Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xx. streams bills and boundaries. General election, 1879--Reports of Judges--LieutenantGovernor's Speech--New buildings projected--Special Railway Committee--James Young, chairman--Able report--Overhead bridges--Timber dues--Northern trip of Lieutenant-Governor--Prorogation--Second session--The Speech--Address, Gibson and Dryden--Third session--Rivers and Streams Bill--Arbitration--Boundaries--Two sessions in one year--House dissolved in 1883--New Legislature, 23rd January, 1884--Authority to legislate re liquor traffic--Provincial control of railways imperilled--Hon. Adam Crooks--G. W. Ross called in--The bribery case--Some notable representatives. The third Legislature had been dissolved soon after the close of its fourth session, and the elections were held on the 5th of June, 1879, when the Government was again sustained. The next meeting of the House was fixed for the 7th of January, 1880, when Hon. D. A. Macdonald presided for the last time, and Charles Clarke, M.P.P. for Centre Wellington, was appointed Speaker. The reports of judges for the trial of election petitions showed vacancies in several constituencies, for which elections had been or would be held, and the following gentlemen, whose constituencies had been involved, took their seats during the session: James H. Hunter, Thomas Murray, Thomas Paxton, Samuel I. Peck, William Jelly, Joseph Kerr, and Alex. Robertson. The Governor's Speech referred to an official visit which His Honor had made to the Thunder Bay District, lying between Lake Superior and the Lake of the Woods, and said there was reason to believe this visit was not without public advantage. The existence of gold deposits in the islands of the Lake of the Woods had attracted much attention, and was...
