IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I 1.25 •^ !■■ i 2.2 iS. 11112.0 I. ui \A. Ill 1.6 V] <^ /2 % % m Photographic Sciences Corporation 73 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY I4S80 (716) 1 72-4503 fj'r d 4 signifie "A SUIVRE ", le symbole ▼ signifie "FIN". errata I to i pelure, on a n 32X Maps, plataa, charts, etc., may be filmed at (different reduction ratios. Those too lerge to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the t'pper lef^ han J corner, Nft to right and top to bottom, aa many framea aa required. The following diagrams illustrate the method: 1 2 3 Lea cartea, planches, tableeux, etc., pauvent dtre filmte A dee taux de reduction diff Arents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour Atre reproduit en un seul clichA, il est film* A partir de Tangle supArieur gauche, de gauche A droite, et de haut en baa, en prenant le nombre d'images nicossaira. Lea diagrammes suivants illustrant la mAthode. 1 2 3 4 5 6 ' ■ 1 5 t 8 S PETITION. To the Honorable the Legislative Assembly, in Provincial Parliament assembled : THE PETITION OF THE UNDERSIGl.^D EMPLOYES IN THE CIVIL SERVICE OF THE PRO- VINCE, HtTMBLY Shewbth : That your petitioners have seen certain ResolutioDS upon which it is proposed to found a Bill for the creation of a fund to provide superannuation allow&D'<,es to old and disabled public servants. That the principle upon which this fund is proposed to be sustained, viz., by deductions from the salaries of those who are hereafter to participate in its benefits, is one to which your petitioners cannot reasonably object ; they would however respectfully beg leave to urge on your II norable House the propriety of alterin.'; the det'ils of the measure in some of its provisions, which must otherwise operate unequally and unfairly on your petitioners. That the first of these prt iiions to which your petitioners beg leave to ndvert, is the adoption of three dif- ferent rates of deductiont. Your petitioners have sought in vain to discover upon what principle this diversity of rate is based. By it, a person in receipt of a salary of £100, would pay £2 per annum for a prospective pension of a certain proportion of that salary, whilst the recipient of £500 would be required to -jiy £6 j annum, upon each £100, for a pension of a precisely similar proportionate rate. They would respectfully urge upon your Honorable House to modify an arrangement that would press so heavily on one oi two classes of public servants, and to substitute therefor the principle adopted by the Imperial Parliament for a like purpose. That upon the initiation of the Superannuation Fund in England, it was found most difficult to ascertain what rate of deduction would suffice to meet the calls upon that Fund, and in the absence of any data upon which to base an estimate, it was decided that the contribution should be fixed at one-half of the rate of the Income Tax, then recently discontinued, and thus an arbitrary rate of five per cent, was established, whilst the recipients of salaries of £100 and under, who, having been exempt from the operation of the Income Tax, had not benefitted by its removal, were admitted to the advantages of this Fund at half the rate charged upon higher salaries ; hence the diversity of rat(\ in England. That a rate cf five per cent, in England, where interest on investments seldom exceeds three per cent., would, as proved by eminent actuaries; have yielded an amount exceeding the calls upqp the fund, had that fund been so invested from time to time. That the rate of interest in this Province being six per cent , youi petitioner^ believe that an unif )rra deduction of two and a half per cent, would produce the like result. That should it however be thought desirable to adopt the ICnglish rule of reducing the rate upon small salaries, your petitioners venture to suggest that two per cent, on salaries of £125 aud under, and three per cent, on all over that amount, would not be uofiiir or insiilfici' nt. That ihe provision for widows, your Petitioners humbly submit, is by the said resolutions so inadequate, thht it must necessarily compel each person from his diminished means, to make other arrangements, either by life assurance or otherwiKe, lor that object, whilst the charge on the fiinci would not be less Ijurdensouic. In place of this provision, your petitioners would humbly suggest a gratuity of one year's salary, at the rate received by the dectasi d during his incumbency, lu !ie paid to his widow or to such members of his (pmily as were dependent on him for .support. I'hcy would uIm' humbly submit ihe justice of permitting any person on liis retirement from the service before the period at which lie cduIJ claim a pension, to receive back some portion of the amount of his contributions. riic provision in the ^^th Resolution, requiring an officer have been for a period of three years in the enjciyracnt of an increased rate of salary to entitle hiui to a reliring allowance b.ised upon such rate, is for obvious reasons, your petilioiiers submit uiijutt, and is contrary to the pnictiee daily followed in the Imperial service where promotion in rank and retirement upon half-pay of such higher rank are very frequently sim-iltaneous. In conclusion, your petitioners submit that no '■barges should be placed upon this fund but such as grow legitimately out of it, without an adequate provision be made for such exceptional cases, and that aii payments, 2 whether to widows or others, under the pro"iBions of the proposed Superannuation Act, should be claimable a, a matter of right, and made independent of contingencies of any descriptioa. detaiUo'f !'h'''«r"^^"?"'^!T^'''''°"'" '•'''P''^""'^"^ ""^mit to your Honorable House in the hope that the Honlh u """^ """i'^''^ '° """^•'■'"'^^ i\^or^.>\ih, or in such other way as to the wisdom of your Honorable Hou=c may appear best calculated to render the measure as beneficial to the public servants as they feel confident it was designed to be. "crvanw as tney And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will e^er pray, &c. Toronto, 9th April, 1859. E. Pcrent, T. Dufort, G. C. Reiffenstein, Henry E. Steele, C. W. Shay, J. F. Pellant, K. S. M. Bouchette, Thos. Worthington, J. R. Audy, Thos. P. Hobarts, E. A. Maillene, Clarke Ross, J. W. Peachy, H. K. Duffill. Lucius O'Brien, John Drysdale, Fred. Banister, Arthur J. Taylor, William Hutton, T. Douglas Harington, D. W. Macdonell, G. Powell, Thos. Ross, W. H. Jones, H. li. Glackmeyer, Chs. J. Birch, G. 8. Berlrand, Norris Godard, T. G. Scott, chd. Gary, W. F. Collins, Thos. Cruse, Thomas D. Tims, Andrew Russell, E. A. Genereux, W. Ford, L. D. Lemoine, Joseph Bouchette, Q. G. Dunlcvie, W. H. Lee, W. A. Himswo"th, Moore A. Higgins, J. O. C6t(:>, Thos. Burn, ^^■iH^am Hedge, F. Braun, John Jos. Prenderga.7t, F. T. Roche, John Innes, C. T. Walcott, A. A. Vanfelson, J. Alley, John Tolmie, J. V. Gale, J. C. Tarbutt, A. Kirkwood, Arthur Dale, F. A. Hall, F. Chasse, 8. P. Bauset, D. A. Grant, John Morphy, E. CampbelJ, N. F. Laurent, P. De Guise, A. J. Cambie, D. McLeod, E. L. Montizambert, G. TV. Wicksteed, Alfred Todd, ■yhos. Vaux, Chs. I»ngevin, Wm. B. Lindsay, junr. H. Poetter, E. A. Meredith, Aipheus Todd, Wm. Tanning, Eug. Th. Dorion, J. F. Gingras, Wm. AVilson, F. X. Blanchet, J. F. Taylor, Fenaings Taylor, W. Anstruther Maing-/, A. Patrick, Frank Badgley, J. W. Harper, C. "W. Heath, J. Baine, Felix Hamel, J. F. N. Bonnerille, Henry Jackson, J. A. Kavanagh, Chs. McCarthy, John L. E. Ross, T. Patrick, P. E. Gugnon, Q. M. Muir, Pierre Rivet, Henry Hartney, H. B. Stuart, J. H. T. Blais, Ed. Dfn^haud, William Spink, J. P. Lt-prohon, A. G. Lajoie, Aug. Laperri*re, 01. Vallerand, J. E. Doucet, A. A. Boucher.