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Select Committee Appointed to inquire into the Working of the Tavern and Licence Act of 1868
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Select Committees are ad-hoc committees of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario with specific terms of reference to investigate and report on a specific issue. This committee was appointed February 17, 1873, and was chaired by Abraham Farewell. It issued a questionnaire to representative members of society on the issue, studied recent British legislation in the area, and recommended further study.
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The Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Working of the Tavern and Licence Act of 1868 was to investigate "the extent and general effects upon the morals of the community of the Liquor Traffic of the province and the best means of suppressing the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage." The committee was established in response to petitions signed by approximately 50,000 people calling for stricter controls in the sales of alcohol.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sage, Richard; Weir, Aileen. Select Committees of the Assemblies of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792-1991: A Checklist of Reports. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library, 1992.
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Archivist(s):
Wayne Crockett