. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1907, . No. 31 Commutation of Statute Labor. Under the Commutation System as ordinarily understood, a by-law of tlie toAvnsliip provides that all statute labor must be commuted ata fixed rate per day. This rate in some cases remains one dollar, and itis advisable that, if possible, it should do so. Certain townships, how-ever, reduce the rate to 75 cents or 50 cents a day. No ratepayer has theoption of working out his tax; but anj^ are eligible to get employment onthe road when the work is being performed. Occasionally the old statutelabor divisions and pat
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1907, . No. 31 Commutation of Statute Labor. Under the Commutation System as ordinarily understood, a by-law of tlie toAvnsliip provides that all statute labor must be commuted ata fixed rate per day. This rate in some cases remains one dollar, and itis advisable that, if possible, it should do so. Certain townships, how-ever, reduce the rate to 75 cents or 50 cents a day. No ratepayer has theoption of working out his tax; but anj^ are eligible to get employment onthe road when the work is being performed. Occasionally the old statutelabor divisions and pathmasters are retained, each being given, to spendon the roads, the amount collected in his division, but this plan retainsmany of the chief defects of the statute labor system. The usual plan isto appoint one or more road commissioners to manage the road-work ofthe township under the direction of the council. By Commutation Sys-tem is now understood the commutation of all statute labor, the roads be-ing put in charge of a road Steel Bridge at J5ei,leville ; S\vin<. Span Oikn. The general statute labor law as carried out throughout the Provinceprovides that any person may commute his statute labor at the rate of onedollar per day; or for a less amount if the municipal council so providesby by-law. With the object of inducing ratepayers to commute instead ofworking out their labor, many townships have passed such by-laws reduc-ing the rate of commutation, but leaving it optional with the persons assess-ed to commute or work out the tax. This step is of little if any practicall)enefit, as it does n,ot appreciably increase the amount received ixi com-mutation of statute labor. This optional method is not what is known asthe Commutation System. Abolition of Statute Labor, The complete abolition of statute labor is ordinarily recognized as themost equitable plan to adopt, collecting the necessary amount for roadpurposes iv. the general rate levied on the township as
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