mr. 
 Speaker, ami the Speaker's decision was sustained 
 by a vote of 40 to 2.S. 
 
 On 14th Dec, 1868 (page 67), it was moved that, 
 in the opinion of the Hou^e, it is expedient that 
 the Statutes enacted by this House be fui-nished, 
 free of chai'ge, to all Magistrates who are duly 
 qualified. Objection was taken by Attorney-General 
 Macdonald that the motion, as it afl'ected revenue, 
 could not be entertained. The Speaker decided 
 that the motion was out of order. 
 
 On 17th Dec, 1868 (page 73), Mr. Liuider moved 
 a lengthy resolution of which the gist was that it 
 is not expedient to issue a general order directing 
 payment of arrears upon Crown Lands until a re- 
 valuation is made. The Commissione'- of Crown 
 Lands objected to the notice as affecting lievenue, 
 and the Speaker reserved his decision. 
 
 On 12th Jan., i869 (page 97), during a debate on 
 a Resolution from Connuittee of Supi)ly, objection 
 was taken by Mr. Ferguson to words spoken by Mr. 
 Blake in debate, as not having reference to the 
 Resolution before the House, and as therefore out of 
 order. Mr. Speaker (leci<led : That as an arrange- 
 ment had been made, with the leave of the House, 
 that Mr. Blake might, when this resolution came 
 up, speak on the general policy of the Executive, 
 Mr. Blake was in order. 
 
 On lUth Jan., 1869 (page 118), a motion was 
 made to recommit Bill (No 90), respecting Tavern 
 Kiid Shop Licenses, for the purpose of insert- 
 ing the following amendment: "By striking 
 out all that denies an appeal from prosecutions and 
 
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 one not 
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 wording, 
 but differ- 
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 rejecti'd 
 in order. 
 
 No Peti- 
 tion can be 
 received 
 praying 
 for a grant 
 not pre- 
 viously 
 recom- 
 mended by 
 the Crown. 
 
 A Bill t'> 
 Amend 
 the On- 
 tario 
 Medical 
 Act de 
 claredtobe 
 a Public 
 Bill. 
 
 A Bill to 
 make the 
 Bencher.s 
 of the Law 
 Society 
 elective by 
 the Bar 
 thereof de- 
 clared to 
 
 convictions uncier said Bill to and before the Cliair- 
 nuin of the Quartei' Sessions, as .set forth in section 
 thirty-six." Ohjectioii was taken, and Mr. Speaker 
 decided : 'I'hat the amendment is not in order, as be- 
 ing" indefinite, and nut conve3dng accurate instruc- 
 tions to the Coinuiittee as to the paiticular amend- 
 ments to be made, and cannot therefore be enter- 
 tained. 
 
 Another amendment was proposed, reading : " By 
 striking out all the words after ' Act ' in the 
 fourth line to the word * may ' in the sixth line of 
 the thirty-sixth section," and objection was taken, 
 when the Speaker decided : That the amendment, 
 althouofh similar in wordino", differs in fact from the 
 previous motion, and is in order, and may therefore 
 be entertained. 
 
 Oi.> 9th Nov., 18()!J (page 14), objection was taken 
 to the reception of a Petition from th'^ Huron and 
 Ontario Ship Canal Company, inasnnich as it had 
 no definite prayer, and sought, if anything, a grant 
 from the Crown without previous reconnnendation 
 from the Lieutenant-CJovernor. TlieSpeak^r decided 
 as follows : This Petition canmjt he received, so 
 long as the Rule of this House remains in force, 
 whereby no Petition can be received jiraying for a 
 grant not previously reconunended by the Crown. 
 The decision was appealed against, but sustained by 
 a vote of 40 to 13. 
 
 On Sth Dec, 18G0 (page 81), the Order of the 
 Day for the second reading of Bill (No. 97), to 
 amend the Ontario Medical Act having be^n read, 
 objection was taken that the Bill was of the nature 
 of a Private Bill and re(iuired Notices. The Speaker 
 reserved Ids decision, but on l.'ith Dec. (page 88), 
 declared the Bill to be of a public nature : where- 
 upon the Bill was read a second time, an<l referred 
 to a Select Comnuttuo. 
 
 On 16th Dec, 1869 (page 107), the Order of the 
 Day for the Second Heading of f]ill (No. 80) to 
 make the Benchers of the Law Society elective by 
 the Bar thereof, having been read, objection was 
 taken to the Bill as of the nature of a Private Bill 
 and rec|uiring Notices. The Speaker decided : That 
 
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 the Bill was of a piivate nature and could not 
 be otherwise entertained : wliorenpon the order was 
 discharged, and the Bill withdi'awn. 
 
 On 22nd Dec, 1869 (page 152), a motion was 
 made to receive the Report of the Whole on a Bill 
 to amend the Assessment Act. A division was had 
 and objection was taken to the votes of certain 
 honourable gentlemen on the ground that thev had 
 a direct pecuniary interest in the matter before the 
 House, and were, thercfoie, not entitled to vote. 
 The Speaker decided : That the Bill l)efore tlie Hou.se 
 was of a public nature, and not such as was con- 
 templated by Itule 16 of the House. 
 
 On 22nd Dec, 1869 (page 157), objection was taken 
 to a proposition to strike out a clause of a Private 
 Bill, on the Third Readiug, because no Notice had 
 been given of such Amendment. Mr. Speaker 
 decided: That so important an Amendment could 
 not be entertained without previous notice given. 
 
 A further Amendment was proposed to omit cer- 
 tain words from said Bill and insert others, when 
 Mr. Speaker decided that the Amendment was net 
 in order for want of Notice. 
 
 On 27th Jan., 1871 (page 86), objection was taken 
 to I'urther considerati(»n of Bill (No. 20), 
 to regulate the Sale of Poisons, and respecting 
 Chemists, Druggists and Apothecaries, as inter- 
 feiing with the Regulation of Traile and Coui- 
 mcrce, and therefore beyond the povvei's of the Pio- 
 vincial Legislature, as prescribed by the B.N. A. Act, 
 1867. The Speaker decided : That the regulations 
 for the sale of the articles named in the Bi 1 were 
 not of such a nature as to exceed the powers of the 
 Provincial Legislature. 
 
 On 8th Feb., 1871 (page VVA), the House resolved 
 itself into Comnnttee lo consider Bill (No. 51) to 
 amend the Assessment Act, and, after some time 
 spent theiein, the Committee rose without leporting, 
 and the Speaker resumed the chair. On Feb. 9Lh 
 (page 1.S7), it was moved : That this Hou.se will at 
 its next sitting to-day again resolve itself into a 
 Connnittee to consider Bill (No. 51), and objection 
 was ^aken by the Attorney-General, inasmuch as the 
 
 be a 
 
 Priviite 
 
 Bill. 
 
 Votes of 
 certain 
 Members 
 on an Aa- 
 pessment 
 liill ob- 
 jected to 
 because 
 Kupposed 
 to have 
 pecuniary 
 interests 
 therein. 
 
 Notice 
 inuKt be 
 given of 
 proi)08ed 
 Anieud- 
 nictit to 
 J'rivate 
 Bill. 
 
 The regu- 
 lation of 
 the Sale of 
 Poisons 
 within the 
 piiwers of 
 a Provin- 
 cial Legis- 
 lature. 
 
 The fact of 
 a Com- 
 mittee of 
 the Whole 
 upon a 
 Bill hav- 
 ing risen 
 witliout 
 reporting 
 does not 
 l)rev»'nt a 
 motion fiT 
 replacing 
 
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 Com- 
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 Committee to whom tlie Bill had been referred had 
 risen without reporting, and that it was contrary 
 to precedent that the Bill shall again appear on the 
 Older paper. The Speaker reserved his decision. 
 On 10th Feb. (page 138), the Speaker announced 
 his decision as follows : The <iuestion, whether the 
 fact of a Committee having risen without reporting 
 forbids a motion to replace the measure on the 
 Order Book to be entertained, does not appear to 
 have been tested in Canada, and there is not any 
 Rule of this House specially applicable to the case. 
 But No. 102 of the Rul'^s of this House provides 
 that, in all unprovided cases, the rules, usages and 
 forms of the House of Commons of (}reat Britain 
 and Ireland shall be followed, and I find that the 
 House of Commons does not admit that the fact of 
 a Committee having risen without reporting is 
 sufficient to take the Bill out of the control of the 
 House. I therefore decide that the motion of the 
 member for South Perth is in order, and that it is 
 competent for this House to order that the Bill be 
 replaced on the Order Book, in its proper place. 
 
 It was therefore Resolved, that this House will, 
 at its next sitting to-day, again resolve itself into 
 a Committee to consider Bill (No. 51), to amend the 
 Assessment Act of Ontaiio. 
 
 It may be interesting to note at this point that 
 on 20th "Feb., 1868, Bill (No. 10), was under con- 
 .s. deration in Committee of the Whole, when the 
 motion was made " that the Committee do now 
 rise," which was carried on a division. No further 
 action, with respect ^o the Bill, was taken. 
 
 On 2nd March, 1868, Bill (No. 92) was beiny con- 
 sidered in Conunittee of Whole, when the Com- 
 mittee rose without reporting, and the Bill was not 
 further proceeded with. 
 
 On 9th Feb., 1871, the day before the Speaker 
 gave his decision relative to Bill (No. 51), the House 
 went into Committee on Bill (No. 124) for Preventing 
 Corrupt Practices at Municipal Elections, and rose 
 without report. The Bill did not go further. 
 
 On 28th March, 1873, the House was in Committee 
 on Bill (No. 10), respecting the seizure and attach- 
 
97 
 
 ment of Equitable Interests, and failed to report. 
 The Bill was allowed to drop. 
 
 On 4th March, 18cSl, the House considered Bill 
 (No. 131), respectint^ Market Fees, and failed to 
 report, and the Bill fell throufjh. 
 
 On 31st Jan., 1883, the House, in Connnittee, 
 considered Bill (No. 2o), to amend the Synod and 
 Rectory Sales Acts affecting the Diocese of Toronto, 
 and rose without reporting. The Bill was not pro- 
 ceeded with. 
 
 On 24th March, 18S4, the House resolved itself 
 into Committee on Bill (No. 180), respecting the 
 Study or Anatomy, but did not report. No attempt 
 was made to revive the Bill. 
 
 HON. RICHARD WILLIAM SCOTT, Ottawa, Hon. R. 
 was elected Speaker of the Second Legislature. 7th g^" ^^ 
 December, 1871. 
 
 On 11th Dec, 1871 (page l8), on the motion for ^n 
 an Address in reply to the Speech from the Throne, Am^nd- 
 Mr. Blake moved an amendment seeking to add J],e'Hair.e 
 further words to the first paragi'aph, and declaring purport a.'* 
 it inexpedient to place so large a sum as SI, 500,000 rpadv're- 
 at th(3 disposition of the Executive without a vote jected 
 of this House appropriating the same to particular''*"""**'® 
 railway works. Mr. McCall moved that the follow- 
 ing words be added to the proposed amendment: 
 " i'hat, iuasmuch as one-tenth of the Constituencies 
 of this Province remain at this time unrepresented 
 in this House by reason of six of the members 
 elected at the last election, having had their elec- 
 tions declared void, and a seventh having become 
 vacant by reason of a double return, and an eiirhth 
 by reason of the resignation of the member elect 
 thereto, it is inexpedient further to consider the 
 said (imicndinent, until the said Constituencies are 
 duly represented on the floor of this Hou.se." This 
 was obviously out of order, as being defective in 
 form and incongruous. But no exception was taken 
 to it, on the ground of defective form, and it 
 was votetl down. The first paragraph of the 
 address was amended by the addition of Mr. 
 Blake's amend'nent, and when the paragraph was 
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 Ourrie. 
 
 A motion 
 must cor- 
 respond 
 with its 
 notice. 
 
 A Bill to 
 unite the 
 County of 
 Perth for 
 
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 put as amended, Mr. Mackenzie moved that the 
 following words be added thereto : " And we in- 
 form your Excellency that we have no confidence in 
 a Ministry which is attempting to carry out, in 
 reference to the control of the said fund of $1,500,- 
 000, an U8ur])ation fraught with danger to public 
 liberty and Constitutional Government." Mr. Mac- 
 donald, of Leeds (page 24), offered an amendment 
 to this proposed Amendment, which repeated the 
 whole of the words contained in Mr. McCall's re- 
 jected Amendment from the beginning thereof to 
 and inclusive of the words " elected thereto." and 
 then introduced the following new matter : " And 
 that, inasmuch as the Government has declared that 
 the Kailway Fund is intact, and that it will not, in 
 covsideratioti of the opinion expressed by this 
 House in passiiif/ the said, Amendment, make any 
 appropriation from the said fund without the same 
 having been first submitted to Parliament, it is 
 unfair to consider any motion declaring a want of 
 confidence in your Excellency's present advisers, 
 until the said Constituencies ai'e duly represented 
 in this House." No exception was taken to the 
 words placed here in italics, although tliey wuuld 
 have been obviously incom])atible with the amended 
 paragraph, if adopted, and defective in form, but 
 Mr. Speaker declared that the motion was in pur- 
 port with one on which, dui-ing the present debate, 
 the House had expressed its opinion, and that it 
 would be irregular now again to submit this 
 motion. ' . ' 
 
 HON. JAMES GEORGE CUKIIIE, Welland, 
 was elected Speaker 21st December-, 1871. 
 
 On 2oth Jan., 1872 (page {j(j), a motion was made 
 for a Select Committee, and objection was taken 
 thereto, and the Speaker decided : 'I hat the motion 
 was not in order, inasmuch as it did not correspond 
 with the notice of motion ojiven bv the Mentber 
 who now introduced it. 
 
 On the l()th February, 1872 (page lo9)a motion 
 was made for leave to iiiti'oduce a JJill intituled 
 " An Act to unite the Cc^unty of Perth for Regis 
 
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 tration purposes," and objection was taken to tlie 
 Bill as being of the nature of a Private Bill. The 
 Speaker decided : That the Bill was a Private Bill, 
 and had not been properly introduced by notice 
 or petition. A.n Act of a similar character, 27 Vict., 
 chap 35, had been introduced and passed as a Pri- 
 vate Bill. An appeal was made against the decision 
 of the Speaker, but his decision was sustained by 
 the House. 
 
 On 24th Feb., 1872 (page 210), on a motion that 
 a report of Committee on resolutions respecting 
 remissions to settlers in certain free grant, town- 
 ships be now received, it was moved in amendment, 
 " That the report be not now received, but that the 
 resolution be referred to a Committee of the Whole, 
 with instructions to amend the same by striking 
 out of the lirst resolution the words 'save and 
 except the townships of Alice, Gratton, Wilberforce 
 and Minden.* " The Speaker decided : That the 
 Amendment could not be entertained as it involved 
 the necessity of an expenditure of public money 
 without the appioval of His Excellency the Lieu- 
 tenant-Governor having been obtained. 
 
 On -icSth Feb., 1872 (page 152), on the Order of 
 the Day for receiving report of Committee of Wliole 
 on Bill (No. lo2) To make further i)rovision in aid 
 of Railways, an amendment was moved to refer the 
 Bill back for the purpose of providing that the 
 Railway Aid and Subsidy Fund be so distributed 
 as to do justice to the municipalities wliich have 
 already voted large bonuses without knowledge 
 that such fund was to be created. The Speaker 
 decided that the Amendment w as not in order, inas- 
 much as, if carried, the grant of money recommended 
 by His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor would 
 be applied to purposes not contemplated by the 
 resolution, to which the approval of His Excellency 
 was announced. 
 
 On 20th Jan., 187o (page 88), leave was asked to 
 introduce a Bill entitled " An Act to authorize a 
 further expenditure of public money for Drainage 
 Works" Objection was taken and the Speaker 
 decided : That the Bill, as it necessitates an expen- 
 
 regi^tra- 
 tion pur- 
 pose.i de- 
 clared to 
 be a Pri- 
 vate Bill. 
 
 An 
 
 Amend- 
 ment in- 
 volving 
 the neces- 
 wity of ex* 
 penditure 
 of public 
 money 
 cannot be 
 entertain- 
 ed. 
 
 An 
 
 Amend- 
 ment 
 which di- 
 verts pub- 
 lic money 
 from pur- 
 poses 
 recom- 
 mended by 
 the Crown 
 cannot be 
 passed. 
 
 Bill 
 
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 approyalof (liture of public money, cannot be properly intro- 
 Goverimr ^^"^^'^^ Until the approval of His Excellency the 
 
 Lieutenanr-Governor has been coniniunicated to the 
 
 House. 
 
 A Petition On 2lHt Jan., 1873 (page 41), objection was taken 
 may here- to the reception of a petition praying for an Act 
 which asks prohibitinL,^ the manufactme and sale of intoxicat- 
 forLegis- in^' liquors, which petition .seeks for le<j;islation 
 afi'ectinnf trade and commerce, a subject .solely with- 
 in the powers of the Legislature of the Dominion 
 of Canada. The Speaker decided : That there was 
 no rule of the House infringed by the reception of 
 the Petition ; the power of the Ontario Legislature 
 to interfere in the matter is not at present in ques- 
 tion. 
 
 On 21st Jan., 1873 (page 44), the Order for the 
 Second Reading oi Bill (No. 17), Respecting the 
 University of Toronto was read, when objection was 
 amount of taken to the Second Reading as it necessitates an 
 8aar\ in expenditure of ))ublic money, to which expemliture 
 the approval of His Excellency the Lieutenant-Gov- 
 ernor was necessary. The Speaker decided : That, 
 with reference to clause 51 no burden is thereby 
 imposed or .sought to be imposed on the consolidated 
 revenue of the Province ; and with reference to 
 clause 52 the amount of salary to be granted is left 
 a blank ; therefore the Bill is in onler. 
 
 On 16th March, 1878 (Pft^e 219), the Order for 
 the"sl^^«f Second Reading Bill (No. 174) To prohibit the sale 
 of intoxicatinir liquors as a beveraixe in Ontario 
 
 A Bill i« 
 in order 
 which 
 leaves the 
 
 blank and 
 does not 
 impose a 
 burden. 
 
 A Bill to 
 
 intoxicat- 
 
 ing liquor vvas read, and objection was taken to the Bill as 
 age not interfering with trade and commerce The Speaker 
 within th« decided : I find that the powers of the Legislature 
 the Lngis- of Ontario were limited by tlie 90th section of the 
 lature. British America Act, and I have unwillingly come 
 to the conclusion that the House has not the power 
 to ])ass the Bill no^i^ bf^fore it. 
 
 On 19th March, 1873 (page 263), The Order to 
 go into Comnnttee to consider Bill (No. 167) To 
 amend the Act intituled A.n Act to incorporate the 
 Fenelon Falls Railway Company was read, and 
 arcontain- objection was taken to the Bill as containing pro- 
 ingpro- visions not prayed for in the petition on which the 
 
 visiont, not ^ •' ' 
 
 A Bill 
 amended 
 in Railway 
 Com- 
 mittee ob- 
 jected to 
 
 
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 Bill is founded. Mr. Speaker reserved hi.s dsci.wion. 
 On the 20tli March (pa;,'e 297), tho Speaker fjave his 
 decision as follows : It appears that the Bill (^No. 
 1G7), a.s reported by the Coinndltee on Railways, 
 contains a section, inserted by that Oonimitfee, not 
 souirht for bv the Petition, or embraced in the 
 notice of application for the Act. 1 am of opinion 
 that the proper course to pursue is to refer the Hill 
 back to the Committee on Standing Orders to report 
 as to the propriety of the suspension of Rule No. o7 
 in respect to the section or .sections added to the 
 Bill. by the Committee on Railways, and for the 
 House to proceed upon such report. On •21st March 
 (page 2'.J7) the Standing Orders Comndlleu reported 
 that they had, as direcled by the IIou.>5e, examined 
 the notices of application for the said Act, the 
 petition praying for aniendments and the Bill 
 founded thereon, and tind that the Bill embraces 
 amendments of which no notice was given to the 
 parties interested therein, prior to the introduction 
 of the said Bill, but, after consideration, recouv.^end 
 that the Rules of the House, so far as they ati'ect 
 the said amendments, be suspended. On 22nd 
 March (page .S07) objection was taken to the Report 
 of the Committee on Standing Order:,, and the 
 Speaker decided: That the ' /der of the House to 
 the Committee was, th: r ci. , Bill wa > to be referred 
 back to the Conmnittee, with instructions to report 
 to this House as to the propriety of the suspension 
 of Rule No. 51, in respect to the sections added to 
 the Bill by the Committee on Railways; and, the 
 Committee, having strictly complied with the Order 
 of the House, the Report is in order. 
 
 prayed for 
 in iietition 
 JH nent 
 back to 
 Ci»m- 
 niittee on 
 
 Orders, 
 and it ia 
 recom- 
 mended by 
 the Com- 
 mittee 
 that with 
 regjird to 
 such 
 amend- 
 mentH, the 
 Rules of 
 the House 
 be sus- 
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 was elected Speaker 7th Jan., 1874. 
 
 On 9th Jan., 1874 (pages 10, 12), an Amendment 
 was moved to the fifth paragraph of the Address, 
 which, while declaring the willingness of the House 
 to consider a general incorporation Act for benevo- 
 lent and other societies, expressed regret that two 
 Bills for the incorporation of the Loyal Orange 
 Association, pas.sed in the previous Session, had 
 
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 R. M. 
 Wells. 
 
 An 
 
 Amend- 
 ment sub- 
 stantially 
 the same 
 as one 
 already 
 debated 
 upan and 
 
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 disposed of been reserved for the assent of the Governor-Gene- 
 
 cannot be 
 submitted. 
 
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 An amendment to this proposed Amendment 
 was moved which struck out all relative to the 
 reservation of th«' Bill, and set forth, that we beg to 
 assure your Excellency that in advisinj^ your Excel- 
 lency's predecessor to reserve certain Bills for the 
 special incorporation of Orange Societies for the 
 signification of the pleasure of His Excelkncy 
 the Governor-General, the Executive Council of 
 this Province was justified by Constitutional usage. 
 This was carried by a vote of 38 to 24. When the 
 twelfth paragraph was read (page 12) an amend- 
 ment was moved expressing regret that His Excel- 
 lency was advised to reserve, for the consideration 
 of His Excellency the Governor-General, two Bills 
 passed by the House, after full discussion and due 
 deliberation, for the incorporation of the Loyal 
 Orange Association, " in place of advising His 
 Excel lenc} to sanction the same, and leave to His 
 Excellency the Governor-General the responsibility, 
 under the constitution, of disallowing such Bills." 
 Objection was taken to this amendment, and the 
 Speaker decided : That the amendment, being sub- 
 stantially the same as the motion made in amend- 
 ment to the fifth paragraph of the Address, and 
 which has already been debated by and decided on 
 by the House, is out of order and cannot be enter- 
 tained. 
 
 On 14th January, 1874 (page 19), on a motion that 
 
 a Petition of John Harris and others praying for a 
 
 grant from the Public Treasury in aid of the St, 
 
 _ Joseph's Hospital and Asylum at Guelph be now 
 
 cam^ot be received and read, Mr. Speaker decided : That as the 
 
 received. Petition asked for a grant of public money, without 
 
 the consent from the Crown having been previoi sly 
 
 obtained and announced to this House, the Petition 
 
 could not be received. 
 
 The Journals contain many instances of rejection 
 of Petitions asking aid, but it will be unnecessary 
 to quote them. Petitions of this character are fre- 
 quently presented, but are not "read and received," so 
 that their object is not stated in the Journals. They 
 • ought to be addressed to His Honour the Lieu- 
 tenant-Governor in Council, 
 
 A Petition 
 praying 
 for a grant 
 from the 
 Public 
 
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 On 4th February, 1874 (pa<jfe 31), a motion was An Ad- 
 made for an AcMress to the Lieutenant-Governor, t![f'op^°^ 
 prayini; for a statement showing the number of tion rela- 
 officers and servants in the employment of the ^^^1^^^ 
 Government in the Departments and House, wlien matters 
 
 an amcn(biient was moved for the addition of words iwy""<Jthe 
 
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 asKHicr tor a sinnlar return ot employees ot the the Pro- 
 Governments of the Dominion and of Quebec, vincial 
 Objection was tai\en to the amenthnent, and Mr. „'ent ruled 
 Speaker decided : That he could not assume that it »" order, 
 was not within the power of the Government to 
 furnish tlie information souirht for in the amend- 
 ment, and that it was tlierefore in order. 
 
 On 11th February, 1874 (page 47), a motion was Aciuestion 
 made that the name of Mr. Merrick be added to the paa^'eVS'' 
 Standing Committee on Public Accounts. It was the nefjra- 
 negatived on a division by .'56 to 81. On 4th March ^'^^"P*^' 
 (page 101), 'A was moved that the name of Hon. Mr. aj?ain pro- 
 Fra.ser be placed on the Committee on Public P'"^"^ "* 
 Accounts in the room of Hon. Attorney-General Seasion. 
 Mowat. On oth March (page 107), it was moved in 
 amendment that the words "and Mr. Merrick" be 
 added after the word " Fraser." The Speaker de- 
 cided : That the Amendment is out of order, as it is 
 contrary to the usage and practice of the House that 
 a (piestion which had passed in the negative should 
 again be proposed duritig the same Session. It Mr.Speak- 
 was then moved in Amendment that the words " Mr. that''" the 
 Hodgins and Mr. Meredith " be inserted in the previous 
 motion after the word " Fraser." After some time, nuestion " 
 
 1 mi 11 • 1 n cannot be 
 
 it was moved " ihat the question be now put. put when 
 Mr. Speaker decided : That as the previous question ^" aniend- 
 cannot be put when an amenchnent is under con- under con- 
 sideration, the motion is out of order. sideration. 
 
 The amendment was put and lost.and it was move^ xhe pre- 
 " That the Question be now put." It was moved viouaques- 
 " That this House do now adjourn." The motion for *^°"' 
 adjournment was put and lost, and the motion 
 " That the Question be now put" Was carried, when 
 the original motion was put and carried. 
 
 On 11th March, 1874 (page 137), it was moved, ^oim- 
 " That, in the opinion of this House, it is expedient portant 
 that provision be miide by which municipalities ^anbe^" 
 
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 made in 
 the 
 
 fjurpoBCB 
 or which 
 a grant of 
 money, 
 recom- 
 mended by 
 tlie Crown, 
 for a Hpeci- 
 fic pur- 
 pose, can 
 be put, 
 without a 
 fresh 
 
 reconnnen- 
 dation. 
 
 Abstract 
 resolutions 
 in regard 
 to particu- 
 lar 
 
 branches 
 of taxation 
 inadvis- 
 able. 
 
 entitled to payments undei* tlie Municipal Loan 
 Fund Act of IHT-i shall be permitted to extend their 
 appropriations in accordance with the wishes of the 
 ratepayers, as expressed throui^h their councils, or 
 by-laws, to be passed and approved of by them." 
 Cibjection was taken that the motion was contraiy 
 to the express lano\iag6 of the BrilUlt North 
 America Ad of 1867, section 54, and the Speaker 
 reserved his decision, which he j^ave 2.'ird March 
 (page 255). The Order of the Day having been 
 read for resuming the debate on the proposed reso- 
 lution and aniendments, the Sjieaker said : The rule 
 is perfectly clear that no important variation can 
 be made in the purposes for which a giant of money, 
 recounnended by tlie Crown, has been made, with- 
 out a fresh recommendation. By the English prac- 
 tice it is said to be possible to fj-ame an abstract 
 resolution on the subject of duties without going 
 into Conunittee ; but that is not regulai-. No 
 attemj)t has been made in this resolution to frame 
 it so as to take it out of the ordinary rule. I see 
 no difference whatever between such au itiiportant 
 change in the distribution of the fund as is now 
 contemplated, and a resolution which would assume 
 to appropriate any part of the public revenue. The 
 one is just as objectionable in principle as the other, 
 and the same reasoning as applicable to one as to the 
 other throughout all the cases which I have con- 
 sulted. But it is said that this resolution only pro- 
 poses an abstract opinion. Sir Erskine May says 
 that such resolutions have been allowed, but he pro- 
 ceeds to say that " they are objectionable,, and 
 being an evasion of a wholesome rule, are dis- 
 couraged as much as possible." Mr. Todd says that 
 " abstract resolutions in regard to paiticular branches 
 Df taxation have been submitted to the House by 
 private members, but they have been uniformly 
 resisted as being inexpedient and impolitic." These 
 abstract resolutions are, in fact, growing more and 
 more into disfavour in P^ngland, as tending to 
 embarrass the executive, etc. The language of the 
 54th section of the British North America Act seems 
 also to be more stringent than the rule in England. 
 
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 " It sliall not be lawful for the House to adopt or 
 pass any vote, resolution, address or Bill for the 
 appropriation of t. ny part of the public revenue, or 
 of any tRX or impost to any purpose that has not 
 been first reconiniended," etc. But whatever niii^ht 
 have liefn my own ojjinion upon this subject, I con- 
 sider myself bound by a precedent which 1 find in 
 the Journals of this House (i868, pa^e ()(i). An 
 abstract resolution was proposed affecting the 
 reveime from timber. The Attorney-General, Mac- 
 don;il(l, objected that it could not be entertained 
 witliout the reconunendation of His Excellency. 
 A lung discussion followed, in which the propriety 
 of pennitting abstract resolutions wr,.s fully dis- 
 cussed. The Speaker luled against the resolution, 
 find npon an appeal to the House his ruling was 
 sustained. Believing, as I do, that there is in prin- 
 ciple no dilference between a resolution which pro- 
 poses a grant of money, and one which pi'oposes to 
 apply a gmnt already made to an entirely different 
 purpose from that recommended by the Crown, and 
 finding an express decision not aniy by the Speaker 
 but of the House itself against such motions, and 
 finding also that abstract resolutions are so much 
 condenmed and discouraged in England, 1 cannot do 
 otherwise than rule in favour of the objection. 
 
 On 12th March, 1874 (page 154, 1.55), an amend- 
 ment was moved to the (juestion that " Mr. Speaker 
 do now leave the Chair," for the purpose of going 
 into a Comuiittee of Supply, when an amendment 
 to the Amendment was proposed. Objection was 
 taken and the Speaker decided : That the rule is 
 well settled in tliis country that it is not in order 
 to move an amendment to an Amendment to the 
 motion to go into Supply. Mr. Speaker Smith gave 
 two contradictory decisions upon the question, but 
 Mr. Speaker Wallbridge afterwards gave a more 
 formal decision, expressly stating his opinion to be 
 that, according to the English practice, only one 
 amendment can be moved. But it is hardly accurate 
 to say that only one amendment can, in England, 
 be moved to a motion to go into Supjdy. It is true 
 that, if the first amendment is lost, no further 
 
 A case iu 
 point. 
 
 It is not in 
 order to 
 mov« an 
 amtind- 
 ment to 
 an Amend- 
 ment to 
 the motion 
 to go into 
 a Com- 
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 amendment can be moved ; but it is also true that, 
 if the amendment is carried, further amendments 
 can be moved. The reason why no further amend- 
 ment can be moved when the first is negatived is, 
 that the form of putting the question, " shall the 
 words proposed -to be left out stand part of the ques- 
 tion " entirely precludes it. If that question is car- 
 ried, the House has declared that the original 
 question .shall stand unaltered, and it is therefore 
 irregular to propose any amendment. It must also 
 be borne in mind that under no circumstances can 
 an amendment to an amendment be moved in Eng- 
 land until the first amendment haa been carried, and 
 so has become a substantive motion. I recofrnize 
 the importance to the minority of having some one 
 occasion — and going into Supply being the recog- 
 nized time for stating grievances, is no doubt the 
 most convenient time — when they may be per- 
 mitted to ofi'er, for the consideration of the House, 
 a proposition, with the assurance that it shall not be 
 superseded by an amendment. But it must be re- 
 membered that they have no ouch privilege in Eng- 
 land, for no matter wliat the amendment may be, 
 the question first put to the House is " That the 
 Speaker do row leave the Chair." It is perfectly 
 clear, therefore, that this rule, which has been 
 adopted in this country, is not justified by Parlia- 
 mentary practice in England. But the rule has been 
 so firmly settled, so frequently acted upon, and so 
 well recognized by all parties, and by all Parliaments 
 in this country, that I cannot take upon myself the 
 responsibility of reversing it, without an express 
 resolution of this House, and I therefore hold the 
 proposed amendment to the Amendment to be out of 
 order. 
 Where Qn 2 1st March, 1874 (page 240), on the Order of 
 
 variation the Day for the consideration of the amendments 
 of the made in Committee on Bil'i (No. 11), Respecting the 
 tion'of*a Railway Fund and the Railway Subsidy Fund, hav- 
 fund, and ing been read, Mr. Rykert took objections to the 
 fnthe pm-- introduction of any clause in the Bill altering the 
 
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 poses for 
 which it 
 was origin- 
 ally in- 
 tended, 
 cliere is no 
 necessity 
 for a new 
 recommen- 
 dation. 
 
 amount to be paid to any railway under Railway 
 Subsidy Act, as follows : 
 
 1st. Because the Railway Subsidy Act^having pro- 
 vided that no less than $120 or more than $240 per 
 mile per annum shall be paid any railway company 
 it is not competent for this House, by a subsequent 
 Act, to insert a clause providing for the payment of 
 any greater sum than $240 out of the said fund 
 without a recommendation from the Crown. 
 
 2nd. That in no case can a motion or Act of Par- 
 liament interfere with the distribution of public - 
 money already voted, unless recommended by the 
 Crown. 
 
 The- Speaker decided : The rule, no doubt, is that 
 no new duties can be imposed, nor can the public 
 expenditure be increased, unless the same has been 
 recommended by a message from His Excellency. 
 In the present case there is no new duty imposed, 
 nor is the public expenditure increased ; but it is 
 objected that the Bill proposes a material variation 
 in the mode of distributing the public moneys from 
 that which has been recommended. The cases cited 
 from Laperrieie's decisions, No. 50, 54, 112 and 161, 
 are quite decisive upon that point ; but they do not 
 decide that a recommendation is necessary for the 
 purpose of enabling Parliament to alter the mode of 
 distributing the fund in the manner proposed by 
 this Bill. In the present case two funds have been 
 appropriated in aid of railways, one payable en hloc, 
 the other by way of an annual payment for twenty 
 years. This Bill merely proposes to declare what 
 sum per mile, by way of an annual grant for twenty 
 years, shall be equivalent to a present grant of $2,000 
 per mile, etc., and gives the Governor-in-Council 
 power to pay out of either fund at his option. There 
 is here no variation of the fund, no change in the 
 purpose for which it was originally intended, and I, 
 therefore, overrule the question of order. 
 
 On 11th December, 1874 (page 125), the House Amotion 
 considered the fourth resolution for Committee of ^^"^'".^ *° 
 Supply, respecting Hospitals and Charities, when it the House 
 was moved that the following words be added *"* ^"*."''® 
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 without 
 recoramen 
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 out of 
 order. 
 
 Notice 
 must be 
 given of 
 Amend- 
 ments to 
 Private 
 Bill. 
 
 A Bill 
 seeking to 
 fix the 
 date for 
 meeting of 
 the Legis- 
 lature de- 
 clared to 
 
 lution, desires to express the opinion thai" so long 
 as the policy of granting Provincial aid to charit- 
 able institutions, of the character of those mentioned 
 in the schedules to the " Charity Aid Act of 1874 " 
 continues, justice demands that such aid should not 
 be confined to the institutions mentioned in the said 
 schedules, but that it should be extended to other 
 institutions of the like character and usefulness, 
 which hav come into existence since the passing of 
 the Act. 
 
 Objection was made to the motion as being out 
 of order, on the ground that it contemplates a fur- 
 ther grant of public money without the consent of 
 the Crown; but no exception was taken to the ex- 
 pressed concurrence of the House in the Resolution, 
 on the ground that it partook of the character of 
 the Previous Question. 
 
 The Speaker decided : That this Motion seeks to 
 conmiit the House to a future expenditure of pub- 
 lic money. There are in the Journals numerous 
 instances of abstract resolutions of this sort, but 
 the current of modern decision has been against 
 them. May says that such resolutions have grown 
 into disfavoui', and should be discouraged. I feel 
 bound to follow my decision of last Session upon 
 this subject, following a decision confirmed by this 
 House upon appeal in 1869 as to Crown Timber 
 dues. The effect of these decisions is practically to 
 put an end to abstract resolutions of this character, 
 and I therefore feel bou)id to rule this Motion out 
 of order. 
 
 On 27th January, 1876 (page 184), on the Motion 
 for Third Reading of a Private Bill, an important 
 Amendment was moved, of which no notice had 
 ' been given. Objection was taken thereto and the 
 Speaker decided: That the Amendment was not 
 in order, the notice required by Rule 67 not having 
 been given. 
 
 On 3rd February. 1876 (page 210), the Order of 
 the Day for the Second Reading of Bill (No. 147), 
 to fix and declare the period for the annual meet- 
 ing of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario having 
 been read, the Hon. Mr. Fraser took exception to 
 
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 the Bill on the <^rouncl that it was unconstitutional, be an in- 
 and the Speaker decided : That the Bill interfered terference 
 with the Prerogative of the Crown, and could not mf^ative^of 
 be proceeded with. the Crown 
 
 On 7th Febiuary, 1876 (page 228), on the Order An 
 for Third Reading of Bill (No. 158), to amend the ^"^^^f^^y,, 
 law respecting the scile of Fermented or Spirituous ingto 
 Liquors, it was moved that the following words be pj^[j^j^^ 
 added to the Motion : That this House cannot help venue out 
 expressing regret that the Lieutenant-Governor has of o»'der. 
 not been advised to recommend to the House that, 
 as the issue of licenses is by the Bill restricted, and 
 the revenue of the Municipalities thereby les.sened, 
 the whole amount payal)le for licenses, less the 
 expenses incurred by the Government in respect 
 thereof, should be paid by the Government to the 
 Treasurers of the Municipalities for the use of such 
 Municipalities. The Speaker decided that it was 
 out of order. 
 
 On 14th February, 1877 (page 141), upon the An 
 reading of the fiftieth Resolution respecting Un- amend- 
 foreseen and Unprovided Expenses, it was moved in Amend'-*" 
 amendment " that the sum be reduced to seventy ment con- 
 thousand dol'avs, so that the large sura of fifty ^ith'"the 
 thousand dollars may not be left to be expended at words 
 the sole discretion of the Executive Government." "-IJ^d*'*® 
 It was moved in amendment " that all the words solution be 
 after the word 'That' be struck out and the follow- "o^^con- 
 
 curr6cl in 
 
 ing substituted therefitr : ' this House is of opinion out of ' 
 that the experience of former Governments of this order, as 
 Province sliovvs that the sum now to be granted is of the '"^ 
 required by the Public Service, and that the said ^'^aracter 
 Resolution be concurred in.' " Objection was taken previou< 
 to the Amendment by the Hon. Mr. Cameron as question." 
 merely affirming the original Motion. The Speaker 
 decided: Referring to a case which occurred in 
 187o, when, upon a Motion for the Third Reading 
 of a Bill, an amendment to an Amendment was 
 moved concluding with the words "and that the 
 Bill be now read a third time," he decided that if such 
 an Amendment weie carried it would preclude all 
 further Amendments. Such a Motion differed in no 
 way from " the previous question," and even that 
 
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 Third 
 Keading 
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 It is in 
 order for 
 the House 
 to refer to 
 the Com- 
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 Standing 
 Orders a 
 Bill 
 amended 
 
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 Motion could not be moved upon an ALmendment. 
 Mr. Cameron's objection must therefore prevail. 
 
 A.lth(»ugh the decision of \lx. Speaker was not 
 objected to by the House, the Practice of the 
 Assembly, both before and since it was given, has 
 been in direct opposition to it. As illustrations of 
 this, see Journals for following years, and at pages 
 specified : 1878, pages 145, 150, 151, 158, 158 ; 1879, 
 pages 109, 184, 194, li)5, 197, 198 ; 1880, pages 139, 
 153,157; 1881, pages 155, 159; 1883, pages 119, 
 133; 1885, pages 137, 156, 157, 158; 1887, page 
 138; 1886, page 154; 1893, page 184. 
 
 On 15th February, 1377 (page 14), on the Motion 
 for Third Reading of Bill (No. 103), to give the 
 right of voting to Farmers' Sons in certain cases, an 
 Amendment was proposed to strike out all the 
 words after the word "That" and to snbstituteothers, 
 declaring that to confer the privilege of the fran- 
 chise upon them, solely in right of their father's 
 property, would be to confer special privileges upon 
 them The question of order was raised that no 
 Amendment could be moved to the Third Reading 
 of a Bill except an Amendment relating to time. 
 The House had ordered the Bill to be read the third 
 time to-day, and no question touching the merits of 
 the Bill could now be I'aisod. Mr. Speaker referred 
 to May, page 487, and decided : That it is com- 
 petent for any Member who desii'es to nlace on 
 record any special reasons for not agreeing to the 
 Second or Third Reading of a Bill, to move as 
 an Amendment to the question a Resolution declara- 
 tory of some principle adverse to or differing from 
 the principle of the Bill, or otherwise opposed to its 
 progress. There are numerous modern instances of 
 such amendments, therefore the Amendment is in 
 order 
 
 On 19th February, 1877 (page 149), on the Order 
 of the Day for the House to resolve itself into a 
 Committee on Bill (No. 53), respecting the Street 
 Railway Con)pany, the Hon. Mr. Fraser took objec- 
 tion to the Bill as containinor conditions in exce.ss of 
 the original notices, and asked Mr Speaker to refer 
 the Bill back to the Committee on Standing Orders, 
 
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 for the pur])0.se of reporting as to the sufficiency of 
 the notice. The Speaker doubted whether he had 
 power to make an arbitrary order of that sort. 
 But, even if his power were undoubted, he would 
 liesitate to exercise it at this late period of the Ses- 
 sion, unless forced upon him by clear and distinct 
 authority. He should prefer to follow the course 
 adopted in a case which is reported in the Journals 
 of Canada, 1865 (page 242); where, upon a similar 
 objection being taken, it was, by diiection of the 
 Speaker, moved as an Amendment : That the Bill 
 be referred back to the Connnittee on Standing 
 Orders, with instructions to report, etc. That is 
 also the course adopted in many other cases reported 
 in the Journals. In this way the matter is fully 
 discussed and the House has no rlifficulty in arriv- 
 ing at an intelligent decision. It is open to any 
 Member to make a similar Motion ii> the present 
 case by way of Amendment to the Motion which 
 has been put from the Chaii'. 
 
 An Amendnient to the effect suggested was put 
 and lost. 
 
 On 22n<l February, 1877 (page IGO), the House 
 resolved to go into Committee to-morrow on 
 certain proposed Resolutions relating to a Railway 
 Subsidy Fund. The Hon. Mr. Cameron proceeding 
 to speak to the Resolutions, an objection was taken, 
 and the Speaker decided : That if any Motion be 
 made in the House involving a charge upon the 
 people, the debate shall not be presently entered 
 upon, but shall be adjourned until a future day. 
 
 On 27th February, 1877 (imge 174), on resumption 
 of debate on Resolutions respecting Railway Aid, 
 it was moved in Amendment of Motion to agree that 
 the following be added thereto: "This House 
 regrets that the Government has not recommended 
 for the consideration of the people's representatives 
 the expediency of granting furthei- aid to the Toronto, 
 Grey &; Bruce Railway, in respect of the portion of 
 the line between Weston and Oran^eville, which 
 portion has not heretofore received Government 
 aid." 
 
 The Speaker said that this was an Abstract Resolu- 
 tion, tending to an appropriation of part of the Rub- 
 
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 An amend- 
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 otic al- 
 ready dis- 
 posed of 
 out of 
 order. 
 
 Upon the 
 Second or 
 Third 
 Reading 
 ot a Bill, 
 amend- 
 ments may 
 be moved 
 declara- 
 
 lic Revenue. The question of the right of private 
 members to move abstract resolutions of a certain 
 character seems to have been ilecided in a case 
 reported in this House, 1808-9, p. 07, when a Motion 
 that it was expedient to attract immigration into 
 this Province by granting certain privileges as to 
 cutting and disposing of timber was ruled out of 
 order, not only by the Speaker, but, on appeal, by 
 the House. By a reference to the Globe report., it 
 will be found that the cpiestion of Abstract llesolu- 
 tions upon matters affecting the Revenue was fully 
 discussed. See also 7 Jour. Ont., 255 ; 8 ih\d, 125 ; 
 see also 1 Todd, \). 252, May, p. 585; 101 Ihins, 
 1448; 205 ibid, a94. The form of the present 
 Motion — expressing regret, etc., — differs from those 
 referred to, and perhaps involves other considera- 
 tions. At all events, the matter was of so much 
 importance, that, with the permission of tlie House, 
 he would postpone further consideration of it until 
 the Third Readinor of the lUU, when the same 
 Amendment could be moved.* 
 
 On 12th February, 1877 (page 128), the Order of 
 the Day for the Third Reading of Bill (No. 42), 
 respecting the Ciedit Valley Railway Company 
 having been read, it was sought to amend by adding 
 certain words to a clause therein. Objection was 
 taken fhat the proposed Amendment was irregular 
 for want of notice. The Speaker decided : That as 
 no notice had been given, he sustained the objection. 
 
 On 0th March, 1878 (page 150), the Speaker 
 ruled a proposed amendment out of order as 
 identical with a question upon which the House 
 had, during the Session, pronounced an opinion. 
 
 On 12th February, 1878 (page 79-80), the Order 
 o. le Day for the Second Reading of Bill (No. 87), 
 Respecting the Magistracy having been read, it was 
 moved in amendment that all the words alter "That" 
 be struck out, and the following inserted in lieu 
 thereof: " In the opinion of tliis House it is inex- 
 pedient to authorize the appointment of Police 
 in the Counties for the purpose of 
 
 Magistrates 
 
 *The Amendment was not moved at the Third Reading, and no 
 decision upon the question of order was therefore given. 
 
113 
 
 enroicing any apecial law on the ji^round that the tory of 
 existinj,^ Magistracy is oither unablo or uinvillin<4' to gilj^^'air- 
 act ; that no sufficient proof of sucli unvvillin<^ncs.s, verHe to 
 or iniscoruluct lias been laid before this House ; J|''f,'yi!,| *ll 
 that the proper course for the Governincnt to pursue itM further 
 in such a case is to suspend, or dismiss the oHending yoKreH-«. 
 Magistrate, and not to supersede tiie whole Bench amend- 
 of Magistrates in the County, by a special appointee yn«nt to be 
 of tile Goveiiunent, with instructions to tine, im- must re- 
 l)ris()n and punish a iiarticular class of deliiKiuents, !»*« *" 
 ngainst whom th(^ C/ovcrnment or the day n)ay virion of 
 entertain a s])ecial disliko or enmity." tl»« ^'ll- 
 
 And objection having been taken to such an 
 amendment at this stage of" the Bill, the Speaker 
 said : "That the first part of the Amendment re- 
 lating to the appointing of Police Magistrates in 
 Counties, was undoubtedly in order. U|)on the 
 second or third reading of a Bill resolutions may be 
 moved declaratory of any principle adverse to the 
 Bill, or opi)osed to its further progress^; numei'ous 
 instances of such resolutions are to be found in the 
 Journals, both in England and in this country. 
 But it is doubtful whethei' the remainder of the 
 amendment is iti order, inasmuch as it does not 
 relate to any provision of the Bill, but rather to 
 matters which arose during the argument. 
 
 On IcSth February, 1879 (pages 105, 309), Mr. a letter 
 Clarke (Wellington), reported from Committee of may be 
 the Whole : That, llr. Bell having proposed to read House 
 a letter, or portion of a letter, upon his own respon- without 
 sibilit^' as to its contents, Mr. Bethune objected, for „f'*thc^ 
 the following reason : That no member of this signature 
 House has a right to read a letter unles.s prepared thrmem- 
 to read the whole of the document, and so place the ber read- 
 House in possession of the whole of the said letter, a°fu\neg 
 including the signature ; and that the Chairman respon- 
 having ruled against the objection, the Committee ^^3 elm- ^^^ 
 had appealed against the decision to the House. tents. 
 
 A debate arose which was adjourned until to- 
 morrow. 
 
 On 19th February (page 109), the Order of the 
 Day for resuming the Debate relative to the appeal 
 to the House from the Committee of the Whole . 
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 order. 
 
 Ibid. 
 
 Mouse, on the 18th, having been read, the Debate 
 was resinned ; and, after some time, the deci.sion of 
 the Chairman, Mr. Clarke, (Wellirifrton), was 
 sustained by the ?Iouse. (See May ujK.n similar 
 point, p. 879.) 
 
 On 7tli March, 1871) (pf»f,'e 181), a motion vvas 
 made to refer back a Resolution to Committee of 
 Supply with instructions to strike out the item of 
 $400, beinj;^ the salary of the Clerk of the Crown 
 in Chancery, no ;L,^ood reason bein*.'- shewn for the 
 continuance of that ofhcer in his present capacity, 
 the opinion of this House being that the light duties 
 of the olfice should be attached, at a reduce<l figure, 
 to the office of the Clerk Assistant of the House. 
 
 An objection being taken to the amendment, on 
 the ground that it interferetl with an expenditure 
 uf public money '■ecommended by the Crown, tiie 
 Speaker decided that the amun(bnent was out f»f 
 order. 
 
 On 8th ^larch, 1870 (p>ige 104), an amendment 
 was moved for the purpose of reconnnitting a 
 Resolution with instructions to leduce the salary of 
 the Superintendent of Industries. The Speaker 
 decided that the motion was not in order 
 
 Hon. 
 
 Charles 
 
 Clarke. 
 
 The ad- 
 visers of 
 His 
 
 Honour 
 the 
 
 Lieuten- 
 ant-Gover- 
 nor are re- 
 sponsible 
 for 
 
 communi- 
 cations 
 from him 
 respecting' 
 matters of 
 Supply. 
 
 CHARLES CLARKb:, Esq., Centre Wellington, 
 was elected Speaker, 7tb Jan., 1880. 
 
 On 27tb February, 1880(page 1 11), on a motion for 
 Committee of Supply, it was moved in auiendment 
 that the followinjx wor>ls be added to the main 
 motion : '' And this House, desiring to comply with 
 the expressed wish of His Honoui- the Lieutenant- 
 Governor in that liehalf, directs the Committee of 
 Supply to reduce the proposed item of $5,571.22, for 
 the payment re visit of His Honour to the North- 
 west, etc., by the sum of three hundred and 
 fifty dollars, which last mentioned sum appears to 
 be more than sufficient to cover any of the said 
 expenses that might be consideied personal." 
 
 Mr. Morris objected to the proposed amendment 
 as being irregular, in that it referred to an expressed 
 wish of His Honour, the Lieutenant-Governor, made 
 to the House in a private letter, whereas any such 
 communication should have been made throuirh a 
 
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 respdnsiblo Minister of the Crown, and recorded on 
 the -Journals oi: the House. 
 
 The Attorney-Genend, by coninumd of the 
 Lieutenant-Governor, informed the House tliat the 
 Lieutenant-Governor desires that the Connnittee of 
 Supply do reduce the proposed item of supply of 
 $5,571.22, for tlie payment of tlie expenses of His 
 Honour's visit to the North-west, by tlio sum of 
 three hundred and fifty dollars, which amount His 
 Honour transmits to cover what uught be considered 
 as personal expenses. 
 
 The Speaker, havin<^ been referred to, deciiled : 
 That, iniisuincli as the Attorney-General had stated 
 in his iilace thnt the responsibility of the coni- 
 municiition from His Honour had been assumed by 
 his advisers, the objection could not be entertained. 
 
 On loth Jan., lAS-S (pajre 41), the Order of the 
 Day tor the S('con<l Reading; of Bill (No. GJ)), to 
 tsiabli>h Public Creameries, having been read, 
 objection was taken that the Bill involved the 
 ex[)enditure of public money, and required tlie 
 previous assent of His ILonour, and the Speaker 
 res(!rved ids decision. On the I7th Jan. (l)aLje 5S), 
 he gave the following decision: Objection has 
 been taken to the second reading of this Bill on the 
 ground that it involves the expenditure of public 
 money, and ought to have received the previous 
 assent of His Honour. It is undoubtedly the 
 practice for all Bills directly imposing a charge 
 upon the people to originate in a Committee of the 
 Whole House, and that no such charge shall be 
 proposed without the expressed sanction of the 
 Crown, but it has been e([ually the practice here, 
 anil in the Imperial Parliament to take ini^/iatory 
 steps towards expenditure, and not involving actual 
 exj)enditure, upon the responsibility of a Minister 
 of the Crown, without direct and specific con- 
 currence of the Crown being expressed by message. 
 In 1«G8, a Bill was introduced in this Legislature 
 by the Hon. J. S. Macdonald, then Attorney- 
 General, providing for the establishment of Central 
 District Prisons, and, when in Committee, objection 
 was taken by Mr. E. Blake to the tirst section. 
 
 A Bill 
 making no 
 (leKnite 
 iippnipri- 
 ation of 
 or chargeB 
 upon any 
 part of tlie 
 public 
 revenue 
 may be 
 read a 
 second 
 time, with- 
 out a 
 recom- 
 mendation 
 from the 
 Crown, 
 but if in its 
 progress 
 through 
 the blouse 
 it is sought 
 to make 
 a specitio 
 charge 
 upon the 
 people, 
 such 
 charge 
 must be 
 recom- 
 mended 
 in the 
 usual way. 
 
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 giving power to the Licitenant-Governor to pur- 
 chase and ac(iniro lands, and erect two or more 
 l)uildingH to he known as Central Prisons, inasmuch 
 as it liad not heen hasedon resolutions reconinicnde*! 
 hy His Honour the Lieutenant-(«overnor. Tlio 
 objection was overruled hy the (^*hairnian, as the 
 first section applied to charLjes to he thereafter 
 provided hy a Connuittec ct' Su})ply, and Mr. Blake 
 did not appeal from the decision. The Bill was 
 ultimately ahandoned, hut reintroduced in the 
 sanui Parliament in liS70-l, without precedent 
 resolutions, an'! passed without renewal of the 
 ohjections originally taken. In the Imperial 
 Pailiament,, on 2nd March, 18G.J, Mr. Cowper, a 
 Member of ihe Government, moved for leave to 
 bring in a Bill to enable the Commissioner of Her 
 Majesty's Works and Public Buildings to ac(iuire 
 additional lands for improving the site ot" the new 
 public offices in Downing Street, and the approaches 
 thereto, when Mr. Lygon submitted as a point of 
 order that this was a Bill which should be 
 originated in Committee of the Whole House. Mr, 
 Cowper said that the Bill was of exactly the .sr.me 
 character as five or six' Acts which were upon the 
 Statute Books, all of which had been introduced in 
 the same manner, and which indeed could not, by 
 the Rules of the House, have been introduced in 
 any other way. Mr. Speaker said that the Bill was 
 to enable the Government to take ground for 
 certain purposes. It di*^ not give them the power 
 to purchase the propercy ; the funds for that pur- 
 pose should be voted afterwards in Conunittee of 
 the Whole House. There was, therefore, no 
 question of order. 
 
 Referring to the Rules of this House, I find that 
 Rule 98 provides that if any motion shall be made 
 for any public aid or charge upon the people, it 
 shall be referred to Committee of the Whole House 
 before any vote of the House does pass thereupon, 
 and by the 54th section of 'The British North 
 America Act ' it is provided that the House shall 
 not pass any Bill for the appropriation of any part 
 of the public revenue to any purpose that has not 
 
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 first been recoiniiicinletl l>y a lues.saj^fo in the Session 
 in which siirh Bill is propose*!. The 9.'ir(l Rule, 
 which deals with motions exclusively, I rejraid as 
 iuapplicdlile to the Bill, and the ol-th section of the 
 K N. A. Act cannot he held aw fatal to the second 
 reading,' of a nuiasure which, in its present form, 
 makes no definite a])propriation of or chari^jes upon 
 any part of the pul)lic revenue. But if, in the 
 further proi^ress of the Bill throuf,dj the House, it 
 .seeks to impose a specific cliar^e upon the people, 
 through a di.stinct appropriation of j)ul»lic moneys, 
 such chan^^es in it can be niade only after a recom- 
 mendation of the expen<litnre by His Honour, com- . 
 nninicated to this I louse in tlie usiuil manner. 1 
 am of opinion that the.e is now no (piestion of 
 order. 
 
 Oil 10th Jan., l<S,s:} (pajjes 12:M24),the Onler of An 
 the Day tor the Third Heading of liill (No. 77), for Amend- 
 amon-imnr tlie hiectioii Act, was read, when Mr. u„i, stance, 
 Meredith moved in amendment: That the said Bill out not in 
 be not now read a third time, but be referre'l back [orm^lhe 
 to the Committee of the Whole, with instructions Hame as 
 to amend the same so as to co.ifer upon the sons of ""[^^jy 
 mechanic- and others, not now enti'usted with a pasHed up- 
 
 franchise, the same i)riviley,es as are now conferred '/i' !!L^.f. 
 (. > /--(I • • II nouseuur- 
 
 upon farmers sons. (Jbjeetion was taken, ami thein(?the 
 Speaker decided: That the proposition contained ?*'"'? 
 in the amendment, ueinjr in substance, it not in out of or- 
 preeise foi'm, the same as alieady passed upon by ^«''"- 
 this House, dui'inif the present Session, cannot now 
 be submitted to this House, and is therefore out of 
 order. 
 
 Objection was taken to the decision of Mr. 
 Speaker, and the satne, being submitted to the 
 House, he was sustained by a vote of 49 to 25. 
 
 Mr. Meredith then proposed to strike out all the The House 
 
 words after the word " That," and insert tlie fol- J),*^j.'i^j^J; 
 
 lowing in lieu thereof: "The policy of the law is » consider- 
 
 to exempt from taxation for municipal purposes ^^'««^**'"- 
 1 1 i»4/\rv ii t I 1 L' sion or the 
 
 incomes below JJ5400 ; that large numbers ot per- franchise 
 
 sons, particulai ly among the young men and of the is ejpeci- 
 industrial portion of the people, who are by their |ect upon 
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 be on*" ^"^^ ^^ ^^^ property qualification re(juired, by law, 
 suited in a excluded from the exercise of the franchise unless 
 coming ^s income franchise votei-s ; that the existinof law 
 
 ©Ifiction • 
 
 any propo- which requires persons in receipt of incomes to 
 sition to waive their exemption from taxation in respect of 
 
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 large num- sucii mcomes to entitle tnein to the iranchise, 
 
 bersof per- irrnores the true principle upon which the income 
 franchise ^'"^"chi so rests, and excludes from the lienoHts of 
 cannot be the franchise ahnost the whole of those whom it was 
 tained. ^^^*^ ostensible object of the Act creating the income 
 franchise vote to invest with it, and is tluMcfore 
 unjust, and ought, so far as relates to Parliamen- 
 tary elections, to be changed, and to that end, that 
 the said l)ill be not now read the third time, but 
 be forthwith referred back to the Committee of the 
 Whole House, with instructions to amend the sanie, 
 by repealing, so far as the same relates to Parlia- 
 mentary elections, the provisions of the law re(|uir- 
 Mng persons otherwise qualitied to vote in respect of 
 income, to be rated for income exempt from taxa- 
 tion, and to pay taxes upon such income in order 
 to entitle them to vote in re>pect of income. 
 
 Objection was taken to the amen(bncnt, and the 
 Speaker decided : That inasmuch as this House has 
 declared dtiring the present Session* that a con- 
 siderable extension of th.e franchise is especially a 
 subject upon wliich the people ought lo be con- 
 sulted, and that the approaching general election 
 will otter an opportunity for so consulting and ascer 
 taining the wish of the people, any proposition to 
 admit large numbers of persons to the franchise, as 
 proposed in the amendment, cannot be now enter- 
 tained, and that this pro|)osed amendment is there- 
 fore out of order. 
 
 The Speaker's decision was appealed against, 
 and sustained by a vote of 47 to 25. 
 
 An amendment was then moved that " the said 
 Bill be not now read the third time, but be forth- 
 with referred back to the Committee of the Whole 
 House, with instructions to amend the same by 
 reducing the qualitication of income franchise voters 
 in cities, towns and vill iges to three hundred dol- 
 
 A queH- 
 tion al- 
 ready de- 
 cided can- 
 not be 
 again put. 
 
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 lars, and in townships to two hundred dollars." 
 Objection was taken, and the Speaker decided : 
 That tlie amenchnent was out of order on 
 the ground that the question involved had been 
 already decided upon by the House.* 
 
 On 14th Feb., lcSS'4 (page 66), it was moved, 
 "That by reason of the incurable mental condition 
 of the Honourable Adam Crooks, Member-elect for 
 the South Riding of the County <>f Oxford, as 
 stated in the Keport of the Connnittee on Privi- 
 leges and Elections, this day presented to and 
 adopted by this House, the representation of the 
 said Riding in thifc House is hereby declared to be 
 vacant, and that a new Writ <lo forthwith issue for 
 the election of a Member to till the vacancy, and to 
 serve in this present Parliament for the said Rid- 
 ing in the room and, stead of the said the Honoui'- 
 able Adam Crooks' 
 
 Mr. Morris raised the following point of oriler : — 
 
 Whether, in view of the fact that the motion for 
 the Writ now propose<l to be issued arises from an 
 extraordiruiry occasion un[jrovided for by Statute, 
 and in which the procedures depends upon the prac- 
 tice of the Pailiament of (Jreat Britain, notice is 
 not requir<Ml of the motion therefor. 
 
 The Sp'Uiker decided : That in view of the 
 absence of Canadian precedents for the guidance of 
 this House, and of any distinct rule bearing upon 
 the (lue^tion before it, he had earefully examined 
 the Journals of the English House of CV)mmons, 
 and had found five cases of seats vacated by the 
 incurable sickness of those representing tlieiy, and 
 tliat in each case a Writ had issued ui)ou the day 
 on which the Committee on Privilejics and Elec- 
 
 In caso of 
 pcrs'vnal 
 incapacity 
 of a Mem- 
 ber 
 
 thronffh 
 incurable 
 mental 
 malady, 
 reported 
 by Com- 
 mittee on 
 Privileges 
 and Elec- 
 tions, no 
 notice of a 
 motion for 
 tlie i»ane 
 of a Writ 
 is neces- 
 sary. 
 
 * On 27th January, 188.'^, the House 
 Rc^olrrd : That the Liberal Party 
 
 of this Province stands 
 Ijledged to extend the franchise ; that if this Uousti should now leg- 
 islate to extiMid the franchise, any law piss-d for tirvt i)ur|)i)se could 
 not lie brought into operation in time for tli : coming j.'eueral elec- 
 tion ; that any considerable exrension of the franohiso is especially 
 a subject upon which the people ou^jht to be consulte«i ; that the 
 approaching general election will afford an opportunity of so con- 
 sulting and ascertaining the wishes of the people ; but the House 
 meanwhile does not hesitate to attirni its oi)itiiou that no such exten- 
 sion of the franchise will prove satisfactory whicii does not, with 
 l>roper cliecks and safeguards, giv« the right to vote to all classes 
 who can fairly and reasonably claim to be end(»wed 'herewith. 
 
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 be now 
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 An amend- 
 ment to an 
 Amend- 
 ment, add 
 ing words 
 to the 
 Amend ■ 
 ment, hav- 
 ing been 
 put and 
 carried, a 
 motion to 
 strike out 
 the first 
 part of the 
 Amend- 
 ment as 
 amended 
 is out of 
 order. 
 
 tions had reported the facts to the House, and he 
 was of the opinion, therefore, that no notice of 
 motion was required. 
 
 Mr. Morris then raised the follosvins: furtlier 
 point of order : — 
 
 Whether the Report of the Committee on Privi- 
 leges and Elections, in tlie CMse in (juestion, should 
 not have been printed and placed in the hands of 
 Mem' ei's for their information before motion was 
 made for the issue ol a new Writ? 
 
 The Speaker <lpcided : That, as thti Rt.'port in 
 question had been adopted by the Mouse, it was 
 presumed to be in the hands of Members ; and that, 
 as no notice was required for the introiuction of a 
 motion for the issue of a Writ, the motion of the 
 Attorney-General was in order. 
 
 On lOth Feb., 1S8:) (pajre '4o), Mr. Meredith ten- 
 dered to he laid on the Table of the House, and 
 required that the same be read, a paper purporting,' to 
 be a certiHed cop}' of a decision of the Court of 
 Appeal, in tlie case of an Election Petiti(m ai^ainst 
 the return of Charles Di'ury, Es(}uire, as A[end)er for 
 the East Riding of the County of Simcoe, and 
 oV)jection being taken thereto, the Speaker decided: 
 That the course proposec^. to be taken by the Hon- 
 ourable Mend)cr was irregular. 
 
 On nth .Mai-ch, 1885 (page 07), Mr. IJroder 
 moved : That in the opinion of this House it is 
 expedient that the Government shall make some 
 suitable recognition to the Volunteers of 18."{7-8, 
 residing in the Province of Ontario, for the valu- 
 able services they rendered in defence of their coun- 
 try at that time. 
 
 The Attorney-General moved in aniendinent : 
 That all the words of the Motion after the first word 
 " That" be omitted, and that instead thereof there 
 be inserted the following : "This House cordially 
 recognizes the loyalty and services of the Volun- 
 teeis of 18:i7-l888, who responded to the call then 
 made upon them by the lawfully constituted 
 authorities, and recognizes also the services ren- 
 dered to this Province through the efforts of the 
 Refoiniers of the same period, which secured for the 
 
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 people of Canada the blessing of true Constitutional 
 Governinent ; but this House deems it inoppoitune 
 to make any declaration tliat might excite liopes 
 and expectations which this House may not be in 
 a ))i)sition to iulfil." 
 
 Mr. Ross moved that as an amendment to the 
 Amendment there be added to it these words: " This 
 House, however, would be remiss in a plain duty it' it 
 did not avail itself of this opportunity to place on 
 record its high and grateful appreciation of the ser- 
 vices of those other Volunteers who, in 18(J6, loyally 
 and cheerfully rallied to defend this Province 
 against the lawless horde of inti-uders who then 
 threatened our shores with invasion." 
 
 An 1 this amendment to the Amendment was put 
 and canied. 
 
 Mr. Meredith then moved in amendment to the 
 Amendment, as amended : That all the words in the ' 
 
 amendment of the Attorney-General after tlie tiist 
 word " That " be struck out and the following 
 words be added to the amandment of the Minister of 
 Education : " And this House feels that this may be 
 done without impugning the conduct or the motives 
 of those who, by constitutional means, contended 
 for principles, the adoption of which they believed 
 to be in the interest of the country." 
 
 Objection was taken to this proposed amend- 
 ment, and the Speaker decided : That, inasmuch as 
 the amendment to the Amendment contirmed the 
 subject matter of the Amendment, and the amend- 
 ment of the Member for London proposed to strike 
 out the former portion of the Amendment, his 
 motion was out of order. It was competent to the 
 Member to vote against the Amendment as 
 amended, or to propose the addition of relevant ' 
 
 words thereto. 
 
 Mr. Meredith appealed to the House against this Anamend* 
 decision, and it was sustained by a vote of ■J37 to 28. p^j^'^" * 
 
 On IHth March, 1880 (page 126), the House mioi^ 
 resolved itself into a Connniltee of the Whole to Jfjjj.?^^^^ , 
 consider Bill (No. 41), respecting the City of To- been ffiv- 
 ronto, a Private Bill. An im[)ortant amendment was «"> ^^/^^^ 
 proposed in Committee, and objected to because no 
 
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 Notice had been given as required by Ride 72 The 
 Chairman of the Committee, Mr. Baxter, being 
 appealed to, decided that the proposed aiiendment 
 was out of order. An appeal from his decision was 
 taken, and the Speaker decided : That the proposed 
 amendment, being an important and distinct amend- 
 ment, of which no notice had been given, was out 
 of order, and that he sustained the ruling of the 
 Chairman. 
 
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 Baxter. 
 
 The House 
 having 
 amendf'd 
 an Amend- 
 ment and 
 passed the 
 original 
 Motion as 
 amended, 
 no further 
 Amend- 
 ment in- 
 volving 
 non-con- 
 currence 
 can be put. 
 
 JACOB BAXTER, Esq., Haldimand, appointed 
 Speaker, 10th February, 1887. 
 
 On 8th March, 1888 (pnge 97), the Order of the 
 Day for resuming, the adjourned debate on the Con- 
 currence Resolutions respecting amendments in the 
 British North AmericaAct was read, and it was moved 
 in amendment, that all the words in the Motion 
 after the first " That " be struck out and the follow- 
 ing sidxstituted .• " The proposed plan of dealing 
 with the constitution of the Senate of Canada does 
 not afford a satisfactory solution of the objections 
 urged to that body as it now exists under the pro- 
 visions of the British North America Act." 
 
 It was moved in amendment to the Amendment, 
 that all after the first wo'd "That" in the Amend- 
 ment be omitted, and there be inserted instead 
 thereof, the following : " there be added to the ori- 
 ginal-Motion these words: 'and that an humble 
 address be presented to His Honour the Lieutenant- 
 Governor, requesting him to communicate to His 
 Excellency the Governor-General, and to the Secre- 
 tary of State for Canada, the concurrence of this 
 House in the said Resolution ' " 
 
 And the amendment to the Amendment having 
 been put was carried, and the original Motion as 
 ameiKJed wa'^ also carried. 
 
 Mr. Meredith rose to a point of order, and in- 
 quired of Mr. Speaker whether or not the amend- 
 ment to the proposed Amendment, as carried, 
 precluded any further motion to amend the Resolu- 
 tion ? 
 
 The Speaker decided : That as the House by the 
 words added to the main Motion had expressed con- 
 
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 Amend- 
 ment of 
 similar 
 character, 
 yet going 
 ruither 
 than the 
 original 
 Motion, is 
 in order. 
 
 ciirrence in the Resolutions, no such further amend- 
 ment declaring, or by its terms involving, non-con- 
 currence of the House in the said Resolutions could 
 be proposed. 
 
 On 20th March, 1889 (page 140), the Order of the 
 Day for the House to resolve itself into Committee 
 to consider certain proposed Resolutions respecting 
 Aid to Railways was read, and it was moved that 
 " Mr. Speaker do now leave the Cliair." It was 
 moved in amendment that all the words after the 
 word " That " be struck out, and the following 
 substituted: "This House regrets that in opening 
 the question of aiding out of Provincial funds the 
 building of railways, a more just, e(|uitable and 
 satisfacto)-y scheme had not been submitted for its 
 consideration." After several amendments to this 
 proposition had been voted down, it was moved in 
 amendment to the proposed Amendment: That all 
 the words after the first word "That" be omitted, 
 and instead thereof there be inserted these vords : 
 "All words of the original question after the word 
 " That " be struck out, and instead thereof the fol- 
 lowing be inserted: This House while approving of 
 a reasonable amount of Provincial aid beiiiij given 
 to needful and deserving colonization railways 
 within this Province, do forthwith resolve 
 itself into a Committee to consider Resolutions 
 relating to Railway Aid heretofore ordei'ed to be 
 considered in coipmittee of the Whole House, and 
 that Mr Speaker do accordingly now . leave the 
 Chair." 
 
 Objection was taken to the proposed amendment 
 to the Amendment, in that it only affirmed the 
 original Motion, and nothing more. 
 
 Mr. Speaker decided : That as tlie amendment 
 was fi'amed, it proposed to go much further than 
 the original Motion, and was, therefore, fully in 
 order. 
 
 THOMAS BALLANTYNE, Esq., elected Speaker Hon. T. 
 nth February, 1891. "^t^nT" 
 
 1st April, 1891 (page 6'i), in the matter of the 
 Petition of Archibald Mclvellar, of Hamilton, wliich 
 
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 I(>ngth on 
 prenenta- 
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 lesH by 
 common 
 consent, 
 but iH rend 
 at length 
 by the 
 Clerk 
 at the 
 Tivble, two 
 days after 
 presenta- 
 tion, if 
 desired. 
 
 Concur- 
 rence in 
 the Keport 
 of a 
 Special 
 or Stand- 
 ing Com- 
 mittee 
 must be 
 moved if 
 it makes 
 recom- 
 menda- 
 tions. If 
 no special 
 recom- 
 menda- 
 tions are 
 made, and 
 no mem- 
 ber objects 
 when it is 
 presented, 
 it is re- 
 garded as 
 concurred 
 in. 
 
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 Mr. Wood (Hastinors) had desired read on aprevioiiH 
 day, and to the reading of wliich objection had 
 been taken as irregular. 
 
 The Speaker decided: Incase of the Petition in 
 (juestion, an objection having been taken, and there 
 liiiving been no motion n)a<l(^ for the icadin<; of 
 the Petition, it could not then be read. Although 
 a iiieniber presenting a Petition is by Rule 89 an- 
 swerabk^ that it shall not contain impertinent or 
 iini)roper matter, the practice of the House is, that 
 eveiy Petition ])resonted to it ^hall at once be 
 deposited with the Clerk for examination by him, 
 and if Ibiind to be such as, according to the Rules 
 and Practice of the House, can lie received, it .^hall 
 be brought to the Table by direction of t! e Speaker, 
 two days after the presentation, to be read and 
 received. It may then be read by the (^lerk at the 
 taltlo, if re(piired, or it may, with common consent, 
 be read hy the Clerk at tlie time of its preseatation,. 
 but this cainiot be done if any member objects. 
 When a Petition comjilains of some jiresent personal 
 grievance rccpiiring an immediate remedy, it may, 
 with common consent, be at once read. 
 
 On tlie -ind of April, 1891 (page 70), the Speaker, 
 in the nnittei' of concurrence in the Nnith Report of 
 the Standing Connnittee on Standing Orders, pre- 
 sented to the House on Thursday last, decided as 
 follows : A Special or Standing Committee having 
 recommended the suspension of a Rule, for the ex- 
 tension of time for the reception of Petitions ; or the 
 course to be taken in conse([Uence of the insuffici- 
 ency of notice ; or other action for some particular 
 purpose, — it is proper that concurrence therein 
 should be moved in the House, which can be done 
 by common consent upon presentation of the report. 
 If this consent is not given, the report stands for 
 further consideration. If no special recommenda- 
 tion is made, the report is regarded as concurred in, 
 unless opposition is offered to its reception. If a 
 member objects to a report in any p-articular, it is 
 in order for him to move that either the whole or 
 part thereof be referred back to the Standing Com- 
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 one report is made by the Committee, each Hin<iflc 
 re))ort shall he entered on the Journal under its 
 H|»ecial designation as the second, third or other 
 report. 
 
 On 18th March, 1802 (page 9G), in tlie matter of PetitionH 
 a ruling of Mr. Speaker, in the Session of 1891, ^"011^° 
 relative to a point of ord(n" raiscnl on th(; (pustion preHentn- 
 of the presentation and reading of a I'^'tition, and ^""j^^^j^ 
 of a case cited on Monday last hearing upon such "common 
 ruling, the Speaker addressed the House as f(,l- ^''^n«<'nt. ' 
 lows: — 
 
 Krom his place in this Honst>, the honourable 
 meiiiher from Loudon, on Monday last, calhid my 
 attention to the fact that, on the 2.Srd July last, Mr. 
 Atkinson, member for Bost(m in the British House 
 of C'ommons, attempted to read a Pt^tition which he 
 presented to that body. Although Mi'. Atkinson 
 was prevented by Mr. Speakes" from proceeding 
 beyond the presentation (-f the Petition, it was ri^ad 
 by the Clerk of the House, no opposition to such 
 readinji' having been made. The unanimous consent 
 of the House in this rea'ling did not imply the 
 existence of tlie right of any member to a com- 
 pliance with his deuuind for such reading. Like 
 the irrejjula" introduction of a Bill or a Motion, it 
 was done by"conunon consent." In this particu- 
 lar, Cana(baii Legislatures follow the practice of 
 Great Britain, and the ruling made by me on Lst 
 April, last Session, is in strict accordance with the 
 rules and action of the Bri'^ish House of Counnons. 
 
 Bourinot says : " A member presenting a Peti- 
 tion has no right himself to read it at length, but 
 he may have it done by the Clerk at the Table, with 
 the consent of the House. Petitions may be at 
 once read and received by common consent, chiefly 
 in order to refer them to a Committee ; if a mem- 
 ber objects, it cannot be done." 
 
 "Previous to 1885," says Bourinot, "a very loose 
 practice existed with respect to the reading of Peti- 
 tions, when required by a member, but in that year 
 it was decided that the consent ot the House was 
 necessary, in accordance with the English rule, 
 which is the same literally as the Canadian Rule 
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 On the 16th of May, lS8o, a discussion arose in 
 the Dominion House of Commons on an attempt on 
 the part of Mr. Ciiarlton to r^^a'l ilie allegations of 
 a Petition. Mr. Speaker dt dared it irre<i^ular for 
 an lionourable member to read a Petitiotj when he 
 wa,s presenting it, and added that if he wished to 
 have it read, the Clerk would read it. He said : 
 " I think it is the right of an honourable member to 
 ask to have the Petition read, though, of course, if 
 the House refuses its consent, it cannot be read." 
 
 Sir John A. Macdonald said: "If the House 
 assents, it is read ; if the House dissents, or any one 
 mend)er, I take it. dissents, it must be postponed."' 
 
 Hon. E. Blake said : " I quite agree with the 
 honourable gentleman that there Imve been cases in 
 which Petitions have been read and received at 
 once, but that has always been on a motion, and 
 always with the unanimous consent of the House' 
 
 Sir Hector Langevin said : " But is it the privi- 
 leire of a member to have it read without tlie con- 
 sent of the House, for, if so, I must sfiy that after 
 28 years experience in Parliament this is the tirst 
 time it has been done within my experience." 
 
 Mr. Chapleau said : "This is the (juestion. Can 
 a Petition be read by the member presenting it, or 
 can it be read, as a mattei- of riglit, by the Clerk of 
 House, at the request of a member ? 1 say. No. 
 Not only can it not be received, but it can not be 
 . 
 
 Although not bearing directly upon our practice, 
 it may be interesting to know that pursued in Con- 
 gress : 
 
 Cushing says : " If the Petition is to be read in 
 full or as a Petition, it must tirst be received by 
 the House, and upon the reading being ordered, be 
 read by the Clerk at the Table. If the House 
 refuses to allow a Petition to be read, it is etiec- 
 tually rejected ; if decided in the affirmative, the 
 Petition is read by the Clerk at the Table, and the 
 contents of it are then faij'ly in the possession of 
 the House." 
 
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 On 25th May, 189li, it was moved, 
 
 That this House do now concur in the lieport of Concur- 
 the Standin<if Committee on Public Accounts. necessary 
 
 And a Debate having arisen, R'^°,o*t 
 
 Exception waa taken to the continuance of the containing 
 Debate on the (jrounds of irre<;ularitv, in that the "^ '"^J^"'"- 
 Report contained nothiuir that required either con- tion. 
 currence therein or adoption thereof, by the House, 
 and that a motion for concurrence in, or adoption 
 of, the Report was unnecessary and irre<rular. 
 
 And Mr. Speaker being appealed to, decided. 
 
 That the motion for concurrence was out of order, 
 and that, therefore, the Debate could not continue. 
 
 On 25th May, 181)3, the Order of the Day lor the Anamend- 
 House to resolve itself into a Connnittee of thementto 
 Whole to consider certain proposed Resolutions ^mend- 
 relating to Railway Aid, having l)een read, ment to 
 
 The Attorney-General acquainted the House tliat t'lrhSl" 
 His Honoui the Lieutenant-Governor, having been Speaker 
 informed of the subject matter of the proposed |*" "**^. 
 Resolutions, reconnnends lliem to the consideration Chair "is 
 
 of the House. Ixce^t^n 
 
 Mr. Hardy then moved, wlien '" 
 
 That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair. goinj? into 
 
 Mr. Meredith moved in amendment, seconded by "^^^^^' 
 Mr. Clancy, 
 
 That all the words in the Motion after the word 
 " that " be struck out and the ibllowing substituted 
 therefor: — "This House, while it approves of the 
 grants proposed by the Resolutions in aid of rail- 
 ways therein mentioned, regrets that His lionour 
 lias not been advised to subudt, for the approval of 
 this House, a liberal scheme for developing the 
 mineral and mining resources of the Province." 
 
 Mr. Eraser, moved in amendment to the Amend- 
 ment, seconded by Mr. Gibson (Hamilton), 
 
 That all the words of the Amendment after the 
 first word " that " be omitted, and instead thereof 
 there be inserted these words, " all words of the 
 original question after the word ' that ' be struck 
 out, and instead thereof the following be inserted : 
 * This Hou.se, approving of a reasonable amount of ■ 
 rovincial Aid being given to needful and deserv- 
 
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 Amend- 
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 be moved 
 on the 
 second 
 reading, 
 or other 
 stage of a 
 Bill, by 
 way of 
 mere addi- 
 tion to the 
 question. 
 
 ing RailwavH intondod to develop the Coloniza- 
 tion and Mining' interest of thisj Province, do t'orth- 
 witli resolve itself into a (\)niniittce to consider 
 the Resolutions relatin<^ to Rnlvvay Aid heretofore 
 ordered to be considered in Coniniitloe of the Whole 
 House, and that Mr. Speaker do accord inj^d}'- now 
 leave the ^Jhair." 
 
 Mr. Meredith objected tliat the aniendinent to 
 the Amendment was not in order becausn (1), On a 
 motion to go into Comnnttee on the Resolutions 
 only one amendment to the Motion ."That Mr. 
 Speaker do now leave the Chair " can be moved, 
 and (2), The amendment to the Amendment is a 
 mere re-athrmation of the oiijrinal Motion. And 
 Mr. Speaker, beinf^ appealed to, decided that 
 
 (1) An amendment to an Amendment, upon the 
 motion "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair" 
 is in ordei', e.xceptinn when the House is goini;' into 
 Committee of the Whole upon Supply. (2), The 
 proposed amendintiiit to the Amendment is not a 
 mere attirmati(m of the main motion, but a permis- 
 sible expression by the Hoiise of its approval of the 
 policy of extending- reasonable nid to Colonization 
 and Mining interests. The objections raised by the 
 honourable membercarmot, theief'ore,be entertained. 
 
 On 2oth May, lMi)8, on the propo.sed Third Read- 
 ing of Bill (No. 199), Respecting Aid to certain rail- 
 ways, it was moved. 
 
 That the following words be added to the 
 Motion : — 
 
 " And it is, in the opinion of this House, expedi- 
 ent that during the recess the Government consider 
 and be prepared to submit to the House at its next 
 Session some measure looking to the development 
 of the mineral resources of the Province." 
 
 And objection being taken to the proposed Motion 
 in amendment as contravening all established rules 
 of Parliamentary Practice in cases of motions of the 
 third reading of a Bill, 
 
 Mr Speaker being appealed to decided. 
 
 That the objection must [)revail, as in his opinion 
 no amendment can be moved on the second reading 
 
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 or other sta<Te of a Bill by way of mere addition to 
 the (juestion. 
 
 On 25th May, 1893, on the motion that Bill (No. 
 1.50) to enable the electors of the Province to pro- 
 noimce upon the desirability of prohibiting the 
 iin[)ortation, manufp,cture and sale, as a beveraj^e, of 
 intoxicating liiiuors be now read a third time, it 
 was moved in amendment, 
 
 '•That this House regrets that provision has not 
 been made for the expense of taking the vote of tho 
 electcrs, being paid by tliu Province, instead of 
 iv(|uiring that expense to be vlefrayed by the muni- 
 cipalities." 
 
 Exception was taken to the proposed amend- 
 ment, 
 
 And Mr. Speaker being requested to rule, <lecided 
 that an Amendment should be so framed as t() 
 leave out certain words ; to leave out certain words 
 in order to insert or add others ; or to insert or add 
 certain words. Inasmuch as the proposed amend- 
 ment does not com[)ly with any of tiiese conditions 
 it is out of order. 
 
 DECISION BY THE CLERK. 
 
 On 7th December, 1871, at the opening of thcHousenot 
 Second Parliament, Mr. Blake, addressing himself V'""'?-**^* 
 to the Clerk, Col. Gillnior, drew attention to the fact ed for the 
 
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 Amend- 
 inont 
 nhnuld je 
 HO framed 
 aH to leave 
 out certain 
 words ; to 
 leave out 
 certain 
 V jrda in 
 > rder to 
 insert or 
 addothern; 
 or to insert 
 or add 
 certain 
 words. 
 
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 Lit certain members, declared by the Judges not r«c«P'i"" 
 have been duly elected, had taken the oath and monta 
 their seats ; and that the reports of the Judges hav- until elec- 
 ing been sent to the Clerk, it was his duty to lay speaker, 
 the reports before the House at the earliest practi- 
 cable opportunity, the Clerk being, for the purposes 
 of the Act, the .Speaker. 
 
 The Clerk, being referred to, said, That the Clerk 
 of the Ci'own in Chancery had handed him a roll 
 containing the names of the members duly returned 
 to the present Parliament, and that the members so - . 
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 presume to tjuestion the fact of their right to take 
 their seats. 
 
 That he was of opinion that it was not competent 
 for him to lay any papers on the Table, His 
 Excellency having informed the Houre that he 
 would not declare the causes of his calling the Par- 
 liaivient together until a Speaker had been elected, 
 and, until the orders of His Excellency have been 
 obeyed, the House would not be properly consti- 
 tuted, so that it would be practicable to lay the 
 reports on the table. 
 
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RULES, ORDERS, 
 
 AND 
 
 FORMS OF PROCEEDING 
 
 OF 
 
 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO. 
 
 I. — RkQULATION and MaNAOEMENT of the HotJflE. 
 
 1. The time for the Ordinary Meeting of tlio House is at Three 
 o'clock in the afternoon of each Hitting day ; and if at that hour there 
 be not n Quorum, the 8i)oaker may take the Chair and adjourn. 
 Wlien the House rises on Friday, it shall stand adjourned, unlesr 
 otliorwiso ordered, until the following Monday. 
 
 2. Hat the hour of nix o'clock p.ni , the Business of the Day be 
 not c jiicluded, the Speaker shall leave the Chair until half past seven. 
 
 3. When the House adjourns, the Members shall keep their seat* 
 until tlie Speaker has left the Chair. 
 
 4. The preson o of at least Twenty Members I'f the House, includ- 
 ing the Speaker, shall be necessary to constitute a meeting <»f the 
 House for the exercise of its powers. 
 
 5. Whenever th« Speaker shall adjourn the House for want of a 
 quorum, the time of the adjournment, and the names of the Members 
 then present, shall be inserted in the Journal. 
 
 0. Any Stranger .admitted to any part of the House or Gallery who 
 Bhall misconduct himself, or shall not withdraw when Strangers are 
 directed to withdraw, while the Hou«o or any ■ oinmittee of the 
 Whole House is sitting, shall be taken into custody by the Sergeant- 
 at- > rms ; and no person so taken into custody is to be discharged 
 without the special Order of the House. 
 
 7. Any Five Memliers may require the House to be cleared of 
 Strangers, and the Speaker shall iiumediately give directions to the 
 Sergeant-at-Arms to execute the Order without debate. 
 
 8. The Speaker shaU pre.'-erve Order and Decorum, and shall decide 
 questions of Order, subj-ct to an appeal to the House ; in expl.-nning 
 a point of Order or Piactice, ho shall st.ite the Rule or Authority 
 applic/ible to the ca«B. 
 
 9. The Speaker shall not take part in any Debate before the House. 
 In case of an eijuality of Votes, the Speaker gives a casting Voice, 
 an I any ron-r^ns stated by him are to be entered in the Journal. 
 
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 10. Fivory Momhor tioHiring to spixik iH to riso in liis plaoo, uiicovoiod, 
 and HtldroBH hiniHolf to tlio Spciikor. 
 
 11. Wlion two or iiioro Mombors riso to npoiik, the Kpoiikur chUh 
 upon Iho Momlicr who roHO lifHt in his phuio ; hut n motion may he 
 niado that any Momhor who has risen " ho now lioard " or "do now 
 ■peak." 
 
 12. A Momhor oaUod to Ordor shall sit down, but may aftorwards 
 exi)lain. Tho Houso, if appoahul to, shiill dooido on tho case, but 
 without dohato. If tiioro ho no appeal, the decision of the Chair shall 
 bo tinal. 
 
 13. No Momhor shall spoak disrespootfully of Her Majesty, nor of 
 M\y of tha lloyal Kanuly, nor of tho (»ovornor, or person administering 
 the (Jovernmont of t'anathi, nor of tho Lieutonant-dovornor of this 
 Province ; nor shall he use oflensivo words against any Member of the 
 House ; nor shall ho spoak beside the Question in Debate. No Mem- 
 ber may retloct upon a"iy Vote of the House, e.\cept for the purpose 
 of moving that such a Vote bo rescinded. 
 
 14. Any Member may roijuiro the Question under discussion to be 
 read at any time of the Debate, but not so a« to interrupt a Member 
 while speaking. 
 
 15. No Member may speak twice to a Question, except in explana- 
 tion of a material part of his speech in which he may have been niia- 
 oonooived, but then he is not to introduce n\i\v matter. A reply is 
 allowed to a Member who has made a substantive Motion to the House, 
 but not to any Member who has moved an Order of tho Day, an 
 Amendiuent, tlio Previous Question, or an Instruction to a Oom- 
 inittee. 
 
 ' III. — OONOUCT OF MeMHKRS. 
 
 16. No Moiubor is entitled to vote up >a any Question in which he 
 has a direct pojuuiary interest, and the vote of any Member so 
 interested shall be disallowed. 
 
 17. When the Speaker is putting a Question, no Member shall 
 walk out of or across the House, or make any noise or disturbance ; 
 and when a ^loinber is speaking, no Mend)or shall interrupt him 
 except to a Question of Order, nor pass between him and the Chair ; 
 and no Member mvy pass between tho Chair and the Table, nor 
 between the Chair and the Mace, when the Mace has been taken off 
 the Table by the Sergeant. 
 
 18. Every Member is bound to attend the service of the House, 
 unless leave of absence has been given him by the House. 
 
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 IV. — liUHINESH OK TIIK TIol'HK. 
 
 liontinc JJuitliirHS. 
 
 1». Tho onliimry daily Uoutino of busineHs of tho Houbo sliall be as 
 folloWH : 
 
 Pri'HentinK Pctitiojis. 
 
 Koiuliiij^ (iiid Ruui'iviiif,' I'otitioiiH. 
 
 I'romuitiiif,' JtojjortH of t^fcaiiding ivnd yoloct Coinmittees. 
 
 MotiitiiH. 
 
 Tho Order of BihIuohh for tho coiiHidorHtion of tho House, day by 
 day, after tho above Daily Routine, shall be as follows :— 
 
 MONDAY. 
 
 Private Hills. 
 
 (^uo.stions put by Meuibors. 
 NotitH'H of Motions. 
 Pulilio Bills and Orders. 
 
 irK.SIiAV. 
 
 (Jovernniont Notices of Motions, 
 (lovoriinient OrderH. 
 Public Bills and Orders. 
 Questions Put by Members. 
 Other Notices of Motions. 
 Private Bills. 
 
 VVEDNE.SDAY. 
 
 (Until the hour of six o'clock p.m.) 
 
 Questions Put by Members. 
 Notices of Motions. 
 Public Bills and Orders. 
 
 (From half-past seven o'c'ock p.m.) 
 
 (For the first hour) Private Bills. 
 Public Bills and Orders. 
 Private Bills. 
 
 Government Notices of Motions. 
 Government Orders. 
 
 THURSDAY, 
 
 Government Notices of Motions. 
 
 Government Orders. « 
 
 Public Bills and Orders. 
 
 Questions Put by Members. 
 
 Other Notices of Motions. 
 
 Private Bills. 
 
 FRIDAY. 
 
 (Until the hour of six o'clock p.m.) 
 
 Questions Put by Members. 
 Notices of Motions. 
 Public Bills and Orders. 
 
 
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 (From half- past seven p.m.) 
 
 (For the first hour) Private Bills. 
 Public Bills and Orders. 
 Private Bills. 
 
 Government Notices of Motions. 
 Government Orders. 
 
 20. Orders for the Day for the Third Reading of Bills shall take 
 precedence of all other Ordt rs for the same day, except Government 
 Orders, or Orders to which the House has given priority. 
 
 21. Bills reported from Committees of the Whole House, with 
 amendments, shall be placed on the Or.lers of the Day for considera- 
 tion by the House next after Third Readings. 
 
 22. Bills reported, after Second Reading, from any Standing or 
 Select Committee, shall be placed on the Orders of the Day following 
 the reception of the Report, for reference to a Committee of the 
 Whole House in their proper order, next after Bills reported from 
 Committee of the Whole House. 
 
 23. All items standin r on the Orders of the Day shall be taken up 
 according to the precedence assigned to each on the Order Book ; the 
 right being reserved to the Administration of taking up Government 
 Orders, in such rotation as they see fit, on the days on which Govern- 
 ment Bills have precedence . 
 
 24. Items not taken up when called shall be dropped. Dropped 
 Orders shall be set down in the Order Book, after the Orders of the 
 Day, for the next day on which the House shall sit. 
 
 25. All Orders undisposed of at the adjournment of the House shall 
 be postponed until the next Sitting Day, without a motio v to that 
 eflfect, 
 
 26. If at the hour of six p.m. on a Wednesday or Friday, a Motion 
 on the Notice Paper be under consideration, that (juestion will stand 
 first on the Orders of that evening, after the hour assigned t » Privatij 
 Bills has elapsed. 
 
 27. If, at the time of the adjournment of the House, a Motion on 
 the Notice Paper be under consideration, that question shall stand first 
 on the Orders of the following day, next after Orders to which a special 
 precedence has been assigned by Rule or Order of the House. 
 
 28. A Motion for Reading the Orders of the Day shall have prefer- 
 ence of any Motion before the House. 
 
 Questions put by Members. 
 
 » 
 
 29. Questions may be put to Ministers of the Crow a relating to 
 Public Affairs ; and to other Members relating to any Bill, Motion or 
 other public matter connected with the business of the House, in 
 wh.ch such Members may be concerned, — but, in putting any such 
 question, no argument or opinion is to be offered, nor any fact stated ; 
 and, in answerini< any such question, a Member is not to debate the 
 matter to which the same refers. 
 
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 prefer- 
 
 Mutiuns and Questions. 
 
 30. A Motion to adjourn the House or the Debate, shall always be 
 in order ; but no Membor shall speak to such Motion for more than 
 ten minutes ; and no second motion to the same effect shall be made 
 until after some intermediate proceedinji; shall have been had. 
 
 31. Two days' notice shall be given of a Motion for leave to present 
 a Bill, Resolution, or Address; for the appointment of any Committee ; 
 or for the putting of a Question ; but this Rule shall not apply to Bills 
 after their iutroduciion, or to I'rivate Bills, or to the times of the 
 meeting, or Adjourn\aont of the House ; such Notice to be laid on 
 the Tal)le before five o'clock i).m., and to be printed in the Votes and 
 Proceedings of that day. 
 
 32. A Motion may be made, by unanimous consent of the House, 
 without previous notice. 
 
 33. All Mot ons shall be in writing, and seconded, before being 
 debated, or put from the Chair. When a Motion is seconded, it shall 
 be read by the Speaker before debate. 
 
 34. A Member who has made a Motion may withdraw the same by 
 leave of the House ; such leave being granted without any negative 
 voice. 
 
 35. The Previous Question, until it is decided, shall preclude all 
 amendment of the Main Question, and shall be in the following words : 
 '•'I hat this Question be hoh: put." If the Previous Question be 
 resolved iu the aftimative, ihe ()ri>^inal Question is to be put forthwith, 
 without any amendment or debate. 
 
 3(i. A M tion to commit a Bill, or Question, until decided, shall 
 preclude ail amendment of the M lin Question. 
 
 37. Whenever the Speaker is of opinion that a Motion offered to 
 the House is contrary to the Rules and Privileges of Parliament, he 
 shall ap])iiHe the House thereof immediately, before putting the Ques- 
 tion thereon, and quote the Uule or Authority applicable to the case. 
 
 Privilege. 
 
 3S. Whenever any matter of Privilege arises, it shall be taken into 
 consideration immediately. 
 
 Votes and Proceedings. 
 
 39. A copy of the Votes and Proceedings of the House, certified by 
 the Clerk, sliall bo delivered each day to the Lieutenant-Governor. 
 
 Proceedings on Bills. 
 
 40. Every Bill shall be introduced u|)on Motion for leave, specifying 
 the Title o.^ the Bill, or upon Motion to appoint a Committee to pre- 
 pare and bring it in. 
 
 41. No Bill may be introduced either in blank or in an imperfect 
 shape. 
 
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 42. When any Rill shall be piosentecl hy ii Moinhor, in pufBiiance of 
 an Onh'r of the Hohhc, the (i)uosti()n, " That this IJill be ii<nr read a 
 first time," sliall be decided without aniendnient or debate. 
 
 43. No Bill shall be read the second time until it has been printed 
 and distribufod, and has been Hub,se(iuently marked on the Orders of 
 the Day- thus, PRINTED (AV|///(/i////;/ tl'i<(t it has Iwm irlntcd and 
 distribittcil). 
 
 44. When a Bill has been ami ndt d in rouimittee of the Whole 
 House, or by any Select or Standinj^ Connnittee, it shall be re-printed 
 as amended ; the amendments to be in Jtidics ; and when the Bill has 
 been sent to l)e re printed, it eliall lie marked dii the On'er.s i f the 
 Day— thus, NOT RK- PRINTED ; and shall not be further proc> eded 
 with unlil that mark has been lemoved and the word PRIN I'ED sub- 
 stituted iiSi(jitifiiiii(i tlitit the Hill Jmti bei'ii rc-pthdt'd and dUtrilndt^d.) 
 
 45. Every Bill shall receive three several readings, on dillVrent 
 days, j)revioiisly to being passed. On urgent o extradrdinaiy occa- 
 sions, a Bill may be read twice or thrice, or advanced tw<. or more 
 stages in one day. 
 
 4(i. WJK'ii a Bill is read in the House, the Cleik shall certify upon 
 it the Readings, and the time thereof. After it has passed, he shall 
 certify the same, with the date at the foot of the Bill. 
 
 47. Every Public Bill sliall be read twice in the House before com- 
 mittal or amendment. 
 
 48. In proceedings in Committee of the Whole House apon Bills, 
 the Preamble shall be first j)ostponed, and then every clause considered 
 by the Committee in its proper order, the Preamble and Title to be 
 last considered. 
 
 49. All aniendments made in Committee shall be reported by the 
 Chairman to the House which shall receive the same forthwith. After 
 Report, the Bill shall be open tc debate and amendment, before it is 
 ordered for a Third Reading. But when a Bill is reported without 
 amendment, it is forthwith ordered to be read a Thin! time, at such 
 time as may be appointed by the House. 
 
 50. It shall be the duty of the Law Clerk of the House to revise all 
 Bills after their First Reading, and to certify thereon that the same 
 are coi'rect ; and in every subseipient stage of such Bills the Law 
 Clerk shall be responsible for the correctness of Bills, should they be 
 amended. And he shall i)repare a Breviat of every Bill previous to 
 the Second Reading therecif. 
 
 Pi'ivate BUIh. 
 
 51. No petition for any Private Bill is received by the H(juse after 
 the firat ten days of each Session ; nor may any Private Bill be pre- 
 sented to the House after the first seventeen days of each Session ; 
 nor may any report of any Standing or Select Committee upon a 
 Private Bill be received after the first thirty days of each Session. 
 And no Motion for the general suspension or modification of this Rule 
 shall be entertained by the House, unless after reference made thereof, 
 at a previous Sitting of the House, to the several Standing Committees 
 charged with consideratiim of Private Bills, or upon report submitted 
 by two or more of such Committees. 
 
iiuuico of 
 )!• road a 
 
 11 printed 
 Drders of 
 )if((l and 
 
 Whole 
 ^-printed 
 i Hill haa 
 r.s I f tho 
 iroC' I'ded 
 PEU sub- 
 hiited.) 
 
 tliflVrent 
 i.iry ocoa- 
 - or more 
 
 lify upon 
 , he shall 
 
 fore com- 
 
 )oii Bills, 
 Diisidered 
 itlo to be 
 
 !d by the 
 After 
 tore it is 
 without 
 at such 
 
 revise all 
 the same 
 the Law 
 d they be 
 •evious to 
 
 use after 
 1 be pre- 
 Session ; 
 upon a 
 Session. 
 tluH Rule 
 ! thereof, 
 uiniitteea 
 ibmitted 
 
 52. The Clerk of the House shall, duriii<; each rect as of Parliament, 
 liublish wiokly in the OnUnlo (hc.iih' tho followiuLj Kuh'S ro!»j)ecting 
 Notices of intended applications for Private Hills ; and shall also, 
 immediately after the issue of the I roclamation conveiiinj; Parliament 
 for till! Despatch of liusiness. publish in the Ontaiio (inzcltf, until 
 the openinj^ of Parliament, tlie day on which the time limited for 
 receivint^ petitions for • rivate Hills will exjjire, pursuant to the fore- 
 going^ llule ; and the Clerk shall also announce, by N<itice aliixcd in 
 the Connnittee-rooras and Lobbies of the House, by the first day of 
 every Session, the time limited for receiving Petitions for Private 
 Hills, and Private Hills and Reports thereon. 
 
 53. All a])plicati(ins for Private P.ills i)roperly the subject of legisla- 
 tion by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario within the puiview of 
 " I he Hritish No-th America Act, 1HG7," whether for the erection of 
 a liridge, the making of a Railroad, TuDipike Road, or Telegraph 
 Line; the coi.struction or imj rovement of a Harbour, Canal. Lock, 
 Dam, or Slide, or other like work ; the g.aiting of a right of Ferry ; 
 the incorporation (>f any particular Trade or Calling, or of any .Joint 
 Stock Company ; «)r otherwise for granting to any individual or 
 individuals anj' exclusive or peculiar i-ights or privileges whatever, or 
 for doing any matter or thing which in its operatii n would allcct the 
 rights or i)roperty of r>ther j)artie8, or relate to any laiticii'ar class of 
 the community ; or for making any aniHudments < t a like nature to 
 any former Act, — shallre(|uire a Notice, clearly and distinctly specify- 
 ing the nature and ol>ject of the application, and, where the tipplica- 
 tion refers to any proposed work, indicating genersilly the lo( ation of 
 the woik, and signed by or on behalf of the applicants, — such Notice 
 to be published as follows, viz : — 
 
 A Notice inserted in the Ontario Gazette, and in one Newspaper 
 published in the County, or Union of Counties, aflfected, or if there be 
 no Newspaper published therein, then in a Newspaper in the next 
 nearest County in which a Newspaper is published. 
 
 Such Notice shall be continued in each case for a period of at least 
 six weeks, during the interval of time between 'he close of the next 
 preceding Session, and the consideration of the Petition ; and copies 
 of such Notice shall be sent by tho parties inserting such Notice to 
 the Clerk of the House, to be tiled in the Standing Orders Committee- 
 rooms. 
 
 And wit/hin two weeks from the first appearance of such Notice in 
 the Ontario Gazette, a copy of said Bill, with the sum of one hundred 
 dollars, shall be placed by the applicant in the hands of the Clerk of 
 the House, whose duty it shall be to get tho said Bill printed forthwith, 
 
 54. Before any Petition praying for leave to bring in a Private Bill 
 for the erection of a Tell bridge is received by the House, the erson 
 or persons intending to jjctition for such Bill shall, upon giving the 
 Notice prescribed by the preceding Rule, also at the same time and in 
 the same manner, give notice of the rates which they intend to ask, 
 the extent of the privilege, the height of the arches, tho iwieival 
 between the abutments or piers for the passage of rafts and vessels, 
 and mentioning also whether they intend to erect a drawbridge or not, 
 and the dimensions of the same. 
 
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 65. Before any petition praying for leave to briiiij; in a Hill for tlie 
 OonBtruotion of liailways, TrainwayB, or Canals, \n received by the 
 Honao, tlie jjorsnn or porsoriH petitioning for such Bill ahall deposit 
 with the Clerk the following (locuinents : — 
 
 (1) A Map or Plan npon a scale of not leFs than half an inch to the 
 mile, showing the location upon which it is intended to construct the 
 proposed work, and showing aho the lines of existing or authorized 
 works of a similar cluiractor within, or in any way alFecting the district 
 or any part tlieroof whiih the proitosod woik Ih intended to servo. 
 Such maj) or plan to be signed by the Engineer or other party nuiking 
 the same. 
 
 (2) A Bo«»k of Ri;foronce, in which ahall bo clearly set out the follow- 
 ing information, in separate Schedules, namely : 
 
 Scliedulo A. — The name of each Municipality within which the pro- 
 posed works, or any j)ait thereof, are intended to be constructed ; 
 the population of each such Muiiicipalit^y. as leturned by the next 
 j)reccdnig ci nsus ; tlui ratable value of the ])roporty within each 
 such Municipality, as returned by the next preceding assessment 
 rolls thereof ; and this Si-hedule may contain in a separate statement 
 similar information as to the adjoining districts intended to bo 
 served by the pn)i)o8ed work. 
 
 Schedule B. — A general description of the nature, extent and proposed 
 character of tlie contemplated works, and an estimate of the pro- 
 bable cost tlu'reof, distinguishing the general items of construction, 
 and the costs thereof lespectivtly, as well as the naturo, extent and 
 probable cost of idl iiigine and car st- ck, or otlic outlit or e(|uip- 
 ment necessary to the use and ojier-ition of the pri posed undertaking, 
 such Schedule to be signed by the Engineer, or other j)erson pre- 
 paring the same. 
 
 Scludiile C. — An exhibit showing the total amount of cajntal proposed 
 t«) be raised for the puri)o8e8 of the undertaking, and the manner 
 in which it is proposed to raise the same, whether by oi'dinary shares, 
 bonds, debojitures or other secui'ities, and the amount of each 
 respectively. 
 
 Schedido D. --.\n estimate of the })rob;ible revenues of the proposed 
 undertaking showii g the sources whence the same are expected to 
 bo derived ; the annual earnings therefrom respectively ; the pro- 
 babl annual cost of operation or working expenditure ; and the 
 annual net revenue apjilic ible to the payment of interest on the pro- 
 posed investments. Such Schedules to be signed by the person 
 prej)aring the same. 
 
 66, Petitions for Private Bdls, when received by the House, are to 
 be taken into consideration (without special reference) by the Com- 
 mittee on Standing Orders ; which is to report, i-u each case, whether 
 the Rules with regard to Notice have been compliei with ; and in 
 every case where the Notice shall prove to have been inaullicient, 
 either as regard:^ the petition as a whole, or any matter therein which 
 ought to have been specially referred to in the Notice, the Committee 
 is to recommend to the House the course to be taken in consequence 
 of such inauliicieucy of Notice. 
 
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 (1 by tlio 
 11 deposit 
 
 [ich to the 
 struct tlio 
 luthoiizod 
 lio district 
 to serve, 
 ty n Diking 
 
 ho follow- 
 
 li the pro- 
 istructed ; 
 y the next 
 ithin each 
 issessinent, 
 statement 
 led to be 
 
 i proposed 
 )f the pro- 
 istruetion, 
 ixteiit and 
 or e(iuip- 
 dertiiking, 
 L-raon pre- 
 
 jtroposed 
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 proposed 
 xpected to 
 ; the pro- 
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 use, are to 
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 isutHcient, 
 rein which 
 ommittee 
 msecjuence 
 
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 56. (rt) The promoters of any Private Hill shall lodge with theClerkof 
 tliu MouHe, a statement as to the com; liaitce hy them with the Stand- 
 ing Orders of the il iiso, in rehition to siicii liill, on or before the tirst 
 day of each Session. 
 
 B(i. (6) A copv' of the Petition intended to he ])reBented to the House, 
 praying for the passage of any Private Hill, shall he lodged, on or 
 liofore the first day of each Session, with the Clerk of the House, who 
 shall Kle the same in his otKce, and shall prepare for the Conniiittee on 
 Standing Orders, at the Hrst mooting thereof, a repot, in which he 
 whall state the result of his oxaminati )n into the facts required to be 
 proved before the Committeo relating to the compliance or non-com- 
 pliance with (ho Standing Orders of tho Louse. 
 
 5(5. (c) The Committee may determine, up('n the facts so riported, or 
 certified by the Clerk, whether the Standing Orders have been com- 
 plied with in respect of each Petition, and whether the Standing 
 Orders ought or ought not to bo dispensed with, and shall report the 
 same to tho House. 
 
 67. No Motion for tho susp -nsiou of the Rules upon any Petition 
 for a Pri'-ate liill is entertained, unless the same has been reported 
 upon by tho Ci>nimittoo on Standing Orders 
 
 58. All Private Bills are introduced on Petition and proHonted to 
 the House upon a Motion for leave, and after such Petition has been 
 favourably reported (jn by the Committee on Standing Orders. 
 
 r)9. When any Hill for contirming any Letters Patent, or Agree- 
 ment, is presented to the House, the copy of such Letters Patent, or 
 Agreement shall be attached to it. 
 
 <)(). Tho expenses and costt attending on Private Hills giving any 
 exclusive privilege, or for any object of i)rotit, or private, corporate or 
 iiidivi ual advantages ; or for amending, extending or enlarging any 
 former Acts, in such manner as to confer additional powers, ought not 
 to fall on the public ; accordingly the parties seeking to obtain any such 
 Bills shall be re(iuirod to pay tho sum A one hundred dollars, as jiro- 
 vided by Rule 6J. 
 
 Gl. Every Private Bill, when read a first time, shall, except it be 
 an Kstato Bill, stand referred to the pro[)er Standing Committee, and 
 all Petitions before tho House, for or against tho Bill, are considered 
 as referred to such Committee. 
 
 ()2. Every Estate Hill, when read a tirst time, shall, without special 
 reference, stand referred to tho Commissioners of Estate Bills for their 
 Report ; and a copy of such Bill, and of the Petition on which the 
 same is founded, shall be forthwith transmitted by the Clerk of the 
 House to tho said Commissioners, or one of them, in order that they, 
 or any two of ^hem, may, after perusing the Bill, without recjuiring 
 any proof of the allegations there )f, report to tho House their opinion 
 tliereon under their hands ; and whether, presuming the allegations 
 contained in the preamble to bo proved to the satisfaction of the House, 
 it is rea8t)nable that such Bill do jjass into a law ; and whfther the 
 provisions thereof are proper ^or carrying its purposes into effect ; and 
 what alterations or amendments, if any, are iiocessary in the same ; and 
 
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 in tho ovM'nt of thoir aijpnn'iiii^ t'lo *ii(l Rill, tlioy aro to nis^ii tint Huno ; 
 Hiiil tho Hiiid Koport, with tho Hiiid liill Hud Position, aro to hu trariH- 
 inittetl hy tlio said i'oininifcHioiiors to tlut Olrrk ; and thr lloport aJiall 
 bo read by tho (Mork at tho 'Pablo, and shall bo oiitoiod on the 
 .lournalm of tho llouso ; and tho l»ill, tofftithor with tho lloport, shall 
 stand roforrod to tho Standing,' tJouimittoo .»n Irivato liillfl, which is 
 not to oonsiilor tho Hiiid Mill, bofoi'o tho dolivory of tho Haid iioport, 
 Bill and I'otition to thu Chairman of thu said Cotnniittoe. 
 
 G3. In tho ovont of tho Coniniia^ionora of Eitato Hills roportinj^ that, 
 in ihoir opinion, it is no' roasonablo that tho Hill anbmittod to them 
 slmll p isa into law, auoh liill shall not bu further U'Misidurod. 
 
 i>i. No (^>niiniltoo on any I'rivato Hill, of whi(;h Notiou is roipiirod 
 to bo «ivon, is to consider tho aauio until aftor such Hill has beon 
 printed and distributed to Monib U's, and five tbiys' clear Notice of tho 
 aittini^ of such Counuittco Iuih Itoon alUxod in tin; Ijobby. And no 
 Motion for any auapon-'ion or nioditication of this liule shall bo enter- 
 tained by tho House, unless after reference made thereof, at a previous 
 Sitting of tho House, to tho f'oper t^tandinjj Committee, or upon 
 lloport submitlod by such Connnittoo. 
 
 (2) On tho day of postinu; of any Hill under this Rule, tho Clork of 
 tho House shall appeml to the printed Votes and Proceodinj^s of the 
 dsy. a Notice of such po'^lini,' ; and also a Notice of Mootinys of any 
 of the >tandini; Comiuiltcoa chari,'od with tho consideration of I'rivate 
 Bills or ' etitioiis thorofor, that may hive been ai>pointed for the fol- 
 lowing day. 
 
 (55. A copy of tho Hill fontaiiiinLC the AnuMidinonts proposed to be 
 submit tod to tho Standing Couimittoo, shall bod jfositod in the Private 
 Bill Ottico two c oar days before the mooting of the Committeo thereon. 
 
 06. All pei-.-fons whoso interest or i)roperty may be atnic'ed by any 
 Private Hill shall, when rotpiirod so to do, ap|>o;ir before tho Standing 
 Committoo touching thoir consont. or may sond such consent in writing, 
 proof of which may be domandod by such Ctnnmittee. And in every 
 case tho < ommittoo upon any Hill for incorjiorating a "'ompany nijvy 
 require proof thit the jiorsoiis wlioao namoa appear in the Hill, as 
 composing the ' ompany, are of full age, and in a position to ell'oct the 
 objects contompbited, and have consented to become incori>orated. 
 
 G7. All Questions before Committoo on Private Bills are decided by 
 a major:ty of voices, includintr the voice of the Chairman ; and when- 
 ever the voices are ecjual the Chairman haa a second or casting vote. 
 
 68. It is the duty of a Select Committee to which any Private Bill 
 may be referred by the House, to call the attention of the House 
 specially to any provision inserted in such Hill that does not appear to 
 have been contemplated in the Notice for the same, as I'oported upon 
 by the Committee on standing Orders. 
 
 69. The Committee to which a Private Bill may have beon referred, 
 shall report the same to the House in every case ; and when any 
 material alteration has been made in the Preamble of the Bill, such 
 alteration, and the reasons for the same, are to be staged in the 
 Report. 
 
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 Utport sJiiill 
 rod on thti 
 i^pitrt, ahull 
 Ih, which is 
 aid Itoport, 
 
 ortiiig that, 
 ti'd to them 
 d. 
 
 is ro<iuife(l 
 ill haa been 
 [iitico of tho 
 ly. And no 
 ill bo entor- 
 it a proviouH 
 oe, or upon 
 
 tho Clork of 
 idinga <>f the 
 3tint,'H of any 
 •n of I'rivate 
 for tho fol- 
 
 posod to be 
 1 tho Private 
 ^too thoroon. 
 
 lod by any 
 10 Standing 
 it in writing, 
 nd in every 
 iiipany may 
 tlio Hill, AB 
 to olfoct the 
 rponvted. 
 
 e decided by 
 and when- 
 sting vote. 
 
 Private Bill 
 f the House 
 lot appear to 
 jported upon 
 
 oon referred, 
 d when any 
 le Bill, such 
 tated in the 
 
 70. When the Connnittee on any Private Bill report to tlje HouBe 
 that tho Preamble of such Bill haa not been proved to their satiafac- 
 tion, they muat alao state tin* grounda upon which they have arrived 
 at Huch a docinion ; and no Hill ho roported upon nliall bo placed upuu 
 the Orders of the Day, unlesa by apocial order of the House. 
 
 (2) Private Bills, olhorwise reported to tho House by auch Com- 
 luitteo, ahall be placed upon the Orders of the Day f(dlowing the 
 reception of the Report, for a Second Heading in their i)roper (»rder. 
 
 71. The Chairman of tho Committee ahall aign with hia name, at 
 length, a printed copy of the Bill, on which the amendmenta are fairly 
 written, and Hliall alao aign, with the initiala of liia name, tho aeveral 
 Amendmenta iruule and Clauais added in Connnittee, wiiich nhall be 
 tiled in the Oflico of Routine and I ecorda ; «n«l another copy of the 
 Hill, with the amendmenta written thereon, shall bo prepared by the 
 Clerk of the Committee, and attached to tho Rep'at. 
 
 72. No important Amendment may bo proposed to any Private Bill 
 in a Committee of the Wholo Houae, or at any 'i bird Reading of the 
 Hill unlesa two days' notice of the same ahall have boon given. 
 
 73. Except in case of urgent and ]»roH8ing necessity, no Motioi may 
 be made to diapenso with any Standing Order relative to Private Bills, 
 without due notice thereof, 
 
 74. A Book, to be called the Private Bill Register, ahall be kept in the 
 Private Bill OUice, in which Book ahall bo entered, by tho Clerk appointed 
 for the buaineaa of that Otiice, tho name, descrijttion, and place of resi- 
 dence of tho parties ajiplying for tho Hill, or of their Agent, and all 
 the proceedings theronn, from the I'otition to the jjaHsing of the Bill ; 
 HUch entry to specify briotly each procet^ding in tho House, or in any 
 Committee to which tho Bill or I'otition may le referred, and the day 
 on which the Committee ia appointed to sit ; such Book to bo open to 
 public inspection daily, during Otiice houra. 
 
 75. The Clerk of the House shall prej)are tlaily, lists of all Private 
 Bills and Petitions for such Hills, ui)on which any Committee ia ap- 
 pointed to ait, specifying the time of nu;eting and the room whore the 
 Committee shall sit ; and the same shall be liung up in tho Lobby. 
 
 76. Every Parliamentary Agent conducting proceedings before the 
 Houae shall be personally res|)onsibl(' to tho House and to the Speaker 
 for the observance of the Rules, Orders, and Practice of Parlia- 
 ment, and Hules prescribed by tho Spevkor, and also for the pay- 
 ment of all fees and charges ; and he shall not act as I'arliamentary 
 Agent until he shall have received the exi)re88 sanction and authority 
 of the Speaker, who may revoke the same at pleasure. 
 
 77. Any Agent who shall wilfully act in violation of the Rules and 
 Practice of Parliament, or any Rules preacribed by the Speaker, or 
 who shall wilfully misconduct himself in prosecuting any proceedings 
 before the House, shall he liable to an absidute or temporary prohibi- 
 tion to practice as a Parliamentary Agent at the pleasure of the 
 Speaker. 
 
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 142 
 
 ('(>mlnitt^•ell. 
 
 7rt. Thi' Cloik (»f tho Hoijsj hIihH came to ho litiixnd, in somo con- 
 BpicuoiH |)iirt of tho lliiuso, h lint of thu Huvoriil StaiKliiig a id Sulect 
 i'oininittuoH Hppointt (I (luring thu SeHHion. 
 
 7!>. Tlioro hIiiII Ik^ ni'|M)intfil in oaoli SuHsinn a rornianont Clmirumii 
 of Com Ml i" toon of tlio Wholo lloii.si', who, whuii tho Spoakor loavoB the 
 chair, Hh lit, if pruiiotit preside over and niaintiin urdur in tho Com- 
 mittee. 
 
 (2) Tho Rnlos of the Houho nhall 1>e (disorved in Conitnittco of the 
 VVliole HoiMe HO far as may he apphtahlo, except tho Ride limiting- 
 the luimlier of timoH of H|ieal\ini;. 
 
 80. Qnoslions of Order urisini^ in Commilteo of tlio Wholo Housu 
 shall he decided l)y the (/hairmiii, snhjt>ot to an apjied to tlie lloiiHe ; 
 but diHonhr in a Oominittee can only be censured hy the I'ousoon 
 receiving a report thoro(.f, 
 
 81. A \rotion that the Chainnan leave tho chair hIuiH always be in 
 order, and shall take precedence of any other Motion. 
 
 82. Bills which may he on the Order of the Pa}' for coii8i<lera ion in 
 Committee tm the Maine day, niay he referred t"i;cthfr to a ('oinmittt-e 
 of tho Whole House, \* hicli may consider all the IJills so referred to it 
 without tho Chaianan leaviiig tho Chair on each separate Hill. 
 
 8I{. No Select Coinmit*^t'e mny, without leave of the ! Ouse, consist 
 of more than rtiteen menihers, and the Mover may suhniit the names 
 to form the Committee, unless (d)jected to hy five inemhers ; if objected 
 to. the House may name the Committee in the f(.llowin^ manner : — 
 Each member to name one. and those who have most voices, with the 
 mover, shall form the .same ; but it shall he always understood t'hat no 
 member who declares or decides aiijains^ the I'rinciple or 8id)sfance of 
 a Bill, o'esolu ion or matter to bo committed, cm bo nominated of 
 such Committee. 
 
 84. Of the number of Members appointed to conipose a Committee, 
 a majority of the same shall bo a t^uorum, unless tho House has other- 
 wise ordered. ' 
 
 86. Reports from Standin<f and Solec^ Committees may be n ado by 
 Members stancintf in their places, and without proceeding to the Bar 
 of the Houje. 
 
 8") (ii). The Special Committee to prepare and report lists of Mem- 
 bers to comj>o3e the Standing Coimnittees of the House, and the said 
 several Standing ('ommittees, may be appointed, and thereafter may 
 proceed to ox-ganiz^ and sit, tind report at any tim-j afri-r an Address t«i 
 His Honour the Lieutenant (lovernor m reply to tho Speech shall 
 have been moved in the House, although the Debate on such Address 
 may lot have been concluded. 
 
 IVitnesscK. 
 
 86. The Clerk of the House is authorized to pay out of tho Contin- 
 gent Fund to Witnesses suuimoned to attend before any Select Com- 
 mittee of the House, except in the case of Private Bills a reasonable 
 
Boinu oon- 
 ,1(1 Suloct 
 
 Chairiimii 
 
 loilVHH iht' 
 
 thu Coin- 
 too of the 
 le limiting 
 
 lolu ll()UB*< 
 
 liu llouHu ; 
 ) I'oiiao on 
 
 wiiya be in 
 
 (loi'.-v ion in 
 Cominittm 
 for red lo it 
 5ill. 
 
 iiao, consist 
 , the naniOH 
 if objected 
 niiinner : — 
 ■H, with till' 
 lod that nil 
 iibstjiiioe of 
 );iiiniit.ed of 
 
 mmittee, 
 has other 
 
 ^o 
 
 10 n ade by 
 to the Bar 
 
 lie 
 
 ta of Meni- 
 
 the said 
 
 oafter may 
 
 All dress Ui 
 
 leech shall 
 
 h Address 
 
 ho Contin- 
 elect Com- 
 reasonablo 
 
 14:j 
 
 BUM) per diem, to bo dotonnined hy the Speaker, during their attend- 
 anoe, and a nuiHonable allowance for travelling oxponBeu, upon a certifi- 
 cate or order of the Chairman of tht; Conimitteo before which Hiich 
 witnoHSi B have been summoned ; but no witneSHos shall bo ho paid 
 unhsH a certiticato Hhall tirst have been tiled with tho Chairman ofauch 
 ('onimittee, I y some member thereof, Htatin^ that, the evidence to be 
 obtained from Hueh witnoHs is, in his opinion, material and important ; 
 and no HUch payment shall bo made in any case without tho authority 
 of the Speaker, which shall be sij^niliod by tho ondorsenient of tho 
 Speaker upon the aforesaid certiticito ; and when any witncHs shall have 
 boon in attendance during three days, if his j)ro8(!nct* is still further 
 leijuired, recourse shall again be had to 'ho Chairman of the Com- 
 niittoo, and BO on, every thieo days ; and no witness residing at the 
 Stat of Oovornment shall bo paid for his attondanco. 
 
 DiriHions. 
 
 87. When Members have boon called in, preparatory to a Division, 
 no further debate is to be permitted. 
 
 88. Upon a Division, tho Yeas ai d Nays shnll not bo entered upon 
 the Minutes, unless deman<led by iive members ; and on Questions of 
 Adjournment of tho House, or of the dob tto, the nuuibors only shall 
 be entered. 
 
 I'etitiuns. 
 
 89. Petitions to the House shall V)o prefented by a Member, in his 
 place, who bhall bo an-vwerablo that they do not contain imj)ertinent 
 or inipro{)or matter. 
 
 1)0. Every Member ofToring to present a petition to the Hou«e, 
 shall 01 dorse his name tluitupi n, and cotdino himself to a statement 
 of tho jiaitiea from whom it comes, the number of signatii'es aitachod 
 to it, and the material .illegatioiis it c ntaiiip. Petitions may be either 
 written or printed ; [irovided always that tiio signatures of at least 
 throe petitioners are subscribed on the sheet containing tho )>iayer of 
 the petition, except lU tho case of a single petitioner, or a corporation, 
 
 91. No Petition can be received which jtrays for any exjionditure, 
 grantor charge on the public rovtnue, whether j>iyablo out of tho 
 Consolidated Revenue Fund, or out of moneys to be provide<l by the 
 House. 
 
 92. Every Petition not containing matter in breach of tho Privileges 
 of the House, and which according to the rules or practice of the 
 House can be received, is brought to the Taltlo by direction it the 
 Speaker, who cannot allow any debate, f)r any Member to apeak upon, 
 or in rel ition to, sucii jtetitiou ; but it may be read by the C erk at tho 
 Table, if required ; or if it comphiin of some jjresent persimal grievance, 
 requiring an immediate remedy, the matter contained therein may be 
 brought into immediate discussion. 
 
 Aid and Sxppbj. 
 
 [By the 54 h Section of the Imperial Act, 30 Vict. c. .3, "The 
 British North America Act, 18(17," it is pri)vided that the House shall 
 not adopt or pass any Vot >, Resolution, Address or Bill for the appro- 
 
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 a 
 
144 
 
 r.i 
 
 ri? 
 
 priatictn of uny part of tlio Puiilic Rovonue, or of Hiiy Tax or linpoHt, 
 to Hiiy piirpoHo that Iwis not Ixion tii'Ht I'ticonuiHtinlud Ity a iuubhuku of 
 tlio liiouti'iiant* lovonior in t o .SoHHion in which Htnh Voto, Hesuhi- 
 tion, AdilroNH or Kill '\n proponud.] 
 
 OH. If any Motion bo niado in fho Houho for any puhlic aid or chargo 
 iipnn tlu' po«)plo, tho considtiration and d«d)atu ihoroof may not bo pro- 
 Bontly i-ntcrt'd upon, b\it Hhall l»o ad|ournod till Huch furthor day an tho 
 Hoiiso Hhall think tit to appoint ; and thon it nhall l)o roforrod to a 
 Connnittt'o of tliu Whole Houho, l)eforo any ru8<dution or vote of th« 
 HouHO do pass thorDupon. 
 
 94. Tho Coinniittoo of Supply and of Ways and Moani are a|)point»»d 
 on motion, without provious nntico. at tho comnioncomunt of each Son- 
 nion, si> Hoon an an addruHH h'.a boon a^rood to in answor to tho Spooch 
 of till' Lieulonant-tiovernor. 
 
 Prliititiij. 
 
 !)5. On motion for Printini^ any Papor beinj,' otFored tho Bame fihiU 
 bo first sul)niittod to tho Standin;^ Ooinmitteo on Printing, for Report, 
 boforo the (piostion is put thoreon. 
 
 VI. — Offickks and Sei'vants of the Hoube. 
 
 {){>. Tho Hours of attondanco of tho roapoctivo otticjrs of tho House, 
 and tho extra clerks employed tluring tho Session, shall l»o fixed from 
 time to tinjo l)y tho Speaker. 
 
 97. Before lillini; any vacancy in tho service of the House by tho 
 Si)oaker, intpiiry shall 1)0 made t<»uchinj? tho necessity for tho continu- 
 ance of such otHce ; and the amount of salary to be aitichod to tho 
 same shall be tixod by the Speaker, subject to tho approval of the 
 House. 
 
 98. No Clerk or Messenger shall bo employed, nor any now appoint- 
 ment made, initil the Clerk of tho H'luse shall have sot forth the 
 necessity for such app(»intment, antl shall have delivered such requisi- 
 tion to the Speaker endorsed with his recjmmendation and approval. 
 
 99. It shall be the duty of all tho Permanent; Otlicers of this House 
 to complete and finish tho work remaining at the close of the Session. 
 
 100. The Clerk of the House shall l)e responsible for the safe keep- 
 keeping of all the Papers and Records of the House, and shall have tho 
 direction and control over all the officers and clerks employed in the 
 ottices, 8ul)ject to such orders as he may from time to time receive from 
 the Speaker of the House. 
 
 101. The Clerk of the House shall place on the Speaker's table, 
 every morning, pi'ovious to the meeting of tho House, the Order of the 
 Proceedings for the Day. 
 
 102. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to make and cause to be 
 printed, and delivered to each Member at the commencement of every 
 Session of Parliament, a List of the Reports, or other periodical State- 
 ments which it is the duty of any officer or department of the Govern- 
 ment, or any corporate body, to make to the House, referring to the 
 Act or Resolutions and page of the volume of Laws or Journals where- 
 
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 or Inipont, 
 inuaHiiKU of 
 to, Resolu 
 
 (1 or chiirKo 
 
 not bo pro- 
 
 1- tiny iiH tho 
 
 (fol'H'd to 11 
 
 vote of tho 
 
 o uppointud 
 )f oiicli SoH 
 tho Spoeoh 
 
 I Haine eh ill 
 for Report, 
 
 tho House, 
 Hxod from 
 
 oiiso by tho 
 the continu- 
 Iched to the 
 :oval of the 
 
 w iippoint- 
 
 t)t forth tho 
 
 uch reipiisi- 
 
 d approval. 
 
 this House 
 10 Session. 
 
 safe keep- 
 lall have tho 
 yed in the 
 eceive from 
 
 kor's table. 
 )rder of the 
 
 ause to be 
 ent of every 
 dical State- 
 the Govern- 
 riiig to the 
 nals where - 
 
 ill the sa\ne may be ordered ; and placing under the name of luoh 
 ollicor or corporation a List of tho lleports or lloturns re((uirod of him, 
 or it, to be mudo. and tho time when the Report or Periodic*! State- 
 ment may be expected. 
 
 10.'^. Tho Hergcant-afc-ArmH .ittending the House nhall bo responsible 
 for tho safe keeping of tho Mace, Furniture, and Fittings thereof, and 
 for tho conduct of the Mesaongors and inferior Servants of the House, 
 
 lot. No stranger who shall have boon c<iminitted by Order of the 
 House to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, shall bo rohjused fr«/m 
 such custody until ho has paid a fo of four dollars to the Sorgonnt-at- 
 Arms. 
 
 105. No allowance shall bo made to any person in the employ of tho 
 House, wiu) may not reside at the Seat of (>overnnu!nt, for travelling 
 e.xpenaoH in coming to attend his duties. 
 
 VH.— Library. 
 
 10«J. — A ])roper Catalogue of the Books belonging to tho Library 
 shall be kept by the Librarian, or person in whom the custody and 
 respitnsibility thereof shall be vesto<l, and who shall bo required to 
 report to the House, through the Speaker, at tho opening of each Ses- 
 sion, the actual state of the Library. 
 
 107. No person shall l)o entitled to resort to tho Library during a 
 Session of Parliamont, except tho Lieutenant-r»overnor, the Members 
 'if the Executive Council and Legislative Assembly, and tin officers of 
 the House, and such other persons as may receive a written order of 
 admission from the Speaker. Members may personally introduce 
 strangers to the Library during the day-time, but nut after tho hour of 
 six o'clock p m. 
 
 108. During a Session of Parliament, no Books belonging to the 
 Lihrary shall be taken out of the building, except by the authority of 
 the Speaker, or upon receipt given l»y a ^Iember of the House. 
 
 lOi). During the Session the Library shall be open daily, from nine 
 o'clock a.m. until nine o'clock p ni. ; and should the House remain in 
 Session after such hour, the Library shall remain open until the House 
 adjourns. 
 
 110. During the Recess of Parliament, the Library shall be open 
 every day in each week, Sundays and Holidays excepted, from tho 
 hour of ten in the morning until four in the afternoon, and access to 
 tho Library shall be permitted to persons introduced by a Member of 
 the Legislature, or admitted, at the discretion of the Clerk or Librarian, 
 subject to such regulations as may be deemed necessary for the 
 security and preservation of the collection. 
 
 111. During the Recess of Parliament, no Member of the House 
 shall be at liberty to borrow, or to have in his possession at any one 
 time, more than three works from the Library, or to retain the same 
 for a longer period than one month. No books of reference, or books 
 of special cost or value, may be removed from the Seat of Government 
 luider any circumstances. 
 
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146 
 
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 112. At the first meeting of the Library Committee, in each Session 
 of Purliament, the Librarian shall report a list of Bcoks absent at the 
 commencement of the Session, specifying the names of any persons 
 who have retained the same, in contravention of any of the foregoing 
 rules. 
 
 Unprovided Cases, 
 
 113. In all unprovided capes, the Rules, Usages and Forms of the 
 House of Comnjons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
 hmd, as in force at the time, shall be followed, 
 
 114. The Votes and Proceedings of this House shall be printed, hav- 
 ing been first perused by the Speaker, and he shall appoint the print- 
 ing ihereof, an<l no person but such as L ■ shall appoint shall presume 
 to print the same. 
 
 114 ((»). If anything shall come in (juestiou touching the Return or 
 Election of any Member, he is to withdraw during the 'ime the matter 
 is in debate, and all Members returned upon double Returns are tn 
 withdraw until Jieir Returns are determined. 
 
 115. If it shall appear that any persrm h.'ith been elected or returned 
 a Member of this House, or endeavoured so to be, by bribery, or any 
 other corrupt practices, this House will proceed with the utmost 
 severity against all such persons as shall have been wilfully concerned 
 in such bribery or corrupt practices. 
 
 116. The ofter of any money or other advantige to any Member of 
 this House, for the promoting of any matter whatsoever depending or 
 to be transacted in Parliament, is a high crime and misdemeanor, and 
 tends to the subversion of the Constitution. 
 
 [fli 
 
ih Session 
 lent at the 
 iiy persons 
 5 foregoing 
 
 IISTDDESZ TO PtXJLES, ETC. 
 
 rma of the 
 in and Ire- 
 
 •inted, hav- 
 b the print- 
 ill presume 
 
 e Return or 
 ) the matter 
 turns are to 
 
 or returned 
 
 bery, or ai>y 
 
 the utmost 
 
 ly concerned 
 
 Member of 
 lopontling or 
 lueanor, and 
 
 Abse')ice of Members. Not permitted without leave, Rule 18. 
 
 Adjou nment of the House. On Friday, Rule 1 — For want of a 
 quorum. 1 — Without disposing of Orders, 25 — Or of Motion under 
 discussion, 25, 27 — Yeas and Nays not to be entered on Questions of 
 adjournment, 88. 
 
 Adjournment of the House, or Debate. Motions for, always in order, 
 
 Rule 30. May be niatle without giving N(<tice, 31. 
 
 « 
 
 Agreements. Bills for confirming, Rule 59. 
 
 Ai<l and Snpphj, See SuppJ,;. 
 
 A)iu'ii<htinits to Fririite JilJls. Notice to be given of any important 
 amendment projjosed in Committees, or at Third Readi'ig, Rules U5, 
 72. 
 
 Anuudl Beports to Legislature. List of, to be prepared bj' the Clerk 
 Rule 102. . 
 
 Appointments to Office. Rules relative to, 97, 98. 
 
 Bills : . 
 
 Precedence in daily Routine, regulated, Rules 19-23 — Rules as to 
 introduction of, and proceedings upon, 40-50. 
 
 See also Private Bills. 
 
 Briberi/ Practices. Rule IIG. 
 
 Business of the Ho\ise. Ordinary daily Routine, Rule 19 — How dis- 
 posed of, 20-28. 
 
 Canal Bills : 
 
 Require Special Notice, Rule 55. 
 
 Castinij Vote. To be given by the Speaker on an equal division, 
 Rule 9 — By the Chairman, in Private Bill Comm'ttoea, 67. 
 
 Chairman of Comviittees. Permanent Chairman of Committees of the 
 Whole House to be appointed each Session, lUile 79. 
 
 Clerk of Tuk House : 
 
 To cei'tify readings of Bills, Rule 40 — To publish Rules r .specting 
 applications for Private Bills, before every Session, 52 — to set up lists 
 of Committees appointed, 78 — To pay Witnesses before Select Com- 
 mittees, H() — His re8|)(msibility and jurisdiction, 100 — Certain duties 
 required of him, 98,101, 102. 
 
 X 
 
 " liii 
 
 31 
 
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 M 
 
 m 
 
 § 
 
 148 
 
 Clerls mid St'rranfs. See Ofurrn and Sorants oj the House. 
 
 Commitmoit, Motioii of. Precludes amendment of Main Question, 
 Rule 3(). 
 
 Committ cs of tlie Whole IJovxe. How formed and regulated, Rule 
 79, 82— Peruiiinent Chairman to bo appointed, 7t> — <)n Bills reported 
 from Select Conm.ittees, 22 — Procoedin>,8 in Committee on Bills, 
 48, 72 — Froceedings on Report, 49 — Several Bills may be referred 
 to the same Committee, Kulo 82. 
 
 Comwitteen, Select. How aj)i)ointed, Eule 83 — Quorum, 84 — Reports 
 from, Sit — Payment of Witnesses, 80 —Lists of Connnittees to be 
 hung u]), 78. 
 
 Committees {Stand i)i<i) on Primte Bills and, Standhuj Orders. Their 
 duties. Rules 50, fit) (a), 56 (/»), r)6(<'), 67, 61-71, 86— Must report on 
 every Bill referred, 69. 
 
 Committees {Stand iiKi). May be appointed after Addrens is proposed, 
 
 8C(a). 
 
 Debates : 
 
 Rules regulating, 9-15 — No Member to speak twice except in certain 
 cases, 16 — To cease after Members are called in for Division, 87. 
 
 Divisions. Eules concerning, 87, 88. 
 
 Ihuble Bet urns. Members returned upon Double Returns to with- 
 draw till their Elections are determined. Rule 116. 
 
 Dropju'd Orders of the Dai/. How disposed of. Pule 24. 
 
 Elections. A Member to withdraw during the discussion of any ques- 
 tion touching his election, Rule 114 {a). 
 
 Einployi's. See Officers and Servants of the House. 
 
 Estate Bills. Proceedings thereon before the Commissioners of Estate 
 Bills, Rules 62, 63. 
 
 Eve)tinq Sittings .>/ The Honse. Pule 2. 
 
 Extra Clerks, Employment of. Rules 96, 98, 
 
 Fee to the Sergeant. For custody of Strangers, Rule 104. 
 
 Fee on Private Bill.^. Payment thereof. Pules 53, 60. 
 
 First Beading of Bills. Questions for, to be decided without amend- 
 ment or debate, Pule 42. 
 
 Oovernment Orders. To have precedence on certain days, Rules, 19, 
 20, 23. 
 
 Govermor-Genbral : 
 
 No Member to speak disrespectfully of, Eule 13. 
 
Question, 
 
 ted, Rule 
 
 B reported 
 
 on Bills, 
 
 3 referred 
 
 — Reports 
 Lees to be 
 
 IS. Their 
 t report on 
 
 proposed, 
 
 t in certain 
 n, 87. 
 
 ns to with- 
 
 I any (jaes- 
 
 rs of Estate 
 
 Ut amend- 
 Rules, 19, 
 
 1^9 
 
 Houtic (}f (lommons of Gmif Britain. Rules of, to be followed, in 
 unprovided caies, Kule 113. 
 
 Journal, Mdtters to he upecially entured therein. Names of Members 
 proHent at adjournment for wunt of a <|uorutn, Rule a - I eaaon given 
 by The Sj)eaker on a ( asting Vote, 9 — Yeus and Nays ujmn a 
 Division (not being upon a (juestion of adjournment), when 
 denmnded by five Members, 88. 
 
 Law CUtvk. His duties. Rule 50. 
 
 Letter.'* Patent. Bills for confirming. Rule 59. 
 
 LihrariiDi. His duties and responsibility. Rules 106-112. 
 
 Library of Parliament. Regulation of, during Session, Rules lOu-112, 
 
 Lientenitnt-Gorernor. No Member to speak disreapectfully (A, Rule 
 13 — A copy of the Journal to ho sent to him daily, 39 — T(> originate, 
 by Viossage, all supply votes, i)ago 32 — To have access t(j the 
 Library, Rule 107. 
 
 Mcetimj (if the Honne. At three o'clock p.m. each sitting <lay, Rule 
 1 — Evening Sittings, 2 — Motions respecting, miy be made without 
 Notice, 32. 
 
 Mkmbeh.s : 
 
 To remain seated (upon adjournment) until Speaker retires, '!ule 3 
 — Rules and Order in Debate, 10-15 — Not to retlect on any Vote of 
 the House, Rule 13 — Not to speak twice to a Question, 15 — A Reply 
 callowed in certain cases. Rule 15 — Not to vote if pecuniarily interested, 
 10 — To preserve decorum in the House, 17 — Mot to be absent without 
 leave, IH — Ansiverable for propriety of Petitions, 89, 90 — Po endorse 
 Petitions, and not debate them on presentation, 90 — I'rivileges with 
 respect to the I ibrary, 1U7- 111. 
 
 To withdraw if the. r Pllecti ns be discussed, or f returned upon 
 double returns, 114 {a) — Bribery practices to be severely ))unished, 
 113 — Ami the offer of Money, etc., to a Member, IK). 
 
 MciSseitiier.H. See Ojficer.s and Serviud.'i of the House. 
 
 Motions and Questions. Rules concerning. 28-37. 
 
 Notices of Motion. Undisposed of at adjournment of the House, 
 Rule 26 27 — Mode of giving Notices, 81 — Dispensed with, by unani- 
 mous consent, 32. 
 
 Notices of Privatv Bills Rules relative thereto to be published. Rule 
 53 — Forms to be observed in intended api)lications for I'rivate Bills, 
 53-55 —Committee on Standing Orders to report thereon, without 
 special reference, 56 — If Bills contain provisions not contemplated 
 in Notice, Committee thereon is t) call the attention of the House 
 thereto, 68. 
 
 Notice of Sitting of Committee on anij Prirnte Bill. To be afhxed 
 in the Lobby and appended to the Votes, Rule (54 — No Motion for 
 a general suspension of such Notice to be entertained except after 
 Report by Committee, 64. 
 
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 150 
 
 Pl 
 
 Offoisive Words. Against the Queon, or Boyal Family, or the 
 Governor, or either House, or any Member, not permitted. Rule 13. 
 
 Offickb8 and Servants of the House : 
 
 Hours of attendance. Rule 96 — Vacancies among, how filled, 97 — 
 New appointments, how made, 98 — To finish the work of the Session, 
 99 — Authority of the Clerk in respect of, 9H-100 — To have access to 
 the Library, 107 — Messongei's, etc., under the control of the Sergeant- 
 at-Arnis, 103— Travelling expenses not to be allowed to e.nployea, 106. 
 
 Ordkr : 
 
 In Adjournments of the House, Rule 3 — To be preserved by Mr. 
 Speaker, 8 — Points of Order to be decided by Mr. Speaker, with an 
 appeal to The House, ib — In debate, 12 — In the House, 17 — In Com- 
 mittee of the Whole House, 79-91. 
 
 Orders of the Day : 
 
 Precedence thereon regulated, Rules 19-"28 — Undisposed of at 
 adjournment of the House, 25, 26 — Questions superseded by Motion 
 to read Orders of the Day, 2S — To be placed on Speaker's Table every 
 morning 101. 
 
 Parliamentatii Agoitx. — Kules respecting, 76, 77. 
 
 Pecuniary Interest. No Member having a pecuniary interest in any 
 (question miy vote thereon, Rule 16. 
 
 Personal Advantaifc offered to Menibers. Rule 116. 
 
 Petitions. Presentation and Reception of, Rules 88-92 — May be either 
 written or printed, 90 — If complaining of present personal grievance, 
 may be immediately discussed, 92 — Cannot be received if praying 
 for grant or charge on Revenue, 91. 
 
 Petitions for Prirati' Bills. — Rules concerning. 51-56— To be con- 
 sidered by Committee on Standing Orders without s])ecial refere je, 
 56. 
 
 Previous Question. Rule 35. 
 
 Pri)ttin(i. Of Bills, Rules 43, 44 — Of other documents, to be sanctioned 
 by Printing Committee, 9>. 
 
 Private Bills. Rules concerning, 51-75. 
 
 Private Bill Register. Rule 74. 
 
 Private Bill ; 
 
 Privilege. Questions of, having precedence. Rule 38. 
 
 Queen, Her Majesty the 
 
 No Member to speak disrespectfully of, Rule 18. 
 
i^, or the 
 Rule 13. 
 
 lied, 97— 
 3 Session, 
 access to 
 Sergeant- 
 oyea, 106. 
 
 d by Mr. 
 , with an 
 —In Com- 
 
 led of at 
 )y Motion 
 *ble every 
 
 ist ill any 
 
 be either 
 
 grievance, 
 
 praying 
 
 be con- 
 refere je, 
 
 motioned 
 
 161 
 
 QlESTIONS : 
 
 Members not to speak beside the Question, Rule 13— \fay be read 
 when roiiuired, 14 — Superseded by Motion to read the Orders of the 
 Day, 28— Questions and Motions, Rules concerning, 30-37. 
 
 Qxiedions put bij Members. Rule as to Questions to Ministers of the 
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 APPENDIX. 
 
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 ^ulo 13. 
 
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 THE MACE AND ITS USE. 
 
 BV CHARLES CLAHKK, M.P.P., SPBAKRR OP TIIR ONTARIO LEGISLATURE. 
 ^07/1 Canadian Monthhi, August, 1S81. 
 
 " Who is He ?" " What is It?'' Such are the ((ueriea which flash thron(?h the 
 mind^ of thousandn who h)ok, for the first tinin, with cnrio^ity ratlier than 
 with awe, upon the Serjeant at- Arms and his Mace, in the Dominion House 
 of Commons and the Ontario Lefifisiative Assembly. They see a remnant of 
 med uvalism borne by a distinguished looking personage in solemn black and 
 irreproachable white tie, wearing a dress sword and lavender gloves, an odd 
 croos between the Past and t,h" ('resent, and supposed, in some unaccountable 
 manner, to T-rm a link between the throne and the people, and wond'T what 
 it all mean;*, whence the custom came, and why it is kept u|). That the 
 serj 'an", is a 'onstable of a higher order than that of the ordinary tipstafi; 
 that his mace is i. us rather unwieldy and n'>t very formidable bidge of office ; 
 that he appears to be on good terms with himself and everybo(iy else, and 
 especially with himself ; that he ])ossesses enoruious pnwnrs in going where 
 and doing what, cm the floor of the House, his fancy dictates; and that his 
 position is a very enviable one, are the thoughts passing through the mind of 
 every stranger in the gallery, i)artly wrong and i)irtly jight, but natural under 
 the circumstances, as the impressions of sight-seers frequently are. To give a 
 more definite idea of the mace an 1 its uses, rather than that of its custodian 
 and bearer, is the object of the writer, and in doing this he will make only 
 such ])assing references to the aerjeant and his duties, as may be necessary to 
 the ehicidation of his subject. 
 
 The origin of the mace is an antiquarian enigma. That it was originally 
 more than an emblem of power is undoubted Like the sceptre, which to a 
 certain extent it displaces, and of which it is now a representative, it was 
 employed as a weai)on in its early history, and may have had an Oriental birth- 
 place. Both found their prototypes in a more humble symbol of authority. 
 The sculptures at Perseopolis represent a Persian monarch carrying a wooden 
 staff, nearly the height of a man, studded with gold nails. At the i)eriod of 
 the date of the Sabines, kings, as an ensign of their dignity, bore a long staff 
 — the skcptron of the Greeks. The Hebrew word shvvct is variously translated 
 as "rod," "staff,"' "sceptre." Homer tells how kings employee! their scep- 
 tres in the infliction of punishment. The rod, or staff, used originally as a 
 means of coercion and engine of power, was then borne as a token of superi- 
 ority, and ultimately came to be regarded as an emblem of royalty. It was 
 viewed with superstitious reverence, was sacred and ho'y in the eyes of the 
 multitude, and none was bo solemnly bound as he who touched it while taking 
 an oath Jove swore as frequently by his sceptre as by heaven or the river 
 Styx. Hebrew poetry abounds in allusions to " the strong rods," the sceptres 
 of them that rule. To break or rule with a rod of iron was synonymous, in 
 ancient times, with a rough exercise of earthly or heavenly power. The staff 
 of Jacob, the rod of Moses, the divining rods of the magicians were but mate- 
 rial representatives of more than ordinary control over men and thing-, and 
 were viewed by mankind with a faith inspired by dread. The bisho])'^ crook 
 of to-day is a surviving: relic of the ancient rod, but has lost the iJotency of 
 its predecessor. The baton of the marshal, of the musical conductor, of the 
 fugleman, of the drum-major, of the policeman, of the village constable, are 
 symbols, more or less humble, of auth )rity, and as significant— in their way — 
 of power, as the jewelled sceptre of the proudest monarch, the blacktl.'orn 
 shillelagh of Brian Bjru, or the upraised umbrella of King Coffee himself. 
 They had, like the sceptre or the mace, their original in the Israelitish rod or 
 
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 its predecessor, and are as sif^nificant of that control which produce< order, and 
 t<4ll of that power behind the throne which inHistd upon and ia able to enforce 
 obedience. 
 
 The mice (from ma8««e or masse, a, club) was a favorite weapon of the 
 Middle Ages, aasuming varioai forms, as the fancy of the workman or owner 
 Buraested, It was described by several writers as the successor of the haston 
 of the eleventh century, which was an iron-tipped &tatf or simply a wooden 
 bludgeon or knotted club, as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, and represented 
 there as being carried by William, Duke of Normandy, and Odo, Bishop of 
 Bayeux. Scandinavia, in its knotted clubs, may have furnished the model 
 after which they were formed, and thus, the most valiant of the cons of Odin, 
 with his huge hammer, may have been the first mace-bearer. That it was a 
 favorite ecclesiastical weapon is undoubted, and, it is to be hoped, was used 
 exclusively for de'ensive purposes, although Planche tells that it was employed 
 by pugnacious prelates, who thereby evaded the denunciation which d( clares that 
 "all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword." The biston was 
 speedily superseded by maces made of iron, bronze or lead, which, when of the 
 latter material, were known as /ihmihcrsor plomiiies, and were used for the pur- 
 
 i»ose of breaking the armour of an opponent. In the valuable collection of Mr. 
 ^ohn Notman, (^ueenV I'rinter of Ontario, may be seen a well preserved speci- 
 men of one of the varieties of the weapon favored by our quarrelsome fore- 
 fathers, although it is certainly of later date than the eleventh century, and 
 belongs to the family of flails, morning stars or hoiy-water sjirinklt-rs, as they 
 were ([iiaintiy termed, rather than that of the mace proper. It is made en- 
 tirely of iron, with a handle fashioned somewhat like a whip-stock, twenty 
 inches in length, with a circumference of three inches at one end, tapering to 
 two and a half inches at the other. At the large end is an ornamental bulb, 
 sufficiently large to be grasped by the hand wielding the weapon, and at the 
 other is a chain, seven inches in length, to which is attached a solid ball, five- 
 anda-haF inches in circumference. Upon this ball are nine solid spikes, each 
 of which is half an inch long, with a width of hveeighths of an inch at its 
 base. Each spike has four equal sides, coming gradually to a point. This 
 weapon, weighing about four pounds, was hung to the saddle-bow, ready to be 
 u«ed at close quarters, and, in a powerful hand, could be employed with 
 deadly effect even upon an armoured antagonist. The entire handle is covered, 
 in relievo, with spiral coluiims of figures, amongst which are those of several 
 warriors in martial costume and accoutrements. This interesting relic of a 
 past age is w(jrthy of inspection. 
 
 In the romance of " Richard C(eur de Lion," maces are described as made 
 of steel or brass, while Guiart and Froissart speak of them as of lead. With 
 the varying material were varying forms, s >me carrying spherical heads, and 
 others being decorated, while a smaller kind was used, termed "massuelle," 
 and still another, "quadrell," which had four lateral projections, forming a 
 rude representation of the leaves of a flower. These were such convenient 
 weapons that they were employed in great numbers by all classes, and the 
 abuses springing ther-'from led to the issue of a Proclamation, in the reign of 
 Edward III., forbidding their use by the citizens of London, and they became 
 unlawful, as is the revolver to-day in this community. The mace was often 
 employed in tournaments and jousts of peace, and Chaucer, in the " Knight's 
 Tale," tells how 
 
 " Soni wol lien armed on his IPKKes wele, 
 And have an axe, and som a mace of stele." 
 
 But for the friendly trials of skill the weapon was of wood, with a hilt fash- 
 ioned like that (-f a sword. Shakespeare, too, alludes to this common weapon, 
 when in Julius Cirsar he says : " Lay'st thou thy leaden mace upon my boy?" 
 It was not, in fact, until the early part of the sixteenth century, when pistols 
 became a weapon, that the mace ceased to be employed on the battle field. 
 
 In the reign of Hichard I., military serjeants-at-arms were more exten- 
 sively employed than in later reigns, and carried a barbed javelin, known as a 
 pheon, and their special duties were to act as a body-guard to the king. The 
 pheon borne by them became a chargp in heraldry, and is still known as the 
 royal mark, bt-ing commonly called " the broad R," a corruption of the broad 
 "arrow." By Statute 13 Richard II., c 6, the serjeants-at arms were linii- 
 
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 order, and 
 to enforce 
 
 ion of the 
 1 or owner 
 
 the haston 
 f a wooden 
 •epresented 
 
 Bishop of 
 
 the model 
 18 of Odin, 
 at it was a 
 , was used 
 ,8 employed 
 tcl ares that 
 biston was 
 when of the 
 for the pur- 
 ction of Mr. 
 erved speci- 
 elsome fore- 
 entury, and 
 f-rs, as they 
 M made en- 
 ock, twenty 
 
 tapering to 
 mental bulb, 
 I, and at the 
 id ball, five- 
 spikes, each 
 ,n inch at its 
 point. This 
 , ready to be 
 ployed with 
 is covered, 
 se of several 
 ig relic of a 
 
 bed as made 
 ad. With 
 heads, and 
 massuelle," 
 forming a 
 convenient 
 ses, and the 
 the reign of 
 they became 
 ce was often 
 e " Knight's 
 
 a hilt fash- 
 non weapon, 
 in my boy ?" 
 when pistols 
 tie field, 
 more exten- 
 known as a 
 king. The 
 nown as the 
 of the broad 
 ns were limi- 
 
 ted to thirty, their office being to attend the person of the king, to arrest 
 offenders, and to serve the Lord High Steward when sitting in judgment ujwn 
 a peer of the realm. Serjeants-at-arnm existed in France as in England, and 
 it is probable that the office originated there. In both countries maces were 
 the weapons carried by these otticials. Two slabn in the Church of Culturt^, 
 Sainte Catherine, Paris, and which were destroyed during the reign of Louis 
 XIV., ropres* nted two Herjeant8-at-<»rm8 in armour, and two in civil cofltnme, 
 each bearing » mace of silver, richly ornamented, and enamelled with Jlciits- 
 de-lya. It is interesting to note that this church was founded by Louis IX. 
 (St. Louis), at the prayer of certain serjeantH-at-arms, in commemoration of 
 their successful defence of a bridge at the Battle of the Bovines, A.D. 1214. 
 The illuminations of the 13th and 14th centuries abound in illustrations of 
 Berjeants-at-armH, some of whom are in military dreps of armour, and others 
 in civilian attire, but all of whom bear maces ; and we learn tliat in 1414, by 
 an ordinance of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, at the Siege of Caen, the maces 
 of the then serjeants-at-arms are described as of silver— a strrng proof of the 
 hiph position held at that period by the royal body-guard. In an illumination 
 still preserved and leproduced in Plancheb work on Costumes, we find 
 depicted the presentation of a book by John Talbot to Henry IV. and his 
 Queen, and in this is to be seen the earlif?Ht known example of a mace sur- 
 mounted by a crown, as are the maces of gentlemen-at-arms at the present 
 day, when these officers no longer act as a military body-guard, but as attend- 
 ants on the royal person. That inaces wore employed as emblems of royal 
 authority, not only in Parliament, but in civic corporations previous to the 
 time of Richard If., is evidenced by the fact that,in 1344, under Edward III., 
 the Commons prayed the King that none within cities and boroughs should 
 bear maces of silver except the King's Serjeants, but should have them of cop- 
 per and no other metal ; but, in 1354, the King granted to the Mayor and 
 Sheriffs of London and Middlesex h'berty to cause maces of gold or silver to 
 be carried in the presence of the King, Queen, or children of the royal pair, 
 although the right to ufe a mace had been previou-nly possessfd by them. 
 Grants of maces by the King t3 favored cities were not uncommon, and from 
 an article in "The Anticpiary," from the pen of George Lambert, Esq., 
 F.S.A., to which the writer is indebted for much interesting information, we 
 learn that these marks of royal generosity were sufficiently numerous to arouse 
 the jealousy of the Commons. While the Parliament of Edward III. pro- 
 tested against the use of silver maces by the officers of cities and boroughs, 
 that of Richard II. i)etitioned that no serjeant of any town should be allowed 
 to carry his mace out of his own liberty, or township. But the boroughs were 
 rapidly gaining in importance and strength, and could not be so easily denied 
 or curtailed of ])rivileges ; and cifts of maces still continued to be exercised 
 and accepted as marks of royal favor or concession. In the fifth year of Henry 
 IV., permission was granted to the city of Noiwich to display a gold or silver, 
 or silver-gilt, mace in the royal jire-ience, and Henry V. gave to the guild of 
 St. George, in the same city, a wooden mace " with a dragon's head on the 
 top thereof." Similar grants of civic maces were made by other monarchs, 
 and Norwich, in these distributions, appears to have been specially fortunate. 
 Elizabeth, in 1578, presented it with a mace, and James I., in \i\Qf), permitted 
 it to have two Serjeants to carry two maces of silver, and gilt with gold, bear- 
 ing the King's arms. After the Restoration, when the plebeian had wrested 
 from royalty and nobility a much larger share of power than he had previ- 
 ously possessed, and become an object of fear -is well as of respect, a thing to 
 be cajoled and conciliated, the riirht to use the mace by civic corporations 
 became almost a matter of course, although still derived from the Crown. The 
 right was almostly lavishly extended, and maces were frequently a graceful 
 gift from wealthy commoners to their fellow-citizens. The whole of these 
 were now surmounted by the crown, and the free use of this emblem came to 
 be regarded as not only a proof of the loyalty of the authorities to the newly- 
 restored regime, but as a rebuke to the Puritanical hatred of symbols which 
 had prevailed in Cromwellian day*-,. But the whole of the maces were not of 
 the costly metals. In Llandiloes, Wales, there was one of lead, and at Lang- 
 harr.e two still exist of wood. Nor was the shape, with which we are familiar, 
 invariably observed. Two at Fowey, were made representative of the local- 
 
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 ity, by being faHhioiunl in the funn of a pair of oiirH. And utility was con- 
 sulted an well an app< . ranee at tiinen. The crown of the mace wan hq con- 
 structed aH to uiiHcrew from the bulb at the top of the Hhaft, which thus 
 became the loving cup, reparded as a necesHary p irtion of the pirapliernalia 
 IxTtaining to the proper civic representati'iU of our bibulous anceHtor«. Many 
 of these loving cupH, uh %n adjunct of the mace, ntill exist, and at corporation 
 banquet*, when aldtrnianic h(is|>italitv in in full How, are passed from guest to 
 guest until their generous contents have been absorlMul. C^f the numerous 
 specimens of thii» old-fasiiioned mace, probably one of th" f.nest is to be found 
 in the ancient city of Lincoln, in Kngland, and a bnet description of it will 
 give a fair idea of the best class of thene relics of "the good old times." It 
 cannot boast the ancient origin claimed by others, dating back, as it does, only 
 to the days of the Meny Monarch, but in ipiality of workmanship it has 
 probably few superiors. It is of silver gilt, about four feet in lenerth, with a 
 head formed in the manner alreatly described, and cariies an open regal crown, 
 surmounted by cross antl orb. The portion l)eIo'.v the crown is divided into 
 four compartmeiit^ by draped forms wearing mural crowns. Each of these 
 compaitmentf contains a crown below the initials C. li., surmounting respec- 
 tively a rose, a thistle, a harp, a. Jlrur-df.-li/n The stem is beautifully chased 
 with roses and thistles, and is v^ken by knobs, while the connection of the 
 head and stem is covered by very elegant spiral branches. The object of this 
 paper is to deal rather with the Parliamentary than the Civic Mace, however, 
 and we must ]>ass on to that branch of the 8ui)ject. 
 
 Such authorities as the writer has been able to consult are silent as to the 
 early use of a mace by the Pailiamentary Serjeant alarms, and the fir-»t 
 appointment of that functiouiiry himself a|)|)ears to be lost in the same mists 
 of anticpiity as those which have enveloped the tir^t nomination of a presiding 
 oHicer m th" House (f C munons. Although the otticial discharge of the 
 duties of ."Speaker nmst have existed long antecedent to the recorded appoint- 
 ment of sut^h a jif^isonat'e, we find no mention of him until the title became 
 settled in 1377, when, in the ti;st year of the reign of Richard II., the House 
 of Commons elected Sir Thomas Hnngerford to that position. As we have 
 seen, as early as 1314, the House of ConimonH h d rrotested against the bear- 
 ing of maceM of silver bv civic aiith ritn^s as an infrinE:em»'nt of its own digni- 
 ties, thus incontestibly t);oving that ihe mace was in u-ie in its Chiniber, and 
 theie is amjile lav of thir, serje-antH-at aims attend'^d the Lords and Commons 
 in 1388. StuVibstays that the existence of ihe oftic* s of the Clerk and Ser- 
 jeant, from an early date, is shown "by occasional mention in the rolls, but 
 the develojnnent of their functions, and all matters of constitutional imi)or- 
 taiice coni-ected with th(un, are of later grjwth." In the Journal of Sir 
 Simonds l>'Ewes we find a graphic descrijition of the election of Speaker in 
 1563, in th^' reign of Eliz.abeth, and here we have one of the first illustrations 
 of the use to which the mace was jnit. He tells us that, after Sir Th 'mas 
 Gargreve had ^)e^n allowed and confirmed as Speaker by Ht-r Maj^^stv, he 
 "departed with the other Members of the Hon- e of Commons unto th-^ir own 
 House, the Serjeant of the same carrying the mace all the way before the said 
 Speaker, which was in like sort borne before him fluring this Parliament, both 
 when he repaired to and dejiarted from the said H.)nse." Th i same authority 
 declares " the custom to be on the election of vSpeaker, that the mace is' not 
 carried before him until his return from the Upper House, being presented to 
 the King and allowed of." These bare references, in the absence of such a 
 store of Parliamentary record a« is to be f^un i in the English archives, are all 
 that the writer has been able to find relating to the employment of the mace 
 before the days when Cromwell, the Lord Protector, on the m^^morable 10th 
 April, 165!^, ordered its riMuoval from the Hcmse, exclaiming^ " Take away 
 that bauble? Ye are no longer a Parliament. The Ijord has done with you. 
 He has chosen other instruments for carrying on his work." But while the 
 early history of w hat Homersham Coxe ao eloquently described as " the 
 ancient symbol of the authority of the Commons— that venerable 'bauble' 
 which is associated with so many eventful passages of English history — which 
 was never yet insulted with impunity, but when liberty received a wound," is 
 so defective, there is abundant material from which to gather a lucid descrip- 
 tion of its uses. 
 
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 ity waH con- 
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 which thus 
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 t corporation 
 from guest to 
 tie numerous 
 R to be found 
 ion of it will 
 i times." It 
 ) it does, only 
 innhip it has 
 'UKth, with a 
 1 re^al crown, 
 ^ divided into 
 Kach of these 
 ntinsr reHpec- 
 tifuUy chased 
 lection of the 
 object of this 
 ace, however, 
 
 ilpnt as to the 
 and the tir^^t 
 ;ie same mists 
 )f a presiding 
 ijharpe of the 
 irded appoint- 
 e title became 
 I., the House 
 As we have 
 Must the bear- 
 8 own di(?ni- 
 nmber, and 
 nd Comnions 
 rk and Ser- 
 1(3 vo\U, but 
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 urnal of Sir 
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 illustrations 
 Sir Th -mas 
 Maj-'stv, he 
 I) th^'ir own 
 ore the said 
 iament, both 
 ine authority 
 mace is' not 
 presented to 
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 of the mace 
 trable 10th 
 Take away 
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 In England— and a similar practice prevaiU in such of her dependencies 
 as use the mace -when a new House has been elected and (iroceeds, on its first 
 meeting, to the selection of a Speaker, the mace is placed under the table «'f the 
 HoUHe until a choice lias been made ; when the newly elected Speaker takes 
 the chair it is placed uiK)n and across the tabl<>, where it alway« remains while 
 he occupies his seat. Until the Spet»lcer-elect has been presented to the Sov- 
 ereign or his representative for acceptance, he leaves the House, at adjourn- 
 ment, without the mace before him. The House frecpiently susjiends its 
 sittings, but without adjournment, and the mace remains upon the table, and, 
 on the Speaker returning, business is gone (m with as if no interruption had 
 occurred. When the Speaker leaves the chair, upon the House going into 
 Committee of the Whole, the mace is removed from the table and placed under 
 it, being returned to its old positicm upon his re,^umpti(m of the chair. When 
 the Sjieaker enters or leaves the House at its adjournment, the mace is borne 
 before him, remains with him until the next sitting, and acconipanit^s him 
 upon all State occasions, "in which he shall always appear in his gown." 
 May tells us, that " in earlier times it was not the custom to prepare a f or - 
 mal warrant for e.\ecuting the orders of the House of Commons, but the Ser- 
 jeant arrested persons with the mace, without any written authority, and at 
 the present day he takes strangers into custody who intrude themselves into 
 the House, or otherwise misconduct themselves, in virtue of the general orders 
 of the House and without any specific instruction," and the Speaker, accom- 
 panied by the mace, has similar pcjwers. We learn, from May again, that 
 " when a witness is in the custody of the serjeant at-arms, or is lirought from 
 a prison in custody, it is the usual, but not the constant, practice for the Ser- 
 jeant to stand with the mace at the bar. When the mace is on the Serjeant's 
 shoulder, the Speaker has the sole management : and no member may speak 
 or evfcii .-iuggest (juesti'Mis to the Chair." To obviate this difficulty, it is now 
 customary to place the mace upon the table when a witness is at the tiar, so 
 that any member may propose a (juestion to him through the Speaker. Hatsell 
 says, that " fnmi the earliest acc;)unt of Peers being admitted into the House 
 of Commons, the mode of receiving them seems to have been very much the 
 same as it is at present ; that is, that they were attended from the door by the 
 Serjeant and the mace, making three obeisances to the House ; that they 
 had a chair set for them within the bar, on the left hand as they enter, in 
 which they cat down covered ; and if they had anything to deliver to the 
 House, they stood up and spoke micovered, the serjeant standing by them all 
 the time with the mace ; and that they withdraw making the same obeisance 
 to the He use, and the serjeant with the mace accompanying them to the door." 
 No member is at any time allowed to pass between the Chair and the table, or 
 between the Chair and the mace when it is taken off the table by the serjeant. 
 It is employed, too, t(j enforce attendance of Committeemen, sitting on special 
 or other committees, at times wh.en the Speaker finds it impossible to otherwise 
 make a H(juse at the hour for the commencement of the day's session. The 
 appearance of the serjeant with the mace dissolves any committee then sitting, 
 and, to avoid this catastrophe, it is usual to send a messenger in advance to 
 announce his advent, and so give the committee time to adjourn. 
 
 Some disagreement exists among the authorities as to the history of the 
 mace now in use in the British House of Commons. Hatsell asserts that 
 it was made for Charles I. ; May says that, after the death of Charles I., a 
 new mace was procured, which was taken away by Cromwell's order, 19th 
 April, 135.3, restored on the 8th of .July of the same year, and continued in 
 use until the present time ; and others contend that the mace now belonging 
 to and preserved by the College of Physicians is the veritable "baijble. " It 
 may be added that, for safe keeping, it is placed during the period of proroga- 
 tion, in the Jewel Office, so that similar obscurity as to its future history in 
 not likely to prevail. 
 
 Of the early history of the mace in Upper Canada, we have undoubted 
 proof, in the present existence of that first so employed. It is in appearance 
 as primitive as was the Parliament which assembled at the call of Governor 
 Simcoe, at Niagara, on the 17th September, 1792. That was the day of econ- 
 omy and simplicity, and the wooden mace, painted red and gilt, was in keep- 
 ing with that small assemblage of sturdy backwoodsmen clad in homespun 
 
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 grfy, lens in ni»iil>er tlian the sinalteMt County Conncil of 1881, who met to 
 enact lawn providing for the few wantsof ayoung |>eo[>lH. It in nrobablf* that 
 it Rraced tlie legiHlative hall at Niaerara, although thern iH no piHitivo evidence 
 to that t^ffect. It wiii certainly used after th(* r-rnoval of tlie Upper ('anada 
 Parliament to York, for, on the 27th April, 181;^, when the United .States 
 forceH attacked the Heat of government and captured it, they destroyed the 
 public buildingM of the embryo city of Toronto, burnt the Parliament Houne, 
 and carried off nundry trophien of their vic'ory. Amongst these was the mace 
 used in the Assembly. Commodore Ch;uincey, the commander of the suc- 
 ce^Hful ex|)edition, forwarded it with oth r spoilh of war to the Secretary of 
 the Ifnited States Navy, and it iH still to bu seen, with a liritish Standard, 
 captured at the same time, in the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, 
 Maryland, in an excellent state of preservatinu The Hon. Vv. H. Hunt, 
 Secretary "^ the Navy, at the recjueit of the writer, rt-cently directed Kear- 
 Admiral George 1*. Halcli, Superintendent of the Academy, to prepare a full 
 description of the trojihy, and, as a re'<ult, photographs of it have been taken, 
 and an elaborate account of it forwarded, which, as it i^ of historical value, is 
 given at length. It is soinewh^i. technical in character, but possesses suffi- 
 cient interest for the general reader to warrant its reproduction in these pages 
 without abridgment. One photograph gives a full view of the mace, and others 
 of its crown or head, and of its base, and so convey an idea, not only of its 
 appearance, but of the care with which it has been preserved during its nearly 
 seventy years' sojourn in the United States. 
 
 "The mace is of some soft wood, perha|)8 pine or fir, and con^isti of a 
 staff, or !nid part, surmounted by a crowned head, and endinn; lielow in a foot 
 shod with an iron vern ' The length, from the m(»und on the crown to the 
 tip of the verrel, is 652 inches ; the staff is 342 inches in length ; the 
 head, neck and crown together are lU inches hmg, and the length of the foot, 
 including verrel, is \)\ inches. The staff .is taper from neck towards the foot ; 
 the neck between the staff and iiead, counting from the former, is moulded as 
 follows :— A cavetto, a fillet, a torus, a Scotia fillet, torus, Scotia fillet; the 
 head is circular, in horizontal section (the whole mace having been turned in 
 a lathe), and is shai)ed somewhat like a riHe projectile inverted, the point of 
 the projectile being supposed to be cut off. The crown is notably an imperfect 
 crown, not being heightened by the customary four crossed j)attes with the 
 four Jlcur.idr I i/s alternately interspersed ; the mound, also, is withiut bands, 
 and lacks the customary cross. Tlie crown consists of a regal circlet, enriched 
 on its lower and on its upper edge with an inverted border-line ; and midway 
 between the two border-lines are interspersed, in regular alternations, horizon- 
 tally, eight lozenjsfes, with eight pearls, the arrises of the lozenges being dis- 
 tinctly chamfered. The jewels are of wood, glued on — six of them only 
 remain. The lozenges lie horizontally as to their long axis ; the crown is duly 
 bonneted and duly arched twice ; the bonnet i« of wood, rudely carved and 
 painted red ; the arches embracing it are of thin sheet-brass, or copper, fast- 
 ened between the circlet and bonnet with small wedges of soft wood. The 
 intersection of the arches is marked by a mound without bands, the cro.s8 
 being absent as before mentioned. The lower end of the staff, next the foot, 
 is moled : counting from the staff, a cavetto, fillet, torus, fillet, cavetto. Then 
 follows the foot itself, oval in vertical sections, circular horizontally, the lower 
 end of the oval being, as it were, drawn out to a point, ctne, equal in length to 
 the oval itself, and shod, as before stated, with a verrel of iron. The staff, 
 just above the foot, has been broken diagonally across, the break running with 
 the grain of the wood, and the parts are now held together by two steel screws. 
 The discoloration of the surfaces of the fracture would seem to indicate that it 
 occurred many years since. The design of the mace is apparently unstudied, 
 and the workmanship is ordinary. The whole was originally gilded, except 
 the bonnet, which was painted red, as described above." 
 
 The reception of this elaborate description is but one of the many similar 
 courtesies experienced by the writer at the hands of various officials, in the 
 United States and Canada, while engaged in collecting materials for this 
 paper, and he cannot do otherwise than here express his nigh appreciation of 
 the readiness with which his queries have been replied to, and the great 
 trouble taken t<- furnish him with correct information. 
 
who met to 
 obabl^ that 
 vo evidence 
 per Canada 
 iit«d States 
 Htroved the 
 lent UouHe, 
 an the mace 
 of the Ruc- 
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 crown to the 
 lenffth ; the 
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 v(\» the foot ; 
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 an imperfect 
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 let, enriched 
 u)(i midway 
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 copper, fast- 
 wood. The 
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 in length to 
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 Of the mace used in Upper Canada, from the date of the canture of that 
 described, to the purchase of one for the Parliament of Canana, after the 
 uni(<n of the two Provinces, nothing has yet been ascertained, although many 
 have been communicated with who were thought to be likely to posHeBS some 
 knowledge of it. That it still exists is almost certain, and it is hoped that the 
 publication of tiiia paper will attract a more general attention to tlie subject, 
 that the missing link may yet be found, and that Ontario may have restored 
 to her, for public ])re8ervation, a relic of sue h great hi-torical interest. 
 
 After the Union of the Canadas, and when Sir Allan Macnab was 
 Sjjeaker, the Parliament ordered the purchase of a new mace, and one was 
 secured, in 1K45, at a cost of £500 sterling, which is described as a /on simile of 
 that in the English House of Commons. Tt is composed of silver richly gilded 
 and elaborately chased, with an entire length of five feet. The top, in the 
 •hape of acrown, is of open work, four pieces, and is surmounted by an orb 
 and cross. The encircling fillet below the crown bears lozenges and pearls. 
 The cup below this band is formed of four segments, each supported from 
 below by the demi-figure of a nude and armless woman. Each segment bears 
 a royal crown, with the letters V.R., and below them one has a rose, another 
 a thif>tle, the third a harp, and the fourth a Prince of Wales plume. An orna- 
 mented ring, repeated about the centre of the shaft, tlien follows. The shaft 
 is about thirty-two inches in length, the head eighteen and the foot nine 
 inches, and has a raised fillet running around it diagcmally from base to head, 
 while the space between the ppiral band is elaborately chased with roses, 
 thistles and leaves— probably of the shamrock. Tiie lower p rticm of the 
 same is divided into four segments, bearing the harp, the rose the thistle, and 
 plume, while the extreme base is smooth and polished. Just above it are 
 other segments, bearing tho floral emblems. 
 
 The history of this mace is a stirrinf; one. Three several times has it been 
 rescued from tne fiames. In 1849, at the time of the destruction of the Par- 
 liament Buildings in Montreal by an infuriated mob, it was forcibly seized 
 from G. K. Chisholm, Escj , the then Serjeant-at-Arms, who was knocked 
 down while defending it, and it would have been destroyed but for the inter- 
 cession of some more thoughtful of the rioters, who carried it off to the rooms 
 of Sir A. Macnab, at the Uonegana Hotel, whence it was returned next morn- 
 ing to its proper custodian, after suffering slight injury. In 18.'i4, when the 
 Parliament Buildings were destroyed by fire in Quebec, it was saved, as it was 
 once more, a few months later, when the Convent of St. John's Suburbs, of 
 that city, then in course of preparation for the meetings of the Legislature, 
 was consumed. At Confederation, it properly passed into the hands of the 
 Dominion Parliament, and is now used at its annual Ses.uons. 
 
 In the Province of Ontario, a new mac(; was procured by the Government 
 of the Hon. J. Sandfield Macdonald, for the opening of the first Parliament 
 after Confederation. It is much more modest 'u\ its appearance and value 
 than that of the Dominion, is made of copper and is highly gilded. It was 
 manufactured by Charles C. Zollicoffer, of Ottawa, at an expense of S200, and 
 bears some resemblance to the much more costly one belonging to the Domin- 
 ion Parliament. 
 
 At tho tinic of the Union of the Provinpes of Upper and Lower Canada, 
 in 1841, the mace of the House of Assembly oi Lower Canada was regarded 
 as more valuable than that of Upper Canada, and was used by the United 
 Parliament until the purchase of a new one, as described, in 1845. One 
 authority states that it was restored to Lower Canada at Confederation and is 
 used in the Quebec Assembly, while another asserts that the mace now there 
 was purchased in 1867. In the absence of more definite information, these 
 varying accounts are giver, for what they are worth. 
 
 In New Brunswick, no mace has ever been employed. Prior to the entry 
 of the Province into Confederation, the Serjeant-at-Arms wore a sword with 
 silver mounting, which since 1879 has been gilt. When receiving report of the 
 message to attend the Lieutenant-Governor, the Serjeant carries a staff, as a 
 substitute for the orthodox mace, doubtless, as he does whenever the Assembly 
 meets the Lieutenant-Governor. 
 
 In Manitoba, a mace of somewhat primitive form and s'oylo is used, but 
 it is probable that it will soon be superteded by a more iitting emblem of 
 authority. 
 
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 In the Province of Prince Edward Island, a mace ia not now and never 
 has been in exiHtence, and Nova Scotia, althonjfh following Rrit'sh forms in 
 other respects, has never adopted " the bauble ! " In British Columbia we 
 learn that the mace has been in use since Confederation. 
 
 Enciuiries addressed to officials in the thirteen orierinal United States, 
 have elicited some facts with reference to the use of the mace therein, which 
 are worthy of record. In Massachusetts, as might iiave been expected in a 
 colony settled largely by Puritans, w> evidence, after a careful search of the 
 archives, can be fuund of the adoption of the mace at any period of its history. 
 New Jersey and Georgia supply similar answers. From New Hampshire, 
 Gov. liell writes : "This State hegan life as a royal jmivince in 1680, on a 
 very limited scale, with an Assembly of about a dozen delegates. It probably 
 would have seemed idle to set up formalities in such a body, and the records 
 show that their proceedings were conducted with amusing simplicity ; and 
 probably at no time before the Revolution wa« there any occasic n for introducing 
 any formidable badge of authority." Tiie journals of the State afford no proof 
 that the mace was ever employed there. From Cimnecticnt, the State Libra- 
 rian writes : "I have some familiarity with our old Colonial proceedingn, hav- 
 ing edited our Colonial Records from l(j8!) to 1762, and having now ready for 
 publication a volume 1702-176". I have nover seen any reference to a mace, 
 nor do I believe that one was used here ; we had not so much state here as in 
 some of the other Colonies, but were from tlie beginning more democratic. The 
 Royal Arms which hung over the Speaker's chair (or in the Council Chamber) 
 before the Revolution, is still preserved, and in a pretty good condition." The 
 Librarian of New Yoik State promises to make full enquiries into the matter ; 
 but another official says : " I believe that the mace was not used in the pro- 
 ceedings of the Generr.l Assembly of the Province of New York. The inter- 
 course between the Speaker of the Assembly and the Governor of the Pro- 
 vince, ex officio, the President of the Council, was more or less informal. Mes- 
 sages from one House to the other, were partly carried by members, partly 
 by clerks. Among the latter, I find nowhere mention of a ' mace bearer," the 
 only officer mentioned by title being the Serjeant-at-Arms. The following 
 extract from the Journal of the General Assembly, will give an idea of how 
 they proceeded, the occasion being the opening ul the first session after George 
 III. became king : 
 
 •"A message from His Honour the President Cadwallader Calder (acting 
 as Lieutenant-Governor), by Mr. Banyer, Deputy Secretary : Gentlemen, 
 His Honour the President requires the immediate attendance of the House in 
 the Council Chamber at Fort George. 
 
 " 'The Speaker left the chair, and with the Hou-'e attended accordingly, 
 and, being returned, he resumed the chair and reported as follows : ' ... 
 " The simplicity of this ceremony, and the above mentioned absence of such 
 an officer as the mace-bearer from the list of Government officials, induce me 
 to believe that the mace w.is not in use in the colony." It is highly probable, 
 however, that as a Serjeant-at-Arms was one of the recognized officials of the 
 HouKo at that date, further research will disclose the tact that a mace also 
 existf^d. 
 
 Vn-glnia, as might be expected, undoubtedly used a mace in its House of 
 Burgr»;:fs. and hopes are expressed by distinguished anticpiariansof the State, 
 that some trace oi its C(mtinued preservation may yet be discovered, although 
 not unmixed with fears that, in the rage for the destruction of all royal sym- 
 bols which followed the Revolution, the mace itself may have been destroyed. 
 Colonel MiRae, the State Librarian, finds a record, in the printed journals of 
 the Virginia Assembly, of an order of that body, in or about the year 1783, 
 for th* sale of the mace, and the disposition of the proceeds of the same in the 
 State treasury, and there is little doubt that, in the then temper of the Legis- 
 lature, thiA o»'der was strictly obeyed Whether the mace, when sold, was 
 broken up, whuh is probable, or preserved, cannot now be ascertained. The 
 City of Norfolk, Va., possesses a silver mace which was once believed to be 
 the missing one belonging to the House of Burgesses, but it is incontestably 
 proved to nave been presented by the Hon, Robert Dinwiddle, the Lieut. - 
 Governor of Virginia, to the corporation of Norfolk, in 1753. It is forty-three 
 inciies long, weighs six and a half i>oiinds, and is of pure silver. It is sur- 
 mounted by the crown, orb and cross, and bears the combined quartering of 
 
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 and never 
 ih forms in 
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 ;ed States, 
 ein, which 
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 arch of the 
 its history, 
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 the records 
 licity ; and 
 introducing 
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 to a mace, 
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 the matter ; 
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 n^ace also 
 
 ts House of 
 |f the State, 
 ], although 
 royal sym- 
 i destroyed. 
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 year 1783, 
 lame in the 
 
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 sold, was 
 lined. The 
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 pontettably 
 the Lieut. - 
 |forty-threo 
 It is sur- 
 
 irtering of 
 
 Great Britain. During the recent war between the North and South, it was 
 carefully hidden in the vault of a bank, and so kept from despoiling hand.s at 
 a time when the scarcity of hard money made bullion of enormous nominal 
 value. 
 
 In as far as these inquiries have extended, it would sef ni that the State of 
 South Carolina alone posseppes a mace, and although the particulars of its 
 history nre not full, enough is known respecting it to invest it with uncommon 
 interest. ?'rom a photoprajjh, prepared atd forwaided by order of the Gov- 
 ernment (>f the State, it appears to be of ordinary letgtb, suimounted by 
 crown, orb and cross, and wiili the royal arms upon the cup, which carries the 
 usual jewels, and has an ornamental border t)f t/curs-dc-lys, alternating with 
 Maltese crosses. The shaft, like that ot the mace at Ottawa, has raised bands, 
 running spirally from base to cup. The cui> is supported by floriated brackets, 
 instead ot nude figuies, as in many other macfs. Accompanying the photo- 
 graph of the Carolina mace is one of a fcword of state used in old colonial times 
 State ceremonies. Hon. W, P. Miles, President of South Carolina College, 
 says : "I wish it was within my ability to give you any definite infoimation 
 in regard to the nr.ace now in the State Cajiitol. In some way, I received the 
 impression that it vas brought over about 1721), when the Proprietary Gov- 
 ernment went out and the Royal Government took its place. But I do not 
 recollect from what source the inipression came. Up to 1G92, the Acts purport 
 to have been done in Open Parliament ; after that (late it was in Open Assem- 
 bly. It may, therefore, be that the mace came with the first Parliament, and 
 was used during the Proprietary term. I have searched all the Tax Acts up 
 to 1772 to see if an application was made for its purchase, but have not found 
 one. That year was taken as a starting point, because <if the memoir of Jos. 
 Quincey, jr., on the 19th March, 1773, he says: 'Spent all the morning in 
 hearing the debate of the House; had an opportunity of hearing the best 
 speakers in the Province, The first tning done at the meeting of the House is 
 to bring the mace, a very superb and elegant one, which cost nearly ninety 
 guineas, and lay it on the table before the Speaker. The nej^t thing is for the 
 Clerk to read over, in a very audible voice, the doings of the preceding day. 
 The Speaker is robed in black, and has a very large wig of state when he gets 
 to attend the Chair (with the mace borrc before him), on delivering of speeches 
 etc' " Judge Glover, of South Carolina, writes : " My iiifoinialion respecting 
 the mace, to which your letter refers, is, that on the evacuation of Charleston 
 by the British army, after the Kevolutionary War, the mace was taken away, 
 and tiiat when Judge Cheves was ai>pointed the president of the U. S. Bank, 
 he found the mace in the bank, and, having given $500 for it, returned it to 
 the General .Vssembly, wheie it has been, as I recollect, since 1822. The 
 mace, I have heard, was a gift from the King to the Colonial Assembly, and it 
 is possible the sword was also. I have never known the former used in the 
 House, but the latter has always been borne by the Sheriff of Richmond on 
 the inauguration of the Governor; certainly since 1822." Another authority 
 states that the mace and sword are now used at the inauguration of the (iov- 
 ernor. but not at the sessions of the General Assembly at other times. 
 
 From Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Maryland, no 
 answers have been received, and in the absence of them, and of access to the 
 necessary records, it is impossible now to state whetlier the mace was recog- 
 nized in these Provinces or not. 
 
 The writer set out with the intention of throwing some light upon the use 
 of the mace in Canada and the United States, but feels, while reluctantly 
 closing this pajier, that he has but half completed his task, and that hw «tands 
 •It the threshold of a consideration of the parliamentary forms brought from 
 the Motherland, and engrafted ujum American modes of legislation, which it 
 suggests. If he succeeds in directing the attention of however small ainimber 
 of our students of Political Science to a matter which must possess some 
 interest for them, he will feel thai Lis object has been gained, and that he has 
 been warranted in (ilacing this additional pebble upon the cairn of Canada's 
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 FORM "A." SeeirnxjeSa. 
 Notice nf inttntion to hdrodvce ti Bill. * 
 
 Mr. gives notice that he will, on 
 
 to inti'oduco a Bill to amend the Act, 
 
 next, move 
 
 FORM "B." See pane S6. 
 Motion upon introdndion of u Bill. 
 
 Mr. moves, secoiuUd by Mr. , that leave he 
 
 given to introduce a Bill intituled " An Act to amend the 
 Act," or, "An Act to iniorporate the Company {as tlir 
 
 case m.itj be) and that the same he now read the first time. 
 
 FORM "C." Seepnije28. 
 
 Mot ion for three mouths lioist. 
 
 Mr. moves, in amendment, seconded by Mr. 
 
 That all the words of the Motion jifter the word "Th>.t" he struck 
 out and the following sulMtituted therefor, or, irrsi vted in lieu thereof 
 " tlie Bill he not now read the second time, l>ut oe read tlie second 
 time on this day three nu)nth8." 
 
 FORM "D." Seepage 40. 
 
 Notice of amend ment to Primte Bill in full House, i- 
 
 Mr. gives notice that he will, when the House is in 
 
 Committee of ihe Whole, or, ujtoii the motion for the third reading;; of 
 Bill (No. ), To incorporate, etc., {short tittc), move to amend the 
 same by inserting, or striking out, the lo lowing (as the atse maij be.) 
 
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 Notice of Motio)i for an Address for Return of Papers. 
 
 Mr. gives irotice that he will, on next, move 
 
 that an hundile Address be presented to His Honour Ihe Lieutenant- 
 Governor, ])raying that he will cause to be laid before this House a 
 Return of copies of all (.)rder8 in Council, correspondence, etc., re at- 
 ing to, or in the matter of, etc. 
 
 *No notice is necepsary for the introduction of a Private Bill, as it is done 
 when Petition is reported to the House by Standing Orders Conunittoe. 
 
 tNo notice necessary in case of a Public Bill. If it is the wish to amend .i 
 Private Bill before Standing Committee, then file a copj', with the proposed 
 amendments inserted, with the Clerk of Committee. 
 
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 next, move 
 
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 tany {os tlif 
 
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 reading of 
 
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 FORM "F." See page 28. 
 Notice of Motion for an Order of the Home for a Return of Fapers, etc. 
 
 Mr. gives iiotico that he will, on next, 
 
 move for an Order of the House for a Return of copies of all corres- 
 pondence, papers, etc., relating to, or, in the matter of, etc. 
 
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 FORM "G." See page 17. 
 
 Notice of intention to nsk a Question of Ministry or Member. 
 
 Mr. gives notice that he will, on next, enquire 
 
 of the Ministry. Has, is, or if, etc. 
 
 FORM "H." See page ^'o. 
 
 Motion in Amendment. 
 
 Mr. moves, in ameiidmont, Hocoiided by Mr. , 
 
 That all the words of the projxLsed amendment (or of the unicndment 
 to the ro/M'/ii/mcnf) after the word "That" be struck out und that instead 
 thereof there be inserted the following, (tr, tliat the following bo sul)- 
 stituted therefor, or, inserted in lieu thereof, in the opinion of this 
 House, etc. 
 
 FORM "I." Seepage 16. 
 
 Notice (f Henolutioii. , 
 
 Mr. gives notice that he will, on next, move 
 
 the following Resolution : That in the opinion of this House, etc. 
 
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 DECISIONS OF MR. SPEAKER. 
 
 Address : ' • 
 
 An address for information relative to certain matters beyond the control 
 of the Provincial Goveniment ruled in order.— 103. 
 
 Amendments : 
 
 An amendment differing in form, but identical in purport with an amend* 
 ment already rejected, cannot be entertained.— 90. 
 
 An amendment to a substantive motion, striking out all but the word 
 " That," and on a cognate subject, is in order. --91. 
 
 An amendment on third reading, identical with one rejected on reception 
 of Rejwrt of Conniiittee ci the Whole, is declared out of order. — 91. 
 
 An indefinite amendment, and one not conveying accurate instructions to a 
 connnittee, cannot be entertained. -93. 
 
 An amendment, similar in wording, but differing in fact from a previously 
 rejected amendment, is in order. — 94. 
 
 An amerdment involving the expenditure of public money cannot be 
 entertained. — 99. 
 
 An amendment which diverts public money from purposes recommended 
 by the Crown, cannot be passed.— 99. 
 
 An amendment, substantially the same as one already del)ated upon and 
 disposed of, cannot be submitted.— 101. 
 
 It is not in order to move an amendment to an amendment to the motion 
 to go into a Committee of Supply. — 105. 
 
 An amendment seeking to divert Public Revenue, is out of order. — 109. 
 
 An amendment to an amendment concluding with the words, " That the 
 said resolution be now concurred in," is out of order, as partaking of 
 the character of the " Previous Question."— 109. 
 
 • An amendment which declares some principle adverse to the measure, or 
 is otherwise opposed to its progress, may be moved to the Third Read- 
 ing of a Bill.— 110. 
 
 An amendment of which no notice has been given, cannot be made in 
 a Private Bill on its Third Reading.— 112. 
 
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 An amendment identical with one already di^poHed of ia out of order. — 112. 
 
 Upon the Second or T'hird Reading of a Bill, amendments may be moved 
 declaratory of any principle adverse to the Bill or opposed to itH further 
 progress. But an amendment, to be in order, must relate xo some 
 provision of the Bill. — 112. 
 
 An amendment, in substance, but not in precise form, the same as one 
 already passed i;pon by the House during the same eession, is out of 
 order. — 117. 
 
 An amendment to an amendment, adding words to the amendment, hav- 
 ing been put and carried, a motion to strike out the first part of the 
 amendment as amended, is out of order. — 120. 
 
 A proposed amendment to a Private Bill, if no notice has been given, is 
 out of order. — 121. 
 
 The House having amended an amendment, and passed the original motion 
 as amended, no further amendment, involving non -concurrence, can 
 be put. -122. 
 
 An amendment of similar character to, and yet going further than the 
 original motion, is in order. — 123. 
 
 An amendment to the amendment to the motion, " That Mr. Speaker do 
 now leave the chair, "is in order, except when going into Supply. — 127. 
 
 No amendment can be moved on the Second Reading or other stage of a 
 Bill, by way of mere addition to the question. — 128. 
 
 An amendment of the same purport as one already rejected cannot be put. 
 -97. 
 
 An amendment should be so framed as to leave out certain words ; to 
 leave out certain words in order to insert or add others ; or to insert 
 or add certain words. — 129. 
 
 Bills : 
 
 The House decides that when in Committee of the Whole on a Bill, the 
 first section must be first considered. —92. 
 
 A change of names, by the Private Bills' Committee, in the preamble of a 
 Private Bill, is in order. — 90. 
 
 The Chairman decides that a section of a Bill, giving power to expend 
 public moneys, may be considered, if applying to charges hereafter to 
 be provided for by vote in Committee of Supply. — 92. 
 
 A Bill to a-nend the Ontario Medical Act declared to be a Public Bill. 
 -94. 
 
 A Bill to make the Bencheia of the Law Society, elective by the Bar 
 thereof, declared to be a Private Bill.— 94. 
 
 Notice must be given of proposed amendments to a Private Bill.— 95. 
 
 A Bill to unite the County of Perth for Registration purposes declared to 
 be a Private Bill.— 99. 
 
order.— 112. 
 
 ly be moved 
 ,o itH further 
 ate lo some 
 
 lame as one 
 n, is out of , 
 
 dment, hav- 
 part of the 
 
 een given, is 
 
 ginal motion 
 iurrence, can 
 
 ler than the 
 
 , Speaker do 
 lupply.— 127. 
 
 er stage of a 
 
 mnot be put. 
 
 words ; to 
 or to insert 
 
 1 a Bill, the 
 
 eamble of a 
 
 to expend 
 lereafter to 
 
 >ublic Bill. 
 
 by the Bar 
 
 jl.-95. 
 Ideclared to 
 
 167 
 
 A Bill authorizing expenditure of Public Moneys refused introduction 
 because approval thereof, by the Lieutenant-Governor, had not been 
 communicated to the House. — 99. 
 
 A Bill is in order which leav»>9 the amount of a proposed salary in blank 
 and does not impose a burden.— 100. 
 
 A Bill amended in Railway Committee objected to, as containing pro- 
 visions not prayed for in petition, is sent back to Committee on Stand- 
 ing Orders, and it is recommended by that Committee that, with 
 regard to such amendment, the Rules of the House be suspended. — 100, 
 
 Notice must be given of amendments to a Private Bill. — 95. 
 
 Amendments may be moved to Third Reading of a Bill. — 113. 
 
 It is in order for the House to refer to the Committee on Standing Orders, 
 a Bill amended in Committee on Private Bills.— 110. 
 
 Notice must be given of amendment to a Private Bill on its Third Reading 
 -108. 
 
 Amendments may be moved on Third Reading of Public Bill.— 113. 
 
 On Second Reading or other stage of a Bill, no amend nnent can be moved 
 by way of mere addition to the Question.— 128. 
 
 Charges on Rkvenue : 
 
 A Bill may furnish michinery for ^xpeaditure of Public Moaey, without 
 direct recommendation of Crown, if charges tiTeunder are to bs pro- 
 vided for by vote in Committee of Supply.- 116, 117. 
 
 A proposal for the free distribution of statutes to magistrates regarded as 
 a charge on the revenue. — 9H. 
 
 As timber yields revenue, no question as to the disposal of it can be enter- 
 tained without the recommendation of the Lieutenant-Governor. — 92. 
 
 A motion seeking to interfere with the collection of revenue from Crown 
 Lands objected to, but decision reserved and not afterwards given. 
 —93. 
 
 No important variation can be made in the purposes for which a grant of 
 money, recommended by the Crown for a specific purpose, can be put, 
 without a fresh recommendation. — 103. 
 
 Where there is no variation of the d-)stinition of a fund, "and no change in 
 the purpose ftr which it wa^origiaally intended, there is no necessity 
 for a new recommendation. — 106. 
 
 A motion seeking to cimrait the Hiuse to a future expenditure of money, 
 without a recommendation from the Crown, is out of order. — 107. 
 
 An amendment seeking to divert Public Revenue is out of order. — 109, 
 
 -^ debate upon a motion involving a charge upon the people, cannot be 
 presently entered upon.— 111. 
 
168 
 
 A proposed interftirenco with an expenditiire li Public Money recom- 
 mended by the Crown, not in order.— 114. 
 
 A Hill inakin;? no definite appropriation of, or charp^es upon any part of 
 the Public Revenue, may be read a Hecond time, without a recommen- 
 dation from the Crown ; but if, in itn paiaage through the House, it 's 
 sought to make a Bpecific charge upon the people, such charge must be 
 recommended in the usual way. - 1 15. 
 
 Abstract resolutions upon matters affecting the revenue are of doubtful 
 propriety.— 111. 
 
 COMMITTKKS : 
 
 Concurrence in the report of a Special or Stdnding Committee must be 
 moved, if it makes recommendations. If no special recommendations 
 are made, and no member objects to the report when presented, it is 
 regarded as concurn^d in. — 124. 
 
 Concurrence is not necessary upon a report containing no recommendation, 
 —127. 
 
 "ho fact of a Committee of the Whole having risen without rejjorting a 
 Bill or (>th'?r matter, does not prevent a motion for replacing the 
 measure upon the Orders of the Day. - 95. 
 
 Several instances of Committee having risen without report. — 9(5, 
 
 Debatk : 
 
 An arrangement made by the House for permission to speak tantamount to 
 an order. —93. 
 
 Decision hy the Clerk : 
 
 House not properly constituted for the n^ception of documents, until 
 election of Speaker. — 129. 
 Letters : 
 
 A letter may be read in the House without disclosure of the signature 
 thereto, if the member reading it assumes responsibility for its con- 
 tents. -1 13. 
 
 Motions : 
 
 A Motion must correspond with its Notice. —98. 
 
 A question which has passed in the negative cannot be again proposed in 
 the same session.— 103. 
 
 Motions of an abstract character, in regard to particular branches of taxa- 
 tion, are inadvisable.— 104. 
 
 A case in poinr. — 105. 
 
 A question already decided cannot be again put. — 118. 
 
 The House having declared that a considerable extension of the Franchise 
 is especially a subject upon whioli the people ought to be consulted in 
 a coming election, any proposition tv. now admit large numbers of 
 persons to the Franchise cannot be entertained. — 117. 
 
 
oney recom- 
 
 iiiiy part of 
 1 recoinmen- 
 House, it '8 
 irf(e must be 
 
 of (If)ubtful 
 
 tee must be 
 umendations 
 senteil, it is 
 
 ameudatioDi 
 
 reporting a 
 eplacing the 
 
 9(). 
 
 mtainount to 
 
 menta, until 
 
 le signature 
 for its con- 
 
 proposed in 
 lies of taxa- 
 
 169 
 
 Mental Incapacity : 
 
 In case of ptTmanent incapacity oi a member, thruugli incurable menta 
 malady, reported by Committee on Privileges and Elections, no notice 
 of a motion for the issue of a Writ is necessary.— 119. 
 
 Papeus : 
 
 A proposal to lay a paper upon the table, and that it b uow read, declared 
 irregular . —120. 
 
 Pkcuniauy Intkkeht : 
 
 Votes of certain members on an Assessment Bill objected to, because sup. 
 posed to have pecuniary interest therein, but admitted because Bill 
 was of public character. — 95. 
 
 PETITrONS : 
 
 No Petition can V)e received i)raying for a grant not previously recom- 
 mended by the Crown.— 94. 
 
 A Petition may be received which asks for legislation prohibiting sale and 
 use rf intoxicating liquors. — 100. 
 
 A Petition praying for a grant from the Public Treasury cannot be re- 
 ceived.— 102. 
 
 A Petition cannot be read on presentation, unless by common consent j 
 but it is read at length by the Clerk at the table, two days after pre- 
 sentation, if desired. — 124, 125. 
 
 Powers of Leglslaturk : 
 
 The regulation of the Sale of Poisons is within the powers of the Provincial 
 Legislature. — 95. 
 
 A Bill to prohibit the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors as a beverage is not 
 within the powers of the Provincial Legislature. — 100. 
 
 Pberogative of the Crown: 
 
 A Bill seeking to fix the date for meeting of the Legislature declared to be 
 an interference with the Prerogative of the Crown. — 108. 
 
 Previous Question: v 
 
 Mr. Speaker decided that " The Previous Question " cannot be put when 
 an amendment is under consideration.— 103. 
 
 The Previous Question put. — 103. 
 
 Supply : 
 
 The advisers of His Honour, the Lieutenant-Governor, are responsible for 
 communications from him respecting the matter of Supply.— 114. 
 
 Franchise 
 insulted in 
 kumbers of 
 
Ai 
 A& 
 
INDEX 
 
 TO 
 
 MEMBERS MANUAL. 
 
 Absenck of Speakkr : 
 Provision in case of— 50. 
 
 Accountant of House. —68. 
 
 t 
 
 Accounts and Papers.— 28. 
 
 Orderof House for Papers.— 28. 
 
 Address to Crown for Papers.— 28. 
 Address : 
 
 Mover and seconder, passaRe of, etc . since confederation. -65, 66. 
 Adjournment : 
 
 Rule respecting adjournment,— 47. 
 
 A member cannot move adjournment of Debate and Hou8e.-47. 
 
 Amendment to a motion to adjourn. -47. 
 
 On motion to adjourn, cannot discuss an Order of Day. -47. 
 
 No reference to former debate permitted. -47. - . 
 
 Irregular to use motion for adjournment to prolong debate. -48. 
 
 An amendment relating to some other matter cannot be proposed.-48 
 
 Member who has spoken in debate cannot move its adjournment.-48. 
 
 Adjournment may supersede a stage of a Bill.-48. 
 
 Cannot move adjournment while another is speaking. -48. 
 
 No names recorded on motion to adjourn. -48. 
 Counting out.— 48. 
 
 Adjournments on death of members. -49. 
 
 Admittance to Floor AND Galleries.-U. 
 Amendments : - 
 
 What is an amendment ?— 25. 
 
 Time for moving.— 25. 
 
wmmn 
 
 11:.*. 
 
 172 
 
 Muut be seconded.— 26. 
 
 Wlien Beconder not neceHsary. — 26. 
 
 Wordrt added cannot bo Htruck out.— 26. 
 
 Words may be added after amendment. — 25. 
 
 Repetition of Question inadmissible. — 25. 
 
 Sul)otitution for motion cannot be moved until amendment s with< 
 drawn, — 26. 
 
 Amendments omitting matter of recital in original motion in order, — 26. 
 
 No priority because of notice. — 26. 
 
 Further amendment permissible.— 26, 
 
 Amendment must be relevant to motion. — 20. 
 
 Cannot leave out all the words of amendment.— 26. 
 
 When amendment to amendment is not in order.— 26, 
 
 When notice of amendment is unnecessary. — 26. 
 
 Notice of amendment to Public Bill unnecessary. —27. 
 
 Resolutions rejjorted maybe amended. — 27. 
 
 Amendment cannot increase proposed burden. — 27. 
 
 Different appropriation -^f funds out of order,- 27. 
 
 AmendmentH may leave out all but the first word " That." — 27. 
 
 Member may s;^ieak to amendment.— 27. 
 
 Cannot speak to motion and afterwards move amendment. — 27. 
 
 Cannot speak to motion after proposing an amendment.- -27. 
 
 Mover of amendment has no right to reply.— 27. 
 
 American practice.- 23, 
 Annual Session op Parliament,— 74, 
 
 Twelve months shall not intervene between sessions, —74. 
 
 Appendix,— 153, 
 
 Assembly Legislative,- 9, 
 
 Ayes and Noes,— 29. 
 
 Bills : 
 
 Estate. —45. 
 
 Illegal promotion of — 49. 
 
 No member or partner shall recei ^'e remuneration for promoting a Bill. — 49. 
 
173 
 
 it H with- 
 fder. — 26. 
 
 -a Bill.— 49. 
 
 Tht! offer of money to a member for his influence a high crime. — 49. 
 Offer of a bribe puniehable aa a breach of privilegn.— 60. 
 
 BiLLH, PkIVATK ! 
 
 What are they ?— 42. 
 
 Power of Provincial Legialatvire as to— 42. 
 
 And Kailway.— 42. 
 
 Petitions for— 43. 
 
 Six weeks notice of— 43. 
 
 In duplicate.— 43. 
 
 Against.- 48. 
 
 Received within first ten days of session. — 43. 
 
 Sent to Committee on Standing Orders.— 43. 
 
 Copy of Bill and one hundred dollars to be sent to Clerk.— 44. 
 
 Bill ijresented within first seventoen days of session. — 43. 
 
 Reported within thirty days. —43. 
 
 Relating to Railways. — 44, 46, 
 
 Notice respecting — 44. 
 
 Information required as to tolls to be imposed by — 44. 
 
 Maps and plans relating to— 44. 
 
 First Reading of— 45. 
 
 Promoters and opponents of, heard by Committee. — 46. 
 
 Chairman has casting vote on, in Committee. —46. 
 
 Second Reading of, after report by Committee. — 46. 
 
 Reprinted when amended.— 46. 
 
 Two days' notice of proposed amendment to— 46. 
 
 Fees on, in some cases remitted. — 46. 
 
 On Orders cf the Day.— 47. 
 
 Preamble of first considered.- 47. 
 
 Royal Assent to — 47. 
 
 Procedure on in House, as with Public Bills. — 47. 
 
 As Estate Bills.— 45. 
 
 Report of Commissioners thereon. — 45. 
 
 Five days' notice necessary before consideration by Committee.— 46. 
 
^mt 
 
 174 
 
 Bills, Publio ; 
 
 Introduced pro forma. —10, 
 
 Bills, Public and Private.— 36. 
 
 First Reading.— 36. 
 
 Unusual to oppose First Reading. — 36. 
 
 Name of mover and date endorsed on Bill. — 37. 
 
 Reading Title.— 37. 
 
 Second Reading.— 37. 
 
 Reference to Committee. —37. 
 
 After report. — 37. 
 
 Third Reading.— 37. 
 
 Passing and Title. — 37. 
 
 Bill forwarded to Law Clert" — 38. 
 
 Royal Assent thereto.— 38. 
 
 Procedure in Committee. — 28. 
 
 If no amendment proposed, clause put. — 38. 
 
 If amendment offered.— 38. 
 
 When amendment should be ottered.— 38. 
 
 Putting an amended clause. —38. 
 
 New clauses. -39. 
 
 Notice of amendment to Public Bill unnecessary.— 27, 39. 
 
 Bill may be recommiti,ed.— 39. 
 
 Signature of Chairman. — 39. 
 
 A lejectbi 1 .11 cannot be re\ ived in same session. — 39. 
 
 No addition to motion for Second or Third Reading.— 39. 
 
 Clauses initiated in Committee of Wtiole. — 39. 
 
 Amendments to any part of a Bill admissible. — ?9. 
 
 Amendments must be consistent.— 39. 
 
 A rejected amendment caanot be again offered in Comn^ittee. — 39. 
 
 Amendments at Third Reading.— 39. 
 
 ReinstateJ in Orders of the Day. — 40. 
 
 Passed with unusual speed. — 40. 
 Royal A- sent refused. — 40. 
 
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 Ci 
 
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175 
 
 BiLi^ Reshrved.— 41, 
 Bills Disallowed : 
 
 Powers of Legislative Assembly.— 41. 
 
 Supply. —41. 
 
 Escheats and forfeitures.— 41. 
 Administration of ju8tice.—4]. 
 
 Rivers, Streams and C eks.— 41, 42. 
 
 License duties. —42. 
 Bye Elections since 1890.-64. 
 Cabinet, The : 
 
 The Ontario.— 52. ^ . 
 
 Respon.sible government in Ontario.— 52. 
 Appeal to elector -62. 
 
 Without portfolio.— 53, 
 
 Ministers combining, departments.— 53. 
 
 Three Cabinets since Confederation.— 53. 
 
 Ineligibility of members of H. of C, to seat in Cabinet.-53. 
 
 First Cabinet.— 54, 55. 
 
 Second " -54, 55. 
 
 Third " -54,56. 
 Chairman, Mr.— 12. 
 Clerk, The- 67. 
 
 Clerk, Assistant.— 67. 
 " Law,— 68. 
 Closing o*^ Mails.— 80. * - 
 
 Closure OR Cloture.— 81. 
 
 COJIMITKEES : 
 
 Definition of a Committee. —30. ' 
 
 Power to compel attendance of witnesses.-Sl. 
 Oath? to witnesses.— 31. 
 
 Form of oath.— 31. 
 
 Power of Assembly to punish.— 31. 
 
 Tampering with witnesses.— 31. 
 
 f 
 
176 
 
 False evidence.— 31. 
 Disobedience to subpoena. — 31. 
 Presenting false documents. —31. 
 Falsifyingf records, etc. — 31. 
 
 Before whom affidavits to be used before committee may he made. — 32. 
 Payment of witnesses. — 32. 
 
 Certificate that the evidence is material and important.— 32. 
 Certificate to be renewed.— 32. 
 Certain witnesses not to be paid. — 32. 
 Committer? of the Whole House. — 32. 
 Select Committees.— 33. 
 
 Reference to proceedings before- 33. 
 
 Report out of order. — 33. 
 
 Standing Sessional Committfes.— 33. 
 
 " " •• titles of —33. 
 
 When Committee of the Whole is necessary. — 33. 
 Rules of Debate in Committee. — 34. 
 Questions oi order in Committee. —34. 
 Seconder unnecessary in Committee. — 34. 
 Previous Question inadmissible in Committee.— 34. 
 
 Cannot adjourn in Committee. — 34. 
 
 A motion for Chairman to leave chair supersedes business of Com- 
 miltee.— 34. 
 
 f 
 
 Votes in Committee. — 34. 
 
 Reception of report. — 34. 
 
 Quorum in Committee. — 35. 
 
 Disposition of existing charges need not originate in Committee.— 35. 
 
 Member excused from attendance. — 35, 
 
 Exceptional permission to sit during sitting of House.— 35. 
 
 Committee ordered to report evidence. —35. 
 
 Sessional order respecting — 35. 
 
 Dkc 
 Dec 
 
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 Divi 
 
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177 
 
 Dkbate : 
 
 Interruption of —20. 
 
 Explnnation permitted during— 20. 
 Explanation permitted when misunderstood. -20. 
 Moving adjournment of— 22. 
 
 None after members are called in for division.-20. 
 Allusions to i)revious -21. 
 
 Out of order, if without motion. -20. 
 Permission to speak a second time during-21. 
 Words taken down in— 21. 
 Objectionable words in- 21. 
 ' Naming a member " during— 21. 
 When a reply is allowed during-21. 
 Reply to charges made elsewhere, irregular duri„g-21. 
 May speak to point of order or privilege during- 22. 
 When a member must withdraw during-22. 
 A motion to adjourn during, er,uivalent to 8peaking.-22. ^ 
 
 When relevancy of, not insisted on -22. 
 
 Reference to proceedings of Committees during, out of order.-33. 
 On Second Reading discussion of clauses inadvisable. -23. 
 Question to be read during, if requ.:red.~23. 
 Dkczsxons ok "Ma." S...kku.-89. (See Index thereof.) 
 Decision BY THE CLKUK.-129. 
 
 Distribution OK PuHLio Documents. -74 - 
 
 Number of reports, etc.— 76. 
 
 Divisions : 
 
 Putting the Question. —2l\ 
 
 Ayea and Noes.— 29. *• ' 
 
 Yeas and Nays.— 29. 
 
 Excused from voting, if " paired. "-30. 
 Announcement of result— 30. 
 Pecuniary interest. —30. 
 Must hear question put. —30. 
 

 178 
 
 No record of names in divisions on adjournment. — 30. 
 Remain seated until result of division is ann(iunced.--30. 
 
 DUHATION OF KAt'H SkHSION SINCE UoNt'KDEB.VTlON.— 65, (5(5. 
 
 Duration ok Parliamknt.— 74. 
 Elected for four years.— 74. 
 
 Not dissolved by demise of Crown.— /4 
 Elections, General, in Ontario since Confederation.— 61. 
 
 Votes cast at, in 1890.-62, 63. 
 
 Elections, bye— since 1890.— 64. 
 
 Estate Bills.— 45. 
 
 Etiquette of Hocse: 
 
 Obeisance to Chair. — 11. 
 
 Messajfe from Lieutenant-Governor. — 11. 
 
 Entrance of Lieutenant Governor, — 11. 
 
 Ad j our nment. — 1 2. 
 
 Order after a Division. — 12. 
 
 Ought not to pass between member speaking and the Chair.— 12. 
 
 Ought not to pass between Speaker and Mace. —12. 
 
 Position of the Mace. — 12. 
 
 Removal of strangers. — 12. 
 
 "Mr. Chairman."— 12. 
 
 Selection of seats. — 12. 
 
 First business of session.- 13. 
 
 Disresijectful allusions forbidden. — 13. 
 
 Reading speeches. — 13. 
 
 Conversation. —13. 
 
 " Hear, hear. "-13. 
 
 Introduction of member. — 14. 
 
 Admittance to floor and galleries. — 14. 
 
 When " Mr. Speaker " rises, — 14. 
 
 Member called to order.— 14, 
 First Readings.— 36. 
 FoBM OF Speaker's Warrant. —59, 
 
 y 
 
 yr. J .0 
 
179 
 
 Forms, various. See pages 162, 163. 
 
 Gkneral Elkctions since CoNB'EDEBATI0N.-61. 
 
 General Elections, 1890. Votes cast at-62, 63. 
 
 Honorable, Title ok -82. 
 
 Housekeeper, The— 68. 
 
 Ii-tEOAL Promotion of Bills.— 49. 
 
 Interruption of Debate. -20. 
 
 Introduction of a Member. -14. 
 
 Irregular Questions. -17. 
 
 Legisla'iive Assembly : 
 
 Inanition of each Session of. -9. 
 
 How meeting of is called.— 9. 
 
 Letters : 
 
 Subject to postage.- 79. 
 
 Library, Rules OF.- 83. 
 Librarian. -68. 
 
 Likut.-Govervor, Salute OF. -78. 
 LiEDT. -Governors, List of.— 77. 
 
 List OF Speakers OF Ontario. -58. 
 
 List OF Premiers or Ontario. -58. 
 Mace, The.— 78. 
 
 History of. -153. 
 
 Position of. — 12. 
 
 Mails: 
 
 Closing of.— 80. 
 
 Members: 
 
 Payment of.— 72. "^ 
 
 Introduction of —14. 
 
 Declaration to obtain sessional allowance. -72. 
 Ineligible as.— 8. 
 
 Sureties not eligible as. —6. ' 
 
 Resignation of.— 60. 
 Called to order.— 14. 
 "Naming." 
 
!i w 
 
 UUi 
 
 180 
 
 Mbssengekk : 
 
 M1LEAOK.-72. 
 
 Motions : 
 
 Must be written and seconded with certain exceptions.— 23. 
 
 To conform to notice.— 23. 
 
 Speaker will check if contrary to rule. — 23. • 
 
 May "stand. "-23. 
 
 Cannot be withdrawn without perinii-Kion. -23. 
 
 For apijropriiition of public revenue not in order unless recommended by 
 Crown. — 24. 
 
 Not renewable when judgment thereon has been expressed during current 
 Besaion.— 24. 
 
 Of adiournment. — 24, 
 
 That orders of the day be now read. — 24. 
 
 For Accounts and Papers.— 28. 
 
 For Order of House.— 28. 
 
 For Address to Crown. — 28. 
 
 Notices of. — 16. 
 
 How to evade.— 24. , 
 
 "Naming " a member.— 21. 
 
 Notice to Speaker of vacancy. —59. 
 
 NoricKS ov Motions : 
 
 Two days necessary. — 16. 
 
 Dispensed with by unanimous consent. — 16. 
 
 Resuming discussion on, after (J p.m.— 17. 
 
 " " " adjournment.- -17. 
 
 None required for certain motions.— 17. 
 
 Oaths.— 71. 
 
 As to payments other than through agents.— 71. 
 
 Of Allegiance.— 71. 
 
 OFFICKUa AND SeBVANTS.— 67. 
 
 Clerk. — S7. Clerk -Assistant.— 67. Sergeant at-Arnis.— 68. Law Clerk. 
 — 68. Postmaster. — 68i [librarian. — 68. Housekeeper aod Chief 
 Messenger. — 68. 
 
 — ^ 
 
181 
 
 Order op the House.— 28. 
 Order of Procedure.— 18. 
 
 Daily Routine,— 18. 
 
 FirHf ReadingH.— 18. 
 
 Orders of day.— 18. 
 Third Readings. —18. 
 
 Considerations of amendnientH to Bills.-is. 
 Private Members' days. —18. 
 Government days.— 18. 
 l>ropped orders.— 18. 
 Order of business after daily routine. -18. 
 Pages.— 74. 
 
 "Pairs."-51. 
 Paired.- 30. 
 
 Payment OK Members.— 72. 
 Sessional indemnity of.— 72. 
 
 Deductions for non-attendance. -72. 
 
 Partial payment during 8es8ion.-72. 
 
 Mileage.— 72. 
 
 Declaration as to attendance. -72. 
 
 Declaration to obta-n Sessional allowance. -72. 
 Payment ok Messengers. -74. " 
 
 Payment OK Witnesses.— 32. " 
 
 Pecuniary Interest.— 30. 
 Petitions : 
 
 Signatures to. — 15. 
 
 Presentation of.— 15. , 
 Endorsement of.— 15. 
 Rea. :.7? of.— 15. 
 Form nf.— 15. 
 
 Must not ask money aid. -16, 
 Postage fieo. —80. 
 
ijpip 
 
 mm 
 
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 11; i' i 
 
 182 
 
 Postage : 
 
 All letters subject to. -79. 
 
 Printed matter mailed free of,— 80. 
 
 Petitions, addresses, etc., free of.— 80. 
 
 Statutes and Library books subject to. —80. 
 
 Departjiiental Reports delivered free of in U. 3.— 80. 
 
 Letters must have name or initials of sender on envelope. —79, 
 
 Envelopes covering Bills must not be sealed. — 79. 
 
 Closing the mails.- 80. 
 Po.STMASTKlt.— 68. - . 
 
 POWKHS OF PaOVlN0£AL LKaWLATURK AS TO PllIVATE BiLLS. — 12. 
 
 Pkaykrs.— 69. 
 
 PUECKDENHK IN (JaNADA.— 87. - 
 
 PuKMiBiia, Li.sT OP.— 58. 
 
 Prbvious Question. ~52. 
 
 Precludes further amendments. -52. 
 
 C mnot be put when amendment before Houso. —52. 
 
 No amendment to he moved in nature of. —52. 
 
 Printki) Matter : 
 Mailed free.— 80. 
 
 Private Bills.— 42. 
 
 Procedure, Order ok.— 18. 
 
 Propkrty Qualification : 
 
 Unnecessary for members. -8. 
 
 Prorogation.— 10. 
 
 Public Bills.— 36. 
 
 Putting the Question. --29. 
 
 Questions : 
 
 Notice of.— 17. , 
 
 What may Iw put. —17. 
 
 No argument or opinion to be offered when putting. —17. 
 
 Irregular.- 17. 
 
 QuRST'ON, The Previous : 
 
 Precludes further amendment, but cannot be put when an amendment 
 is before House. —52. 
 
183 
 
 No Amendment can be moved to. -52. 
 
 No Amendment to be moved in nature of.-52. 
 Rkpkkskntation in 18«7 and 1891.-8. 
 Rksiqnation of a MkMI)K||._60. 
 
 Royal AssKNT.- 11. 
 
 RPLKS OF LeoISLATIVK A8SEMBI,V.-131. 
 
 Ii dex to.— 147. 
 Rules, ar.spKNsioN ok.— fi9. • 
 
 Eegardin, ex.e„,b„ „( «„„, ,., „„,,^ „,,„^, ^, Co,„„,,t.».-« 
 In case of urgent necessity.— U9. 
 
 Sai.utkto Lt. GovKnNOR.-78, 
 Seat : 
 
 Preliminaries to taking. -9. 
 
 Seats, Selection of.— 12. 
 Second Readings.— 37. 
 Sergeant- AT- Arms.— 68. 
 Sessional Indemnity.— 72. 
 Single Chamber.— 6. 
 
 "Speaker, Mr." : 
 
 Selection of.— 9. / 
 
 Returns thanks.— 10. 
 Accepted by Lt. Governor. -10. 
 Absence of.— 50. 
 
 In case of illness of.— 50. 
 
 May call member to Chair. -50. 
 
 Assembly may elect for Day. -50. 
 Warrant of.— 59. 
 
 Will check motions contrary to rule. -23. 
 Speech from the Thhone.—IO. 
 Speeches, Reading of.— 13. 
 Stationery for Members.— 80. 
 
 STAffUTHs Subject TO Postage. -80. 
 Strangers.— 12. 
 Supply Bill.— 11. 
 
184 
 
 SUSPBNHION OK R0LK8.-<)!}, 
 
 For extension of time for certain purpoHcm, inuat be upon report of two 
 Comm ittees. — 69. 
 
 For reception of Petition must be recommended by Committee on Stand- 
 ing Orders.— 69. 
 
 For printing, distribution and posting, upon report of Standing Committee. 
 — 69. 
 
 Due notice of must be given to dispense with Standing Or'^' s relative to 
 Private Bills. -69. 
 
 Third Readings. —37. 
 
 Thrkk Months' Hoist.— 28. 
 
 Two Day9 Notice : 
 Of Motions.— 1(5. 
 
 Of amendments to Private Bills.— 46. 
 
 Warrants of "Mr. Speaker."— 59 
 
 Witnesses : 
 
 Payment of. -32. 
 
 Tampering with. — 31. 
 
 "Whips": 
 
 Duties of. — 60. 
 
 Yeas and Nats.- 29. 
 
aport of tw<) 
 
 ee on Stand- 
 
 Committee. 
 8 relative to