On motion of Hon. C. J. Doherty (Minister of Justice), the House went into Committee, Mr. Rainville in the Chair, to consider the following proposed resolution:
That it is expedient to amend the Judges Act to provide for the salary of an additional judge of the Supreme Court of Saskatchewan, $6,00-0 per annum, and to provide for the salary of an additional junior judge of the County Court in Ontario, $3,000 per annum; to amend section eighteen of the said Act by providing that a judge who is appointed or assigned to a district for the exercise of his ordinary jurisdiction therein and required by law at the time of his appointment to reside within that district shall not be entitled to travelling allowances incurred or made necessary by reason of his residing at any place outside of the district to which he is so appointed or assigned, unless his residence at that, place be authorized or approved by the Governor in Council; and to make the provisions of subsections two, three, four and five of section twenty-eight apply to the Judges of the Circuit Court of Montreal.