_ __. ment laws in their preseat form. Bir HENRY SMITH sald 1t was very im=-- :liui that whatever amendinonts z:!ght maude, 'Abose amerdmonts shou'i'l work in untsor. He gave kis honcourable friend from _ Bothwell _ great _ oredit for his labours on the Munloipal and Asress: ment bills, but was sorry he had a'lowed him-- ' " to be l.d' Y P 1 & _ importunities of oh. ganifamnen, each want, ; Ing to Introduce: some ge T."-'i'?'t"fi'lfi own. . 'The law . cor sie <list Jw : 'over um a '.'. i 4 9 tera ll:s paid their taxes on different days. |. The bili was so defective that, unless a man | 4 had pald all his taxes in every municlpality | in the Provinoe, he would nat have a vote. | He did not see why, as regarded the timo for | which they were elected, any distinction |~ should have been made botween alderm»u in o cities and counciliors in townrhipe. _ He |@ they should go out, all at one time, J 1 retained two--thirds of the meombers huOonndl.ltnwuhudlotxinkolaohfigell': their policy. Re agreed that it wounld well to let the motion s;and, so that a com-- mittee might be selected, composed of gentle. men from clties and from counties, who had |_ filled the offices of Wardens, Mayors, Reeves, &o., and who, from their oxperleml:{ were most quallfiecd to deal with this really im-- mlt subject, He Ihonx: it was Geairable | a subjeot like this should bo taken up zlh Government, ard tha; anything in "d::g of hasty legislation shculd be || avoided. Mr. RYKERT said he had no objectlion to -- withdraw the motion ; but would zay that | " before making it, he had taken the trouble to consult with the Attorney--Genecral with respeot to the committee. 1t had not been his own selecting, and it honourable members | would only look into the matter clotely, they { would see that almost all ths members on | the committee were mon of large expcrience | in municipal affairs. His own desire was |, that the matter should bo thoroughly Invor-- | , Ugated. Leave having beer grautod, the motlon was withdrawn. Hon, Mr. WOOD remarked that the | mobtlon would of course stand in tho orders |, for the following day, and there would thers-- fore be no need to ' make a motion on the | B subjeot. * On motion of Hon. J. S. MACDONALD, the house adjourned till three o'slock this afternoon. yroommmnmensmemetessmemmuner g CENTRAL RAILWAy IN 14