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MANITOBA. 



Among the commissions to be appointed by 

 the Governor is that for securing uinf<>n 

 legislation with other States in respect to di- 

 vorce, insolvency, and probate laws, also those 

 relating to descent and distribution of property, 

 law relating to recognizances for debt 

 was repealed. 



An attachment of real estate expires in I'm- 

 years afterdate of filing, unless brought forward 

 at the request of the plaint nT or his attorney. 



A law affecting installment sales provides 

 that no agreement \\hcrcl.y the property shall 

 become that of the buyer till it is paid for shall 

 be valid unless recorded in the dty clerk's office. 



Vessels of 5 tons or less on inland waters are 

 from fees for inspect ion or license. 



The State has allowed savings banks to re- 

 juire ninety days' notice for the withdrawal of 

 deposit*, atid in turn has provided that 

 banks shall not invest in street railways, ti 

 ing those already built in Maine, unless there is 

 paid in on the stock 33} per cent. >f the amount 

 of bonds. 



The laws on liens were amended ; the claim- 

 ant has forty instead of thirty days in which to 

 file his statement. 



Changes were made in the law governing the 

 sale of liquors. Among the important f< 

 added is the requirement for an assay of the 

 licmors. 



MANITOBA, a western province of the Do- 

 minion of Canada, 



Legislation. The third session of the eighth 

 Legislature was opened at Winnipeg on Feb. 14, 

 1895, by the Lieutenant Governor, Sir John 

 Christian Schultz, with a speech from the throne, 

 which contained these passages: 



It appear* that during the past year unusually 



large nhipmentu of stock have been made out ot 'the 



o an encouraging indication that our farmers 



are no longer wholly relying upon the production of 



wheat. 



A nubntantial increase in the provincial subsidy 

 haa been obtained fro:n the Dominion author 



By the judgment of the .ludieial Committee of the 

 Privy Council, recently pronounced on an appeal 

 from the Supreme Court of Canada, it has been held 

 that an appeal lies to the Governor (ieneral in Coun- 

 cil in behalf of the minority of thi* province, inas- 

 much an certain right* or privileges Driven l.y prior 

 provincial legislation to tin- minority in educational 

 matter* had b^en affected bv the public-schools act 

 of 1890. and that therefore the Governor (J( rural in 

 ha* power to make remedial orders in respect 

 ihsiHu. hi* not the intention of my <;<.\ernment 

 in any way to recede from it* determination to up- 

 . - -.-.-,, 



It ha Seen determined hy the" Department of Kdu- 



a carefully prepared course of 

 in agriculture into the public school*, and 

 daring the part year a considerable amount of pre- 

 paratory work ha* been accomplished. 



Finlay M. Young was elected Speaker. The 

 principal bills passed were the following: 



incorporated outaide of 



For prevention of fraudulent statements by com- 

 panies and other*. 



l: -... ' .!i .-..:. i,-!.,. -, Im-torii.,,. 



To incorporate the Bed River Valley Coloni/ . n 

 Land Company. 



A special meeting of the Legislature was . 



iy !. primarily to deal with the s< 1 

 question. It wa .- d on .June 2s. 



passing the following measures, among < > 



To amend the municipal boundaries act. 

 Respecting munici]>al bail insurance. 

 To make further provision renpectinc 



'h:im.->. 



act 



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To make ftntber provision rap 



To ameod the Manitoba insurance act 



life aNiurance for the 



ing mortgagee of 



To incorporate the Canadian Live Stock ai 

 .nice Company. 



>..v. mm. tit of Manitoba to loan a 

 amount of money to the rural muni- 

 uli. 



The most important subject of discn- i<.n .lur- 

 ing the two sessions of the Legislature i 

 was the school question. The .Man it-La 

 lative acts of May, 1800, with reference to th| 

 public schools of the province, ulu>li>l.. 

 . which permitted separate Protest a; 

 Catholic sections of the School Hoard, ai 

 dered the arrangement of all the sdi.,.,1 d 

 both Protestant and Catholic, under one a^^ 

 of free and nonsectarian schools, to t>* 

 tained by the collection of a public-scho< 

 Any school refusing or neglecting ti work 

 the new law was not to be allowed the pi 

 of enjoying a share of the grants r allot 

 The Imperial Privy Council naving decided that. 

 while the Manitoba act of 1890 was constW 

 tional, it yet remained with the Domini. 

 ernment to see that the rights of th* I 

 Catholic minority were respected and guai^H 

 the question at once became a Federal one. Tin 

 Ottawa ministry, sitting as a court of I',- 

 peal, heard the complaints and the dcfei, 

 finally issued a remedial order or in-tnn 



initoba Government i- r. - -! th. privi- 

 leges taken from the Catholics by the al 

 of their separate schools in 1800. This deoisM 

 was made by the Governor Gene ml in c 

 on March 18, declaring that the rights and privi- 

 leges enjoyed by the Catholic minor 

 toba prior to the provincial acts of 1800 welt 

 prejudicially affected by those act>. and re<ju -i 

 ing legislation that should repeal the existjB 

 law. in order that the wrongs comnl 



; ' holies might be removed. This the pro- 

 vincial Government flatly refused to do, and 

 were supported in their opposition by a 1MB 

 majority of the Assembly, and apparently 

 I>eople of Manitoba. It was pointed oak tM 

 the difficulty of maintaining separate scho^^ 

 a large and scattered country like ManitA 

 practically amounted to an impossibility. ^P 

 decision of the Government created t 

 tinct issues one between Catholics and Protes- 

 tants, the other between the provin 

 minion Legislatures. 'Die situation \\-.-. 

 ward. Th.- Minister of Justice for the I- 

 ion. Sir ('. II. Tupper, considered th< 

 so serious that he resigned in order to brflK 

 about a dissolution, this, in his view, be 

 onlv constitutional course open to hin 

 resfgnation was tendered on March 26, but thr 

 days later he was prevailed upon to remain in 

 office. Matters now await the legislation that is 



