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xi. ‘ y. a right to pay a portion of it.

THE HERAeD.vI%DNE§DAY.

MA Y 13, loos.

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magmas-s. - (Who-fins page.) his Mention lo the committee. I M be had rafrruaeo to certain swamp“. and be dated what he had noon in Can- ada. where amall‘eadar timber placed on "it is hood to be preferable to what is known as “ corduroy roads." As to a oranher not being imported this year. I have already stated the reason. which is. that a doubt existed as to the cost of

leorted stone.

Hon. the I’awoattr: llis honor from Prince County. (Mr. Lord). says we have begun at wrong end. but I differ from hits. A committee was appointed last year to enquiry into the best method of improving the highways. and they have presented their report which con- tain-good deal of useful information. I do hold. that if a proper supervisor were appointed. he would save more than his salary in the amount of money expended for roads and bridges. for it cannot be denied that a great deal of the money is expanded to little purpose. Till some better system is adopted and the money expended under the super- vieion of a competent person. we need not look for much improvement. \Ve know that in the neighboring provinces they never had good roads. till they had the money appropriated for them expend- ed under the direction of competent snper~ visors. and if we would adopt the same course here. I believe we would have good roads likewise.

“on. Mr. Loam I have travelled in Nova Scetia and New Brunswick. and have found their roads very much in-

ferior to our own. I know a portion of

our roads near the towns are very bad in the fall. but in Nova Scotia. though you will occasionally find a few miles til poodxoad in favourable situations. yet in the low lands they are worse than ours. I have frequently assisted in taking a waggon out of the mud. A great deal has been said about our Commissioners. but I believe they are just as intelligent pp any gun can find in the other provin- .cea. othiug will please some gentle- man but importing men for every ollico. aaif all the knowledge in the world was ,conoantrated in that little Island 2000 plies away.

Hon. the Paastostrr: I have also travelled some of the roads in New Brunswick. In I830 I travelled on a road which was almost impassable. and in four or fire years afterwards I travelled It again and would scarcely believe that an much improvement could be made in such a short time at so little cost. In the fall of the year. almost every part of it was as hard as a floor. and the im- provement was attributed to the appoint- ment of a competent supervisor. I am not anxious to import supervisors from any other country if they can be procured here. but it is very evident that some change in required. Whatever Govern— ptent in in power. it is almost the first thing they should do to open up proper pemmunicatioua in the country. and if m borrow aeutn of money to make

these who will come alter us will

Hon. Mr. Butt: I must fully endorse the sentiments of his honor the President. and I am sorry that I have to differ from his honor fl-om Prince County. (Mr. Lord). upccially as to the mode of rais- ing tnoney for the desired improvement of our highways. I am confident that to raise the advaloretu duty would he a very unpopular step. and I do not see any necessity for doing so. for I do not are why those who will come after us abonld not hear a portion of the expense of tasking substantial and durable roads. If we increase the advalorem duty. all the expense will have to be borne by the present generation. while those who come afier us will participate in the bett— all. and I do not think that is the policy adopted in other countries which are in _a thriving state. There would be no dlflcolty in borrowing £20300 here. and that would he sntllcieat to macadamise d0 taller of roads near the shipping places. The interest of that amount would be (“00 a year. and the Govern. poetic annually expending fully that ' sapon those roads now to vary 1 rpcee. If that amount of money “ mgrpn‘t’li ealpende'd in macad- pfllalng one u pa mata.I feel as- (urad that the country would be satisfied with it. In reference to having the Rotate labor performed at an earlier

‘ parlod.I think it would be well to re-

commend Its performance between the of A and the 10th of May. Then not thrown upon the road would and ache a better road than lb. work it performed in July ground is dry. It is a time. nerally speaking. when very an be done at farming. and if the {hbor were performed then. it h to advantage In the country at

Iaant If such an order pester-e it would be a dint- “to = (t: stator; labor. for in y . t won not be out; i in tube non away from their

atan ofl the would 7 won away ‘m labor altogether and let ' or four shillings. better for tar-era to

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confident that if were left to the people. the majority would be in favor of adopting that course.

Ilon. Hr. Autumn: I do not thiult the inefficient state of our roads is to be attributed so much to the inefficiency of the Commissioners as to the want of means. As to the statute labor. I would be lit favor of having a part of it per- formed early. end of allowing the re- mainder of it to be done about the same time that it is done now. as some places miuht require repairs which could not be attended to in the spring.

Ilon. Mr. BAthllts‘I‘UN: I think the suggestion of his honor from IIodcqtto. to have a part of the statute lnbor done in the spring. is a good one. I remem- llt'l' that last session I made some re- marks similar to what his honor from Prince County. (Mr. Lord). has made now. that it would be better to pay com- mutation money than to perform statute MIN“. but lam acqniuiutod with many poor people in the country who would rather work two or three days than pay three or four shillings. A man can either work or pay at present. and pen hope it just as wall to leave it so. for of course he will do whichever he finds most to his advantage. I believe there is more done on the roads as statute labor. than would be done for the money it the labor were commuted. for when n tuau takes a job on the roads he expects to make good wages. Ido not think there would be anything gained by im- porting a man to auperiutoud our roads. for he would have to get his practical experience after coming here. but If it stone-breaker were imported perhaps it would be necessary to get a man who understood working it. One great mis-

are not properly drained. and I think it would be a good idea to appoint apcrsou to take the supervision of a district—say two precincts—to decide where drains should be made. If there was some pro- vision made for an appointment of that ltiud I feel assured that it would be tttnucy wrll expended.

llnn. Mr. l’sutstt: I do hope and trust that the Legislature of the Colony

moot of our road system. if not with suf- ficient effect this Session. I trust it will be one of the principal Meant-es next Session: admit ofbeing postponed. The evil must I be met. for it obstructs the developmeu. of the resources of our Colony. and the i products of our soil—the returns of the

and must in the future depend upon. am only astonished that the people of

this subject. Men who we meet every ' day have to undergo the utmost. labor in bringing their produce to market. and sometimes they are prevented altogether. I have taken every opportunity to bring this question before my fellow colonists. and to point out to them whether it would not be better to submit tca mo- l devote amottnt of taxation. and there- by. contribute to a fund to be expended in improving our roads. In fact, they are taxed now by the amount of labor they have to undergo and by the injury to horses and vehicles consequent upon t the state of our roads. And I have on.

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householders in the District when-in wishctl to opt-n n tavern. at it public tut-et-

the

AFTERNOON BMON.

Slllillll‘l-‘B’ DEEDS.

Ilon. Mr. PALMER. on rising to move for tho u-wud reading of a Bill for shortco- iuu the language of Sltcrifl‘s’ Dccds. raid the object of it was to dispense with a good deal of formal rccituticus in Sbt‘l’IIII Deeds. by which they wore rendered lengthy and expensive. Many titles 0. land were derived from sales under writs directed to the Sheriff, and whenatnao had to go into the Court to defend on no- tiun. it an often neocssury to prove llll title. The present form was vort' lung. bill as the law now rttiod it was illtllapottlttblu that certain Acts should be recited 'tll a Sherill‘e Deed. Those recitationa might be dispensed with. except the mere substance of thcut. if an Act were passed fortbat purpose. lie had frequent y intended to Introduce a llill of that kind. which. front his experience in the legal profession, be considered desirable. an as to situpllt‘y the proceedings and render Illclll lcu expon- lll’t).

The Ilill was then read fltit't‘lllltl time. referred to a Committee of the Whole House. reported agreed to without any amendment, nml ordered to be engrossed.

Adjourned till Monday next. ntclct‘cn u'tlock.

MONDAY. April 13.

On motion of Hon. Mr. f‘ultncr. a Ilill for shortening the lungungu of Shertfls‘ floods. was rcud at third time. and poured.

LIQI’OR LICENSE BILL.

lion. .‘lfr. Mt'tttm-m. on rising to move

for tho scconnl reading of n llill in further amendment of the laws regulating the sale by License of Spiritous Lit "out cold. the principalnltcruticu in the ow which was coutcntpltttctl by this Hill was. tltnt a purty

tulle in making our: roads is. that boy requiring a License would be required to oblttltt the consent of a ntttJm‘II)‘ of the

he

of: to be nullctl for that. purpose. instead of

going l‘utltitl to tile bout-cs with a requisi- tion as by the pvt-sent Act.

The llill ulso rut‘itlotl that no Stunll Debt Court or pu|t~ to ullicc. sttt'li lot a Post Uflico. bt-rcaftt-r to

be established. should be kept in a tavern.

The Bill was then read a rccoml time.

and rol‘crrml to u Committee ul‘tho whole will take up this question ofthe improve- Ilonsc—Jlou. Mr. ltlulrhcad III the chant.

"on. Mr. Patatrzu: Iregrctthnt thorn

is a necessity to apply an often to the Legislature for laws to regulate the sale of It is one Which the pllbilfl fuel Spirituoue Liquors. 'l‘lu-re is scorccly u the necessity of every day and it will not Session but there is an Act iflt‘lt‘tl making

mut-t-liungc. and yet, with til the efforts the

Legislature niakc. the law scents jnstas im- tert‘cct as et'cr—thc evil still exists. for tutmoruhty and crime. flowing from the . . abuse of s irituous liquors. art-sti I found to agriculturaltsts—are what we at present. pron".

only ltopn that this amendment

1 will contribute Iotucthiuptr towards chock- ing the evil. but I ant of opinion that how- the country have been solocg silentupon ever tlettll‘ttblc it may he in the minds of

nine. to prohibit the use of intoxicating

liquors nlmgethcr. we cannot do that cll'cc-

unlly by lwgislntioo. It will have to

depend upon the cxwttoua of good and philanthropic men. cutsqu of the Legisla- ture. to educate the people up to the ne- cessity or benefit of abstaining from the use of those stimulants, and in the menu-

into. it Is incumbent upon us to render the

laws upon this subject as well adapted to

lie remedy of the evil as pmsiltlc. No

doubt there is good rcason uud sense in what many people any. that good homes of entertainment are necessary. we will all be willing to admit that. for

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hose who are in the habit of trnvcllin

know how desirable it. is to have a gem de.'ofod to poin‘ on‘ 'o thgm (ll-t house of PIIIOI‘IRIIIIDQIII. provided Willi .ll

conveniences and accommodations

looked.

could prolong the life of a valuable horse and save themselves a great deal of labor audtime. it would be money in their However. as the Session is now so near its close. we cannot expect the Legislature to act ttpon the Report of the Committee. but nevertheless. I hope and trust that great good will yet The Report eviuccs muclt attention and research. and it contains suggestions whicb.I think. the more they are considered the more worthy they will be found of consideration. many suggestions which I would like to pass a deliberate opinion upon and to put upon record. There are many things in it which involve the best inter- ests of the Colony. and while trifling mat- ters occupy the attention of the Legisla— turn. those of vast importance are over- I quite agree with the sugges- tions in the Report with respect to the introduction of the system of Macadam- iaation. and if a few hundred pounds were appropriated to set it in operation with the aid of a Stone Breaker. it would be an advantage. Of course.

pockets.

result from it.

which We would require. upon the road. It is not these that the law aims at putting down. or Itccping tlmvu ; but it is those which are opcucd undcr the color of houses of entcttniumeot. while the parties who open tbum have no other intentions but to traffic in intoxicating liquors. Perhaps the authorities are not sufficiently \igilaut. or sufficiently intlapt‘ntlt-nt and patriotic to en‘ force the law strictly: if thcy were. we would not have so many applications for changes. There is too great on incliun. tlovt on the part of tho Magistrncy to over- look. or shut their eyes to will“. Ilirt’ should not. and consequently, we have many more retailers ct‘ rpirltnous liquors than are necessary. by which means injury In done to good and respectable houses which we would wish to are established. Now. I think the alteration made a few years-ago. by which it waslcft to the inhabitants to say. whether they would have a homo opt-n- cd in a District to retail Splrituous Liquors. was a step in tho rightdirectlon. l indict-c that principle has been acted upon with some advantage: but. there Is an objection made. which [dare say is well founded. that the spirit of the Act is often evaded. The low at present is. that no license shall be granted without the consontofa ma- jority of the householders in a District. and

There are

political

economy ia what we should all keep our eye upon. I know the proposition to contract a Loan is not favorably received in general. and I feel rather unfavorably disposed towards the expenditure of a large sum raised by a Loan at the pre- sent junotttre. I would rather give the proposed system a lair trial for two or three years by the expenditure of a mo-

Tben. if It is found that the expense is not be end what we would be justified in incurring. I would he found among those who would be willing to contract a Loan. If our roads were once placed in a good condition no as to give farmers facilities for exporting their produce. it tvo old he

lature has ever done yet. This is not merely my opinion today. but has been ever since I had a stat in the Legisla- ture. I have always been dissatisfied with our ayatetn of road making. and I have tried to rates my voice in favor of adopting a better one. I will not tree-

ss further your time at present. all before tho‘mnbete in closed. I will offer a Desolation containing myown

doing more for the Island than the Iiegis- .

then. when the

mental homered. m “a m subject are. an w to ease law to any way which elm" a tendency

none are eligible to a vote but those who have a voice in the a ipolntmcnt of school trustees; but parties uteri-sled in opening those taverns can go through a settlement. and by choose to make. probably not confining themaelvee very strictly to truth. they man- age to obtain a majority—perhaps only a majority of one—in favor of opening a ter-

whatever Npresontatfonl they

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that particular. is ecnsi cred very ob rc- tlonable. because the person rt citing a license will always be active. win a on the other hand. the old saving is presented to our minds. that "what is cverybod 'r business is noltody‘e business." the Ilill. if it become law. will effect an improvement in that rat It

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ct : and though

oea not comprile all could wish. yct

lt commends itself to our support. for It rc- quiree that a nhllc meeting of the luhuhb

tents of a I) trict shall be converted. and plo are brought together

there still ho a the opportunity of deal-

ing with facts and truths alone. for if there ta a seen there who will ohttnde himself upon fht' meeting its will be pointed out.

People will aleo he more disposed to es- their Inlde fwer at a public meet»

in; than they would to their own Moses. and that being the case. I will support that

part of the not. It 5.. Weapon-

l laws on this

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creatures demand. With that view I will in port the Measure before III.” I thinlt it. wi l have a good tendency. for every house- hoidrr who is opposed to the opening of a tavern. will know that there will be danger of it man obtaining aliceuao. which danger will he incrcnscd If he and others who are opposed to it do not attend the meeting.

IIun. Mr. lll.u:I_lmtit.n: I do not think this bill comprises any vcry material change “f it... priviulpln embodied ltt the Instant that was passed. or if there is any change I do not think it is for the better. I be- liove that if a license worn granted upon some particular dat- to each year. at a pub- lic meeting of the inhabitants. to he called for that purpose. and on a certificate of the maiorlty. It would be preferable to the mode which is proposed to be carried out by the clause which hut-just- been read. As the hill is at present. the people may be called to attend a meeting a dozen times in each year. and they Will soon get tired of that wny of proceeding. If thcy attend a meeting once or twice. they will tblnlt that is enough. and the chances are that the person wishing to obtain a license will got his friends to go to a tucrting. and he will tltcrebv pt-tn umiority in favor of giving him a license. If u ccrtificutc wore to be granted in that way. at on normal meeting. the people would tulto n greater interest. in it. and if Iltoy would refuse to grnut a liccnae n1 such tltt't‘llltg‘ thorn should be an «ml to tho traffic in intoxicating liquor in that district fur twclvo months. unless some person should choose tn roll it surreptitious- lv. and the tualority. lit-lug opposed tnnttt-u- log a tavern. they \vould of course take a greater interest in act-lug that no tu-rson should sell without license than if they wore otherwise tlislmeetl. As the bill is at present. an unlimited mtmbcr of mot-tings may be culled in a your. and. on thc very day when a tuccting is (‘Itlll‘tL runny of the pcoplumay ltM‘c lltllllt‘Illll'lll of tuorc lut- portuncr to themselves to nttcml to. but it' only one Illt'f‘lin‘.‘ in tho year could be cull- dc. they would be tnorc liltrlyto attend. I lit-licvc that would be much more cllioscioua titan the system proposed by the bill. 'I‘ltcrc is scarcely a your hot lltt‘l‘t' is some onto-ml tncut propnactl to the license lttw. and I do not know but Illt' lnw pnssml by the first l.cgislativc Assembly in the colony. in 177:}. wnsjust its t-ll'cctunl in prevetttingthc sale of liquor without liO'ttse as tho pru- acot law is. It. was then left in the bonds of the Governor in Council. and only it limitml number 0f licences were. granted. At the present time I believe thcrc are a number of places in each countv whore liquor ts sold without llt‘l‘nlfl. A {cw days ago I was at n stori- in the country in which liquor is sold. The man has storc license. but cannot sell in small quantities. yet. i snw a person coming out of thc store with It mg and a tumbler to his hand. lining behind the house. he Pulled two or thrt-c others and give them a drink. liyv law. the liquor is not allowed to bc drunk on the promiscs. but they went outside and drank it, and I suppose rcturnctl tho jug to the stern. There are means fnutttl to evade almost cyct'v act pasat-ol onthis subject. I cannot see that this bill is any grunt intprovctucnt. for thc ltl't'tlt'lll law rt~thircs tho- consr-nt of a majority of the hottachnldcrs in a district before it tavern can be almond. and thinI only I’llqltll‘t'tl tho t‘ttllit'tll. of :t majority of those at a met-ting. wlu-ro pt'rllttps not more than one—third of the people in the district may attcud.