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230 



856 



FOR SESSION 1857 . 

STANDING ORDERS 



OF THE 



LORDS & COMMONS RELATIVE TO PRIVATE BILLS 



5 / -

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HARVARDIANAE IN NOV 





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HARVARD LAW LIBRARY 



Received FEB 4 1927

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64 a 



69 



610 



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60 



63 



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Gt . Brit . Parliament . 

For Session 1857 . 



THE 



STANDING ORDERS 



OF 



The Lords and Commons 



RELATIVE TO 



PRIVATE BILLS , 

AS AMENDED IN JULY , 1856 ; 



WITH 



APPENDIX , 



CONTAINING 



TABLE OF FEES CHARGED AT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS , 

STANDING ORDERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS RELATIVE 



TO PUBLIC MATTERS , 



AND 



OTHER INFORMATION RESPECTING THE PROCEEDINGS NECESSARY TO 

BE TAKEN BY THE PROMOTERS AND OPPONENTS OF BILLS . 



AND WITH COPIOUS INDEXES . 



WESTMINSTER : 



Published by the EDITOR at his Office , No. 53 , Parliament Street . 

Sold by WATERLOW AND SONS , 49 , Parliament Street ; P. S. KING , 12 , Bridge Street , Westminster ; SIMPKIN , MARSHALL & Co. , Stationers ' Hall Court ; T. & T. CLARK , 38 , George Street , Edin- burgh ; and V. DELANY AND SON , Law Library , Four Courts , Dublin . 



1856 .

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238 856 



i 



LONDON : 



PRINTED BY C. ROWORTH AND SONS , BELL YARD , TEMPLE BAR . 



FEB 4 1927

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INTRODUCTION . 



cation of this 



THE Publication of this Edition of the Standing Orders First Publi- was commenced in the year 1836 , and during the Twenty- Edition of one years that have since elapsed the Orders relative to the Standing Private Bills , as annually altered and amended , have been published at the close of each Session . 



Orders . 



these Orders 



These Orders are applicable to all Bills intended to be Bills to which introduced into Parliament upon Petition in the ensuing are or are not Session , and partially to some Bills of Local operation in- applicable . troduced upon Motion as Public Bills ; unfortunately , however , the Bills to be considered " Private Bills " are not clearly defined in the Standing Orders , nor is the practice of the two Houses of Parliament uniform upon this point . Last Session the " Nawab of Surat Treaty Nawab of Bill " was treated by the Commons as a Private Bill , and Surat Treaty as such was read a Third Time in the Commons by a majority of 213 against 28 ; but in the Lords the same Bill was declared not to be a Private Bill , the Government opposed it , and the Second Reading was negatived . The case of the " Delamere Forest Bill " was exactly the Delamere reverse of the before - mentioned Bill , as this Bill was passed in the Commons as a Public Bill , to which the 



Bill . 



Forest Bill . 



Local Ma- 



Standing Orders were not applicable ; while in the Lords , the same Bill was declared to be a Private Bill , to which the Standing Orders did apply , and as such it was pro- ceeded with and passed . The case of the " Metropolis Metropolis Local Management Act Amendment ( No. 2 ) Bill " was nagement different to either of those already mentioned : this Bill Bill . was brought in at the close of the Session , to extinguish the right and privileges of the ratepayers and inhabitants of the Metropolis , so far as regarded the election of

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iv INTRODUCTION . 



Amendments 



Parochial Officers , and the making of Parochial Rates ; and to confer such Rights and Privileges upon the Ves- tries : and although opposed , both on the ground of non - compliance with the Standing Orders , and on the merits , the Petitioners were unable to obtain a hearing in either House , and the Bill was passed by the Government through both Houses as a Public Bill , to which the Stand- ing Orders were not applicable . The circumstances con- nected with these three Bills render it impossible to define the class of Public Bills to which the Standing Orders relative to Private Bills are applicable , except that as a general rule it is admitted , that where a Bill is limited in its operation to a particular locality , and within that locality varies the general law upon the subject to which the Bill relates , such Bill can be opposed , in the manner provided in the Standing Orders , unless the opponents have to contend with Government influence , in which case it is useless to offer any opposition . 

The Standing Orders during the last Session were to Standing altered and amended in the following particulars : - 



Orders . 



Cross Sec- tions . 



Com . 53 . 

Lords , 183 , 



In all cases where any Public Carriage Road is crossed on the level by a Railway , a cross section of such Road is to be added to the section : formerly a cross section s . 14 , p . 181. was only required in cases where the level of the Road remained unaltered , but in the Orders of both Houses this limitation has now been rescinded . 



Committees on Railway Bills . 



Commons , 134 , s . 12 . 



Bill as amended in Committee referred to Examiners . 



Case of the North- Western 



Committees on Railway Bills ( in the Commons ) are to Report the Termini of the Main Line of a proposed Railway and its Branches , in addition to the other par- ticulars required to be specially reported to the House . 

The Standing Orders do not define the circumstances under which the opponents of a Private Bill are entitled to complain of Non - compliance with the Standing Orders in relation to Amendments made in Committee ; but as 

this mode of opposition was successful last Session in the Railway Bill . case of the North - Western Railway Bill it may form a precedent for future proceedings in similar cases . On the

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INTRODUCTION . V 



20th June Petitions complaining of non - compliance with the Standing Orders in relation to Amendments made in Committee in the North - Western Railway Bill were presented by the Lancaster and Carlisle , Caledonian , and Midland Railway Companies , and on the same day these Petitions , with the Bill , were referred to the Examiners , with instructions to hear parties and to report . On the 23rd June the Report of the Examiner was referred to the Committee on Standing Orders , and on the following day that Committee reported " that the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with , but that the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill , on striking out the clauses 4 and 5 of the said Bill , in respect of which the Standing Orders have been reported not to have been complied with ; " and on these clauses being struck out in compliance with this decision , the Bill was proceeded with , passed , and sent to the Lords . 



The Order that no amendments , not being merely Third Read- verbal , shall be made on the Third Reading in the ing . Commons , was intended to prevent the introduction of Com . 186 . improper clauses at the final stage of a Bill ; but there are cases in which its strict application to Private Bills will cause serious inconvenience . This Order was oc- casioned by an amendment made on the Third Reading of the County Courts Bill ( without any previous notice whatever ) , to increase the compensation payable to cer- tain Registrars , and although the amendment was subse- quently struck out of the Bill upon an objection that it was an increased charge upon the Public Revenue which had not been sanctioned by a Committee of the whole House , the attempt to carry it without notice was so near being successful , that to prevent the recurrence of a similar proceeding , the House decided that hereafter verbal amendments only should be made upon the Third Reading of Bills , both Public and Private , although in the case of Private Bills every amendment intended to be proposed was required to be previously printed and circulated with the Votes . 



B

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vi INTRODUCTION . 



Commons ' 



Omission of The Order has been omitted that when any amendment Order ( for- proposed on the Third Reading shall have been referred merly ) No.84 . to the Committee on Standing Orders they shall report 



Orders Nos . 



185 . 



whether such amendment ought or ought not to be Retention of adopted by the House at that stage : but it is still re- 77 , 183 , and quired that verbal amendments to be proposed on the Third Reading shall be submitted to the Chairman of Ways and Means , who is to decide whether they are such as ought or ought not to be entertained by the House without referring the same to the Committee on Standing Orders ; and when such amendments have been referred to the Committee , no further proceedings shall be had until their Report shall have been brought up . 



Commons ' Orders ver- 



ed , or num- bers varied . 



The following Orders of the House of Commons have bally amend- been verbally amended , viz.:-Nos . 7 , 8 , 11 , 70 , 77 , 84 , 116 , 146 , 175 , 179 , 183 , 184 , 185 , 194 , 199 , 202 and 211 ; and the numbers of the Orders 84 to 161 , and 186 to 218 , vary from the numbers affixed to such Orders in previous sessions . 



The term " Private 



It may prevent inconvenience in consulting the Lords ' Bill , " as used Standing Orders if it is borne in mind that the Orders to in the Lords ' No. 174 inclusive relate more particularly to " Private 



Orders . 



Examiners for Standing 



Bills , " properly so called , viz . - Divorce , Estate , Name , and Naturalization Bills , & c .; while the Orders from 175 to 192 relate more particularly to " Local and Per- sonal Bills ; " and that the term " Private Bill " is used throughout the Lords ' Orders in reference to both these classes of Bills . 

The Resolutions of the House of Lords respecting the Orders ( page appointment of " Examiners for Standing Orders " should be consulted in connexion with the Orders respecting the Standing Order Committee . 



195 ) . 



September , 1856 . 



JAMES BIGG .

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STANDING ORDERS 



OF THE 



HOUSE OF COMMONS , 



AS AMENDED THE 21ST JULY , 1856 . 



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CONTENTS 



OF THE 



Standing Orders of the House of Commons . 



I. Appointment of Committees and Examiners of Petitions 

II . The Two Classes of Private Bills 



PAGE 



.... 



7 



.... 



9 



III . Standing Orders , compliance with which is to be proved before 

the Examiners : - 



1. Notices by Advertisement 



11 



2. Notices and Applications to Owners , Lessees and Oc- 

cupiers of Lands and Houses 



14 



.. 



3. Documents required to be deposited , and the Times 

and Places of Deposit 



16 



4. Form in which Plans , Books of Reference , Sections 

and Cross Sections shall be prepared . 



.... 



20 



5. Estimates and Subscription Contracts , or Declarations 

in lieu of Subscription Contracts , and Deposit of 

Money in certain Cases 

IV . Proceedings of Examiners , of Chairman of Committee of Ways 

and Means , and of Committees : - 



23 



Of Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ........... 26 

Of , and in Relation to , the Chairman of the Committee of 

Ways and Means , and the Counsel to Mr. Speaker .. 

Of Select Committee on Standing Orders . 



28 



... 



30 



Of Committee of Selection and of General Committee on 



Railway and Canal Bills 



31 



..... 



Of Committees on opposed Bills . 



.. 



34 



Of , and in Relation to , Committees on Bills , whether op- 



posed or unopposed 



38 



Of Select Committee on Divorce Bills 



... 



.. 



51 



V. Orders regulating the Practice of the House with regard to 



Private Bills 



.... 



52

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X CONTENTS - continued . 



VI . Orders regulating the Practice in the Private Bill Office ..... 



PAGE 



57 



Appendix ( A. ) Form of Application to Owners , Lessees and Oc- 

cupiers 



63 



Appendix ( B. ) 1st Vict . cap . 83. An Act to compel Clerks of the 

Peace for Counties , and other Persons , to take the Custody of 

such Documents as shall be directed to be deposited with them 

under the Standing Orders of either House of Parliament .... 65 

Appendix ( C. ) 9th Vict . cap . 20. An Act to amend an Act of the 

Second Year of her present Majesty for providing for the Cus- 

tody of certain Monies paid in pursuance of the Standing 

Orders of either House of Parliament , by Subscribers to 

Works or Undertakings to be effected under the Authority of 

Parliament 

Appendix ( D. ) 14th & 15th Vict . cap . 49. An Act to repeal an 

Act of the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of her present Majesty , 

for making Preliminary Inquiries in certain Cases of Appli- 

cations for Local Acts , and to make other Provisions in lieu 

thereof 



Appendix ( E. ) Tables of Fees 

Appendix ( F. ) Standing Orders relative to Public Matters 



GENERAL INDEX 



.................. 



..... 



.... 



..... 



........ 



67 



70 



72 



75 



83

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STANDING ORDERS 



OF THE 



HOUSE OF COMMONS 



RELATIVE TO 



PRIVATE BILLS . 



I. APPOINTMENT OF 



COMMITTEES 



AND 



EXAMINERS OF PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE 



BILLS . 



1. There shall be one or more officers of this House , to Examiners of be called " The Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills , " Petitions . who shall be appointed by Mr. Speaker . 



Orders . 



2. There shall be a committee , to be designated " The Committee Select Committee on Standing Orders , " to consist of on Standing eleven members , who shall be nominated at the commence- ment of every session , of whom five shall be a quorum . 

3. There shall be a committee , to be designated " The Committee of Committee of Selection , " to consist of the chairman of the Selection . select committee on standing orders , who shall be ex officio chairman thereof , and five other members , who shall be nominated at the commencement of every session , of which committee three shall be a quorum . 



a 



4. There shall be committee , to be designated " The General General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills , " which Committee on Railway shall be nominated at the commencement of every session by and Canal the committee of selection ; and five shall be the quorum of Bills . such committee . 

5. The committee of selection may , from time to time , Members discharge members from further attendance on such general may be committee , and add other members in their room , and shall varied . appoint the chairman of such committee . 

6. The general committee on railway and canal bills General shall appoint from among themselves the chairman of each Committee to committee on a railway or canal bill , or on a group of such appoint 

bills , and may change the chairman so appointed from time to time . 



Chairman .

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8 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Committees on Railway and Canal Bills . 



Committees 



7. The committee on every railway and canal bill , or group of railway and canal bills , shall be composed of five members not locally or otherwise interested in the bill or bills referred to them ; the chairman to be appointed by the general committee on railway and canal bills , and four other members by the committee of selection . ( See also No. 86. ) 

8. The committee on every opposed private bill ( not on Opposed being a railway , canal or divorce bill ) , or group of bills , Private Bills . shall be composed of a chairman and four members not locally or otherwise interested in the bill or bills referred to them , to be appointed by the committee of selection . 



Committees on Unop- 



9. The committee on every unopposed private bill ( not being a railway , canal or divorce bill ) shall , if the same Bosed Private shall have originated in this House , be composed of the chairman of the committee of ways and means , who shall be ex officio chairman of every such committee , together with one of the members ordered to prepare and bring in the bill , and one other member not locally or otherwise inte- rested therein , such members to be appointed by the com- mittee of selection , and shall , if such bill shall have been brought from the House of Lords , be composed of the chairman , as aforesaid , and two other members , to be ap- pointed by the committee of selection , of whom one at least shall not be locally or otherwise interested in the bill ; and the chairman and one other member of such committee shall be the quorum thereof . 



Committee on Divorce Bills . 



10. There shall be a committee , to be designated " The Select Committee on Divorce Bills , " to consist of nine mem- bers , who shall be nominated at the commencement of every session , of whom three shall be a quorum . 

11. After any committee on a private bill shall have to be added met , no members shall be added thereto , unless by special order of the House . 



Members not 

to Com- mittees .

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 9 



II . THE TWO CLASSES OF PRIVATE BILLS . 



12. For the purposes of the Standing Orders of this Private Bills House , all private bills to which the Standing Orders are divided into applicable shall be divided into the two following classes , according to the subjects to which they respectively relate : - 



Two Classes . 



1ST CLASS . Burial ground , making , maintaining , or First Class . 



altering . 



Charters and corporations , enlarging or altering powers of . 

Church or chapel , building , enlarging , repairing or maintaining . 

City or town , paving , lighting , watching , cleansing 



or improving . 



Company , incorporating or giving powers to . 



County rate . 



County or shire hall , court house . 

Crown , church , or corporation property , or property held in trust for public or charitable purposes . 



Ferry . 



Fishery , making , maintaining or improving . Gaol or house of correction . 

Land , inclosing , draining or improving . 

Letters patent , confirming , prolonging , or transfer- 



ring the term of . 

Local court , constituting . 



Market or market - place , erecting , improving , re- pairing , maintaining or regulating . 



Police . 



Poor , maintaining or employing . 



Poor rate . 



Powers to sue and be sued , conferring . 

Stipendiary magistrate , or any public officer , pay- 



ment of . 



And 



Continuing or amending an act passed for any of the purposes included in this or the second class , where no further work than such as was authorized by a former act is proposed to be made . 



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10 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Second Class . 2ND CLASS . Making , maintaining , varying , extending 



or enlarging any 

Aqueduct . 

Archway . 

Bridge . 

Canal . 

Cut . 

Dock . 



Drainage - making and maintaining any cut for drainage , being a new work , where it is not pro- vided in the bill that the same shall not be more than eleven feet width at the bottom . 

Embankment for reclaiming land from the sea or any tidal river . 

Ferry , where any work is to be executed . Harbour . 



Navigation . 



Pier . 

Port . 

Railway . 

Reservoir . 

Sewer . 

Street . 

Tunnel . 



Turnpike or other public carriage road . Waterwork .

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 11 



III . STANDING ORDERS , COMPLIANCE 

WITH WHICH IS TO BE PROVED BE- FORE THE EXAMINERS OF PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS - viz . , 



2. Notices and Applications to Owners , Lessees and 



1. Notices by Advertisement 



p . 11 



Occupiers of Lands and Houses 



p . 14 



3. Documents required to be deposited , and the 



Times and Places of Deposit 



p . 16 



4. Form in which Plans , Books of Reference , Sec- 



tions and Cross Sections shall be prepared p . 20 



5. Estimates and Subscription Contracts , or Decla- rations in lieu of Subscription Contracts , and Deposit of Money in certain cases 



p . 23 



13. Compliance with the following Standing Orders shall be proved before one of the examiners of petitions for pri- vate bills ; -viz . 

1. Notices by Advertisement . 



of Applica- 

tended to be 



14. In all cases where application is intended to be made Notices to for leave to bring in a bill relating to any of the subjects state Objects included in either of the two classes of private bills , notices tion and shall be given stating the objects of such intended applica- Powers in- tion , and the time at which copies of the bill will be depo- tied for sited in the private bill office ; and if it be intended to apply for powers for the compulsory purchase of lands or houses , or for extending the time granted by any former act for that purpose , or to amalgamate with any other company , or to sell or lease the undertaking , or to purchase or take on lease the undertaking of any other company , or to amend or repeal any former act or acts , or to levy any tolls , rates or duties , or to alter any existing tolls , rates or duties , or to confer , vary , or extinguish any exemptions from payment of tolls , rates or duties , or to confer , vary or extinguish any other rights or privileges , the notices shall specify such in- tention ; and the whole of the notice relating to the same bill shall be included in the same advertisement , which shall

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12 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Notices to contain Names of Parishes , & c . 



Cemeteries 



be headed by a short title , descriptive of the undertaking or bill . 

15. In cases of bills included in the second class , and of bills of the first class , in respect to which plans are re- quired to be deposited , such notices shall also contain a description of all the termini , together with the names of the parishes , townships , townlands , and extra - parochial places from , in , through or into which the work is intended to be made , maintained , varied , extended or enlarged , and shall state the time and place of deposit of the plans , sections , books of reference and copies of the Gazette notice respec- tively , with the clerks of the peace , sheriff clerks , parish clerks , schoolmasters , session clerks , town clerks and clerks of unions , as the case may be . ( See Nos . 28 , 34 & 35. ) 

16. In cases of bills respecting any burial ground , ceme- or Gas Works . tery or gas works , the notices shall set forth and specify the limits within which such burial ground , cemetery or gas works are intended to be erected or made . 



Notices . 



Cuts , Canals , 



& c . 



to be stated . 



17. In all cases where it is proposed to divert into any Navigations , intended cut , canal , reservoir , aqueduct or navigation , or into any intended variation , extension or enlargement Intention to thereof respectively , any water from any existing cut , divert Water canal , reservoir , aqueduct or navigation , whether directly or derivatively , and whether under any agreement with the proprietors thereof or otherwise , the notices shall contain the name of every such existing cut , canal , reservoir , aqueduct or navigation , the waters supplying which will either directly or derivatively flow or proceed into any such intended cut , canal , reservoir , aqueduct or navigation , or into any in- tended variation , extension or enlargement thereof . 



Letters Patent . 



18. In cases of bills for confirming or prolonging the terms of letters patent , each notice shall have prefixed to it Name of In- in capital letters the name by which the invention is usually vention to be distinguished , and shall contain a distinct description of the invention for which such letters patent have been obtained , and also an account of the term of their duration . 



prefixed . 



Publication 



Gazettes and Newspapers . 



19. In the months of October and November , or either of Notices in of them , immediately preceding the application for a bill , such notices shall be published once in the London , Edin- burgh or Dublin Gazette , as the case may be , and in three successive weeks in some one and the same newspaper of the county in which the city , county of a city , town , county of a town , or lands to which such bill relates shall be situate ; or if there be no newspaper published therein , then in the newspaper of some county adjoining or near thereto ; and if such bill relate specially to any particular city , county of

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 13 



a city , town or county of a town , in which any newspaper is published , such notices shall be published in three succes- sive weeks , in one and the same newspaper published therein ; or if such bill do not relate to any particular city , county of a city , town , county of a town or lands , such notices shall be published once in the London , Edinburgh , or Dublin Gazette only , as the case may be ; and if such bill relate to lands situate in more than one county , such notices shall be inserted once in each of three successive weeks , in some newspaper or newspapers which shall be published in London at least six days in the week , or in Edinburgh or Dublin at least two days in the week , as the case may be , and in a newspaper of the county in which the principal office of the company or companies or other parties who are the promoters of any such bill , shall be situate , and in a newspaper of every county in which any new works are proposed to be constructed , or in which any lands are situate in respect of which any new or further powers for the completion of works already authorized are intended to be applied for .

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14 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Application to Owners , & c . , on or before 15th December . 



Service of 

Application . 



Evidence of 



2. Notices and Applications to Owners , Lessees and Occupiers of Lands and Houses . 

20. On or before the 15th day of December immediately preceding the application for a bill by which any lands or houses are intended to be taken , or an extension of the time granted by any former act for that purpose is sought , appli- cation in writing shall be made to the owners or reputed owners , lessees or reputed lessees , and occupiers of all lands and houses so intended to be taken , or which may be taken as being within the limits of deviation defined upon the plan ; and in cases of bills included in the second class , such application shall be , as nearly as may be , in the form set forth in the appendix marked ( A ) . 

21. Such application shall be made by delivering the same personally to every such party , or by leaving the same at his usual place of abode , or , in his absence from the United Kingdom , with his agent , on or before the 15th day of December , or by forwarding the same by post in a regis- tered letter , addressed with a sufficient direction to his usual place of abode , and posted on or before the 12th day of December , at the chief post office in London , Manchester , Liverpool , Birmingham , Leeds , Newcastle - upon - Tyne , Nor- wich , Lincoln , Shrewsbury , Bristol , Exeter , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Aberdeen , Inverness , Dublin , Belfast , Cork , or Athlone , at such hours and according to such regulations as the Postmas postmaster general shall from time to time appoint , for the posting and registration registra of such letters . 

22. In all cases the written acknowledgment of the party Application . applied to shall , in the absence of other proof , be sufficient evidence of an application having been made , or notice given ; and in case of an application or notice having been forwarded by post , in a registered letter , the production of the post office receipt for such letter , duly stamped , in such form as the postmaster general shall have appointed , shall be sufficient evidence of the due delivery of such letter : provided it shall appear that the same was properly and sufficiently directed , and that the same was not returned by the post office as undelivered . 



23. Separate lists shall be made of the names of such Owners , & c . , owners , lessees and occupiers , distinguishing those who have assented , dissented , or are neuter in respect to such appli- cation , or who have returned no answer thereto ; and where 



Lists of 

assenting , dissenting and neuter .

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 15 



no written acknowledgment has been returned to an appli- cation forwarded by post , or where such application has been returned as undelivered at any time before the making up of such lists , the direction of the letter in which the same was so forwarded shall be inserted therein . ( See Order 38 , directing the deposit of the said lists in the Private Bill Office . ) 



Property . 



24. Before the deposit of a petition for leave to bring in Crown , & c . a bill relating to crown , church or corporation property , or property held in trust for public or charitable purposes , or Notice to before the first reading of any such bill brought from the Owners , & c . House of Lords , notice in writing of such application to Parliament shall be served upon the owners or reputed owners of such property , and the lessees or reputed lessees of such property , holding leases granted for a life or lives , or for any term of twenty - one years or upwards . 



Burial Grounds and Gas Works . 



25. On or before the fifteenth day of December imme- diately preceding the application for any bill for making a burial ground or cemetery , or the erection of works for the manufacture of gas , notice shall be served upon the owner Notice to and occupier of every dwellinghouse situated within 300 yards of the limits within which the proposed burial ground , cemetery or gas works are intended to be erected or made . 



Owners , & c . 



ment of Works . 



Notice to 

Owners , & c . 



26. Previously to the deposit of a petition for leave to Relinquish- bring in a bill whereby any part of a work authorized by any former act is intended to be relinquished , notices in writing of such bill shall be served upon the owners or re- puted owners , lessees or reputed lessees , and occupiers of the lands in which the part of the said work intended to be thereby relinquished is situate ; and such notices shall be served , and the service thereof proved , in the same manner as applications under Standing Orders , Nos . 21 & 22 . 



tices . 



27. No notice served or application made on a Sunday or Time for Christmas Day , or before eight o'clock in the forenoon , or serving No- after eight o'clock in the afternoon of any day , shall be deemed valid , except in the case of delivery of letters by post .

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16 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Plans , Books 



and Sections 



3. Documents required to be Deposited , and the Times and Places of Deposit . 

Deposits on or before the 30th November . 

28. In cases of bills of the second class , a plan and also of Reference a duplicate thereof , together with a book of reference thereto , with Clerk of and a section and also a duplicate thereof , as hereinafter the Peace , & c . 



Clerks of Peace to in- dorse a Me- morial on Plans , & c . 



Tidal Lands . 



Plans , & c . , at Admi- ralty . 

Railways . 

Published Map with Clerk of Peace , & c . 



described ; and in cases of bills of the first class , by which any lands or houses are intended to be taken , a plan and duplicate thereof , together with a book of reference , shall be deposited for public inspection at the office of the clerk of the peace for every county , riding or division in England or Ireland , or in the office of the principal sheriff clerk of every county in Scotland , and where any county in Scotland is divided into districts or divisions , then in the office of the principal sheriff clerk in or for each district or division in or through which the work is proposed to be made , maintained , varied , extended or enlarged , or in which such lands or houses are situate , on or before the 30th day of November immediately preceding the application for the bill . 

29. The clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks , or their respective deputies , shall make a memorial in writing upon the plans , sections and books of reference so deposited with them , denoting the time at which the same were lodged in their respective offices , and shall at all seasonable hours of the day permit any person to view and examine one of the same , and to make copies or extracts therefrom ; and one of the two plans and sections so deposited shall be sealed up and retained in the possession of the clerk of the peace or sheriff clerk until called for by order of one of the two Houses of Parliament . ( See Appendix , act 1 Vict . c . 83. ) 

30. In cases where the work , shall be situate on tidal lands within the ordinary spring tides , a copy of the plans and sections shall , on or before the 30th day of November , be deposited at the office of the Board of Admiralty . 

31. In the case of railway bills , a published map , to a scale of not less than half an inch to a mile , ( or in Ireland , to a scale of not less than a quarter of an inch to a mile , ) with the line of railway delineated thereon , so as to show its general course and direction , shall , on or before the 30th day of November , be deposited at the office of the clerk of the peace , or sheriff clerk , together with the plans , sections and book of reference .

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 17 



32. In the case of railway bills , a copy of all plans , sec- tions , and books of reference , required by the Orders of the House to be deposited in the office of any clerk of the peace or sheriff clerk , on or before the 30th day of November immediately preceding the application for the bill , together with the said published map , with the line of railway deli- neated thereon , so as to show its general course and direc- tion , shall on or before the same day be deposited in the office of the Board of Trade . 



Plans , & c . , 



at the Office of the Board 

of Trade . 



Private Bill 



33. On or before the 30th day of November , a copy of Deposit of the said plans , sections and books of reference , and in the Plans , & c . in case of railway bills , also a copy of the said published map , Office . with the line of railway delineated thereon , shall be depo- sited in the Private Bill Office of this House . 



Section and 



34. On or before the 30th day of November , a copy of so Deposit of much of the said plans and sections as relates to each parish Parish Plan , in or through which the work is intended to be made , Book of Re- maintained , varied , extended or enlarged , or in which any ference , with lands or houses , intended Parish Clerk , to be taken , are situate ( see fig . 5 ) , & c . together with a copy of so much of the book of reference as relates to such parish , shall be deposited with the parish clerk of each such parish in England , or , in the case of any extra - parochial place , with the parish clerk of some parish immediately adjoining thereto , with the schoolmaster of each such parish in Scotland , or if there be no schoolmaster of any such parish , then with the session clerk , or in royal burghs with the town clerk , and with the clerk of the union within which such parish is included in Ireland . ( See Ap- pendix , act 1 Vict . c . 83. ) 



deposited 



35. Wherever any plans , sections and books of reference , Gazette or parts thereof , are required to be deposited , a copy of the Notice to be notice published in the Gazette of the intended application with Plans , to Parliament shall be deposited therewith . 

Deposits on or before the 31st December . 



& c . 



for Bill , with 



deposited in 



36. Every petition for a private bill , headed by a short Petition title descriptive of the undertaking or bill , corresponding Agent's De with that at the head of the advertisement , with a declara- claration and tion , signed by the agent , and a printed copy of the bill Bill , to be annexed , shall be deposited in the Private Bill Office on or private Bill before the 31st day of December ; and such petition , bill Office . and declaration shall be open to the inspection of all parties ; and printed copies of the bill shall also be delivered there- with for the use of any member of the House or agent who may apply for the same . 

37. Such Declaration shall state to which of the two Declaration classes of bills such bill in the judgment of the agent be- of Agent as to

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18 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Class of Bill , longs : and if the proposed bill shall give power to effect and Powers be any of the following objects ; that is to say : - 



annexed to Petition . 



Estimates , 



Power to take any lands or houses compulsorily , or to extend the time granted by any former act for that pur- pose : 

Power to levy tolls , rates or duties , or to alter any ex- isting tolls , rates or duties ; or to confer , vary or extin- guish any exemption from payment of tolls , rates or duties , or to confer , vary or extinguish any other right or privilege : 

Power to amalgamate with any other company , or to sell or lease their undertaking , or to purchase or take on lease the undertaking of any other company : 

Power to interfere with any crown , church or corpora- tion property or property held in trust for public or cha- ritable purposes : 

Power to relinquish any part of a work authorized by a former act : 

Power to divert into any intended cut , canal , reservoir , aqueduct or navigation , or into any intended variation , extension or enlargement thereof respectively , any water from any existing cut , canal , reservoir , aqueduct or navi- gation , whether directly or derivatively , and whether under any agreement with the proprietors thereof , or otherwise : 

Power to make , vary , extend or enlarge any cut , canal , reservoir , aqueduct or navigation : 

Power to make , vary , extend or enlarge any railway : The said declaration shall state which of such powers are given by the bill , and shall indicate in which clauses of the bill ( referring to them by their number ) such powers are given , and shall further state that the bill does not give power to effect any of the objects enumerated in this Order , other than those stated in the declaration . 

If the proposed bill shall not give power to effect any of the objects enumerated in the preceding Order , the said de- claration shall state that the bill does not give power to effect any of such objects . 

The said declaration shall also state that the bill does not give any powers , other than those included in the notices for the bill . 

38. On or before the 31st day of December there shall & c . , in Pri- be also deposited in the Private Bill Office all estimates , 



vate Bill Office . 



Documents 



copies of subscription contracts and declarations , and lists of owners , lessees and occupiers , which are required by the Standing Orders of the House . 

39. As respects all bills for the incorporation of joint to be depo- stock companies , or proposed companies for carrying on any

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 19 



Office in re- 



trade or business , or for conferring upon such companies the sited in Pri- power of suing and being sued ( such bills being bills of the vate Bill first class ) , there shall be deposited in the Private Bill gard to Joint Office , together with the petition for the bill , a copy of the Stock Com- deed or agreement of partnership ( if any ) under which the panies Bills . company or proposed company is acting , or of the subscrip- tion contract ( if any ) , and in all cases a declaration in writing stating the following matters : - 

1st . The present and proposed amount of the capital of the company . 

2nd . The number of shares , and the amount of each share . 3rd . The number of shares subscribed for . 4th . The amount of subscriptions paid up . 

5th . The names , residences and descriptions of the share- holders or subscribers ( so far as the same can be made out ) , and of the actual or provisional direc- tors , treasurers , secretaries or other officer , if any . And such documents shall be verified by the signature of some authorized officer of the company or proposed com- pany ( if any ) , and by some responsible party promoting the bill . 



Contract , 



delivered in 



40. Previously to the deposit of a petition for a bill , Copies of Es- copies of the estimate of expense of the undertaking under timate , Sub- such bill , and of the subscription contract , if any , with the scription names of the subscribers arranged in alphabetical order , and & c . , to be the amount of the deposit respectively paid up by each such printed , and subscriber , and the total amount of such subscriptions , and Vote Office of the sums so paid up ; or where a declaration alone , or and Private declaration and estimate of the probable amount of rates and duties , are substituted for a subscription contract , copies of such declaration , or of such declaration and estimate , shall be printed at the expense of the promoters of the bill , and delivered at the Vote Office for the use of the members of the House , and at the Private Bill Office for the use of any agent who may apply for the same . 



Bill Office . 



Board of 



Office . 



41. On or before the 31st day of December , a printed Deposit of copy of every railway and canal bill , and of every bill for Bills at the incorporating or giving powers to any company , shall be Trade , Ad- deposited in the office of the Board of Trade , a printed copy miralty and of every bill relating to any dock , harbour , navigation , pier or port shall be deposited in the office of the Board of Ad- miralty and in the office of the Board of Trade , and a printed copy of every bill relating to turnpike roads at the office of the Secretary of State for the Home Department . 

42. No deposit shall be deemed valid if made on a Sun- Deposit not day or Christmas Day , or before eight o'clock in the fore- valid on Sunday , & c . noon , or after eight o'clock in the afternoon of any day .

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20 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Description 

of Plans . 



4. Form in which Plans , Books of Reference , Sections and Cross Sections shall be prepared . 



Plans . 



43. Every plan required to be deposited shall be drawn to a scale of not less than four inches to a mile , and in the case of bills of the first class , shall describe the lands intended to be taken , and in the case of bills of the second class , shall describe the line or situation of the whole of the work ( no alternative line or work being in any case permitted ) , and the lands in or through which it is to be made , maintained , varied , extended or enlarged , or through which every com- Lands within munication to or from the work shall be made ; and where it Deviation to is the intention of the parties to apply for powers to make 



be on Plan . 



Buildings , & c . , on en- 



any lateral deviation from the line of the proposed work , the limits of such deviation shall be defined upon the plan , and all lands included within such limits shall be marked there- on ; and unless the whole of such plan shall be upon a scale of not less than a quarter of an inch to every one hundred larged Scale . feet , an enlarged plan shall be added of any building , yard , court yard or land within the curtilag of any building , or of any ground cultivated as a garden , either in the line of the proposed work or included within the limits of the said deviation , upon a scale of not less than a quarter of an inch to every one hundred feet . ( See fig . 3. ) 



Canals , & c . 



44. In all cases where it is proposed to make , vary , ex- tend or enlarge any cut , canal , reservoir , aqueduct or navi- gation , the plan shall describe the brooks and streams to be Brooks , & c . directly diverted into such intended cut , canal , reservoir , 



Plan to de- scribe 



to be di- verted . 



Distances to 



aqueduct or navigation , or into any variation , extension or enlargement thereof respectively , for supplying the same with water . 

45. In all cases where it is proposed to make , vary , ex- be marked in tend or enlarge any railway , the plan shall exhibit thereon 



Miles and Furlongs , 



& c . 



Diversion of Roads , & c . 



the distances in miles and furlongs from one of the termini ; and a memorandum of the radius of every curve not ex- ceeding one mile in length shall be noted on the plan in furlongs and chains ; and where tunnelling as a substitute for open cutting is intended , such tunnelling shall be marked by a dotted line on the plan . 

46. If it be intended to divert , widen or narrow any turnpike road , public carriage road , navigable river , canal or railway , the course of such diversion , and the extent of such widening or narrowing , shall be marked upon the plan .

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 21 



Book of Reference . 



Book of 



47. The book of reference to every such plan shall con- Contents of tain the names of the owners or reputed owners , lessees or Reference . reputed lessees , and occupiers of all lands and houses in the line of the proposed work , or within the limits of deviation as defined upon the plan , and shall describe such lands and houses respectively . 



Sections . 



48. The section shall be drawn to the same horizontal Scale of Sec- tion . scale as the plan , and to a vertical scale of not less than one inch to every one hundred feet , and shall show the surface of the ground marked on the plan , the intended level of the proposed work , the height of every embankment and the depth of every cutting , and a datum horizontal line , which shall be the same throughout the whole length of the work , or any branch thereof respectively , and shall be referred to some fixed point ( stated in writing on the section ) , near some portion of such work , and in the case of a canal , cut , navigation , turnpike or other carriage road or railway , near either of the termini . ( See line D. D. , fig . 2. ) 



Rivers . 



49. In cases of bills for improving the navigation of any river , there shall be a section which shall specify the levels Section to of both banks of such river ; and where any alteration is specify Level intended to be made therein , it shall describe the same by of both feet and inches , or decimal parts of a foot . 



Banks . 



50. In every section of a railway , the line of the railway Railways . marked thereon shall correspond with the upper surface of the rails . ( See line S. S. Fig . 2. ) 



Sections . 



Measures to be marked 



51. Distances on the datum line shall be marked in miles Vertical and furlongs , to correspond with those on the plan ; a ver- tical measure from the datum line to the line of the railway at Change of shall be marked in feet and inches , or decimal parts of a Gradient . foot , at each change of the gradient or inclination ; and the proportion or rate of inclination between each such change shall also be marked . 



52. Wherever the line of the railway is intended to cross Height of any turnpike road , public carriage road , navigable river , Railway canal or railway , the height of the railway over or depth Depth under under the surface thereof , and the height and span of every Surface of . arch of all bridges and viaducts , by which the railway will be carried over the same , shall be marked in figures at every crossing thereof ; and where the railway will be carried across any such turnpike road , public carriage road or rail- way , on the level thereof , such crossing shall be so described 



over , or 

to be marked .

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22 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Cross Sec- tions of Canals , 

Roads , & c . 

crossed by the Railway when Level or Rate of Inclination altered . 



Embank- ments and Cuttings . 



Tunnelling and Viaduct to be marked . 



on the section ; and it shall also be stated if such level will be unaltered . 

53. If any alteration be intended in the water level of any canal , or in the level or rate of inclination of any turn- pike road , public carriage road or railway , which will be crossed by the line of railway , then the same shall be stated on the said section , and each alteration shall be numbered ; and cross sections , in reference to the said numbers , on a horizontal scale of not less than one inch to every three hundred and thirty feet , and on a vertical scale of not less than one inch to every forty feet , shall be added , which shall show the present surface of such canal , road or railway , and the intended surface thereof when altered ; and the greatest of the present and intended rates of inclination of such road or railway shall also be marked in figures thereon ; and where any public carriage road is crossed on the level , a cross section of such road shall also be added ; and all such cross sections shall extend for two hundred yards on each side of the centre line of the railway . ( See Fig . 4. ) 

54. Wherever the extreme height of any embankment , or the extreme depth of any cutting , shall exceed five feet , the extreme height over or depth under the surface of the ground shall be marked in figures upon the section ; and if any bridge or viaduct of more than three arches shall inter- vene in any embankment , or if any tunnel shall intervene in any cutting , the extreme height or depth shall be marked in figures on each of the parts into which such embank- ment or cutting shall be divided by such bridge , viaduct or tunnel . 

55. Where tunnelling , as a substitute for open cutting , or a viaduct as a substitute for solid embankment , is in- tended , the same shall be marked on the section .

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 23 



5. Estimates and Subscription Contracts or De- clarations in lieu of Subscription Contracts ; and Deposit of Money in certain cases . 

56. An estimate of the expense of the undertaking under Estimate and each bill of the second class shall be made and signed by Subscription the person making the same , and a subscription shall be Bills of the entered into under a contract , made as hereinafter described , Second to three - fourths the amount of such estimate . ( See as to depositing estimate and subscription contract in Private Bill Office , No. 38. ) 



Class . 



57. Every subscription contract shall contain the christian Contract to names and surnames , description and place of abode of every contain subscriber : his signature to the amount of his subscription , and Sur- with the amount which he has paid up ; and the name of names of Par- the party witnessing such signature , and the date of the ties , & c . same respectively ; and the legal description and seal of any corporate body being a party to such contract ; and the total amount of such subscriptions , and of the sums so paid up . 

58. No subscription contract shall be valid , excepting in To be en- the case of railway bills ( for which see Order 59 ) , unless it tered into subsequent be entered into subsequent to the close of the Session of to close of Parliament previous to that in which application is made previous for leave to bring in the bill to which it relates , and unless Session . the parties subscribing to it bind themselves , their heirs , exe- cutors and administrators , for the payment of the money so subscribed , to be recoverable by action at law . 

59. As regards railway bills , no subscription contract Railway shall be valid , unless it be entered into subsequent to the Bills . commencement of the Session of Parliament previous to Subscription that in which application is made for leave to bring in the Contracts . bill to which it relates , and unless the parties subscribing to it bind themselves , their heirs , executors and administrators , for the payment of the money so subscribed , to be recover- able by action at law . 



the Case of 



60. In all cases of application to Parliament by existing Subscription railway companies , for powers to raise additional capital for Contracts in the purpose of constructing branches or extensions , or other existing new works , or of contributing towards the expense of con- Railway structing other lines of railways or works , a subscription Companies . contract shall be entered into for three - fourths of such ad- 

ditional capital as may be required for these purposes ,

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24 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



1 



Cases where- in Declara- tion may be deposited in lieu or in aid of Subscrip- 

tion Con- tract . 



Cases where- in Declara- tion and Estimate 



beyond the capital authorized to be raised for the existing lines , whether the bill be of the first or second class ; and deposits shall be duly paid thereon as hereinafter required . ( See No. 64. ) 

61. Where the work is to be made , wholly or in part , by means of funds , or out of money to be raised upon the credit of present surplus revenue , belonging to any society or company , or under the control of directors , trustees or commissioners , as the case may be , of any existing public work , such parties being the promoters of the bill , a decla- ration stating ing those facts , and setting forth the nature of such control , and the nature and amount of such funds or surplus revenue , and showing the actual surplus of such funds or revenue , after deducting the funds required for pur- poses authorized by any Act or Acts of Parliament , and also the funds which may be required for any other work to be executed under any bill in the same session , and given under the common seal of the society or company , or under the hand of some authorized officer of such directors , trustees or commissioners , may be deposited in lieu or in aid of the subscription contract , and in addition to the estimate of the expense , provided such surplus funds shall be not less than the whole amount of the estimate , or the portion thereof not provided for by a subscription contract . ( See as to deposit- ing subscription contracts in Private Bill Office , No. 38. ) 

62. In cases where the work is to be made out of money to be raised upon the security of the rates , duties or revenue to be created by or to arise under any bill , under which no 

of Rates may private or personal pecuniary profit or advantage is to be 



be substi- 

tuted . 



One - Twen- 



derived , a declaration stating those facts , and setting forth the means by which funds are to be obtained for executing the work , and signed by the party or agent soliciting the bill , together with an estimate of the probable amount of such rates , duties or revenue , signed by the person making the same , may be substituted for the subscription contract , and in addition to the estimate of the expense . ( See as to depositing estimate and subscription contract in Private Bill Office , No. 38. ) 



Deposit of Money . 



63. Excepting in the case of a railway bill ( for which see tieth Part of Order 64 ) , a sum not less than one - twentieth part of the 



the Amount required to be sub- 



scribed to be 

deposited . 



amount required to be subscribed ( see No. 56 ) shall , pre- viously to the 15th day of January , be deposited with the Court of Chancery in England , if the work is intended to be done in England ; or with the Court of Chancery in Eng- land or the Court of Exchequer in Scotland , if such work

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 25 



is intended to be done in Scotland ; and with the Court of Chancery in Ireland , if such work is intended to be done in Ireland . ( See Appendix C. ) 



Railway Bills . 



64. In the case of railway bills , a sum not less than one- tenth part of the amount required to be subscribed ( see No. 56 ) shall , previously to the 15th day of January , be deposited One - Tenth with the Court of Chancery in England , if the railway is Part to be deposited . intended to be made in England ; or with the Court of Chancery in England or the Court of Exchequer in Scot- land , if such railway is intended to be made in Scotland ; and with the Court of Chancery in Ireland , if such railway is intended to be made in Ireland . 



C

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26 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



IV . PROCEEDINGS 



OF EXAMINERS , OF 



When Ex- 



CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS , AND OF COM- 



MITTEES . 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE EXAMINERS OF PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS . 



65. The examination of the petitions for private bills amination to which shall have been duly deposited in the Private Bill 



commence . 



Notice to be given of Day 

Examina- tion . 



Office , shall commence on the 25th day of January , in such order and according to such regulations as shall have been made by Mr. Speaker . 

66. One of the examiners shall give at least seven clear appointed for days ' notice in the Private Bill Office of the day appointed for the examination of each petition which shall have been duly deposited sited in the Private Bill Office ; and in case the promoters shall not appear at the time when the petition shall come on to be heard , the examiner to whom the case shall have been allotted , shall strike the petition off the general list of petitions , and shall not re - insert the same , except by order of the House . 



Memorials complaining 



67. Any parties shall be entitled to appear and to be of Non - Com- heard , by themselves , their agents and witnesses , upon a pliance with memorial addressed to the examiner , complaining of a non- Standing Orders . 



Compliance with Stand- ing Orders may be proved by Affidavit . 



compliance with the Standing Orders , provided the matter complained of be specifically stated in such memorial , and the party ( if any ) who may be specially affected by the non- compliance with the Standing Orders have signed such memorial and shall not have withdrawn his signature thereto , and such memorial have been duly deposited in the Private Bill Office . ( See Orders 173 , 196. ) 

68. The examiner may admit affidavits in proof of the compliance with the Standing Orders of the House , unless in any case he shall require further evidence ; and such affidavit shall be sworn , if in England , before a justice of the peace ; if in Scotland , before any sheriff depute or his substitute ; and if in Ireland , before any judge or assistant barrister of that part of the United Kingdom .

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 27 



tition , and re- 



69. The examiner shall certify by indorsement on each Examiner to petition which shall have been duly deposited in the Private indorse Pe- Bill Office , whether the Standing Orders have or have not port . been complied with ; and , when they have not been com- plied with , he shall also report to the House the facts upon which his decision is founded , and any special circumstances connected with the case . 



Provision in 



70. In all cases of petitions for additional provision in Petitions for private bills , and of estate bills brought from the House of Additional Lords , and of bills introduced by leave of this House in lieu Private Bills , of other bills which shall have been withdrawn , and referred & c . to the examiner , the examiner shall give at least two clear days ' notice in the Private Bill Office of the day on which the same will be examined ; and he shall report to the House whether the Standing Orders have or have not been com- plied with ; and , when they have not been complied with , the facts upon which his decision is founded , and any special circumstances connected with the case . 



tain Cases , 



71. In case the examiner shall feel doubts as to the due Special Re- construction of any Standing Order in its application to a port in cer- particular case , he shall make a special report of the facts to the House , without deciding whether the Standing Order has or has not been complied with ; and in such case he shall indorse the petition with the words " Special Report , " either alone , or if non - compliances with other Standing Orders shall have been proved , in addition to the words " Standing Orders not complied with . " 



c2

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28 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Chairman of Ways and Means to examine Bills , & c . 



Bills to be laid before Chairman 



PROCEEDINGS OF , AND IN RELATION TO , THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS , AND THE COUNSEL TO MR . SPEAKER . 



72. The chairman of the committee of ways and means , with the assistance of the counsel to Mr. Speaker , shall examine all private bills , whether opposed or unopposed , and call the attention of the House , and also of the chair- man of the committee on every opposed private bill , to all points which may appear to him to require it ; and copies of all such bills shall be laid by the agent before the said chairman and counsel not later than the day after the ex- aminer of petitions shall have indorsed the petition for the bill . 

73. Three clear days at least before the first meeting of the committee on any private bill , there shall be laid before and Counsel . the chairman of the committee of ways and means and the 



Chairman 



counsel to Mr. Speaker , by the agent , copies of every such bill as proposed to be submitted to the committee , and such copies shall be signed by the agent for the bill . 

74. The chairman of the committee of ways and means may report shall be at liberty , at any period after any private bill shall cumstances , have been referred to a committee , to report to the House 



Special Cir- 



& c . 



Amended 

Bill to be laid before Chairman 



Trade . 



any special circumstances relative thereto which may appear to him to require it , or to inform the House that in his opinion any unopposed private bill should be treated as an opposed private bill . 

75. Three clear days at least before the consideration of any private bill ordered to lie upon the table , a copy of every such bill , as amended in committee , shall be laid by 

and Board of the agent before the chairman of the committee of ways and means and the counsel to Mr. Speaker , and deposited at the office of the Board of Trade . 



Report on Railway Bills . 



76. On or before the consideration of the report of every railway bill , the chairman of the committee of ways and means shall inform the House , or signify in writing to Mr. Speaker , whether the bill contain the several provisions re- quired by the Standing Orders .

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 29 



Amendments 



and Counsel . 



77. When it is intended to bring up any clause , or to Clauses or propose any amendment on the consideration of any private to be sub- bill ordered to lie upon the table , or any verbal amendment mitted to on the third reading of any private bill , the same shall be Chairman submitted by the agent to the chairman of the committee of ways and means , and the counsel to Mr. Speaker , on the day on which notice is given thereof in the Private Bill Office ; and the said chairman shall inform the House , or signify in writing to Mr. Speaker , whether such clause or amendment be such as ought or ought not to be entertained by the House , without referring the same to the select com- mittee on Standing Orders . 



Amendments 



78. A copy of all amendments made in the House of Lords ' Lords to any private bill , and of all amendments to such to be laid be- amendments intended to be proposed in this House , shall fore Chair- be laid by the agent before the chairman of the committee man and of ways and means and the counsel to Mr. Speaker , before two o'clock on the day previous to that on which the same are respectively appointed for consideration by the House . 



Counsel .

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30 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



1 



Committee to report whether Orders 

ought to be dispensed with . 



Proceeding in Case of Special Re- port . 



Petitions to dispense 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE 

ON STANDING ORDERS . 



79. When any report of the examiner of petitions for private bills , in which he shall report that the Standing Orders have not been complied with , shall have been re- ferred to the select committee on Standing Orders , and after the petition for the bill shall have been duly presented , they shall report to the House whether such Standing Orders ought or ought not to be dispensed with , and whether in their opinion the parties should be permitted to proceed with their bill , or any portion thereof , and under what ( if any ) conditions . 

80. When any special report from the examiner of petitions as to the construction of a Standing Order shall have been referred to the select committee on Standing Orders , they shall determine , according to their construction of the Standing Order , and on the facts stated in such re- port , whether the Standing Orders have or have not been complied with , and they shall then either report to the House that the Standing Orders have been complied with , or shall proceed to consider the question of dispensing with the Standing Orders , as the case may be . 

81. When any petition praying that any of the sessional with Orders . or Standing Orders of the House relating to private bills 



Petitions for 



of Petition . 



may be dispensed with , shall stand referred to the select committee on Standing Orders , they shall report to the House whether such sessional or Standing Orders ought or ought not to be dispensed with . 



ball 



82. When any petition for the re - insertion of any peti- Re - Insertion tion for a private bill in the general list of petitions shall stand referred to the select committee on Standing Orders , they shall report to the House whether in their opinion such petition ought or ought not to be re - inserted , and , if re - inserted , under what ( if any ) conditions . 



Amendments on Con- sideration of Bill . 



83. When any clause or amendment proposed on the consideration of any private bill ordered to lie upon the table shall have been referred to the select committee on Standing Orders , they shall report to the House whether such clause or amendment should be adopted by the House or not , or whether the bill should be re - committed .

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 31 



E 



r 



g 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE OF SELEC- 

TION , AND OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY AND CANAL BILLS . 



Bills to be 



84. Printed copies of all private bills , not being railway or Printed canal bills , shall be laid before the committee of selection , Copies of and printed copies of all railway and canal bills before the laid before general committee on railway and canal bills , by the parties Committees . promoting the same , at the first meeting of the said com- mittees respectively . 



Bills . 



85. The committee of selection may , if they think fit , Committees form into groups all private bills , not being railway or canal to group bills , and the general committee on railway and canal bills may form into groups all railway and canal bills , which in their opinion it may be expedient to submit to the same committee , and shall report the same to the House . 

86. The general committee on railway and canal bills Railway and may , whenever they shall think fit , refer any unopposed Canal Unop- railway or canal bill to the chairman of the committee of posed Bills . ways and means and two other members not locally or otherwise interested , to be nominated by the committee of selection . 



to be first 



87. The committee of selection shall name the bill or Committees bills which shall be taken into consideration on the first to name Bills day of the meeting of the committee , on any group of bills considered . not being railway or canal bills ; and the general committee on railway and canal bills shall name the bill or bills which shall be taken into consideration on the first day of the meeting of each committee on any group of such bills . 



sidered Un- 



88. The committee of selection shall consider no bill as What Bills an opposed private bill , unless either previous to , or not to be con- later than seven clear days after , the second reading thereof , opposed . a petition shall have been presented against it , in which the petitioner or petitioners shall have prayed to be heard ,

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32 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Constitution 



by themselves , their counsel or agents , or unless where no such petition shall have been presented , the chairman of the committee of ways and means shall have reported to the House that in his opinion any bill ought to be so treated . 

89. The committee of selection shall refer every opposed private bill which shall have been referred to them , or any Opposed Pri- group of such bills , to a chairman and four members , not 



of Com- mittees on 



vate Bills . 



Constitution of Com- mittees on Unopposed Private Bills . 



locally or otherwise interested therein . 

90. The committee of selection shall refer every unop- posed private bill , which shall have been referred to them , to the chairman of the committee of ways and means , together with one of the members ordered to prepare and bring in the same , and one other member not locally inte- rested therein , if the bill shall have originated in this House ; and if the bill shall have been brought from the House of Lords , to the chairman of the committee of ways and means , together with two other members , of whom one at least shall not be locally or otherwise interested therein . 

Committee of 91. The committee of selection shall give each member Selection to not less than fourteen days ' notice , by publication in the give Notice to Members . votes or otherwise , of the week in which it will be necessary for him to be in attendance for the purpose of serving , if required , as a member , not locally or otherwise interested , of a committee on a private bill . 



Notice of 



92. The committee of selection shall give to each Appointment member sufficient notice of his appointment as a member tion to be of a committee on any private bill , or group of such bills , 



transmitted to Members . 



Members re- turning no Answer to be reported . 



Substitution 



and , in every case where a declaration is required to be signed and returned by such member , shall transmit to him a blank form of the declaration required , with a re- quest that it may forthwith be returned properly filled up and signed . 

93. The Committee of Selection shall report to the House the name of every member , from whom they shall not have received in due time such declaration , so filled up and signed , or , in lieu thereof , an excuse which they shall deem sufficient . 

94. The Committee of Selection shall have the power of of Members . substituting , at any time before the first meeting of a Com- mittee , another member for any member whom they shall deem it proper to excuse from serving on that Committee .

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 33 



of 



95. The committee of selection shall , subject to the Committee to order in regard to the interval between the second reading appoint First of every private bill and the sitting of the committee there- Committee . upon , fix the time for holding the first sitting of every com- mittee on a private bill which shall have been referred either to the said committee , or the general committee on railway and canal bills . 

96. The committee of selection shall have power , in Committee the execution of their duties , to send for persons , papers and may send for Persons , & c . records . 



c5

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34 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Declaration 



PROCEEDINGS OF COMMITTEES ON OPPOSED BILLS . 



97. Each member of a committee on an opposed private of Members . bill , or group of such bills , shall , before he be entitled to attend and vote on such committee , sign the following de- claration : 



Quorum to be always present . 



When Pro- 



I do hereby declare , that my constituents have no local interest , and that I have no personal interest in such bill ; and that I will never vote on any question which may arise without having duly heard and attended to the evidence relating thereto . 

And no such committee shall proceed to business until the said declaration shall have been so signed by each of such members . 

98. Committees shall be allowed to proceed if three of the five members shall be present , but not with a less number , unless by special leave of the House . 

99. So soon after the expiration of ten minutes after the ceedings of time appointed for the first sitting of a committee on an 



Committee to com- mence . 



Members not to absent themselves . 



In Case of 



opposed private bill , not being a railway or canal bill , as there shall be present at least three of the five members ap- pointed to serve on such committee , provided that all the said five members shall have duly signed and delivered in the declaration as hereinbefore provided , the chairman shall proceed to take the chair of the committee . 

100. No member of a committee on an opposed private bill shall absent himself from his duties thereon , except in the case of sickness , or by order of the House . 

101. If the chairman shall be absent from the committee , Chairman's the member next in rotation on the list of members who 



Absence . 



Proceedings to be sus- pended if Quorum not 

present . 



shall be present shall act as chairman . 

102. If at any time during the sitting of any committee , three at least of the members shall not be present , the chairman shall suspend the proceedings of such committee until three at least shall be present ; and if at the expira- tion of one hour from the time fixed for the meeting of

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 35 



the committee , or from the time when the chairman shall so have suspended the proceedings , three members shall not be present , the committee shall be adjourned to the next day on which the House shall sit , and then shall meet at the hour on which such committee would have sat , had no such adjournment taken place . 



103. If any of the members shall not be present within Absent Mem- one hour after the time appointed for the meeting of the bers to be committee , or if any member shall absent himself from his reported . duties on such committee , every such member shall be reported to the House at its next sitting . 



Death or 



104. If at any time after the committee on a bill shall Absence of have been formed a quorum of members required by the Quorum by Standing Orders cannot attend in consequence of any of the otherwise to members who shall have duly qualified to serve on such be reported . committee having become incompetent to continue such service by having been placed on an election committee , or by death or otherwise , the chairman shall report the cir- cumstances of the case to the House , in order that such measures may be taken by the House as shall enable the members still remaining on the committee to proceed with the business referred to such committee , or as the exigency of the case may require . 

105. All questions before committees on private bills Questions to shall be decided by a majority of voices , including the voice be decided of the chairman ; and whenever the voices are equal , the by Majority . chairman shall have a second or casting vote . 



are to be 



106. The committee on each group of bills shall take Order in the bill or bills first into consideration which shall have which Bills been named by the Committee of Selection , or by the gene- considered . ral committee on railway and canal bills ( see No. 87 ) ; and the committee shall , from time to time , appoint the day on which they will enter upon the consideration of each of the remaining bills , and on which they will require the parties severally promoting or opposing the same to enter appearances ; and two clear days ' notice , at the least , of such appointment , shall be sent by the clerk attending the committee to the clerks in the Private Bill Office ; and in case the committee shall postpone the consideration of any bill , the like notice shall be given of the day to which the same is postponed . 



107. Every committee on an opposed private bill shall Adjourn- report specially to the House the cause of any adjournment specially re over any day on which the House shall sit . 



ments to be 

ported .

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36 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Petition against Bill to specify 

Grounds of Objection . 



When Pe- 



108. No petition against a private bill shall be taken into consideration by the committee on such bill , which shall not distinctly specify the ground on which the petitioners object to any of the provisions thereof ; and the petitioners shall be only heard on such grounds so stated ; and if it shall appear to the said committee , that such grounds are not specified with sufficient accuracy , the committee may direct that there be given in to the committee a more specific statement in writing , but limited to such grounds of objec- tion so inaccurately specified . 

109. No petitioners against any private bill shall be heard tition against before the committee on the bill , unless their petition shall 



Bill to presented . 



Competition 



have been prepared and signed in strict conformity with the Rules and Orders of this House , and shall have been pre- sented to this House by having been deposited in the Pri- vate Bill Office , either previous to , or not later than seven clear days after , the second reading of such bill , except where the petitioners shall complain of any matter which may have arisen during the progress of the bill before the said committee , or of any proposed additional provision , or of the amendments as proposed in the filled - up bill deposited in the Private Bill Office . 

110. It shall be competent to the committee on any pri- a Ground of vate bill to admit petitioners to be heard upon their petitions against such bill , on the ground of competition , if they shall think fit . 



Locus Standi . 



In what 



111. Where a bill is promoted by an incorporated com- Cases Share- pany , shareholders of such company shall not be entitled to 



holders to be heard . 



In what Cases Rail- way Com- panies to be heard . 



be heard before the committee against such bill , unless their interests , as affected thereby , shall be distinct from the ge- neral interests of such company . 

112. Where a railway bill contains provisions for taking or using any part of the lands , railway , stations or accom- modations of another company , or for running engines or carriages upon or across the same , or for granting other facilities , such company shall be entitled to be heard upon their petition against the preamble and clauses of such 



bill . 



113. It shall be competent to the committee on any Authorities railway or canal bill to admit petitioners , being the muni- cipal authorities of any town , or the inhabitants of any town or district alleged to be injuriously affected by a bill , to be heard against such bill , if they shall think fit . 



Municipal 

and Inhabi- tants of Towns , & c .

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 37 



may be 



as 



114. In all cases of opposed private bills , in which no When Op- parties shall have appeared on the petitions against such posed Bills bills , or having appeared peared shall have withdrawn their oppo- treated sition before the evidence of the promoters shall have been Unopposed . commenced , the committees on such bills shall forthwith refer them back , with a statement of the facts , if not railway or canal bills , to the committee of selection , and if railway and canal bills , to the general committee on railway and canal bills , who shall deal with them as unopposed bills .

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38 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Bill to be laid before each Mem- ber . 



Local Mem- ber not to vote . 



Names of Members to be entered on Minutes . 



Committee 



into certain 



PROCEEDINGS OF , AND IN RELATION TO , COMMITTEES ON BILLS , WHETHER OP- POSED OR UNOPPOSED . 

115. At the first meeting of the committee , copies of the bill , as proposed to be submitted to them , and signed by the agent , shall be laid by him before each member of the com- mittee . 

116. No member , locally or otherwise interested , of a committee on any unopposed private bill shall have a vote on any question that may arise , but every such member shall be entitled to attend and take part in the proceedings of the committee . 

117. The names of the members attending each com- mittee shall be entered by the clerk on the minutes of the committee ; and if any division shall take place in the com- mittee , the clerk shall take down the names of members voting in any such division , distinguishing on which side of the question they respectively vote , and that such lists be given in with the report to the House . 

118. No committee shall have power to examine into the not to inquire compliance or non - compliance with such Standing Orders as are directed to be proved before the examiner of petitions for private bills , unless by special order of the House . 



Orders . 



Standing 

Orders may be proved by Affidavit . 



Consents , how to be proved . 



Inquiry into 



119. The committee on any private bill may admit affi- davits in proof of the compliance with such Standing Orders of the House as are directed to be proved before them , unless in any case they shall require further evidence ; and such affidavits shall be sworn , if in England , before a justice of the peace ; if in Scotland , before any sheriff - depute or his substitute ; and if in Ireland , before any judge or assistant barrister of that part of the United Kingdom . 

120. The committee may admit proof of the consents of parties concerned in interest in any private bill , by affi- davits , sworn as aforesaid , or by the certificate in writing of such parties , whose signatures to such certificate shall be proved by one or more witnesses , unless the committee shall require further evidence . 

121. The committee shall make a special inquiry into the Subscription boná fide character of the subscription contract , if any , and 



Contract , 



& c .

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 39 



the sufficiency of the subscribers thereto , and report their opinion thereupon to the House . 



of 



122. In all bills presented to the House for carrying on Clause com- any work by means of a company , commissioners or trustees , pelling Pay- provision shall be made for compelling persons who have scriptions . subscribed any money towards carrying any such work into execution , to make payment of the sums severally subscribed by them . 

123. In all bills whereby any parties are authorized to Provision in levy fees , tolls or other rate or charge , clauses shall be in- Bills by which Tolls , serted , providing for the following objects , except in so far & c . , may be as any of such objects shall have been provided for in some levied . general act applicable to the subject - matter of the bill : - 



from Trea- 



Security to be taken from the treasurer , collector or re- Security to ceiver , and every other officer entrusted with the col- be taken lection or custody of monies under the bill , for the surer , & c . faithful execution of his office . 

Full and accurate accounts to be kept of all monies re- Accounts to ceived and expended under the provisions of the bill , be kept . 

and that such accounts be balanced once in each year at the least . 



be audited . 



Such accounts to be duly audited once in each year at Accounts to the least , and that for such purpose an auditor or au- ditors be appointed by some person or persons not immediately connected with the commissioners , di- rectors , trustees or other party , by whom , or by whose direction or authority , such fees , tolls , rates or charges shall be levied . 



& c . , to be 



For the purpose of auditing such accounts , the commis- Accounts , sioners , directors , trustees or other such party as afore- Vouchers , said to be required to cause the accounts , together produced to with all their books and vouchers , to be produced to the Auditors . auditors . 

The remuneration of the auditor , and his expenses , to be Remunera- 

defrayed out of the funds levied under the bill . 



tion to Audi- tors . 



Account to 

to Clerk of 



An annual account , in abstract , to be prepared of the total receipts and expenditure of all funds levied under Abstract of such bill for the past year , under the several distinct be annually heads of receipts and expenditure , with a statement of transmitted the balance of the said account duly audited and cer- Peace . tified by the chairman of the commissioners , directors , trustees or other parties aforesaid , and also by the auditors thereof ; and a copy of such annual account to be transmitted , free of charge , to the clerk of the peace ( or in Scotland to the sheriff clerk ) for the county , or to the clerk of the city or borough within which the chief office for the management of such funds shall be

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40 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Level of Roads . 



Fence to 

Bridges . 



situated , on or before the thirty - first day of January in each year , under a sufficient penalty for not preparing and sending in the said account , to be levied by sum- mary process ; the said account to be open at all sea- sonable hours to the inspection of the public upon payment of a fee . 

124. Where the level of any road shall be altered in making any public work , the ascent of any turnpike road , or of any road in Ireland so defined in the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act , 1845 , shall not be more than one foot in thirty feet , and of any other public carriage road not more than one foot in twenty feet ; and a good and sufficient fence , of four feet high at the least , shall be made on each side of every bridge which shall be erected . 

Plan , & c . , to 125. Every plan , and book of reference thereto , which be signed by shall be produced in evidence before the committee upon 



Chairman . 



Committee Bill to be signed by Chairman . 



Chairman to report on Allegations of Bill , & c . 



Chairman to 



all Cases . 



any private bill , ( whether the same shall have been pre- viously lodged in the Private Bill Office , or not , ) shall be signed by the chairman of such committee , with his name at length ; and he shall also mark with the initials of his name every alteration of such plan and book of refer- ence , which shall be agreed upon by the said committee ; and every such plan and book of reference shall thereafter be deposited in the Private Bill Office . 

126. The chairman of the committee shall sign , with his name at length , a printed copy of the bill ( to be called the Committee Bill ) , on which the amendments are to be fairly written ; and also sign , with the initials of his name , the several clauses added in the committee . 

127. The chairman of the committee shall report to the House , that the allegations of the bill have been examined ; and whether the parties concerned have given their consent ( where such consent is required by the Standing Orders ) to the satisfaction of the committee . 

128. The chairman of the committee shall report the bill report Bill in to the House , whether the committee shall or shall not have agreed to the preamble , or gone through the several clauses , or any of them ; or where the parties shall have acquainted the committee that it is not their intention to proceed with the bill ; and when any alteration shall have been made in the preamble of the bill , such alteration , together with the ground of making it , shall be specially stated in the report . 



Minutes to 



129. The minutes of the committee on every private bill be reported . shall be brought up and laid on the table of the House , with the report of the bill .

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 41 



Railway Bills . 



130. In the case of a railway bill , no company shall be Restrictions authorized to raise , by loan or mortgage , a larger sum than as to Mort- one - third of their capital ; and , until fifty per cent . on the gage . whole of the capital shall have been paid up , it shall not be in the power of the company to raise any money by loan or mortgage . 



Roads where is al- 



131. Where the level of any road shall be altered in Limiting making any railway , the ascent of any turnpike road , or of Ascent of any road in Ireland , so defined in the Railway Clauses Con- Level solidation Act , 1845 , shall not be more than one foot in tered . thirty feet , and of any other public carriage - road not more than one foot in twenty feet , unless a report thereupon from some officer of the Board of Trade shall be laid before the committee on the bill , and unless the committee , after con- sidering such report , and examining such officer , if they shall disagree with the said report , shall recommend steeper ascents , with the reasons and facts upon which their opi- nion is founded : Also , a good and sufficient fence , of four Fence to feet high at the least , shall be made on each side of every Bridges . bridge which shall be erected . 



Roads on a 



132. No railway whereon carriages are propelled by steam , Railway not or by atmospheric agency , or drawn by ropes in connection to cross with a stationary steam - engine , shall be made across any Level . turnpike - road or other public carriage - way on the level , unless a report thereupon from some officer of the Board of Trade shall be laid before the committee on the bill , and unless the committee , after considering such report , and examining such officer , if they shall disagree with the said report , shall recommend such level crossing , with the reasons and facts upon which their opinion is founded ; and in every clause authorizing a level crossing , the number of lines of rails authorized to be made at such crossing shall be specified . 

133. No railway company shall be authorized to construct Railway or enlarge , purchase hase or take on lease , or otherwise appro- Company not priate any dock , pier , 

harbour or ferry , or to acquire and use any steam - vessels for the conveyance of goods and pas- sengers , or to apply any portion of their capital or revenue to other objects , distinct from the undertaking of a railway company , unless the committee on the bill report that such a restriction ought not to be enforced , with the reasons and facts upon which their opinion is founded . 



to acquire Docks , & c . 



134. In the case of a railway bill , the committee shall Matters to b report specially : - 



specially 



reported , 



1. The proposed capital of the company formed for the execution of the project , and the amount of any loans which Capital , they may be empowered to raise by the bill .

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42 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Shares , & c . 



Names , & c . , 



2. The amount of shares subscribed for , and the deposits paid thereon . 

3. The names and places of residence of the directors or of Directors . provisional committee , with the amount of shares taken by each . 



Local Share- holders . 



Other Par- ties , & c . 

Subscribers for 2,0001 . 



Report from Board of Trade . 



Assistant Engines . 



Engineering 

Difficulties . 



Ventilation 

of Tunnels . 



Gradients and Curves . 



Length of Line . 



Passing Highways on a Level . 



Estimates . 



Assents , 



4. The number of shareholders who may be considered as having a local interest in the line , and the amount of capital subscribed for by them . 

5. The number of other parties , and the capital taken by 



them . 



6. The number of shareholders subscribing for 2,000l . and upwards , with their names and residences , and the amount for which they have subscribed . 

7. Whether any report from the Board of Trade in regard to the bill , or the objects thereby proposed to be authorized , has been referred by the House to the com- mittee , and if so , whether any and what recommendations contained in such report have been adopted by the com- mittee , and whether any and what recommendations con- tained in such report have been rejected . 

8. What planes on the railway are proposed to be worked by assistant engines , either stationary or locomotive , with the respective lengths and inclinations of such planes . 

9. Any peculiar engineering difficulties in the proposed line , and the manner in which it is intended they should be 



overcome . 



10. The length , breadth , and height and means of ven- tilation , of any proposed tunnels , and whether the strata through which they are to pass are favourable or other- wise . 

11. Whether in the lines proposed , the gradients and curves are generally favourable or otherwise , and the steepest gradient , exclusive of the inclined planes above re- ferred to , and the smallest radius of a curve . 

12. The length and termini of the main line of the pro- posed railway , and of its branches respectively , and on what gauge it is proposed to be constructed . 

13. Whether it be intended that the railway should pass on a level any turnpike road or highway , and if so , to call the particular attention of the House to that circumstance . 

14. The amount of the estimates of the cost or other expenses to be incurred up to the time of the completion of the railway , and whether they appear to be supported by evidence , and to be fully adequate for the purpose . 

15. The number of assents , dissents and neuters upon Dissents and the line , and the length and amount of property belonging to each class traversed by the said railway , distinguishing owners from occupiers ; and in the case of any bill to vary the original line , the above particulars with reference to

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 43 



such parties only as may be affected by the proposed de- viation . 

16. The name of each engineer examined in support of Engineers 

the bill , and of any examined in opposition to it . 



examined . 



17. The main allegations of every petition which may Petitions in have been referred to the committee in opposition to the Opposition . preamble of the bill , or to any of its clauses ; and whether the allegations have been considered by the committee , and if not considered , the cause of their not having been so . 



stances . 



And the committee shall also report generally as to the Any other fitness , in an engineering point of view , of the projected line Circum- of railway , and any circumstances which , in the opinion of the committee , it is desirable the House should be informed of . 



tees on Rail- 



135. It shall be an instruction to the committee on every Instruction railway bill providing for the construction of any new rail- to Commit- way , or for the extension of time for the completion of any way Bills . railway , in case they shall find the preamble thereof to be proved , to insert in the bill one or other of the provisions following , that is to say : - 



til Line be 



In every railway bill promoted by an existing railway Clause to be company , being possessed of a railway already opened inserted sus- pending Pay- for public traffic , whereby the construction of any new ment of line of railway is authorized , or the time for completing Dividend un- any line already authorized is extended , a clause pro- opened . viding that after the expiration of a period to be limited by such bill , not exceeding five years from the passing of the act , in the case of a new line , and three years in case of the extension of time for completing any line , the payment of any dividend on the ordinary and unguaran- teed capital of such company shall be suspended until such line shall have been completed and opened for pub- lic traffic . 



Bond to be 



In every railway bill promoted by an existing railway Clause re- company not being possessed of a railway already opened specting for public traffic , or by persons not already incorporated , entered into whereby the construction of any new line of railway is for Comple- authorized , a clause to the following effect , viz . : - 

Whereas , pursuant to the Standing Orders of both Houses of Parliament , and to an act of the 9th and 10th years of her present Majesty , c . 20 , a sum of £ 

being one - tenth part of the amount required to be sub- scribed in respect of the railway authorized by this act , has been deposited with the Court of Chancery in Eng- land [ or with the Court of Exchequer in Scotland , or the Court of Chancery in Ireland , as the case may be ] , [ or exchequer bills , stocks or funds to the amount have been deposited or transferred pur- suant to the said act , as the case may be ] , in respect of 



of £ 



, 



tion of Line .

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44 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



the application to Parliament for this act ; be it enacted , that , notwithstanding anything contained in the said recited act , the said sum of £ [ or the said exchequer bills or other funds , as the case may be ] so deposited [ or transferred ] as aforesaid , in respect of the application for this act , or the interest or dividends of such sum of money [ exchequer bills , stocks or funds ] , shall not , except upon the execution and deposit of such bond as hereinafter mentioned , be paid or transferred to or on the application of the person or persons , or the majority of the persons named in the warrant or order issued in pursuance of the said act , or the survivors or survivor of them , unless the said company shall , pre- viously to the expiration of the period limited by this act for completion of the railway hereby authorized to be made , either open the said railway for the public conveyance of passengers or prove to the satisfaction of the lords of the committee of her Majesty's privy council for trade and foreign plantations that the said company have paid up one- half of the amount of the capital by this act authorized to be raised by means of shares , and have expended for the purposes of this act a sum equal in amount to such one- half of the said capital ; and if the said period shall expire before the said company shall either have opened the said railway for the public conveyance of passengers , or have given such proof as aforesaid to the satisfaction of the lords of the said committee , the said sum of money [ ex- chequer bills , stocks or funds ] , deposited [ or transferred ] as aforesaid , and the interest and dividends thereof , shall immediately , from and after the expiration of the said period , be forfeited to her Majesty , and be paid and trans- ferred by the officer or person in whose name they shall then be deposited or invested , to the account of her Majesty's exchequer , and when so paid and transferred , shall be carried to and form part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- land : provided , that at any time after the passing of this act , if a bond in twice the amount of the said sum of £ shall have been executed by the said com- pany , with one or more sureties ( such bond to be prepared to the satisfaction of , and such surety or sureties to be approved by , the solicitor to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury ) , conditioned for payment to her Majesty , her heirs or successors , of the said sum of if the said company shall not , within the time limited for the completion of the said railway , either open the said railway for the public conveyance of pas- sengers , or prove to the satisfaction of the lords of the said committee that the said company have paid up one- 



£ 



,

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 45 



half of the amount of the said capital by this act autho- rized to be raised by means of shares , and have expended for the purposes of this act a sum equal in amount to such one - half of the said capital ; and if such bond shall have been deposited with the said solicitor to the said lords commissioners , then such sum of money [ exchequer bills , stocks or funds ] , and the interest or dividends thereof , shall be paid [ or transferred ) to or on the application of the person or persons , or the majority of the persons named in such warrant or order as aforesaid , or the sur- vivors or survivor of them , and it shall not be necessary to produce any certificate of this act having passed , any- thing ing in the said recited act to the contrary notwithstand- ing ; and the monies to be recovered upon such bond shall be dealt with in like manner as the said sum of money [ exchequer bills , stocks or funds ] , and the interest or dividends thereof , would have been dealt with under this act if such bond had not been executed and deposited as aforesaid . And the certificate of the said solicitor to the said lords commissioners that such bond has been executed and deposited as aforesaid , and the certificate of the lords of the said committee that such proof has been given to their satisfaction as aforesaid , shall respectively be sufficient evidence of the facts so certified . 



made in 



In any railway bill to which the preceding provisions Provisions to are not applicable , the committee shall make such other pro- becial Cases . vision as they shall deem necessary for ensuring the com- 



pletion of the line of railway . 



Tolls and 



136. The committee on every railway bill shall fix the Committee tolls , and shall determine the maximum rates of charge for to fix the the conveyance of passengers , with a due amount of luggage Charges . and of goods on such railway , and such rates of charge shall include the tolls and the costs of locomotive power , and every other expense connected with the conveyance of pas- sengers , with a due amount of luggage and of goods upon such railway ; but if the committee shall not deem it expe- dient to determine such maximum rates of charge , a special report , explanatory of the grounds of their omitting so to do , shall be made to the House , which special report shall accompany the report of the bill . 



137. In every railway bill by which it is proposed to Powers to authorize the company to grant any preference or priority grant any in the payment of interest or dividends on any shares or Payment of stock , there shall be inserted a clause providing that the Interest , & c . , granting of such preference or priority shall not prejudice dice for or affect any preference or priority in the payment of in- Grants of terest or dividends on any other shares or stock which shall Preference . 



Preference in 

not to preju-

===== PAGE seq 56 =====

46 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Company not to alter any 

Preference previously granted . 



Powers of 



have been granted by the company in pursuance of or which may have been confirmed by any previous Act of Parliament , or which may otherwise be lawfully subsisting , unless the committee on the bill shall report that such provision ought not to be required , with the reasons on which their opinion is founded . 

138. No railway company shall be authorized to alter the terms of any preference or priority of interest or divi- dend which shall have been granted by such company in pursuance of or which may have been confirmed by any previous Act of Parliament , or which may otherwise be law- fully subsisting , unless the committee on the bill report that such alteration ought to be allowed , with the reasons on which their opinion is founded , together with the number of preference shareholders who have assented to or dissented from such alteration . 

139. No powers of purchase , sale , lease or amalgamation , Purchase in shall be contained in any bill for the construction of a railway . 



Bills . 



No Powers of 



certain Mat- ters before Board of 

Trade , & c . 



140. No powers of purchase , sale , lease or amalgamation Purchase , shall be given to any railway company , with reference to any & c . , to be given , except other undertaking already authorized by any act or acts , after Proof of nor to any other incorporated company , with reference to any railway , unless , previously to the application to Parlia- ment for such purpose , the several companies who may be parties to such purchase , sale , lease or amalgamation shall have proved , to the satisfaction of the Board of Trade , that they have respectively paid up one - half of the capital authorized to be raised by any previous act or acts by means of shares , and have expended for the purposes of such act or acts a sum equal thereto ; and in case such powers shall be applied for in respect of works intended to be authorized by any bill or bills of the same session , it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Board of Trade that such companies have respectively paid up one - half the amount of their capital , and that the company proposed to be empowered to construct such works have included in such amount the capital proposed to be authorized [ by such bill or bills ; and that no such powers shall be given in respect of works intended to be authorized by any act or acts for which it is intended to apply in any subsequent session . 



Interest be- 



or 



Company not 141. No railway company shall be authorized , except for to guarantee the execution of its original line lines sanctioned by Act fore comple of Parliament , to guarantee interest on any shares which it tion of Line . may issue for creating additional capital , or to guarantee

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 47 



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e 



any rent or dividend to any other railway company , until such first - mentioned company shall have completed and opened for traffic such original lines . 



142. In bills for the amalgamation of railway companies , Capital on the amount of capital created by such amalgamation shall in Amalgama- no case exceed the sum of the capitals of the companies SO 



amalgamated . 



tion . 



143. In bills for empowering any railway company to Additional purchase any other railway , no addition shall be authorized Capital of purchasing to be made to the capital of the purchasing company , Company beyond the amount of the capital of the railway purchased ; limited . and in case such railway shall be purchased at a premium , no addition on account of such premium shall be made to the capital of the purchasing company . 



Calls . 



144. A clause shall be inserted in every railway bill , No Interest prohibiting the payment of any interest or dividend in to be paid on respect of calls under such bill ( except the interest by way of discount on subscriptions prepaid , agreeably to 8 Vict . c . 16 , s . 24 ) , out of any capital which they have been authorized to raise either by means of calls , or of any power of borrowing . 

145. A clause shall be inserted in every railway bill , pro- Deposits not hibiting any railway company from paying , out of the to be paid out of Capital . capital which they have been authorized to raise for the purposes of any existing act , the deposits required by the Standing Orders to be made for the purposes of any applica- tion to Parliament for a bill for the construction of another railway . 

146. The following clause shall be inserted in all railway Railway not bills passing through this House : 

And be it further enacted , that nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to exempt the railway by this or the said recited acts authorized to be made from the provisions of any general act relating to railways now in force , or which may hereafter pass during this or any future session of Parliament , or from any future revision and alteration , under the authority of Parliament , of the maxi- mum rates of fares and charges authorized by this act [ or by the said recited acts ] . 



Letters Patent . 



to be exempt from any General Act . 



147. When any bill shall be brought into the House for Copy to be confirming of letters patent , there shall be a true copy of annexed to such letters patent annexed to the bill . 



the Bill .

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48 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Notices and 



Inclosure and Drainage Bills . 



of 



148. In the case of any bill for inclosing lands , the com- Allegations . mittee may admit proof of the notices required by the Standing Orders , and of the allegations in the preambl such bill , by affidavit taken and authenticated , according to the form prescribed in the schedule to the General Inclosure Act ( 41 Geo . 3 , c . 109 ) , unless such committee shall other- wise order . 



General In- 

closure Act . 



Consent Bill and State- ment of Pro- perty to be 



149. The committee on every bill for inclosing lands shall in the first place require the agent for the same to deliver in to the committee a printed copy of the bill , signed delivered in . by the lord of the manor ( in cases where the lord of the manor has any interest as such in the lands to be inclosed ) , and by such owners of property within the parish to which the bill relates as shall have assented thereto ; but the par- ties , if they shall think fit , shall be permitted to deliver in different copies of the bill , separately signed by the several parties hereinbefore mentioned , instead of one copy , signed by all of them collectively ; together with a list of all the owners of property within such parish , showing the value according to the poor rate or land tax assessment of each owner's property therein , and distinguishing which of them have assented , dissented , or are neuter in respect thereto . 



Consent Bill and State- ment of Pro- perty to be 



150. The committee on every bill for draining lands shall in the first place require the agent for the same to deliver in to the committee a printed copy of the bill signed by delivered in . such owners and occupiers of property within the parish to which the bill relates as shall have assented thereto ; but the parties , if they shall think fit , shall be permitted to deliver in different copies of the bill , separately signed by the several parties hereinbefore mentioned , instead of one copy , signed by all of them collectively ; together with a list of all the owners of property within such parish , show- ing the value according to the poor rate or land tax assess- ment of each owner's property therein , and distinguishing which of them have assented , dissented , or are neuter in respect thereto . 



Clauses for 



Recreation . 



151. In every bill for inclosing lands , provision shall be leaving Open made for leaving an open space in the most appropriate Exercise and situation , sufficient for purposes of exercise and recreation of the neighbouring population ; and the committee on the bill shall have before them the number of acres proposed to be inclosed , as also of the population in the parishes or places in which the land to be inclosed is situate ; and also shall see that provision is made for the efficient fencing of

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 49 



the allotment , for the investment of the same in the church- wardens and overseers of the parish in which such open space is reserved , and for the efficient making and perma- nent maintenance of the fences by such parish ; and in any case where the information hereby required is not given , and the required provisions are not made in the bill , the committee on the same shall report specially to the House the reasons for not complying with such Order . 



to 



for Manorial 



152. In every bill for inclosing lands , the names of the Consent Bill commissioners proposed to be appointed , and the compen- Namntain sation intended for the lord of the manor and the owners of Commission- tithes , in lieu of their respective rights , and also the com- ers , and Com- pensation intended to be made for the enfranchisement of pensations copyholds , where any bargains or agreements have been Rights , & c . made for such compensations , shall be inserted in the copy of the bill presented to the House : and all copies of such bills which shall be sent to any of the persons interested in the said manor , tithes , lands or commons , for their consent , shall contain the names of such proposed commissioners , and also the compensations so bargained or agreed for . 

153. No person shall be named in any bill for inclosing Disqualifica- 



or 



valuer , who 



lands commissioner , umpire , surveyor as a shall be interested in the inclosure to be made by virtue of such bill ; or the agent ordinarily intrusted with the care , superintendence or management of the estate of any person so interested . 



tion of Com- missioners . 



of Commis- 



Accounts . 



154. In every bill for inclosing , draining or improving Clauses for lands , there shall be inserted a clause , providing what sum settling Pay of money in the whole , or by the day , shall be paid to each sioners , and of the commissioners to be appointed by such bill , in satis- passing their faction of the expense and trouble which he shall incur in the execution of the powers thereby given ; and also a clause , providing that the account of such commissioner or commissioners , containing a true statement of all sums by him or them received and expended or due to him or them for their own trouble or expenses , shall , at least once in every year , from the date of the passing of the act till such accounts shall be finally allowed , together with the vouchers relating to the same , be examined by some person or per- sons to be appointed by the bill , and the balance by him or them stated in the book of accounts required to be kept in the office of the clerk of such commissioners ; and that no charge or item in such accounts shall be binding on the parties concerned , or be valid in law , unless the same shall be duly allowed by such person or persons . 



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50 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Clause for Qualification 



Turnpike Roads ( Ireland ) . 



155. In every bill for making a turnpike road in Ireland , of Commis- or for the continuing or amending any act passed for that 



sioners . 



Clause for defining Limits , 



purpose , or for the increase or alteration of the existing tolls , rates or duties upon any such road , or for widening or diverting any such road , a clause shall be inserted , to pre- vent any person who shall be nominated a commissioner from acting or voting in the business of the said turnpike , unless he shall be possessed of an estate in land , or of a personal estate , to such certain value as shall be specified in such bills ; and such qualification shall be extended to the heirs apparent of persons possessed of an estate in land to a certain value to be specified . 



Burial Grounds or Gas Works . 

156. That in every bill for making a burial ground or cemetery , or the erection of works for the manufacture of gas , there shall be a clause defining the limits within which such burial ground , cemetery or gas works shall be erected or made .

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 51 



PROCEEDINGS OF SELECT COMMITTEE ON 



DIVORCE BILLS . 



Divorce 



157. The select committee on divorce bills shall require Evidence to evidence to be given before them that an action for damages be given in has been brought in one of her majesty's courts of record Cases . at Westminster , or in one of her majesty's courts of record in Dublin , or in one of her majesty's supreme courts of judi- cature of the presidencies of Calcutta , Madras , Bombay or the Island of Ceylon , respectively , against the persons sup- posed to have been guilty of adultery , and judgment for the plaintiff had thereupon ; or sufficient cause to be shown to the satisfaction of the said committee why such action was not brought , or such judgment was not obtained . 



ively 



attend Com- 



158. The select committee on divorce bills shall , in all When Peti- cases in which the petitioner for the bill has attended the tioner to House of Lords upon the second reading of the bill , require mittee . him to attend before them to answer any questions they may think fit that he should answer . 

159. The select committee on divorce bills shall report Committee to every such bill to the House , whether such committee shall report Bill in 

or shall not have agreed to the preamble , or gone through 

the several clauses , or any of them . 



Cases . 



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52 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Petition for 



to be signed . 



V. THE ORDERS REGULATING THE PRAC- TICE OF THE HOUSE WITH REGARD TO PRIVATE BILLS . 

160. No private bill shall be brought into this House , Bill , and how but upon a petition first presented , which shall have been duly deposited in the Private rivate Bill Bill Office , and indorsed by one of the examiners , with a printed copy of the proposed bill annexed : and such petition shall be signed by the parties , or some of them , who are suitors for the bill . 



Petitions , when to be presented . 



Bill , how to 



161. All petitions for private bills shall be presented to the House not later than three clear days after the same shall have been indorsed by the examiner , or if , when the 



same 



is indorsed , the House shall not be sitting , then not later than three clear days after the first sitting thereof , sub- sequent to such indorsement ; and if the House shall not be sitting on the latest day on which any petition ought to be presented , then the same shall be presented on the first day on which the House shall again sit . 

162. All private bills which have been ordered to be be presented . brought in shall be presented to the House by depositing the same in the Private Bill Office , and shall be laid by one of the clerks of that office on the table of the House for first reading , together with a list of such bills . 



Bill , when to 



163. No private bill shall be read a first time unless it be presented . be presented not later than three clear days after the pre- sentation of the petition for leave to bring in the same ; or where the petition has been referred to the select committee on Standing Orders , then not later than three clear days after the House shall have given leave to the parties to proceed with the bill . 



Petition for additional Provision . 



Petitions for additional Provision and Estate Bills . 



Reports of 



164. No petition for additional provision in any private bill will be received by this House , unless a printed copy of the proposed clauses be annexed thereto . 

165. All petitions for additional provision in private bills , with the proposed clauses annexed , and all estate bills brought from the House of Lords , and all bills introduced by leave of the House in lieu of other bills which shall have been withdrawn , after having been read a first time , shall be referred to the examiner of petitions for private bills . 

166. All reports of the examiner of petitions for private Examiner to bills , in which he shall report that the Standing Orders have 



be referred . 



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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 53 



not been complied with , and all special reports of the said examiner , shall be referred to the select committee on Stand- ing Orders . 



167. All petitions praying that any of the Sessional or Petitions for Dispensa- Standing Orders of the House relating to private bills may tion , & c . to be dispensed with , and all petitions for the reinsertion of be referred to petitions for private bills in the general list of petitions , and Committee on Standing all petitions opposing the same , shall be presented to this Orders . House by depositing the same in the Private Bill Office ; and every such petition , so deposited , shall stand referred to the select committee on Standing Orders . 



sented . 



168. Every private bill , printed on paper , of a size to be Printed Bill determined upon by Mr. Speaker , shall be presented to the to be pre- House , with a cover of parchment attached to it , upon which the title of the bill is to be written ; and the short title of the bill , as first entered on the votes , shall correspond with that at the head of the advertisement . 



be in Italics . 



169. The proposed amount of all rates , tolls and other Rates , & c . to matters heretofore left blank in any private bill when pre- sented to the House , shall be inserted in italics in the printed bill annexed to the petition . 

170. Every private bill ( except name bills ) shall be Bills to be printed ; and printed copies thereof delivered to the door- printed . keepers for the use of the members before the first reading . 

171. There shall be not less than three clear days , nor Time before more than ten , between the first and second reading of any Second Read- ing . private bill , except by special order of the House . 



on every Pe- 



172. Every petition in favour of or against any private Name of Bill bill before the House , or otherwise relating thereto , ( not to be indorsed being a petition for additional provision ) , shall be presented tition . to this House , by depositing the same in the Private Bill Office , and there shall be indorsed thereon the name or short title by which such bill is entered in the votes , and a statement that such petition is in favour of , or against the bill , or otherwise , as the case may be , together with the name of the member , party or agent depositing the same . 



may be with- 



173. Any petitioner or memorialist may withdraw his Petition or petition or memorial , on a requisition to that effect being Memorial deposited in the Private Bill Office , signed by him or by drawn . the agent who deposited such petition or memorial ; and where any such petition or memorial is signed by more than one person , any person signing such petition or me- morial may withdraw his opposition by a similar requisition , signed and deposited as aforesaid . 

174. In cases where the second or third reading of a When Second private bill , or the consideration of a bill as amended by Reading op- the committee , or any proposed clause or amendment , is posed .

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54 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Bills to be referred to Committees . 



When unop- posed Bill treated as opposed . 



Petition 



opposed , the same shall be postponed until the day on which the House shall next sit . 



a 



175. Every private bill , after having been read a second time and committed , shall stand referred , if not a railway , canal or divorce bill , to the committee of selection ; on : if railway or canal bill , to the general committee on railway and canal bills ; and if a divorce bill , to the select committee on divorce bills . 

176. When the House shall have been informed by the chairman of ways and means , that in his opinion any un- opposed private bill should be treated as an opposed bill , such bill shall be again referred to the committee of selection ; or , in the case of a railway or canal bill , to the general com- mittee on railway and canal bills . 

177. Every petition against a private bill which shall against Bill have been deposited in the Private Bill Office either previous 



to stand re- ferred to Committee on Bill , & c . 



Time be- 



to , or not later than seven clear days after , the second read- ing of such bill , or which shall have been otherwise de- posited under the provisions of Standing Order 109 , shall stand referred to the committee on such bill ; and , subject to the rules and orders of this House , such petitioners as shall have prayed to be heard by themselves , their counsel or agents , shall be heard upon their petition accordingly , if they think fit , and counsel heard , in favour of the bill , against such petition . 

178. There shall be fourteen clear days between the tween Second second reading of every private bill and the sitting of the Committee . committee thereupon , except in the case of divorce bills , in 



Reading and 



Report of Board of Trade . 



Report upon Bills . 



Bill to be 



respect of which there shall be eight clear days , and of name bills and estate bills ( not being bills relating to crown , church or corporation property , or property held in trust for public or charitable purposes ) , in respect of which there shall be three clear days between the second reading and the committee . 

179. In the case of railway bills , if any report made under the authority of the Board of Trade upon any bill , or the objects thereof , be laid before the House , such report shall stand referred to the committee on the bill . 

180. The report upon every private bill shall lie upon the table ; and the bill , if amended in committee , or a rail- way bill , when reported , shall be ordered to lie upon the table ; and every other bill , when reported , shall be ordered to be read a third time . 

181. Every private bill , as amended in committee , shall Printed after be printed at the expense of the parties applying for the same , and delivered to the door - keepers for the use of the

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 55 



members , three clear days at least before the consideration of such bill . 



182. In the case of private bills ordered to lie upon the Time be- table , three clear days shall intervene between the report tween Report and the consideration of the bill ; and no consideration of ration of any such bill shall take place , unless the chairman of the Bill , & c . committee of ways and means shall have informed the House , or signified in writing to Mr. Speaker , whether the bill contain the several provisions required by the Standing Orders . 



be submitted 



183. No clause or amendment shall be offered in the House Amendments on considera- on the consideration of any private bill ordered to lie upon tion of Bill , the table , nor any verbal amendment on the third reading or Third of any private bill , unless the chairman of the committee of Reading , to ways and means shall have informed the House , or signified to Chairman in writing to Mr. Speaker , whether in his opinion such of Ways and clause or amendment be such as ought or ought not to be Means . entertained by the House , without referring the same to the select committee on Standing Orders . 

184. When any clause or amendment is offered on the Amendments consideration of any private bill ordered to lie upon the on Conside- ration of Bill , table , or any verbal amendment on the third reading of any or Third private bill , such clause or amendment shall be printed at Reading , to the expense of the parties ; and when any clause is proposed be printed . to be amended , it shall be printed in extenso , with every addition or substitution in different type , and the omissions therefrom included in brackets and underlined . 



Select Com- mittee on 



185. When any clause or amendment on the consider- Report of ation of any private bill ordered to lie upon the table , or any verbal amendment on the third reading of any private Standing bill , shall have been referred to the select committee on Orders . Standing Orders , no further proceeding shall be had until the report of the said select committee shall have been 



brought up . 



186. No amendments , not being merely verbal , shall be Amendments made to any private bill on the third reading . 



on Third Reading . 



187. All amendments made by the House of Lords to Lords ' any private bill shall be printed at the expense of the parties , Amendments and circulated with the votes , prior to such amendments to be printed , being taken into consideration ; and where any clause has been amended , it shall be printed in extenso , with every addition or substitution in different type , and the omissions therefrom included in brackets and underlined ; and when any amendments are intended to be proposed to the lords ' amendments , such proposed amendments shall also be printed in like manner .

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56 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Bill to be printed fair after Third Reading . 

Notice of Committee to inspect Lords 

Journals . 



Stages of Bill . 



Motion for Dispensa- tion . 



Order of Pro- ceedings in House on 



188. Every private bill , after it has been read a third time , shall be printed fair , at the expense of the parties applying for the same . 

189. In all cases where it is intended to appoint a com- mittee to inspect the journals of the House of Lords with relation to any proceedings upon any private bill , previous notice thereof in writing shall be given by the agent to the clerks in the committee office . 

190. No private bill shall pass through two stages on one and the same day without the special leave of the House . 

191. Except in cases of urgent and pressing necessity , no motion shall be made to dispense with any Sessional or Standing Order of the House without due notice thereof . 

192. Each day , so soon as the House shall be ready to proceed to private business , the clerk at the table shall read Private Busi- from the private business list , and from the list of bills pre- 



mess . 



sented for first reading ( see Order 162 ) , the titles of the several bills set down therein , according to their precedence , as arranged under the following heads : - 

1. Consideration of lords ' amendments ; 2. Third reading ; 

3. Consideration of bills ordered to lie upon the table ; 4. Second reading ; 



5. First reading ; 



and if upon the reading of each such title , as aforesaid , no motion shall be made with respect to such private bill , the further proceedings thereon shall be adjourned until the next sitting tting of the House .

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 57 



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VI . THE ORDERS REGULATING THE PRAC- TICE IN THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE . 

193. A book , to be called " The Private Bill Register , " Private Bill shall be kept in a room , to be called " The Private Bill Office and Register . Office , " in which book shall be entered by the clerks ap- pointed for the business of that office , the name , description and place of residence of the parliamentary agent in town , and of the agent in the country ( if f any ) any ) soliciting the bill ; and all the proceedings , from the petition to the passing of the bill : -such entry to specify , briefly , each day's proceed- ing before the examiners of petitions respectively , or in the House , or in any committee to which the bill may be re- ferred ; the day and hour on which the examiner or the committee is appointed to sit ; the day and hour to which the proceedings before such examiners or committee may be adjourned , and the name of the clerk attending the same . Such book to be open to public inspection daily , in the said office , between the hours of ten and six . 

194. The receipt of all documents required by the Stand- Receipt of ing Orders of the House to be deposited in the Private Bill Documents Office , shall be acknowledged by one of the clerks of the to be acknow- ledged . said office , upon the said documents , and upon the petition for the bill , when deposited . 

195. A list of all petitions for private bills shall be kept List of Peti- in the Private Bill Office in the order of their deposit , ac- tions to be cording to such regulations as shall have been made by Mr. kept . Speaker , which shall be called the " General List of Peti- tions , " and each petition therein shall be numbered . 

196. All memorials complaining of noncompliance with Memorials , the Standing Orders , in reference to petitions for bills depo- deposited 

sited in the Private Bill Office on or before the 31st Decem- 

ber , shall be deposited as follows : 

If the same relate to petitions for bills numbered in the general list of petitions : From 



1 to 100 



101 to 200 



201 and upwards 



They shall be de- ( January 17th . 



posited on or 



before 



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" 



24th . 



31st . 



when to be 



And in the case of any petitions for bills which may be 

deposited by leave of the House after the 31st December , 



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58 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Deposit of 



Private Bill Office . 



such memorials shall be deposited three clear days before the day first appointed for the examination of the petition . 

197. All memorials shall be deposited in the Private Bill Memorials in Office before six of the clock in the evening of any day on which the House shall sit , and before two of the clock on any day on which the House shall not sit ; and two copies of every such memorial shall be deposited for the use of the examiners before twelve of the clock on the following day . 



Time for depositing Memorials in certain Cases , & c . 



Notice of Ex- amination . 



Examination Book . 



Custody of Bills . 



Examination of Bills . 



198. Every memorial complaining of noncompliance with the Standing Orders of the House in reference to petitions for additional provision in private bills , to estate bills brought from the House of Lords , and to bills introduced by leave of this House in lieu of other bills which shall have been withdrawn , and referred to the examiners of petitions for private bills , shall be deposited in the Private Bill Office , together with two copies thereof , before twelve o'clock on the day preceding that appointed for the examination of any such petition or bill by the examiner ; and the examiner shall be at liberty to entertain such memorial , although the party ( if any ) who may be specially affected by the non- compliance with the Standing Orders shall not have signed the same . 

199. One of the examiners shall give at least seven clear days ' notice in the Private Bill Office of the day appointed for the examination of each petition for a bill , and at least two clear days ' notice in all cases of petitions for additional provision in private bills , of estate bills brought from the House of Lords , and of bills introduced by leave of this House in lieu of other bills which shall have been with- drawn , and referred to the examiners . 

200. After each private bill has been read the first time , its name ( or short title ) shall be copied by the clerks of the Private Bill Office , from the clerk's minute book of the day , into a separate book , to be called “ The Examination Book ; " - wherein shall be noted the number of such bill , according to the priority of its being read , and the date of the day of such first reading . 

201. Every private bill , after it has been read the first time and the title copied and examined for the votes , shall be in the custody of the clerks of the Private Bill Office , until laid upon the table for the second reading ; and , when committed , shall be taken by the proper committee clerk into his charge , till reported . 

202. Between the first and second reading of every private bill , the bill shall , according to its priority , be

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 59 



1 . 



1 



on 



P 



a 



examined , with all practicable despatch , by the clerks of the Private Bill Office , as to its conformity with the rules and Standing Orders of the House ; and if not in due form , the examining clerk shall specify thereon the page in which any irregularity occurs , and shall enter the day of such ex- amination , together with his own name , in the examination book . 



203. Three clear days ' notice in writing shall be given by Notice of Se- the agent for the bill , to the clerks in the Private Bill Office , cond Read- of the day proposed for the second reading of every private ing . bill ; and no such notice shall be given until the day after that on which the bill has been read a first time . 



Committee . 



204. Except in the case of name bills , and estate bills as Notice of described in Order 178 , and except in the case of bills re- Meeting of ferred back to the committee of selection as unopposed , seven clear days ' notice shall be given by the clerk to the committee of selection , to the clerks in the Private Bill Office , of the day and hour appointed for the meeting of the committee on every private bill that shall have been referred either to the said committee , or the general com- mittee on railway and canal bills : --- and in the case of such name bills and estate bills , there shall be one clear day's notice given of committee by the clerk to the committee of selection : - and in the case of bills not referred to the committee of selection , or the general committee on railway and canal bills , seven clear days ' notice , and , in the case of a re - committed bill , three clear days ' notice shall be given by the agents for the bill to the clerks in the Private Bill Office of the day and hour appointed for the meeting of the committee , and all the proceedings of any committee of which such notice shall not have been given shall be void . 



ed in Private 



205. A filled - up bill , signed by the agent for the bill , as Filled - up Bill proposed to be submitted to the committee on the bill , and to be deposit- in the case of a re - committed bill , a filled - up bill , as pro- Bill Office . posed to be submitted to the committee on re - committal , shall be deposited in the Private Bill Office one clear day before the meeting of the committee on every private bill ; and all parties rties shall be entitled to copy thereof , upon pay- ment of the charges for making out amendments of such bill . 



a 



ment of First 



206. Notice in writing shall be given by the clerk to the Notice of committee of selection , to the clerks in the Private Bill Office , Postpone- of the postponement of the first meeting of any committee Meeting of on a private bill , which shall have been referred either to Committee . the said committee , or the general committee on railway and canal bills , on the day on which such postponement is made ; and in the case of bills not referred to the committee of

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60 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Notice of Ad- 



selection or the general committee on railway and canal bills , d one clear day's notice shall be given by the agents for thei bill , and , in the case of divorce bills , either by the agents or by the clerk to the select committee on divorce bills , to the clerks in the Private Bill Office of such postponement . 207. Notice , in writing , shall be given by the committee to journment .. clerk to the clerks in the Private Bill Office , of the day and hour to which each committee is adjourned . 



Notice of Considera- tion of Bill . 



Bill as amended in Committee to be deli- vered in . 



Bill as amended to be examined . 



Notice of Proposed Amend- ments . 



Notice of 



ing . 



208. One clear day's notice , in writing , shall be given by the agent for the bill , to the clerks in the Private Bill Office , of the day proposed for the consideration of every private bill ordered to lie upon the table . 

209. The committee clerk , after the report is made out , shall deliver in to the Private Bill Office a printed copy of the bill , with the written amendments made in the com- mittee ; in which bill , all the clauses added by the com- mittee shall be regularly marked in those parts of the bill wherein they are to be inserted . 

210. Every private bill printed as amended in com- mittee ( see Order 181 ) shall be examined by the clerks in the Private Bill Office , with the bill delivered in by the com- mittee clerk , and the examining clerks shall indorse thereon a certificate of such examination . 

211. When it is intended to bring up any clause or to propose any amendment on the consideration of any private bill ordered to lie upon the table , or any verbal amendment on the third reading of any private bill , notice shall be given thereof , in the Private Bill Office , one clear day previous to such consideration or third reading . 

212. One clear day's notice , in writing , shall be given by Third Read- the agent for the bill , to the clerks in the Private Bill Office , of the day proposed for the third reading of every private bill ; and no such notice shall be given until the day after that on which the bill shall have been ordered to be read a third time . 



Amendments 



213. The amendments ( if any ) which are made on the on Considera- consideration of any private bill ordered to lie upon the 



tion of Bill and Third Reading . 



Certificate of Examina- tion . 



table , and on the third reading of any private bill , and also such amendments made by the House of Lords as shall have been agreed to by this House , shall be entered by one of the clerks in the private bill office , upon the printed copy of the bill as amended in committee ; which clerk shall sign the said copy so amended , in order to its being deposited and preserved in the said office . 

214. Every private bill , after it has been printed fair ( see 188 ) , shall , before the same is sent to the Lords , be examined by the clerks in the Private Bill Office with the

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HOUSE OF COMMONS . 61 



bill , as read a third time , and the examining clerks shall indorse thereon a certificate of such examination . 



tion of Lords ' 



215. When amendments made by the House of Lords Notice of to any private bill are to be taken into consideration , one Considera- clear day's notice shall be given thereof in the private bill Amend- office , and if any amendments be intended to be proposed ments . thereto , a copy of such amendments shall also be deposited , and notice given thereof one clear day previous to the same being proposed to be taken into consideration ; and no such notice shall be given until the day after that on which such bill shall have been returned from the House of Lords . 



tices . 



216. All notices required to be given or deposits Time for de- to be made in the Private Bill Office shall be delivered in livering No- the said office before six of the clock in the evening of any day on which the House shall sit , and before two of the clock on any day on which the House shall not sit ; and after any day on which the House shall have adjourned beyond the following day , no notice shall be given for the first day on which it shall again sit . 

217. The clerks in the Private Bill Office shall prepare , Daily Lists daily , lists of all private bills and petitions for private bills of Commit- tees sitting . upon which any committee or examiner is appointed to sit ; specifying the hour of meeting , and the room where the committee or examiner shall sit ; and the same shall be hung up in the lobby of the House . 



the Speaker 



218. Every plan and book of reference thereto , which Plans to be shall be certified by the Speaker of the House of Commons , verified as in pursuance of any Act of Parliament , shall previously be shall direct . ascertained and verified , in such manner as shall be deemed most advisable by the Speaker , to be exactly conformable in all respects to the plan and book of reference which shall have been signed by the chairman of the committee upon the bill .

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APPENDIX . 



No. 



[ FORM referred to in Order 20 , page 14. ] ( Α . ) 



SIR , 



We beg to inform you , that application is intended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing session for " An Act " [ here insert the title of the act ] , and that the property mentioned in the annexed schedule , or some part thereof , in which we understand you are interested as therein stated , will be required for the purposes of the said under- taking , according to the line thereof as at present laid out , or may be required to be taken under the usual powers of deviation to the extent yards on either side of the said line which will be applied for in the said act , and will be passed through in the manner mentioned in such schedule . 



of- 



We also beg to inform you , that a plan and section of the said undertaking , with a book of reference thereto , have been or will be deposited with the [ several clerks of the peace , or principal sheriff clerks , as the case may be ] of the counties of [ specify the counties in which the property is situate ] , on or before the 30th of November , and that copies of so much of the said plan and section as relates to the [ parish or extra - parochial place , as the case may be ] in which your property is situate , with a book of reference thereto , have been or will be depo- sited for public inspection with the [ clerk of the said parish , clerk of the parish of adjoining to such extra - parochial place , schoolmaster of the parish , session clerk , town clerk of the royal burgh , or the clerk of the union in which such parish is included , as the case may be ] , on or before the 30th day of November , on which plans your property is designated by the numbers set forth in the annexed schedule . 

As we are required to report to Parliament whether you assent to or dissent from the proposed undertaking , or whether you are neuter in respect thereto , you will oblige us by writing your answer of assent , dissent or neutrality in the form left herewith , and returning the same to us with your signature on or before - - the day of next ; and if there should be any error or misdescription in the an- nexed schedule , we shall feel obliged by your informing us thereof at your earliest convenience , that we may correct the same without delay . 



To 



We are , Sir , 



Your most obedient Servants , 



Note . If the application be forwarded by post , the words " Parliamentary Notice " are to be printed or written on the cover .

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64 APPENDIX . 



SCHEDULE referred to in the foregoing Notice , describing the Property therein alluded to , and the Manner in which the Line of the proposed Work , as delineated upon the Plan and Section , will affect the same . 



Property in the Line of Parish , Township , Number 



the proposed Work , as at present laid out ( including Property any part of which is within eleven yards or thereabouts of the centre Line of such proposed Work , delineated upon the Plan ) . 



- 



as 



Property within the Limits of the De- viation intended to be applied for . 



Townland , or Extra - parochial Place . 



on Description . Owner . Lessee . 



Plans . 



Parish , Township , Number Townland , or Extra - parochial 



Place . 



on Description . Owner . Lessee . 



Plans . 



Occupier . 



Occupier . 



Description of the Section of the Line deposited , showing the greatest Height of Embankment and Depth of Cutting where the Property is intersected by the cen- tre Line of the proposed Work . 



Note . - Where the property is not intersected by the centre line , the description of the section is not given in the last column . 



10

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APPENDIX . 65 



( B. ) 



1st Vict . cap . 83. - An Act to compel Clerks of the Peace for Counties and other Persons to take the Custody of such Documents as shall be directed to be deposited with them under the Standing Orders of either House of Parliament . 

WHEREAS the Houses of Parliament are in the habit of requiring that , previous to the introduction of any bill into Parliament for making certain bridges , turnpike roads , cuts , canals , reservoirs , aqueducts , waterworks , navigations , tunnels , archways , railways , piers , ports , harbours , ferries , docks and other works , to be made under the autho- rity of Parliament , certain maps or plans and sections , and books and writings , or extracts or copies of or from certain maps , plans or sections , books and writings , shall be deposited in the office of the clerk of the peace for every county , riding or division in England or Ireland , or in the office of the sheriff clerk of every county in Scotland , in which such work is proposed to be made , and also with the parish clerk in every parish in England , the schoolmaster of every parish of Scotland , or in royal burghs with the town clerk , and the postmaster of the post town in or nearest to every parish in Ireland , in which such work is intended to be made , and with other persons ; and whereas it is expedient that such maps , plans , sections , books , writings , and copies or extracts of and from the same , should be received by the said clerks of the peace , sheriff clerks , parish clerks , schoolmasters , town clerks , postmasters and other persons , and should remain in their custody for the purposes hereinafter mentioned- 

I. Clerks of the Peace , & c . to receive the Documents herein men- tioned , and retain them for the Purposes directed by the Standing Orders of the Houses of Parliament . - Be it therefore enacted , by the queen's most excellent majesty , by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal , and Commons , in this present Parliament assembled , and by the authority of the same , that when- ever either of the Houses of Parliament shall , by its Standing Orders , already made or hereafter to be made , require that any such maps , plans , sections , books or writings , or extracts or copies of the same , or any of them , shall be deposited as aforesaid , such maps , plans , sections , books , writings , copies and extracts shall be received by and shall remain with the clerks of the peace , sheriff clerks , parish clerks , school- masters , town clerks , postmasters and other persons with whom the same shall be directed by such Standing Orders to be deposited , and they are hereby respectively directed to receive and to retain the cus- tody of all such documents and writings so directed to be deposited with them respectively , in the manner and for the purposes and under the rules and regulations concerning the same respectively directed by such Standing Orders , and shall make such memorials and indorse- ments on and give such acknowledgments and receipts in respect of the same respectively as shall be thereby directed .

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66 APPENDIX . 



II . Clerks of the Peace , & c . to permit such Documents to be inspected or copied by Persons interested . And be it further enacted , that all persons interested shall have liberty to , and the said clerks of the peace , sheriff clerks , parish clerks , schoolmasters , town clerks and postmas- ters , and every of them , are and is hereby required , at all reasonable hours of the day , to permit all persons interested to inspect , during a reasonable time , and make extracts from or copies of the said maps , plans , sections , books , writings , extracts and copies of or from the same , so deposited with them respectively , on payment by each person to the clerk of the peace , sheriff clerk , clerk of the parish , schoolmaster , town clerk or postmaster having the custody of any such map , plan , section , book , writing , extract or copy , one shilling for every such inspection , and the further sum of one shilling for every hour during which such inspection shall continue after the first hour , and after the rate of sixpence for every one hundred words copied therefrom . 

III . Clerks of the Peace , & c . for every Omission to comply with the Provisions of this Act , liable to the Penalty of 5l . , to be recovered in a summary Way . And be it further enacted , that in case any clerk of the peace , sheriff clerk , parish clerk , schoolmaster , town clerk , postmaster or other person , shall in any matter or thing refuse or neglect to comply with any of the provisions hereinbefore contained , every clerk of the peace , sheriff clerk , parish clerk , schoolmaster , town clerk , postmaster or other person , shall for every such offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding the sum of five pounds ; and every such penalty shall , upon proof of the offence before any justice of the peace for the county within which such offence shall be committed , or by the confession of the party offending , or by the oath of any credible witness , be levied and recovered , together with the costs of the proceedings for the reco- very thereof , by distress and sale of the goods and effects of the party offending , by warrant under the hand of such justice , which warrant such justice is hereby empowered to grant , and shall be paid to the person or persons making such complaint ; and it shall be lawful for any such justice of the peace to whom any complaint shall be made of any offence committed against this act , to summon the party com- plained of before him , and on such summons to hear and determine the matter of such complaint in a summary way , and on proof of the offence to convict the offender , and to adjudge him to pay the penalty or forfeiture incurred , and to proceed to recover the same , although no information in writing or in print shall have been exhibited or taken by or before such justice ; and all such proceedings by summons with- out information shall be as good , valid and effectual , to all intents and purposes , as if an information in writing had been exhibited .

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APPENDIX . 67 



( C. ) 



9th Vict . cap . 20. - An Act to amend an Act of the Second Year of Her present Majesty , for providing for the Custody of certain Monies paid in pursuance of the Standing Orders of either House of Parlia- ment by Subscribers to Works or Undertakings to be effected under the Authority of Parliament . 

WHEREAS an act was passed in the second year of the reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria , intituled " An Act to provide for the Custody of certain Monies paid in pursuance of the Standing Orders of either House of Parliament , by Subscribers to Works or Under- takings to be effected under the Authority of Parliament : " And whereas it is expedient that the said act should be repealed and should be re - enacted with such modifications , extensions and alterations as after mentioned : 

I. Recited Act Repealed . Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty , by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal , and Commons , in this present Parlia- ment assembled , and by the authority of the same , that the said act shall be and is hereby repealed : provided always , that all acts done under the provisions of the said act shall be good , valid and effectual to all intents and purposes , and that all sums of money paid under the provisions of the said act shall be dealt with in all respects as if this act had not been passed . 

II . Authority to Deposit . And be it enacted , that in all cases in which any sum of money is required by any Standing Order of either House of Parliament , either now in force or hereafter to be in force , to be deposited by the subscribers to any work or undertaking which is to be executed under the authority of an act of Parliament , if the director or person , or directors or persons , having the management of the affairs of such work or undertaking , not exceeding five in number , shall apply to one of the clerks in the office of the clerk of the Parlia- ments with respect to any such money required by any Standing Order of the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parliament assembled , or to one of the clerks of the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons , with respect to any such money required by any Standing Order of the Commons in Parliament assembled , to be deposited , it shall be lawful for the clerk so applied to , by warrant or order under his hand , to direct that such sum of money shall be paid in manner hereinafter mentioned ; ( that is to say ) into the Bank of England , in the name and with the privity of the accountant - general of the Court of Chan- cery in England , if the work or undertaking in respect of which the sum of money is required to be deposited is intended to be executed in that part of the United Kingdom called England ; or into any of the banks in Scotland , established by act of Parliament or royal charter , in the name and with the privity of the Queen's remem

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68 APPENDIX . 



brancer of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland , at the option of the person or persons making such application as aforesaid , in case such work or undertaking is intended to be executed in that part part of the United Kingdom called Scotland ; or into the Bank of Ireland , in the name and with the privity of the accountant - general of the Court of Chancery in Ireland , in case such work or undertaking is intended to be made or executed in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland ; and such warrant or order shall be a sufficient authority for the ac- countant - general of the Court of Chancery in England , the Queen's remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland , and the ac- countant - general of the Court of Chancery in Ireland , respectively , to permit the sum of money directed to be paid by such warrant or order to be placed to an account opened or to be op opened in his name in the 

bank mentioned in such warrant or order . 

III . Payment of Deposit . And be it enacted , that it shall be lawful for the person or persons named in such warrant or order , or the survivors or survivor of them , to pay the sum mentioned in such warrant or order into the bank mentioned in such warrant or order in the name and with the privity of the officer or person in whose name such sum shall be directed to be paid by such warrant or order , to be placed to his account there ex parte the work or undertaking mentioned in such warrant or order , pursuant to the method prescribed by any act or acts for the time being in force for regulating monies paid into the said courts , and pursuant to the general orders of the said court respectively , and without fee or reward ; and every such sum so paid in , or the securities in or upon which the same may be invested as hereinafter mentioned , or the stocks , funds or securities authorized to be transferred or deposited in lieu thereof as hereinafter mentioned , shall there remain until the same , with all interest and dividends ( if any ) accrued thereon , shall be paid out of such bank in pursuance of the provisions of this act : provided always , that in case any such director or person , directors or persons , having the management of any such pro- posed work or undertaking as aforesaid , shall have previously invested in the three per centum consolidated or the three per centum reduced bank annuities , exchequer bills , or other government securities , the sum or sums of money required by any such Standing Order of either House of Parliament as aforesaid to be deposited by the subscribers to any work or undertaking which is to be executed under the authority of an Act of Parliament , it shall be lawful for the person or persons named in such warrant or order , or the survivors or survivor of them , to deposit such exchequer bills or other government securities in the bank mentioned in such warrant or order in the name and with the privity of the officer or person in whose name such sum shall by such warrant or order be directed to be paid , or to transfer such govern- ment stocks or funds into the name of the officer or person ; and such transfer or deposit shall be directed by such clerk of the office of the clerk of the Parliaments , or such clerk of the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons , as the case may be , in lieu of payment of so much

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APPENDIX . 69 



of the sum of money required to be deposited as aforesaid as the same exchequer bills , or other the government stocks or funds , will extend to satisfy at the price at which the same were originally purchased by the said person or persons , director or directors , as aforesaid , such price to be proved by production of the broker's certificate of such original purchase . 

IV . Investment of Deposit . - And be it enacted , that if the person or persons named in such warrant or order , or the survivors or sur- vivor of them , desire to have invested any sum so paid into the Bank of England or the Bank of Ireland , or any interest or dividend which may have accrued on any stocks or securities so transferred or de- posited as aforesaid , the court in the name of whose accountant - general the same may have been paid may , on a petition presented to such court in a summary way by him or them , order that such sum or such interest or dividends shall , until the same be paid out to the parties entitled to the same in pursuance of this act , be laid out in the three per centum consolidated or three per centum reduced bank annuities , or any government security or securities , at the option of the aforesaid person or persons , or the survivor or survivors of them . 

V. Repayment of Deposit . And be it enacted , that on the termi- nation of the session of Parliament in which the petition or bill for the purpose of making or sanctioning any such work or undertaking shall have been introduced into Parliament , or if such petition or bill shall be rejected or finally withdrawn by some proceeding in either House of Parliament , or shall not be allowed to proceed , or if the person or persons by whom the said money was paid or security deposited shall have failed to present a petition , or if an act be passed authorizing the making of such work or undertaking , and if in any of the foregoing cases the person or persons named in such warrant or order , or the survivors or survivor of them , or the majority of such persons , apply by petition to the court in the name of whose accountant - general the sum of money mentioned in such warrant or order shall have been paid , or such exchequer bills , stocks , or funds shall have been de- posited or transferred as aforesaid , or to the Court of Exchequer in Scotland , in case such sum of money shall have been paid in the name of the said queen's remembrancer , the court in the name of whose ac- countant - general or Queen's remembrancer such sum of money shall have been paid , or such exchequer bills , stocks or funds shall have been deposited or transferred , shall , by order , direct the sum of money paid in pursuance of such warrant or order , or the stocks , funds , or securities in or upon which the same may have been invested , and the interest or dividends thereof , or the exchequer bills , stocks or funds so deposited or transferred as aforesaid , and the interest and dividends thereof , to be paid or transferred to the party or parties so applying , or to any other person or persons whom they may appoint in that behalf ; but no such order shall be made in the case of any such petition or bill being rejected , or not being allowed to proceed , or being withdrawn or not being presented , or of an act being passed authorizing the

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70 APPENDIX . 



making of such work or undertaking , unless upon the production of the certificate of the chairman of committees of the House of Lords with reference to any proceeding in the House of Lords , or of the speaker of the House of Commons , with reference to any proceeding in the House of Commons , that the said petition or bill was rejected or not allowed to proceed , or was withdrawn during its passage through one of the Houses of Parliament , or was not presented , or that such act was passed , which certificate the said chairman or speaker shall grant on the application in writing of the person or persons , or the majority of the persons , narned in such warrant , or the survivor or survivors of them : provided always , that the granting of any such certificate , or any mistake or error therein or in relation thereto , shall not make the chairman or speaker signing the same liable in respect of any monies , stocks , funds and securities which may be paid , de- posited , invested or transferred in pursuance of the provisions of this act , or the interest or dividends thereof . 



( D. ) 



14 & 15 Vict . c . 49. An Act to repeal an Act of the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of Her present Majesty , for making preliminary In- quiries in certain Cases of Applications for Local Acts , and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof . 

WHEREAS an act was passed in the session of Parliament holden in the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of her present Majesty , chapter one hundred and twenty - nine : And whereas it is expedient to repeal the said act , and to make other provisions in lieu thereof : Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty , by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal , and Com- mons , in this present Parliament assembled , and by the authority of 



the same . 



I. Recited Act Repealed . That in respect of all future applications to Parliament for local acts the said recited act shall be and the same is hereby repealed . 

II . Where Works proposed on tidal Lands , Admiralty may require statements , & c . Whenever application shall be made to Parliament for a bill whereby power is sought to construct any works on the shore of the sea , or of any creek , bay , arm of the sea , or navigable river communicating therewith , or to construct any bridge , viaduct , or other work across any creek , bay , arm of the sea , or navigable river , or to construct any work affecting the navigation of any harbour , port , tidal water , or navigable river , it shall be lawful for the lord high admiral , or for the lords commissioners for executing the office of lord high admiral , to require the promoters of such bill to deposit at the office of the Admiralty , in addition to the plans , sections , or other documents which may have been deposited at such office in compliance with the Standing Orders of either House of Parliament , all such statements 



1

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APPENDIX . 71 



and other documents as the said lord high admiral or lords commis- sioners shall deem necessary , to explain the objects of the intended application to Parliament , and the proposed interference with such tidal lands or navigation , as the case may be . 

III . Admiralty may appoint Inspectors . It shall be lawful for the said lord high admiral or lords commissioners , if they shall consider the same necessary or expedient , but not otherwise , to appoint a com- petent person or persons to be an inspector or inspectors , for the pur- pose of inquiring , in such manner and at such time and place as they shall direct , into all such matters as they shall deem necessary to enable them to report to Parliament their opinion upon every such bill touching the jurisdiction or authority of the lord high admiral . 

IV . Inspectors may summon Witnesses . For the purposes of such inquiry the said inspector or inspectors may , by summons under his or their hands , summon before him or them any person having the cus- tody of any map , survey , or book made or kept in pursuance of any Act of Parliament , to produce such map , survey or book for his or their inspection , and the said inspector or inspectors may summon , in manner aforesaid , any other person whose evidence shall , in the judg- ment of the said inspector or inspectors , be material to his or their in- quiries , and pay or allow to every such person so summoned by him or them the reasonable charges of his attendance ; and the said in- spector or inspectors shall also have power to administer an oath to all persons who may be examined by him or them touching the premises . 

V. Penalty for Non - attendance or refusing to answer Questions.- Any person , being summoned by such inspector or inspectors , who , after the delivery to him of such summons as aforesaid , or of a copy thereof , shall wilfully neglect or refuse to attend in pursuance of such summons , or to produce such maps , surveys , books or other documents as he may be required to produce under the provisions hereinbefore contained , or to answer upon oath or otherwise such questions as may be put to him by such inspector or inspectors under the powers herein contained , shall be liable to forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding five pounds , which may be recovered before any two or more justices having jurisdiction within the town , district or place wherein such in- quiry shall be held ; and on conviction of the offender , and in default of payment of any such penalty , such justices shall be empowered and required to cause the same to be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the offender , by warrant under their hands and seals ; and such penalty shall be paid to the treasurer of the county within which such conviction shall take place in aid of the county rate ; provided that no person , other than the promoters of the pro- posed act , or their agents , shall be required to attend in obedience to any summons , unless the reasonable charges of his attendance be paid or tendered to him , nor to travel in obedience thereto more than ten miles from his usual place of abode . 

VI . Security for Payment of Expenses of Inquiry . - Before insti- tuting any such inquiry , the said lord high admiral or lords commis

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72 APPENDIX . 



sioners may , if they think fit , require and take such security for the payment of the whole or any part of the costs , charges and expenses to be incurred by them in respect of such inquiry ( including the re- muneration of the inspectors ) as to them shall seem fit ; and whenever any such security is given , the costs , charges and expenses in respect whereof it is given shall , to such amount as shall be certified by the said lord high admiral or lords commissioners ( not exceeding the ex- tent or amount of such security ) , be a debt due to her Majesty from the person or persons respectively by whom the same is entered into . 

VII . Petitioners for Bill to be deemed the Promoters . The persons whose names shall be subscribed to the petition for any private bill shall be deemed to be promoters of such bill for all the purposes of this act , notwithstanding the persons subscribing such petition shall have signed for or on behalf of any other party . 

VIII . Short Title . In citing this act in other Acts of Parliament , and in legal and other instruments , it shall be sufficient to use the ex- pression " The Preliminary Inquiries Act , 1851. " 



( Ε . ) 



A TABLE OF THE FEES TO BE CHARGED AT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS . 



FEES TO BE PAID BY THE PROMOTERS OF A PRIVATE BILL . 



On the deposit of the petition , bill , plan , or any other docu- ment in the Private Bill Office 



£ 



S. 



d . 



500 



• 



• 



500 



For every day on which the examiners shall inquire into the compliance with the Standing Orders 

For Proceedings in the House . 

On the presentation of the petition for the bill 



On the first reading of the bill 



On the second reading of the bill 

On the report from the committee on the bill 

On the third reading of the bill 



500 



15 00 



1500 



1500 



1500 



• 



Bills from the Lords , commonly called Estate Bills , Divorce Bills , Naturalization Bills , and Name Bills , to be charged only one - half of the preceding fees . 

The preceding fees on the petition , first , second , and third readings , and report , to be increased according to the money to be raised or ex-

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APPENDIX . 73 



a 



pended under the authority of any bill for the execution of a work , in conformity with the following scale : - 



[ such fees . 



If the sum be 50,000l . , and under 100,000l . , twice the amount of 



دو 



وو 



100,000l . 



200,000l . 



" 



300,000l . 



دو 



دو 



دو 



دو 



وو 



400,000l . 



500,000l . 



750,000l . 



1,000,000l . 



دو 



دو 



دو 



دو 



دو 



دو 



وو 



200,000l . , three times 



300,000l . , four times 



400,000l . , five times 



500,000l . , six times 



750,000l . , seven times 



1,000,000l . , eight times 



1,500,000l . , nine times 



1,500,000l . 



" 



2,000,000l . , ten times 



دو 



دو 



دو 



دو 



دو 



دو 



وو 



دو 



And at the same rate of increase for every additional 500,000l . , up to 

five millions , and further at the like rate of increase for every addi- 



tional million beyond five millions . 



For Proceedings before any Committee . 

For every day on which the committee shall sit , - If the promoters of the bill appear by counsel If they appear without counsel 



£ 



s . d 



10 00 500 



FEES TO BE PAID BY THE OPPONENTS OF A PRIVATE BILL . 



F 



s . d . 



On the deposit of every memorial complaining that the Standing Orders have not been complied with On the presentation or deposit of every petition against a private bill 



100 



• 



200 



For Proceedings before the Examiners , or before any Committee . 

For every day on which the examiners shall inquire into any memorial complaining of a non - compliance with the 



Standing Orders 



For every day on which the petitioners appear by counsel 



before any committee 

If they appear without counsel 



300 



500 



300 



GENERAL FEES . 



On every motion , order , or proceeding in the House upon a private bill , petition , or matter not otherwise charged 



100 



words in every folio , - 



For copies of all papers and documents , at the rate of 72 



If five folios or under 



026 



If above five folios , per folio . 



006 



• 



• 



For the copy of a plan made by the parties 



100 



• 



• 



• 



E

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74 APPENDIX . 



• 



For the inspection of a plan , or of any document For every plan or document certified by the Speaker pur- 



£ 



s . d . 050 



suant to any Act of Parliament 



• 



1000 



For every day on which any parties shall be heard by coun- sel at the bar , from each side 



1000 



• 



For every day on which a committee of the whole House 



shall sit on a private bill or matter 



600 



• 



For serving any summons or order on a private bill or 



matter 



100 



• 



For riding charges , if on any private bill or matter , per 



mile 



010 



For every order for the commitment or discharge of any 



person 



100 



For taking any person into custody for a breach of privilege 



or contempt 



500 



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That the same fees be paid in case the Speaker shall refer to the taxing officer any bill of costs , under the authority of an act of the sixth year of his late majesty King George IV . , " To establish a Taxation of Costs on Private Bills in the House of Commons . " 



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That every bill for the particular interest or benefit of any person or persons , whether the same be brought in upon petitlon , or motion , or report from a committee , or brought from the Lords , hath been and ought to be deemed a private bill within the meaning of the table of fees .

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For the transcript of his notes , per folio of 72 words 009 The preceding fees shall be charged , paid and received at such times , in such manner , and under such regulations , as the Speaker shall from time to time direct . 



Veneris , 25º die Junii , 1852 . 



Ordered - That the said Table of Fees be a Standing Order of this House . 



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STANDING ORDERS RELATIVE TO PUBLIC MATTERS . 



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BILLS RESPECTING RELIGION . 



[ 30 April , 1772. ] That no bill relating to religion , or the altera- tion of the laws concerning religion , be brought into this House , until the proposition shall have been first considered in a committee of the whole House , and agreed unto by the House . 



BILLS RESPECTING TRADE . 



[ 9 April , 1772. ] That no bill relating to trade , or the alteration of the laws concerning trade , be brought into the House , until the proposition shall have been first considered in a committee of the whole House , and agreed unto by the House . 



APPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC MONEY . 



[ 25 June , 1852. ] That this House will receive no petition for any sum of money , relating to public service , or proceed upon any motion for granting any money , but what is recommended from the Crown . 

[ 21 July , 1856. ) That this House will not receive any petition , or proceed upon any motion for a charge upon the revenues of India , but what is recommended by the Crown . 

[ 29 March , 1707. ] That this House will not proceed upon any petition , motion or bill , for granting any money , or for releasing or compounding any sum of money owing to the Crown , but in a com- 



mittee of the whole House . 



[ 25 June , 1852. ] That if any motion be made in the House for any public aid , or charge upon the people , the consideration and debate thereof shall not be presently entered upon , but shall be adjourned till such further day as the House shall think fit to appoint , and then it shall be referred to a committee of the whole House before any reso- lution or vote of the House do pass therein . 



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[ 25 March , 1715. ] That this House will not receive any petition for compounding any sum of money owing to the Crown , upon any branch of the revenue , without a certificate from the proper officer or officers annexed to the said petition , stating the debt , what prosecu- tions have been made for the recovery of such debt , and setting forth how much the petitioner and his security are able to satisfy thereof . 

[ 22 February , 1821. ] That this House will not proceed upon any motion for an address to the Crown , praying that any money may be issued , or that any expense may be incurred , but in a committee of the whole House . 



PECUNIARY PENALTIES . 



[ 24 July , 1849. ] That with respect to any bill brought to this House from the House of Lords , or returned by the House of Lords to this House , with amendments , whereby any pecuniary penalty , forfeiture or fee shall be authorized , imposed , appropriated , regulated , varied , or extinguished , this House will not insist on its ancient and undoubted privileges in the following cases : 

1. When the object of such pecuniary penalty or forfeiture is to secure the execution of the act , or the punishment or prevention of offences . 

2. Where such fees are imposed in respect of benefit taken or service rendered under the act , and in order to the execution of the act , and are not made payable into the treasury or exchequer , or in aid of the public revenue , and do not form the ground of public accounting by the parties receiving the same , either in re- spect of deficit or surplus . 



act . 



3. When such bill shall be a private bill for a local or personal 



TEMPORARY LAWS . 



[ 24 July , 1849. ] That the precise duration of every temporary law be expressed in a distinct clause at the end of the bill . 

PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PETITIONS . 

[ 14 April , 1842 , amended 5 August , 1853. ] That every member offering to present a petition to the House , not being a petition for a private bill , or relating to a private bill before the House , do confine himself to a statement of the parties from whom it comes , of the number of signatures attached to it , and of the material allegations contained in it , and to the reading of the prayer of such petition . 

That every such petition not containing matter in breach of the pri- vileges of this House , and which , according to the rules or usual practice of this House , can be received , be brought to the table by the direction of the Speaker , who shall not allow any debate , or any member to speak upon , or in relation to , such petition ; but it may be read by the clerk at the table , if required . 

That , in the case of such petition complaining of some present per- sonal grievance , for which there may be an urgent necessity for providing

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an immediate remedy , the matter contained in such petition may be brought into discussion on the presentation thereof . 

That all other such petitions , after they shall have been ordered to lie on the table , be referred to the committee on public petitions , with- out any question being put ; but if any such petition relate to any matter or subject , with respect to which the member presenting it has given notice of a motion , and the said petition has not been ordered to be printed by the committee , such member may , after notice given , move that such petition be printed with the votes . 

That , subject to the above regulations , petitions against any resolu- tion or bill imposing a tax or duty for the current service of the year , be henceforth received , and the usage under which the House has re- fused to entertain such petitions be discontinued . 



MEMBERS ' PLACES . 



[ 6 April , 1835. That no member's name be affixed to any seat in the House before the hour of prayers ; and that the Speaker do give directions to the doorkeepers accordingly . 



STRANGERS . 



[ 5 February , 1845. ] That the serjeant - at - arms attending this House do , from time to time , take into his custody any stranger whom he may see , or who may be reported to him to be , in any part of the house or gallery appropriated to the members of this House , and also any stran- ger who , having been admitted into any other part of the house gallery , shall misconduct himself , or shall not withdraw when strangers are directed to withdraw , while the House , or any committee of the whole House , is sitting ; and that no person so taken into custody be discharged out of custody without the special order of the House . 



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That no member of this House do presume to bring any stranger into any part of the house or gallery appropriated to the members of this House , while the House , or a committee of the whole House , is sitting . 



PRAYERS . 



[ 25 June , 1852. ] That the serjeant - at - arms attending this House art do , from time to time , when the House is going to prayers , give notice fe thereof to all committees ; and that all proceedings of committees , after such notice , be declared to be null and void , unless such committees be otherwise empowered to sit after prayers . 



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LETTERS . 



[ 25 June , 1852. ] That , to prevent the intercepting or losing of in letters directed to members of this House , the person appointed to eal bring letters from the General Post Office to this House , or some other ert person to be appointed by the postmaster - general , do for the future , 

every day during the session of parliament , Sundays excepted , con- er stantly attend , from ten of the clock in the morning till seven in the

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afternoon , at the place appointed for the delivery of the said letters , and take care during his stay there , to deliver the same to the several members to whom they shall be directed , or to their known servant or servants , or other persons bringing notes under the hands of the mem- bers sending for the same . 

That the said officer do , upon his going away , lock up such letters as shall remain undelivered ; and that no letter be delivered but within the hours aforesaid . 

That the said orders be sent to the postmaster - general at the com- mencement of each session . 

That , when any letter or packet directed to this House shall come to Mr. Speaker , he do open the same ; and acquaint the House , at their next sitting , with the contents thereof , if proper to be communi- cated to this House . 



PUBLIC BUSINESS . 



[ 25 June , 1852 , amended 5 August , 1853 , and 19 July , 1854. ] That , unless the House shall otherwise direct , all orders of the day set down in the order book for Mondays , Wednesdays and Fridays , shall be disposed of before the House will proceed upon any motions of which notices shall have been given . 

That at the time fixed for the commencement of public business , on days on which orders have precedence of notices of motions , and after the notices of motions have been disposed of on all other days , Mr. Speaker do direct the clerk at the table to read the orders of the day , without any question being put . 

That the orders of the day be disposed of in the order in which they stand upon the paper ; the right being reserved to her Majesty's ministers of placing government orders at the head of the list , in the rotation in which they are to be taken on the days on which govern- ment bills have precedence . 

That no notice shall be given beyond the period which shall include the four days next following on which notices are entitled to prece- dence ; due allowance being made for any intervening adjournment of the House , and the period being in that case so far extended as to include four notice days falling during the sitting of the House . 

That the House do meet every Wednesday , at twelve o'clock at noon , for private business , petitions , orders of the day , and notices of motions , and do continue to sit until six o'clock , unless previously ad- journed . 

That when such business has been disposed of , or at six o'clock precisely , notwithstanding there may be business under discussion , Mr. Speaker do adjourn the House , without putting any question . 

That the business under discussion , and any business not disposed of at the time of such adjournment , do stand as orders of the day for the next day on which the House shall sit .

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That at a quarter before six o'clock on Wednesday , the debate on any business then under discussion shall stand adjourned to the next day on which the House shall sit ; after which no opposed business shall be proceeded with . 

That whenever the House shall be in committee on Wednesday at a quarter before six o'clock , the chairman do report progress , and Mr. Speaker do resume the chair . 

That whenever the House shall meet , for despatch of business , before two o'clock , except Wednesday and Saturday , unless the House shall otherwise order , the House will resume its sitting at six o'clock ; and when business has not been disposed of at ten minutes before four o'clock unless the House shall otherwise order , Mr. Speaker shall adjourn the debate on any business then under discussion , or the chairnan shall report progress , as the case may be , and no opposed business shall then be proceeded with . 

That when such business has not been disposed of at four o'clock , unless the House shall otherwise order , Mr. Speaker ( or the chairman , in case the House shall be in committee ) do leave the chair , and the House will resume its sitting at six o'clock , when the orders of the day not disposed of at the morning sitting , and any motion which was under discussion at ten minutes to four o'clock , shall be set down in the order book after the other orders of the day . 

That whenever the House shall be in committee at four o'clock , the chairman do report progress when the House resumes its sitting . 

That all dropped orders of the day be set down in the order book after the orders of the day for the next day on which the House shall sit . 

That when any bill shall be presented by a member , in pursuance of an order of this House , or shall be brought from the Lords ' , the questions " That this bill be now read a first time , " and " That this bill be printed , " shall be decided without amendment or debate . 

That the committees of supply and ways and means shall be fixed for Monday , Wednesday and Friday , and may also be appointed for any other day on which orders of the day shall have precedence of notices of motions . 

That when a bill or other matter ( except supply , or ways and means ) has been partly considered in committee , and the chairman has been directed to report progress , and ask leave to sit again , and the House shall have ordered that the committee shall sit again on a particular day , the Speaker shall , when the order for the committee has been read , forthwith leave the chair without putting any question , and the House shall thereupon resolve itself into such committee . 

That at the close of the proceedings of a committee of the whole House on a bill , the chairman shall report the bill forthwith to the House , and when amendments shall have been made thereto , the same shall be received , without debate , and a time appointed for taking the same into consideration .

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[ 21 July , 1856. ] shall be made to any [ 19 July , 1854. ] That it be an instruction to all Committees of the whole House to which bills may be committed , that they have power to make such amendments therein as they shall think fit , provided they be relevant to the subject - matter of the bill ; but that if any such amendments shall not be within the title of the bill , they do amend the title accordingly , and do report the same specially to the House . 

That no amendments , not being merely verbal , bill on the third reading . 

That the questions for reading a bill a first and second time in a committee of the whole House be discontinued . 

That in going through a bill no questions shall be put for the filing up words already printed in italics , and commonly called blanks , urless exception be taken thereto ; and if no alterations have been made in the words so printed in italics , the bill shall be reported without amendments , unless other amendments have been made thereto . 

That on a clause being offered in the committee on the bill , or on the consideration of report of a bill , Mr. Speaker or the Chairman do desire the member to bring up the same , whereupon it shall be read a first time without question put , but no clause shall be offered on consideration of report without notice . 

That Lords ' amendments to public bills shall be appointed to be considered on a future day , unless the House shall order them to be considered forthwith . 

That every report from a committee of the whole House be brought up without any question being put . 

That bills which may be fixed for consideration in Committee on the same day , whether in progress or otherwise , may be referred together to a Committee of the whole House , which may consider on the same day all the bills so referred to it , without the Chairman leaving the chair on each separate bill ; provided that , with respect to any bill not in progress , if any member shall object to its con- sideration in committee , together with other bills , the order of the day for the committee on such bill shall be postponed . 



OFFICE OF SPEAKER . 



20 July , 1855. ] That , whenever the House shall be informed by the Clerk at the Table of the unavoidable absence of Mr. Speaker , the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means do perform the duties and exercise the authority of Speaker in relation to all proceedings of this House , as Deputy Speaker , until the next meeting of the House , and so on from day to day , on the like information being given to the House , until the House shall otherwise order ; provided that if the House shall adjourn for more than twenty - four hours , the Deputy Speaker shall continue to perform the duties and exercise the authority of Speaker for twenty - four hours only after such adjournment .

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19 July , 1854. ] That , except when Mr. Speaker or the Chairman of a Committee of the whole House shall otherwise direct , his order for the withdrawal of strangers during a division shall be understood to apply to strangers occupying seats below the Bar and in the front gallery , and shall be enforced by the Serjeant - at - Arms accordingly . 

That so soon as the voices have been taken , the clerk shall turn a two - minute sand - glass , to be kept on the table for that purpose , and the doors shall not be closed until after the lapse of two minutes , as indicated by such sand - glass . 

That the doors shall be closed so soon after the lapse of two minutes as the Speaker or the Chairman of the Committee of the whole House shall think proper to direct . 



SELECT COMMITTEES . 



[ 21 July , 1856. ] That on Wednesdays , and other morning sittings of the House , all committees shall have leave to sit , except while the House is at prayers , during the sitting , and notwithstanding any adjournment of the House . 

[ 25 June , 1852. ] That no select committee shall , without leave of the House , consist of more than fifteen members ; that such leave shall not be moved for without notice ; and that in the case of members proposed to be added or substituted after the first appointment of the committee , the notice shall include the names of the members proposed to be added or substituted . 

That every member intending to move for the appointment of a select committee , do endeavour to ascertain previously whether each member proposed to be named by him , on such committee , will give his attendance thereupon . 

That every member intending to move for the appointment of a select committee , shall , one day next before the nomination of such committee , place on the notices the names of the members intended to be proposed by him , to be members of such committee . 

That lists be affixed in some conspicuous place in the committee office , and in the lobby of the House , of all members serving on each select committee . 

That to every question asked of a witness under examination , in the proceedings of any select committee , there be prefixed in the minutes of the evidence the name of the member asking such question . 

That the names of the members present each day on the sitting of any select committee be entered on the minutes of evidence , or on the minutes of the proceedings of the committee ( as the case may be ) , and reported to the House on the report of such committee . 

That in the event of any division taking place in any select com- mittee , the question proposed , the name of the proposer , and the re- spective votes thereupon of each member present , be entered on the 



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minutes of evidence , or on the minutes of the proceedings of the com- mittee ( as the case may be ) , and reported to the House on the report of such committee . 

That if , at any time during the sitting of a select committee of this House , the quorum of members fixed by the House shall not be pre- sent , the clerk of the committee shall call the attention of the chair- man to the fact , who shall thereupon suspend the proceedings of the committee until a quorum be present , or adjourn the committee to some future day .

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COMMONS ' STANDING ORDERS . 



The Figures refer to the number of the Order . 



ABERDEEN - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 21 . ACCOUNTS - Bills by which any tolls , & c . may be levied to contain provisions that , be kept and annually balanced , audited , and a copy transmitted , on or before the 31st January , to clerks of the peace , sheriff clerks , & c . , 123 . 

Acts - Bills continuing or amending , where no further work is pro- posed to be made , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

The intention to apply for an extension of time granted by , or to amend or repeal , to be stated in the notices , 14 . ADDITIONAL PROVISION . See Petitions for Additional Provision . ADJOURNMENT OF COMMITTEES - Notice of the , to be given by the committee clerk to the Private Bill Office , 207 . 

the cause of , over any day on which the House shall sit , to be specially reported to the House , 107 . See Postponement of Committees . 

ADMIRALTY - Deposit at the , of plans and sections of works on tidal lands on or before the 30th day of November , 30 . 

Deposit at the , of copy of the Gazette notice , 35 . 

Deposit at the , of bills relating to any dock , harbour , navi- gation , pier , or port , on or before the 31st day of December , 41 . ADVERTISEMENT , NOTICES BY - Particulars to be stated in the , in the cases of all bills , 14 . 

Additional particulars to be stated in the , in the cases of bills of the first class by which any lands or houses are proposed to be taken , and of all bills included in the second class , 15 . 

in cases of bills respecting any burial - ground , ceme- 

tery , or gas works , 16 . in cases where it is proposed to divert water into any intended cut , canal , reservoir , aqueduct , or navigation , 17 . in cases of bills for confirming or prolonging the term 



of any letters patent , 18 . 



Publication of , in Gazette and newspapers in the months of October or November , 19 . 

The short title of the petition for bill to correspond with that at the head of the , 36 . 

The short title of the bill to correspond with that at the head of the , 168 .

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AFFIDAVITS - may be admitted by the examiners of petitions in proof of the compliance with the Standing Orders , 68 . 

may be admitted by committee on bill in proof of the com- pliance with the Standing Orders , 119 . 

may be admitted in proof of the consents of parties con- cerned in interest in any bill , 120 . 

may be admitted in proof of the notices , and of the allega- tions , in the preamble of bill for inclosing lands , 148 . 

to be sworn before a Justice of the Peace in England , or before any Sheriff - depute or his substitute in Scotland , or before any Judge or Assistant Barrister in Ireland , 119 . 

AGENT FOR BILL Declaration of , as to class of bill , and powers thereof , to be deposited in the Private Bill Office , on or before the 31st day of December , 36 , 37 . 

Name and residence of the , to be entered in the Private Bill 



Register , 193 . 



ALTERNATIVE LINE OR WORK - will not in any case be permitted , 43 . AMALGAMATION OF COMPANIES - The intention to apply for powers for the , to be stated in the notices , 14 . 

No powers of purchase , sale , lease , or amalgamation , to be contained in any bill for the construction of a railway , 139 . No powers of , to be given to any company until one half of their capital has been paid up and expended , 140 . 

The capital of amalgamated companies not to exceed the capital of the companies so amalgamated , 142 . 

No addition to be made to the capital of a company pur- chasing a railway beyond the amount of the capital of the rail- way purchased , 143 . 

AMENDMENTS IN COMMITTEE - Copy of bill as amended in com- mittee to be laid before the chairman of ways and means , and the counsel to the Speaker , and deposited at the Board of Trade , three clear days before the consideration of bill , 75 . 



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The chairman of committee to sign a printed copy of bill on which the , are to be fairly written , 126 . 

- Bill as amended in committee to be printed , and copies de- livered to the doorkeepers for the use of members three clear days previous to the consideration of bill , 181 . 

A printed copy of the bill with the , to be delivered by the committee clerk to the Private Bill Office , 209 . 

The Bill printed as amended in Committee to be examined by the clerks in the Private Bill Office , with the Bill delivered in by the committee clerk , and a certificate of such examination indorsed thereon , 210 . 

AMENDMENTS AND CLAUSES PROPOSED ON CONSIDERATION OF BILL , OR VERBAL AMENDMENTS ON THE THIRD READING- to be submitted to the chairman of ways and means , and the counsel to the Speaker , on the day on which notice is given thereof in the Private Bill Office , and the chairman to report whether they ought , or ought not , to be entertained without reference to the committee on Standing Orders , 77 , 183 . 

when referred to the committee on Standing Orders , they are to report whether the same ought or ought not to be adopted by the House , 83 .

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when opposed , the same to be postponed until the day on which the House shall next sit , 174 . 

to be printed at the expense of the parties , 184 . when referred to Standing Order Committee no further pro- ceeding to be had until their report has been brought up , 185 . No amendments , not being merely verbal , to be made on the third reading , 186 . 

Notice of , to be given to Private Bill Office one clear day previous thereto , 211 . 

when agreed to , to be entered upon the printed copy of bill as amended in committee , 213 . 

AMENDMENTS MADE IN HOUSE OF LORDS - A copy of , and of amend- ments to be proposed thereto , to be laid before chairman of ways and means , and counsel to the Speaker , before two o'clock on the day previous to their consideration , 78 . 

to be printed at the expense of the parties and circulated with the votes , 187 . when agreed to , to be entered upon the printed copy of the bill as amended in committee , 213 . 

Notice of consideration of , to be given in Private Bill Office , and a copy of any amendments intended to be proposed thereto , to be deposited therein one clear day previous , 215 . 

APPEARANCES - The day when parties required to enter , to be ap- pointed by each committee on a group of bills , and two clear days ' notice thereof to be given to the Private Bill Office , 106 . 

APPLICATIONS AND NOTICES TO OWNERS , LESSEES AND OCCUPIERS OF LANDS AND HOUSES - to be given on or before the 15th day of December , 20 . 



Service of , 21 . 

Evidence of service of , 22 . 



Lists of assents , dissents and neuters to be made and de- posited in the Private Bill Office , 23 , 38 . 

in the case of bills relating to crown , church , or corporation property , or property held in trust for public or charitable pur- poses , 24 . 

in the case of bills for making a burial ground or cemetery , or the erection of gas works , 25 . 

in the case of a bill whereby any part of a work authorized by a former act is proposed to be relinquished , 26 . 



Time for service of , 27 . 

Form of , Appendix ( A. ) , p . 63 . 



APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES AND EXAMINERS OF PETITIONS- Orders relating to , 1 to 11 . 

AQUEDUCTS - Bills relating to , included in the second class , 12 . Particulars to be specially stated in the notices , 17 . Particulars to be specially described in the plans , 44 . ARCHES - The height and span of , of all bridges and viaducts , to be marked on the section of a railway at every crossing of a road , navigation , or railway , 52 . 

ARCHWAYS - Bills relating to , included in the second class , 12 ,

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ASSENTS , DISSENTS , AND NEUTERS - Lists of , to be made , in the case of bills whereby any lands or houses are proposed to be taken , 23 . 

Lists of , to be deposited in the Private Bill Office on or before the 31st day of December , 38 . 

Numbers of , in the case of railway bills , to be specially re- ported by committee on bill , 134 , s . 15 . 

Lists of , to be delivered in to the committee on any inclosure or drainage bill , 149 , 150 . 

ASSISTANT ENGINES - The committee on a railway bill to report what planes are proposed to be worked by , 134 , s . 8 . ATHLONE - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 21 . AUDITORS - Bills by which any tolls , & c . , may be levied , to contain provision that , be appointed , that accounts and vouchers be produced to , and that their expenses be defrayed , 123 . BELFAST - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 21 . BILL - The time at which copies of the , will be deposited in the Private Bill Office to be stated in the notices , 14 . 

The whole of the notice relating to the , to be included in the same advertisement , and headed by a short title descriptive of the undertaking , 14 . 

a printed copy of , to be annexed to the petition , and printed copies to be deposited in the Vote Office and Private Bill Office on or before the 31st day of December , 36 . 

A printed copy of , to be deposited on or before the 31st day of December , if relating to railways , canals , or incorporation , & c . of companies , at the Board of Trade - or if relating to any dock , harbour , navigation , pier , or port , at the Admiralty and Board of Trade - or if relating to turnpike roads , at the Home Office , 41 . 

When introduced in lieu of a bill withdrawn , two clear days ' notice of examination to be given by the examiner , 70 , 199 . 

to be laid before chairman of ways and means and counsel to the speaker not later than the day after the examiner has en- dorsed the petition , 72 . 

as proposed to be submitted to the committee to be laid before chairman of ways and means and counsel to the speaker three clear days at least before the first meeting , 73 . 

as amended in committee to be laid before the chairman of ways and means and the counsel to the speaker , and deposited at the Board of Trade three clear days at least before the con- sideration thereof , 75 . 

Printed copies of , to be laid before committee of selection , or general committee on railway and canal bills , at their first meet- ing , 84 . 

Copies of , as proposed to be submitted to committee , to be laid before each member at their first meeting , 115 . 

Chairman of committee on , to sign a printed copy , to be called " The Committee Bill , " on which the amendments are to be fairly written , 126 . 

to be reported to the House in all cases , 128 . 

to be brought in upon petition , signed by the parties , and endorsed by the examiner , 160 .

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to be presented to the House by depositing the same in the Private Bill Office , and to be laid , by one of the clerks of that office , on the table of the House for First Reading , together with a list of such bills , 162 . 



to be presented not later than three clear days after the pre- sentation of the petition , or after leave given to the parties to proceed therewith , 163 . 

Printed copy of , to be presented to the House , with a short title corresponding with that at the head of the advertisement , 168 . 

The proposed amount of rates , tolls , & c . , to be inserted in Italics in the , 169 . Printed copies of , to be delivered to the doorkeepers previous to the first reading , 170 . 

Printed copies of , as amended in committee , to be delivered to doorkeepers three clear days at least before the consideration of bill , 181 . 

after the Third Reading , to be printed fair , at the expense of the parties applying for the same , 188 . 

not to pass through two stages on the same day without the special leave of the House , 190 . 

the order of proceedings on , in the House , 192 . 

All proceedings on , to be entered in private bill register , 193 . In whose custody to be kept , 201 . 

printed as amended in committee to be examined by the clerks in the Private Bill Office with the bill delivered in by the committee clerk , and a certificate of examination indorsed thereon , 210 . 

after it has been printed fair , and before it is sent to the Lords to be examined by the clerks in the Private Bill Office , with the bill as read a third time , and a certificate of examina- tion indorsed thereon , 214 . 

Consideration of . See Consideration of Bill . 

BIRMINGHAM - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 21 . BOARD OF TRADE - Deposit at the , in the case of railways , of plans , sections , books of reference , and published map , on or before the 30th day of November , 32 . 

Deposit at the , of copy of Gazette notice , 35 . 

Deposit at the , of bills relating to railways , canals , com- panies , docks , harbours , navigations , piers , or ports , on or before the 31st day of December , 41 . 

Deposit at the , of bills as amended in committee , three clear days at least before the consideration thereof , 75 . 

Report from officer of the , to be required where level of any road is altered by a railway , 131 . 

Report from officer of the , to be required where railway is proposed to cross any public road on a level , 132 . 

When any report from the , is referred to committee on bill , the recommendations in such report which ha ve been adopted or rejected to be specially reported on by the committee , 134 , s . 7 . 

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tion of the , that they have paid up and expended one half of the share capital authorized to be raised previous to the repayment of money deposited in compliance with the Standing Orders , 135 . 

Railway companies applying for powers of amalgamation , & c . to prove to the , that one - half of their capital has been paid up and expended , 140 . 

The report of the , upon any bill , or the object thereof , to stand referred to the committee on the bill , 179 . 

BOND - In certain cases a clause to be inserted in railway bills respecting bond to be entered into for the completion of new lines within the prescribed period , 135 . 

BOOKS OF REFERENCE - The time and place of deposit of , to be stated in the notices , 15 . 

Deposit of , with clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks on or before the 30th day of November , 28 , 29 . 

Deposit of , with Board of Trade , on or before the 30th day of November , 32 . 

Deposit of , in the Private Bill Office , on or before the 30th day of November , 33 . 

Deposit of , with parish clerks , schoolmasters , session clerks , town clerks , or clerks of unions , on or before the 30th day of November , 34 . 

Deposit with , of copy of Gazette notice , 35 . 

to contain the names of the owners , lessees , and occupiers of all lands and houses in the line of the proposed work , and de- scribe such lands and houses , 47 . 

produced in evidence before committee on bill , to be de- posited in Private Bill Office , 125 . 

Verification of , in pursuance of any Act of Parliament , 218 . BOROUGHS . See Cities and Boroughs . BRANCHES , EXTENSIONS , OR NEW WORKS - When existing railway companies apply for powers to raise additional capital for the purpose of constructing , a subscription contract to be entered into , 60 . 

BRIDGES - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 12 . A fence of four feet high at the least to be made to , erected in making any public work , 124 , 131 . 

The height and span of every arch of , to be marked on the section of railways at every crossing of a road , & c . , 52 . BRISTOL - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 21 . BROOKS AND STREAMS - to be diverted into any canal , navigation , & c . , to be described on the plans , 44 . BUILDINGS - To be an enlarged plan of , upon a scale of not less than 

a quarter of an inch to every 100 feet , 43 . 

BURIAL GROUNDS - Bills relating to , included in the first class , 12 . the notices to specify the limits of the proposed ground , 16 . On or before the 15th December , notices to be served upon the owners and occupiers of every dwelling - house situated within 300 yards of the limits of the proposed ground , 25 . 

clause to be inserted in bill defining the limits within which the ground shall be made , 156 .

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CALLS ON RAILWAY SHARES - The payment of any interest or divi- dend in respect of , out of capital to be prohibited , 144 . CANALS - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 12 . Particulars to be specially stated in the notices , 17 . 

A copy of the bill to be deposited at the Board of Trade on or before the 31st day of December , 41 . 

Particulars to be specially described in the plans and sections , 44 , 46 , 48 , 52 , 53 . 

Printed copies of bill to be laid before the general committee at their first meeting , 84 . 

After the second reading , the bill to stand referred to the general committee on railway and canal bills , 175 . 

When chairman of ways and means reports that an unopposed canal bill be treated as opposed , such bill to be again referred to the general committee , 176 . 

See General committee on railway and canal bills ; com- mittees on railway and canal bills . 

CAPITAL OF RAILWAY COMPANIES -- In all cases of application for powers to raise , for the purpose of new works , a subscription contract to be entered into , 60 . 

- One half of the , to be paid up previous to exercising powers of borrowing , and amount raised by loan or mortgage not to ex- ceed one - third of capital , 130 . 

The committee on the bill to report specially certain particu- lars , 134 , ss . 1 to 6 . 

- In certain cases a clause to be inserted in bill , prohibiting the payment of dividend on , until new lines are completed and opened , 135 . 

Restrictions on the grant of preference or priority in the payment of interest or dividends on the , 137 , 138 . Restrictions in regard to the , 140 to 145 . 

CASTING VOTE - The chairman of committee on bill to have a 



second or casting vote , 105 . 

CEMETERIES - See Burial Grounds . 

CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE ON STANDING ORDERS - to be ex officio chairman of the committee of selection , 3 . 

CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS - to be ex officio chairman of committees on unopposed bills , 9 , 90 . 

to examine all private bills , and call attention to all points which may appear to him to require it , and copies of bills to be laid before him not later than the day after the examiner shall have indorsed the petition , 72 . 

Copies of bills as proposed to be submitted to the committee to be submitted to the , at least three clear days before the first meeting of the committee , 73 . 

may report any special circumstances relative to a bill , or his opinion that an unopposed bill should be treated as an opposed bill , 74 , 88 . 

Bill as amended in committee to be laid before the , three clear days at least before the consideration thereof , 75 . 

On or before the consideration of the report of a railway bill ,

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CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS - continued . 730 the , to report whether the bill contains the provisions required by the Standing Orders , 76 , 182 . 

to report whether clauses or amendments to be proposed on the consideration of the bill , or the third reading , ought to be entertained without referring the same to the committee on Standing Orders , 77 , 183 . 

Copies of Lords ' amendments , and of proposed amendments thereto , to be laid before the , before two o'clock on the day pre- vious to that appointed for their consideration , 78 . 

Unopposed Railway and canal bills may be referred to the , and two other members by the general committee on railway and canal bills , 86 . 

When the , reports that any unopposed bill should be treated as opposed , such bill to be so treated , 88 , 176 . 

Orders as to the duties of the , in committees of the whole House on public bills , Appendix ( F. ) , pp . 79 , 80 . 

CHAIRMAN OF GENERAL COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY AND CANAL BILLS to be appointed by the Committee of Selection , 5 . CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE ON BILL - to have a second or casting vote , 105 . 

In case of his absence , the member next on the list to pre- side , 101 . to sign every plan and book of reference produced in evidence before the committee , 125 . 

to sign a printed copy of the bill with the amendments , 126 . to report that the allegations of the bill have been examined , and whether the parties concerned have given their consent , 127 . 

to report the bill to the House in all cases , and any alteration in the preamble to be specially stated , 128 . 

CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES ON RAILWAY AND CANAL BILLS - to be appointed by the general committee , 6 . CHAPELS - Bills for building , enlarging , repairing or maintaining , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

CHARITABLE PURPOSES - Bills relating to property held in trust for , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

Notices to be specially given to the owners and lessees of 



such property , 24 . 



CHARTERS - Bills enlarging or altering , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

CHRISTMAS DAY - Notices given on , not valid , 27 . Deposits made on , not valid , 42 . 

CHURCHES OR CHURCH PROPERTY - Bills relating to , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

Notices to be specially given to the owners and lessees of , 24 . CITIES - Bills for paving , lighting , watching , cleansing or improving , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

In cases of bills specially relating to , the notices to be in- serted for three successive weeks in some one and the same newspaper published therein , 19 . 

CITIES OR BOROUGHS . - Bills by which any tolls , & c . may be levied

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to contain provisions that a copy of the annual account be transmitted on or before the 31st day of January to the clerks of the , within which the principal office shall be situate , 123 . 

CLASSES OF BILLS - Enumeration of , 12 . CLAUSES - A printed copy of the proposed , to be annexed to petition 



for additional provision , 164 . 

See Amendments and Clauses . 



CLEANSING OF CITIES OR TOWNS - Bills for , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

CLERKS OF THE PEACE - The time and place of deposit of plans , & c . with the , to be stated in the notices , 15 . 

Deposit with , of plans , sections and books of reference on or before the 30th day of November , 28 , 29 . 

Deposit with , in the case of railways of a published map with the line of railway delineated thereon , on or before the 30th day of November , 31 . 

Deposit with , of copy of Gazette notice , 35 . 

Bills by which any tolls , & c . may be levied to contain pro- visions that a copy of the annual account be transmitted to the , on or before the 31st day of January , 123 . 

Act to compel , to take the custody of documents deposited under the Standing Orders , Appendix ( B. ) , p . 65 . 

CLERKS OF UNIONS IN IRELAND - The time and place of deposit of plans , & c . with the , to be stated in the notices , 15 . 

Deposit with , of plans , sections and books of reference , on or before the 30th day of November , 34 . 

Deposit with , of copy of Gazette notice , 35 . 

COLLECTOR . See Treasurer . 



COMMISSIONERS OF RAILWAYS . See Board of Trade . COMMITMENT OF BILLS - Every bill after the second reading to stand referred to the committee of selection , or the general committee on railway and canal bills , or the select committee on divorce bills , as the case may be , 175 . 

COMMITTEE ON STANDING ORDERS - Appointment and quorum of , 2 . The chairman of , to be ex officio chairman of the committee of selection , 3 . 

to report whether the Standing Orders ought or ought not to be dispensed with , and whether the parties should be permitted to proceed with their bill , 79 . 

When any special report of the examiner is referred to the , they are to report whether the Standing Orders have or have not been complied with , 80 . 

to report whether Sessional or Standing Orders ought or ought not to be dispensed with , 81 . 

to report whether petition for bill ought or ought not to be reinserted in the general list of petitions , 82 . 

to determine whether clauses or amendments proposed on the consideration of bills should be adopted by the House , or whether the bill should be recommitted , 83 .

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Reports of examiner of petitions that Standing Orders have not been complied with , and all special reports , to be referred to the , 166 . 

All petitions that any of the Sessional or Standing Orders may be dispensed with , or for reinsertion of petitions for bills in the general list , when deposited in the Private Bill Office to stand referred to the , 167 . 

When clauses or amendments proposed on the consideration of bill , or verbal amendments on the third reading , are referred to the , no further proceeding to be had until their report has been brought up , 185 . 

COMMITTEE OF SELECTION - Appointment and quorum of , 3 . to nominate the general committee on railway and canal bills , 4 . 

may discharge members from further attendance on such general committee and add other members , and appoint the chairman thereof , 5 . 

to appoint the four members of the committee on a railway or canal bill , 7 . 

to appoint committees on opposed bills , 8 , 89 . 

to appoint committees on unopposed bills , 9 , 90 . 

Printed copies of all bills ( not being railway or canal bills ) to be laid before the , at their first meeting , 84 . 

may form into groups bills it is expedient to refer to the same committee , 85 . 

may nominate two members of committee on unopposed railway or canal bills when bill referred back by general com- mittee , 86 . 

to name the bills to be taken into consideration on the first day of meeting of committee on any group of bills , 87 . 

In what cases the , are to consider bills as opposed bills , 88 . to give notice to members when to be in attendance to serve , 

if required , as members of a committee on a bill , 91 . 

to give notice to members of their appointment as members of a committee on any bill , and transmit a form of declaration therewith , 92 . 

to report to the House the names of members not returning such declaration properly filled up and signed , 93 . 

may substitute another member for any member they may excuse from serving , 94 . 

may fix the time for holding the first sitting of committee on bill , 95 . 

may send for persons , papers and records , 96 . 

In cases of opposed bills , if opposition withdrawn , the com- mittee on bill to refer such bills back to the , 114 . 

Bills to stand referred to the , after having been read a second time and committed , 175 . 

When unopposed bills are to be treated as opposed , such bills to be again referred to the , 176 .

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The clerk to the , to give notice to the Private Bill Office of the day and hour appointed for the meeting of the committee on bill , 204 . 

The clerk to the , to give notice to the Private Bill Office of postponement of first meeting of the committee on any bill , 206 . COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS . See Chairman of Committee of Ways and Means . 

COMMITTEES - When met , no members to be added thereto unless by special order of the House , 11 . 

The time for the first sitting of , to be fixed by the committee of selection , subject to the prescribed interval between the second reading and the committee , 95 , 178 . 

Each day's proceeding in , the time of sitting , when ad- journed , and to what day and hour , and name of committee clerk , to be entered in Private Bill Register , 193 . 

List of , sitting , to be prepared daily by clerks in the Private Bill Office , and hung up in the lobby of the House , 217 . COMMITTEES ON OPPOSED BILLS- to be appointed by the committee of selection , 8 . 

The attention of the chairman of , to be called by the chair- man of ways and means to points which may appear to him to require it , 72 . 

The bills to be considered at the first meeting of , to be named by the committee of selection , 87 . 

Opposed bills to be referred to , by the committee of selec- tion , 89 . 

The time for holding the first sitting of , to be fixed by the committee of selection , 95 , 178 . 

Each member of , to sign declaration , 97 . Quorum of , 98 . 

When proceedings of , to commence , 99 . 

Members of , not to absent themselves from their duties thereon , 100 . 

to take bills first into consideration named by committee of selection , and appoint days for consideration of remaining bills , and two clear days notice thereof to be given to the Private Bill Office , and the like notice of any postponement to be given , 



106 . 



Questions before the , to be decided by majority , including the chairman , who shall have a second or casting vote , 105 . In case chairman absent from the , 101 . Proceedings to be suspended if quorum not present , 102 . Members absenting themselves to be reported , 103 . Absence of quorum to be reported to the House , 104 . the cause of any adjournment , over any day on which the 

house shall sit , to be specially reported to the house , 107 . not to consider petitions against bill unless grounds of objec- tion distinctly specified , 108 . 

not to hear petitioners unless their petition deposited not later than seven clear days after the second reading , 109 .

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may admit petitioners to be heard upon the ground of com- petition , 110 . 

not to hear the shareholders of an incorporated company against a bill promoted by such company , unless their interests as affected thereby are distinct from the general interests of the company , 111 . 

- If opposition withdrawn , the , may refer bills back to the com- mittee of selection , 114 . 

Petitions duly deposited in the Private Bill Office to stand referred to , and the parties to be heard thereon , 177 . COMMITTEE ON UNOPPOSED BILLS - Appointment and quorum of , 



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Unopposed bills to be referred to , by the committee of selec- tion , 90 . Members locally or otherwise interested not to vote , 116 . COMMITTEES ON BILLS ( WHETHER OPPOSED OR UNOPPOSED ) - Three clear days at least before the first meeting of , copies of the bill as proposed to be submitted to , to be laid before the chairman of ways and means , and the counsel to the Speaker , 73 . 

At the first meeting copies of the bill as proposed to be sub . mitted to , to be laid before each member , 115 . 

Names of members attending and voting to be taken down by the clerk and reported to the House , 117 . 

not to examine into the compliance with the Standing Orders , which are directed to be proved before the examiner , 118 . 

may admit affidavits in proof of the compliance with the Standing Orders , 119 . 

may admit affidavits in proof of the consent of parties con- cerned in interest in any bill , 120 . 

to inquire specially into the bona fide character of the sub- scription contract , and the sufficiency of the subscribers thereto , 121 . 

Plans and books of reference produced in evidence before the , to be signed by the chairman and deposited in the Private Bill Office , 125 . 

The chairman of , to sign the committee bill , on which the amendments are to be fairly written , 126 . 

The chairman of , to report that the allegations of the bill have been examined , and whether the parties concerned have given their consent , 127 . 

The chairman of , to report the bill to the House in all cases , and when any alteration has been made in the preamble such alteration to be specially stated , 128 . 



129 . 



The minutes of the , to be laid on the table with the report , 

Clauses and provisions to be inserted by the , in bills for carrying on any work by means of a company , commissioners , or trustees , 122 .

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in bills whereby parties are authorized to levy fees , 

tolls , or other rate or charge , 123 . 

in bills whereby the level of any road is proposed 

to be altered in making any public work , 124 . 

in railway bills , 130 to 146 . 

in bills for confirming of letters patent , 147 . 

in inclosure and drainage bills , 148 to 154 . 

in bills relating to turnpike roads in Ireland , 155 . 

in bills for making a burial ground or cemetery , or 

the erection of gas works , 156 . 



Notice to be given to the Private Bill Office of day and hour appointed for the meeting of , 204 . 

One clear day previous to the meeting of , a copy of bill as proposed to be submitted to , to be deposited in Private Bill Office , 205 . 

- Notice to be given to the Private Bill Office of postpone- ment of first meeting of , 206 . 

Notice to be given to Private Bill Office of day and hour to which the , are adjourned , 207 . 

COMMITTEE ON DIVORCE BILLS -- Appointment and quorum of , 10 . 



Evidence to be given before , 157 . 

may require petitioner to attend before them , 158 . to report bill in all cases , 159 . 

Bill to stand referred to , after the second reading , 175 . COMMITTEES ON RAILWAY AND CANAL BILLS - the chairman to be appointed by the general committee , 6 . 

the four other members to be appointed by the committee of selection , 7 . 



85 . 



Bills may be formed into groups by the general committee , 

the bills to be considered at the first meeting of , to be named by the general committee , 87 . 

each member of , to sign declaration , 97 . 

Members of , not to absent themselves from their duties , 100 . to take the bills first into consideration which have been named by the general committee , and appoint time for con- sideration of remaining bills , and give notice thereof to Private Bill Office , and the like notice of postponement of any bill , 106 . 

a railway company , whose lands or works are proposed to be taken or interfered with by a bill , may be heard against the preamble and clauses of such bill , 112 . 

may hear the municipal authorities or inhabitants of any town or district alleged to be injuriously affected by a bill , 113 . Notice of postponement of the first meeting of , to be given to the Private Bill Office by the clerk to the committee of selec- tion , 206 . 

Clauses and provisions to be inserted in railway bills , 130 to 146 . 

See General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills . COMMITTEE CLERKS - Notice to be given to , when it is intended to

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appoint a committee to search the Lords ' Journals with relation to any proceedings upon a bill , 189 . 

COMPANY - Bills incorporating or giving powers to , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

The intention to apply for powers to amalgamate with a , to be stated in the notices , 14 . 

In certain cases a copy of the deed of partnership of the , or subscription contract , and declaration in writing , to be deposited in the Private Bill Office with the petition for bill , 39 . 

A copy of bill incorporating or giving powers to a , to be deposited at the Board of Trade on or before the 31st day of December , 41 . 

Shareholders of a , if incorporated , not to be heard against a bill promoted by , unless their interests , as affected thereby , are distinct from the general interests of such company , 111 . COMPETITION - Petitioners may be heard before committee on bill on the ground of , 110 . 

COMPLETION OF NEW LINES OF RAILWAY - Clauses to be inserted 



in bill to ensure the , 135 . 



COMPULSORY PURCHASE OF LANDS OR HOUSES - The intention to apply for powers for , to be stated in the notices , 14 . CONSENTS - The , of parties concerned in interest in any bill may be proved before the committee by the production of affidavits , 120 . CONSIDERATION OF BILLS ORDERED TO LIE UPON THE TABLE-- Three clear days at least before the , copies to be laid before the chairınan of ways and means and the counsel to the speaker , and be deposited at the Board of Trade , 75 . 

In the case of railways , the chairman of committee of ways and means to report whether the bill contains the provisions required by the Standing Orders , 76 . 

Clauses or amendments to be proposed on the , to be sub- mitted to the chairman of ways and means and counsel to the speaker , on the day on which notice thereof is given in the Pri- vate Bill Office , and the chairman to report whether they ought to be entertained without reference to the committee on Stand- ing Orders , 77 , 183 . 

When clauses or amendments proposed on the , are referred to the committee on Standing Orders , they are to report whether the same should be adopted by the House or not , or whether the bill should be recommitted , 83 . 

When the , is opposed , the consideration thereof to be post- poned until the day on which the House shall next sit , 174 . 

Three days ' previous to the , copies of bills printed as amended in committee to be delivered to doorkeepers , 181 , 210 . 

Clauses or amendments proposed on the , to be printed , 184 . When clauses or amendments have been referred to com- mittee on Standing Orders , no further proceeding to be had until their report has been brought up , 185 . 

Three clear days to intervene between the report and the , and previous thereto the chairman of ways and means to report whe-

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ther the bill contains the provisions required by the Standing Orders , 182 . 

One clear day's notice of the , to be given to the Private Bill Office , 208 . 

One clear day previous to the , notice of clauses or amend- ments to be proposed to be given to the Private Bill Office , 



211 . 



CONTRACT . See Subscription Contract . COPIES OF BILLS . See Bill . 

COPIES OF ESTIMATE , SUBSCRIPTION CONTRACT , & c . -to be printed and delivered at the Vote Office for the use of members , and at the Private Bill Office for the use of agents , previous to the de- posit of petition for bill , 40 . 

CORK - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 21 . CORPORATIONS -- Bills enlarging or altering powers of , or relating to corporation property , included in the first class of bills , 12 . Notices to be specially given to the owners and lessees of , 24 . COSTS . See Taxation of Costs . COUNSEL - Petitioners duly depositing a petition against a bill in the Private Bill Office praying to be heard by , to be so heard before the committee on the bill , 177 . 

COUNSEL TO THE SPEAKER - to assist the chairman of the committee of ways and means in the examination of all private bills , and copies of bills to be laid before him not later than the day after the examiner has indorsed the petition , 72 . 

Bill as proposed to be submitted to the committee to be laid before the , three clear days at least before the first meeting , 73 . Bill as amended in the committee to be laid before the , three clear days at least before the consideration thereof , 75 . 

Clauses or amendments to be proposed on the consideration of a bill , or verbal amendments on the third reading , to be sub- mitted to the , on the day on which notice thereof is given in the Private Bill Office , 77 . 

Copies of Lords ' amendments , and of amendments intended to be proposed thereto , to be submitted to the , before two o'clock on the day previous to their consideration , 78 . 

COUNTY- Notice of intended application to be published in a news- paper of the , in which the city or lands to which the bill relates shall be situate , for three successive weeks in October or No- vember , 19 . 

Plans , sections , and books of reference to be deposited with the clerks of the peace of each , through which the work is to be made , or in which any lands or houses intended to be taken are situate , on or before the 30th day of November , 28 , 29 . 

Bills by which any tolls , & c . may be levied to contain pro- vision that on or before the 31st day of January , a copy of the annual account be transmitted to the clerk of the peace or she- riff clerk of the , within which the principal office shall be situate , 123 . 

COUNTY HALL OR COUNTY RATE - Bills relating to , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 



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COURT OF CHANCERY - Deposit of money with the , on or before the 



15th day of January , 63 , 64 . 



CROSS SECTIONS - in the case of railways , when it is intended to alter the inclination of any canal , road , or railway , or to cross on the level any public road , to show the present or intended surface thereof for 200 yards on each side of the centre line of the railway , 53 . CROSSINGS . See Level Crossings . 

CROWN PROPERTY - Bills relating to , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

Notice to be specially given to the owners and lessees of , 24 . CURVES - A memorandum of the radius of , not exceeding a mile in length , to be noted on the plan of a railway in furlongs and chains , 45 . 



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Committees on railway bills to report whether the , are favourable , and their smallest radius , 134 , s . 11 . 

CUSTODY OF BILLS - Provision for , 201 . CUSTODY OF DOCUMENTS - Act relating to the , required to be de- posited by the Standing Orders , Appendix ( B. ) , p . 65 . CUSTODY OF MONIES - Act relating to the , required to be deposited by the Standing Orders , Appendix ( C. ) , p . 67 . 

In certain cases a clause to be inserted in railway bills varying the provisions of this act , 135 . 

CUTS - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 12 . Particulars to be specially stated in the notice , 17 . 

Particulars to be specially described in the plans and sections , 44 , 48 . 

CUTS FOR DRAINAGE - Bill for making and maintaining any , being a new work , where it is not provided that the same shall not be more than eleven feet width at the bottom , included in the second class of bills , 12 . 

CUTTINGS - See Embankments and Cuttings . 

DATUM HORIZONTAL LINE -- to be the same throughout the whole of the work , and to be referred to some fixed point stated in writing on the section , 48 . 

The distances on the , in the case of railways , to be marked in miles and furlongs , and vertical measures to be marked at each change of gradient , 51 . 

DECEMBER 12th - Applications to owners , lessees and occupiers of lands or houses to be posted on or before , 21 . 

DECEMBER 15th -- On or before , application to be made to the owners , lessees and occupiers of lands or houses intended to be taken , 20 , 21 . 

On or before , notices to be given to the owners and occupiers of every dwelling - house situated within 300 yards of the limits of proposed burial ground cemetery or gas works , 25 . 

DECEMBER 31st - On or before , petition for bill , with agent's de- claration and printed copies of bill , to be deposited in the Private Bill Office , 36 , 37 . 

On or before , estimates , subscription contracts , declarations ,

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and lists of owners , lessees and occupiers , to be deposited in Private Bill Office , 38 . 

On or before , in the case of certain joint - stock companies , a copy of the deed of partnership , or subscription contract , and declaration , to be deposited in the Private Bill Office , 39 . 

On or before , printed copies of the estimate of expense , sub- scription contract , or declaration and estimate of rates , to be deposited in the Private Bill Office , 40 . 

- On or before , printed copies of bills relating to railways and canals , and for incorporating or giving powers to any company , to be deposited at the Board of Trade - or if relating to any dock , harbour , navigation , pier , or port , at the Board of Trade and Ad- miralty- or if relating to turnpike roads , at the Home Office , 41 . DECLARATION OF AGENT - to be deposited at the Private Bill Office on or before the 31st day of December , 36 , 37 . DECLARATION OF MEMBERS - Blank form of , to be transmitted to members when appointed to serve on a committee , 92 . 

Members not returning the , to the committee of selection , to be reported to the House , 93 . 

Form of , to be signed by members , 97 . 

DECLARATION AND ESTIMATE OF RATES - Deposit of , in the Private Bill Office on or before the 31st day of December , 38 . Deposit of printed copies of , at the Vote Office and Private Bill Office previous to the deposit of the petition for bill , 40 . 

Cases wherein they may be be deposited in lieu of a subscription contract , 61 , 62 . 

DEPOSITS - not valid if made on Sunday or Christmas Day , or before eight in the morning or after eight in the afternoon , 42 . Time for making , in the Private Bill Office , 216 . 

DEPOSIT OF BILLS - The time of , in the Private Bill Office to be stated in the notices , 14 . 

at the Private Bill Office , with the petition , on or before the 31st day of December , 36 . 

relating to railways , canals , and incorporation of companies , at the Board of Trade - relating to docks , harbours , navigations , piers , or ports , at the Admiralty and Board of Trade - and re- lating to turnpike roads , at the Home Office , on or before the 31st day of December , 41 . 

with the chairman of ways and means and the counsel to the Speaker not later than the day after the examiner has indorsed the petition , 72 . 

as proposed to be submitted to the committee , with the chairman of ways and means and counsel to the Speaker three clear days at least before the first meeting , 73 . 

as amended in committee , with the chairman of ways and means , the counsel to the speaker , and at the Board of Trade , three clear days at least before the consideration of the bill , 75 . with the committee of selection , or the general committee on railway and canal bills , at their first meeting , 84 . 

in the Private Bill Office , to be laid by one of the clerks of that office on the table of the House for first reading , 162 . 



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with doorkeepers before the first reading , 170 . 

as amended in committee , with doorkeepers three clear days at least before consideration of bill , 181 . 

DEPOSIT OF COPY OF GAZETTE NOTICE - with the plans , sections , and books of reference , on or before the 30th day of November , 35 . 

DEPOSIT OF MEMORIALS COMPLAINING OF NON - COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDING ORDERS - in the Private Bill Office at periods varying from the 17th to the 31st January , according to the number of petition , in the general list of petitions , 196 . 

and two copies to be deposited before 12 o'clock on the following day , 197 . 

In reference to petitions for additional provision , to estate bills from the Lords , and to bills introduced in lieu of other bills withdrawn , 198 . 

DEPOSIT OF MONEY - previous to the 15th day of January a sum not less than one - twentieth , or , in the case of railways , one - tenth part of the amount required to be subscribed , must be deposited with the Court of Chancery in England or Ireland , or the Court of Exchequer in Scotland , 63 , 64 . 

In certain cases railway bills to contain a clause that the money deposited shall not be repaid until the completion of the new line , or a bond be entered into by the company , 135 . 

not to be paid by railway companies out of capital authorized to be raised for the purposes of any existing act , 145 . 

Act to provide for the custody of monies paid in pursuance of the Standing Orders , Appendix ( C. ) , p . 67 . 

DEPOSIT OF PETITION FOR BILL - Previous to the , in the case of bills relating to crown or corporation property , or property held in trust for public or charitable purposes , notice to be given to the owners and lessees thereof , 24 . 



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Previous to the , where any part of a work authorized by a former act is proposed to be relinquished , notice to be given to the owners , lessees , and occupiers of lands , 26 . 

with agent's declaration and copies of bills , in the Private Bill Office , on or before the 31st day of December , 36 , 160 . 

At the time of , in the case of certain joint stock companies , a copy of the deed of partnership or subscription contract , and de- claration in writing , to be deposited therewith , 39 . 

Previous to the , printed copies of the estimate of expense , subscription contract , and declaration and estimate of rates to be deposited at the Vote Office and Private Bill Office , 40 . 

DEPOSIT OF PETITION AGAINST BILL - in the Private Bill Office not later than seven clear days after the second reading , 109 . DEPOSIT OF PETITION RELATING TO PRIVATE BILLS - in the Pri- vate Bill Office , 172 . 

DEPOSIT OF PLANS , SECTIONS AND BOOKS OF REFERENCE - The time and place of , to be stated in the notices , 15 . 

with clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks on or before the 30th day of November , 28 , 29 . at the Admiralty , where work is situated on tidal lands , on or before the 30th day of November , 30 .

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with the Board of Trade on or before the 30th day of Novem- ber , 32 . in the Private Bill Office on or before the 30th day of No. vember , 33 . 

with parish clerks , schoolmasters , session clerks , town clerks , or clerks of unions on or before the 30th day of November , 34 . 

in Private Bill Office , when plan and book of reference has been produced in evidence before committee on bill , 125 . 

DEPOSIT OF PUBLISHED MAP - with the line of railway delineated thereon , on or before the 30th day of November , with the clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks , 31 . 



with the board of trade , 32 . 



in the Private Bill Office , on or before the 30th day of No- vember , 33 . 

DEPOSIT OF SUBSCRIPTION CONTRACTS , & c . -at the Private Bill Office , on or before the 31st day of December , 38 . 

- at the Vote Office and Private Bill Office , of printed copies , previous to the deposit of petition for bill , 40 . 

DEVIATION FROM LINE OF PROPOSED WORK - The limits of , to be defined upon the plans , and all lands included within such limits to be marked thereon , 43 . 

The book of reference to contain the names of the owners , lessees and occupiers of lands and houses within the limits of , 47 . DIRECTORS OF RAILWAY COMPANIES - The names , residences , & c . of , to be reported by the committee on the bill , 134 , s . 3 . DISPENSING WITH STANDING ORDERS . See Petition that Orders 

may be dispensed with . DISSENTS . See Assents , Dissents , and Neuters . DISTANCES to be marked on the plan of railways in miles and fur- longs , from one of the termini , 45 . 

The , on the datum line of section to correspond with those on the plan , 51 . 

DISTRICTS - The inhabitants of , may be heard against a railway or canal bill , on the allegation that the place will be injuriously affected thereby , 113 . 

DIVERSION - The course of , of any road , river , canal , or railway , to be marked on the plan , 46 . 

DIVIDENDS - In the case of railway companies possessed of a line already opened applying for powers to construct a new line , or for the extension of time for the completion of a line , a clause to be inserted in bill suspending the payment of , until such line is com- pleted and opened , 135 . 

The granting of any preference in the payment of , not to pre- judice any preference previously granted by the company , 137 . 

The terms of any preference of , not to be altered , unless the committee on the bill report that such alteration ought to be allowed , 138 . 

not to be guaranteed by railway companies until the completion of their original line , 141 . The , in respect of calls , not to be paid out of capital , 144 .

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DIVISIONS IN COMMITTEES - Lists of , to be given in with the report 



to the House , 117 . 



DIVORCE BILLS - after second reading , to stand referred to committee on divorce bills , 175 . 

To be eight clear days between the second reading and the sit- ting of the committee , 178 . The promoters of , to pay one half only of the usual fees , Ap- pendix ( E. ) , p . 72 . 



See Committee on Divorce Bills . 



Docks - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 12 . 

A copy of the bill to be deposited at the Admiralty and . Board of Trade on or before the 31st day of December , 41 . 

not to be acquired by railway companies , unless the committee on the bill report that such a restriction ought not to be enforced , 



133 . 



DOCUMENTS - Act to compel clerks of the peace , & c . , to take the custody of , required to be deposited by the Standing Orders , Ap- pendix ( B. ) , p . 65 . 

DOORKEEPERS - Printed copies of bills to be delivered to , for use of members , before the first reading , 170 . 

Printed copies of bills , as amended in committee , to be deli- vered to , three clear days before consideration of bill , 181 . DRAINAGE - Bills for making any cut for , being a new work , where it is not provided that the same shall not be more than eleven feet width at the bottom , included in the second class of bills , 12 . 

DRAINING OF LAND - Bills for , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

Orders specially relating to , 150 , 154 . 

DUBLIN - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 21 . DUBLIN GAZETTE . See Gazettes . 

DUTIES . See Tolls , Rates , or Duties . 

EDINBURGH - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 21 . EDINBURGH GAZETTE . See Gazettes . 

EMBANKMENT FOR RECLAIMING LAND FROM THE SEA OR ANY 

TIDAL RIVER - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 12 . 

EMBANKMENTS AND CUTTINGS - The height or depth of , to be shown on the section , 48 . 

The extreme height or depth of , exceeding five feet , to be shown on the section of a railway , and on each side of any intervening bridge or tunnel , 54 . 

Where tunnelling or a viaduct as a substitute for , be intended , to be marked on the section of railways , 55 . 

ENGINEERING DIFFICULTIES - in the case of railways to be specially reported on by the committee on the bill , 134 , s . 9 . ENGINEERS - Names of , examined on railway bills , to be reported by the committee on the bill , 134 , s . 16 . 

ENLARGED PLAN - To be an , of any building , yard , court yard or land within the curtilage of any building , or of any ground cul- tivated as a garden , upon a scale of not less than a quarter of an inch to every hundred feet , 43 . 

ESTATE BILLS FROM THE LORDS - Two clear days ' notice of the examination of , to be given by the examiner , 70 , 199 .

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After the first reading , to be referred to the examiner of peti- 



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In the case of ( with certain exceptions ) , to be three clear days between the second reading and the sitting of the committee , 178 . One clear day's notice of the meeting of the committee on , to be given to the Private Bill Office by the clerk to the committee of selection , 204 . 

The promoters of , to pay one - half only of the usual fees , Ap- pendix ( E. ) , p . 72 . 

ESTIMATE OF EXPENSE - Deposit of , in the Private Bill Office , on or before the 31st day of December , 38 . 

Deposit of printed copies of , at the Vote Office , and Private Bill Office , previous to the deposit of petition for bill , 40 . 

to be made and signed by the person making the same , and a subscription entered into to three - fourths the amount thereof , 



56 . 



the adequacy of the , in the case of railways to be reported on by the committee on the bill , 134 , s . 14 . 



See Deposit of Money . 



ESTIMATE OF RATES . See Declaration and Estimate of Rates . EXAMINATION BOOK - to be kept in the Private Bill Office , 200 . EXAMINATION OF BILLS BY CLERKS IN PRIVATE BILL OFFICE -between the first and second reading , 202 . 

printed as amended in committee , with the bill delivered in by the committee clerk , 210 . 

as printed fair after the Third Reading , with the bill as read a third time , 214 . 

EXAMINERS OF PETITIONS - Appointment of , by the Speaker , 1 . 

Standing Orders the compliance with which is to be proved before the , 13-64 . to commence the examination of petitions on the 25th of January , 65 . 

to give seven clear days ' notice in the Private Bill Office of day appointed for examination of each petition , 66 , 199 . 

Parties may be heard before the , upon a memorial duly de- posited , 67 , 197 . 

may admit affidavits in proof of the compliance with the Standing Orders , 68 . 

to certify on each petition whether the Standing Orders have or have not been complied with , 69 . 

to give two clear days ' notice of examination of petitions for additional provision , and of estate bills from the Lords , and of bills introduced in lieu of bills which have been withdrawn , and to report whether the Standing Orders have or have not been complied with , 70 , 199 . 

may make a special report when they shall feel doubts as to the due construction of a Standing Order in its application to a particular case , 71 . 

Reports of , that Standing Orders have not been complied with , to be referred to the committee on Standing Orders , who are to report thereon , 79 , 80 .

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The Standing Orders directed to be proved before the , not to be examined into by the committee on the bill , 118 . 

The petition for bill to be endorsed by , before it is presented , 160 . 

All petitions for additional provision , with the proposed clauses annexed , and all estate bills from the Lords , and all bills introduced in lieu of other bills withdrawn , to be referred to the , 165 . 

Reports of the , that the Standing Orders have not been com- plied with , and all special reports of the , to be referred to the committee on Standing Orders , 166 . 

May entertain memorials complaining of non - compliance with the Standing Orders in the case of petitions for additional provision , or estate bills from the Lords , or bills introduced in lieu of bills withdrawn , although the parties specially affected may not have signed the same , 198 . 

Daily list of petitions on which the , are appointed to sit , to be hung up in the lobby of the House , 217 . 

EXCHEQUER COURT , SCOTLAND - Deposit of money with , on or before the 15th day of January , 63 , 64 . 

EXETER - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 21 . EXTENSIONS . See Branches . 

EXTRA - PAROCHIAL PLACES - The notices to contain the names of , 

in or through which the work is intended to be made , 15 . 

In the case of , the plans , sections and books of reference to be deposited with the parish clerk of some parish immediately adjoining thereto , 34 . 

FEES - Table of , Appendix ( E. ) , p . 72 . 

FENCE - A , of four feet high at the least , to be made on each side of every bridge which shall be erected in making any public work , 124 , 131 . 

FERRIES - Bills relating to , included in the first class of bills , except where any work is to be executed , then in the second class of bills , 12 . 

not to be acquired by railway companies , unless the com- mittee on the bill report that such a restriction ought not to be enforced , 133 . 

FILLED - UP BILL - as proposed to be submitted to the committee , to be deposited in Private Bill Office one clear day before the meeting of the committee , 205 . 

FIRST CLASS - Bills included in the , 12 . 

Particulars to be stated in the notices , 14 . 

when any lands or houses are intended to be taken , the notices to contain the names of the parishes , & c . in which such lands or houses are situate , 15 . 

When plans and books of reference to be deposited , 28 , 34 . In the case of bills of the , the plan to describe the lands in- tended to be taken , 43 . 

FIRST MEETING OF COMMITTEE ON BILL - The bills to be con- sidered at the , to be named by the committee of selection , or the general committee on railway and canal bills , 87 .

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the time for the , to be fixed by committee of selection , 95 . At the , copies of bill as proposed to be submitted to the com- mittee , to be laid before each member , 115 . 

To be fourteen clear days ( or in the case of divorce bills eight clear days , and of name bills and certain estate bills three clear days ) between the second reading and the , 178 . 

The clerk to committee of selection to give notice to Private Bill Office of postponement of , 206 . 

FIRST READING - Previous to the , of a bill brought from the House of Lords relating to crown , church , or corporation property , or property held in trust for public or charitable purposes , notices to he given to the owners and lessees of such property , 24 . 

Bills presented to the House by depositing the same in the Private Bill Office , to be laid by one of the clerks of that office on the table of the House for , together with a list of such bills , 162 . 

not to take place unless the bill be presented within three clear days after the presentation of the petition , or , if Standing Orders not complied with , within three clear days after leave given to proceed with the bill , 163 . 

Printed copies of bill to be delivered to doorkeepers for the use of members before the , 170 . 

The bill to be read a second time not less than three nor more than ten clear days after the , 171 . 

FISHERIES -Bills relating to , included in the first class of bills , 12 . GAOLS - Bills relating to , included in the first class of bills , 12 . GARDEN GROUND - An enlarged plan of , upon a scale of not less than a quarter of an inch to every 100 feet to be deposited with plans . 43 . 

GAS WORKS - The notices to specify the limits within which the works are intended to be erected , 16 . 

Notices to be given to the owners and occupiers of every dwel- ling - house situated within 300 yards of the limits of the proposed works on or before the 15th day of December , 25 . 

The bill to contain a clause defining the limits within which such works shall be erected , 156 . 



See Lighting of Cities or Towns . 



GAUGE - The committee on a railway bill to report on what , the rail- way is proposed to be constructed , 134 , s . 12 . GAZETTES - Notice of application to be published in the London , Edin- burgh , or Dublin Gazette once in the months of October or Novem- ber , 19 . 

GAZETTE NOTICE - The time and place of deposit of copies of , to be stated therein , 15 . 

A copy of the , to be deposited with the plans , sections , and books of reference , on or before the 30th day of November , 35 . GENERAL COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY AND CANAL BILLS - Ap- pointment and quorum of , 4 . 

Members may be discharged from further attendance on the , and other members added , and chairman appointed , 5 . 



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GENERAL COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY AND CANAL BILLS - con- tinued . 

may appoint the chairman of each committee on a railway or canal bill , or group of such bills , 6 . 

Printed copies of railway and canal bills to be laid before the , at their first meeting , 84 . 

to classify and form such bills into groups , 85 . 

may refer any unopposed bill to the chairman of ways and means , & c . , 86 . 

may name the bills to be taken into consideration at the first meeting of each committee , 87 . 

After the second reading of railway and canal bills the same to stand referred to the , 175 . 

When chairman of ways and means reports that unopposed railway and canal bills be treated as opposed , such bills to be again referred to the , 176 . 

See Committees on Railway and Canal Bills . 

GENERAL INCLOSURE ACT - In bills for inclosing lands , the proof of notices and allegations may be admitted by affidavit , taken accord- ing to the form in the , 148 . 

GENERAL LIST OF PETITIONS - Petitions to be struck off the , by the examiner , if the promoters do not appear , and not to be rein- serted except by order of the House , 66 . 

When petition for reinsertion of petition for bill in the , is re- ferred to the committee on Standing Orders , they are to report whether such petition ought or ought not to be reinserted , 82 . 

Petitions for reinsertion of petition for bill in the , when de- posited in Private Bill Office , to stand referred to the committee on Standing Orders , 167 . 

List of petitions for bills to be entered in the , and each petition to be numbered , 195 . 

The number in the , of the petition for bill , to regulate the period at which memorials complaining of noncompliance with the Stand- ing Orders are to be deposited , 196 . 

GENERAL RAILWAY ACTS - Clauses to be inserted in railway bills that railway shall be subject to the provisions of , 146 . GLASGOW - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 21 . GRADIENTS - Vertical measures at each change of , to be marked on the section of railways , 51 . 

In the case of railways the committee on the bill to report whe- ther the , are favourable , 134 , s . 11 . 

GROUPS - Committee of selection may form bills into , 85 . The general committee on railway and canal bills may form such bills into , 85 . 



89 . 



of bills to be referred to committee by committee of selection , 

Committees on , to consider first the bills named by the com- mittee of selection or by the general committee on railway and canal bills , and to appoint time for the consideration of the re- maining bills , & c . , 106 . 

HARBOURS - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 12 .

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A copy of the bill to be deposited at the Admiralty and Board of Trade on or before the 31st day of December , 41 . 

not to be acquired by railway companies , unless the committee on the bill report that such a restriction ought not to be enforced , 



133 . 



HOME OFFICE - Deposit at the , of bills relating to turnpike roads , on or before the 31st day of December , 41 . HOUSE - Orders regulating the practice of the , 160-191 . 

Order of proceedings in the , on private business , 192 . HOUSE OF LORDS - Previous to the first reading of a bill brought from the , relating to crown , church , or corporation property , or property held in trust for public or charitable purposes , notices to be given to the owners and lessees of such property , 24 . 

Unopposed bills brought from the , to be referred to the chair- man of ways and means and two other members to be named by the committee of selection , 9 , 90 . 

before a bill is sent to the , the bill as printed fair is to be examined by the clerks in the Private Bill Office , with the bill as read a third time , and a certificate of such examination indorsed thereon , 214 . 



See Lords ' Amendments . 



HOUSES - The intention to apply for powers for the compulsory pur- chase of , to be stated in the notices , 14 . 

in the case of bills by which any , are intended to be taken , the notices to contain the names of the parishes , & c . in which the same are situate , 15 . 

Notices to be given to the owners , lessees , and occupiers of , intended to be taken , on or before the 15th day of December , 20-23 . 

Notices to be given to the owners and lessees of , in the case of a bill relating to crown , church , or corporation property , or property held in trust for public or charitable purposes , 24 . 

Notices to be given to the owners and occupiers of , in the case of bills for making a burial ground or cemetery , or the erec- tion of gas works , 25 . 

When any are intended to be taken , duplicate plans and book of reference to be deposited with clerks of the peace , parish clerks , & c . , in cases of bills of the first class , 28 , 34 . 

An enlarged plan of , upon a scale of not less than a quarter of an inch to every 100 feet , to be deposited with plans , in the case of second class bills , 43 . 

The names of the owners , lessees and occupiers of , to be stated in the book of reference , 47 . 

HOUSES OF CORRECTION - Bills relating to , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT - One of the two plans and sections de- posited with clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks to be sealed up and retained until called for by one of the , 29 . 

IMPROVING OF CITIES OR TOWNS - Bills for , included in the first class of bills , 12 .

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INCLOSING OR IMPROVING OF LAND - Bills for , included in the first 



class of bills , 12 . 



Orders specially relating to , 148 , 149 , 151—154 . INCORPORATION OF A COMPANY - Bills for , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

copy of deed of partnership or subscription contract , and de- claration in writing , to be deposited in the Private Bill Office with the petition for bill , 39 . 

A copy of the bill to be deposited at the Board of Trade on or before the 31st day of December , 41 . 

INCORPORATED COMPANY - Shareholders of , not to be heard against bill promoted by , unless their interests as affected thereby are distinct from the general interests of the company , 111 . 

INHABITANTS - The , of any town or district may be heard against a railway or canal bill on the allegation that the place will be injuriously affected thereby , 113 . 

INTEREST ON CALLS - Clause to be inserted in railway bills pro- 



hibiting the payment of , 144 . 



See Dividend . 



INVERNESS - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 21 . JANUARY 15th - Previous to the , one - twentieth , or , in the case of rail- ways , one - tenth part of the amount required to be subscribed , to be deposited with the Court of Chancery in England or Ireland , or the Court of Exchequer in Scotland , 63 , 64 . 

JANUARY 17th To 31st - Memorials complaining of non - compliance with the Standing Orders to be deposited in the Private Bill Office at periods varying between the , according to their number in the general list of petitions , 196 . 

JANUARY 25th - The examination of petitions for bills to commence on the , 65 . 

JANUARY 31st - Bills by which any tolls , & c . may be levied , to con . tain provision that copy of annual account be transmitted to clerks of the peace , sheriff clerks , & c . , on or before , 123 . 

JOINT - STOCK COMPANIES - In certain cases a copy of the deed of partnership or subscription contract , and declaration in writing , to be deposited in the Private Bill Office with the petition for bill , 39 . 



See Companies . 



LAND - Bills for inclosing , draining or improving , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

Orders specially relating to such bills , 148-154 . 

Bills for making an embankment to reclaim , from the sea or any tidal river , included in the second class of bills , 12 . LANDS - The intention to apply for powers for the compulsory pur- chase of , to be stated in the notices , 14 . 

when any , are intended to be taken the notices to contain the names of the parishes , & c . in which the same are situate , 15 . 

Notice of intended application to be published for three suc- cessive weeks in October or November in a newspaper of the county in which the , are situate , 19 . 

Notices to the owners , lessees and occupiers of , on or before the 15th day of December , 20-23 .

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Notices to the owners and lessees of , in the case of a bill re- lating to crown , church , or corporation property , or property Adheld in trust for public or charitable purposes , 24 . 

Notices to the owners , lessees and occupiers of , in the case of a bill whereby any part of a work authorized by a former act is proposed to be relinquished , 26 . 

When any are intended to be taken , duplicate plans and book of reference to be deposited with clerks of the peace , parish clerks , & c . , 28 , 34 . 

The plans to describe the , intended to be taken , or in or through which the work is to be made , 43 . 

The book of reference to contain the names of the owners , lessees and occupiers of , 47 . 

LEASE OF UNDERTAKING - the intention to apply for powers for , to 



be stated in the notices , 14 . 

See Amalgamation of Companies . 



LEEDS - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 21 . LESSEES - See Owners , Lessees and Occupiers . LETTERS PATENT - Bills confirming , prolonging , or transferring the 

term of , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

Particulars to be specially stated in the notice , 18 . Copy of , to be annexed to bill , 147 . 

LEVEL - The section to show the , of the proposed work , 48 . LEVEL CROSSINGS - to be described on the section of a railway , 52 , 53 . not to be made unless reported on by an officer of the Board of Trade , and the committee report in favour of the same , and in every clause authorizing a level crossing the number of lines of rails authorized to be made at such crossing to be specified , 132 . LIGHTING OF CITIES OR TOWNS - Bills for , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 



See Gas - works . 



LINCOLN - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 21 . LIST OF PETITIONS . See General List of Petitions . 

LISTS OF ASSENTS . See Assents , Dissents , and Neuters . LISTS OF COMMITTEES SITTING - to be hung up daily in the lobby of the House , 217 . 

LISTS OF OWNERS , LESSEES , AND OCCUPIERS - to be made , dis- tinguishing those who have assented , dissented , or are neuter , 23 . to be deposited in the Private Bill Office on or before the 31st day of December , 38 . 

LIVERPOOL - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 21 . LOAN OR MORTGAGE - Railway companies not to raise by , a larger sum than one - third of their capital , nor any money by , until fifty per cent , of their whole capital has been paid up , 130 . 

LOCAL COURTS - Bills constituting , included in the first class of bills , 



12 . 



LOCAL REPRESENTATION - Appointment to committees upon un- opposed bills of members in respect of , 9 , 90 . 

Members added to committees upon unopposed bills in respect of , not to vote , but may attend and take part in the proceedings , 116 .

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LONDON - Applications to landowners may be posted at the chief office 



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LONDON GAZETTE . See Gazettes . 

LORDS ' AMENDMENTS - A copy of , and of amendments to be pro- posed thereto , to be laid before chairman of ways and means and counsel to the Speaker , before two o'clock on the day previous to their consideration , 78 . 

to be printed , with any amendments intended to be proposed thereto , and circulated with the votes prior to the same being taken into consideration , 187 . 

When agreed to , to be entered upon the printed copy of the bill as amended in committee , 213 . 

One clear day's notice of consideration of , to be given to the Private Bill Office , 215 . 

LORDS ' BILLS . See House of Lords . 

LORDS ' JOURNALS - Notice of intention to appoint a committee to inspect the , with relation to any proceedings upon a bill , to be given to the committee clerks , 189 . 

MAGISTRATES - Bills for the payment of , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

MANCHESTER - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 21 . MAP - with the line of railway delineated thereon , to be deposited with the clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks on or before the 30th day of November , 31 . 

Deposit of , with the Board of Trade , 32 . 

Deposit of , in the Private Bill Office , 33 . 

MARKETS , OR MARKET PLACES Bills for erecting , improving , re- pairing , maintaining or regulating , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

MAXIMUM RATES OF CHARGE - The committees on railway bills to fix the , 136 . 

MEMBERS - Printed copies of bills for the use of , to be delivered at the Private Bill Office on or before the 31st day of December , 36 . 

Printed copies of estimate of expense , subscription contract , and declaration and estimate of rates , for the use of , to be de- livered at the Vote Office previous to the deposit of the petition for bill , 40 . 

to receive notice of the week in which their attendance will be required for serving on committees , 91 . 

to receive notice of appointment on a committee , with a copy of declaration , 92 . 

to be reported to the House , unless the declaration is filled up in due time , 93 . 

may be excused from serving by the committee of selection , and another member substituted , 94 . 

not to absent themselves from their duties on committees , 100 . Printed copies of bills for the use of , to be delivered to door- keepers previous to the first reading , 170 . 

Printed copies of bills as amended in committee to be delivered to doorkeepers for the use of , three clear days at least before the consideration of bill , 181 . 

MEMBER'S DECLARATION . See Declaration of Members .

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STANDING ORDERS - Parties specially affected may be heard upon , duly deposited , 67 . 

may be withdrawn upon a requisition to that effect being de- posited in Private Bill Office , 173 . 

to be deposited in Private Bill Office at periods varying from January 17th to January 31st , according to the number of the petition for bill in the general list of petitions , 196 . 

Two copies of , to be deposited for the use of the examiners before twelve o'clock on the following day , 197 . 

In the case of petitions for additional provision , or estate bills from the Lords , or bills introduced in lieu of other bills withdrawn , the memorial , with two copies thereof , to be deposited before twelve o'clock on the day preceding that appointed for the exa- mination of such petition or bill , and the examiner may entertain such memorial although the party specially affected shall not have signed the same , 198 . 

MINUTES OF COMMITTEES - to be brought up and laid on the table of the House with the report , 129 . 

MONEY . See Deposit of Money . MORTGAGE . See Loan or Mortgage . 

MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES - The , of any town may be heard against a railway or canal bill , on the allegation that such town will be injuriously affected thereby , 113 . 

NAME BILLS - not required to be printed before the first reading , 170 . To be three clear days between the second reading and the sit- ting of the committee , 178 . 

One clear day's notice of meeting of committee on , to be given by the clerk to the committee of selection to the Private Bill Office , 204 . 

The promoters of , to be charged one - half only of the usual fees , App . ( E. ) , p . 72 . 

NAMES OF PLACES - The notices to contain the , in or through which the work is intended to be made , 15 . 

NARROWING - The extent of any , of a road , river , canal , or railway , 

to be marked upon the plan of a railway , 46 . NATURALIZATION BILLS - The promoters of , to be charged one half 

only of the usual fees , Appendix ( E. ) , p . 72 . NAVIGATIONS - Bills for making or varying included in the second class of bills , 12 . 

Particulars to be specially stated in the notices , 17 . 

A copy of the bill to be deposited at the Admiralty and Board of Trade on or before the 31st day of December , 41 . 

Particulars to be specially described in the plans and sections , 44 , 46 , 48 , 49 , 52 . 

NEUTERS . See Assents , Dissents , and Neuters . NEW WORKS . See Branches . 

NEWCASTLE - UPON - TYNE - Applications to landowners may be posted 



at , 21 . 



NEWSPAPERS - Notice of intended application to be published in , for three successive weeks in October or November , 19 . 



See Notices by Advertisement .

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NON - APPEARANCE OF PARTIES - In the case of the , before com- mittee on opposed bills , the bill to be referred back to the com- mittee of selection or the general committee on railway and canal bills , 114 . 

NON - COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDING ORDERS - Parties may be heard before the examiner upon a memorial , duly deposited , complaining of , 67 . 

When the examiner reports , he is to state the facts and any special circumstances , 69 , 70 , 71 . 

The reports of the examiner to be referred to the Committee on Standing Orders , who are to determine whether the Standing Orders ought or ought not to be dispensed with , 79 , 80 . 

Time when memorials complaining of , are to be deposited in the Private Bill Office , 196 , 197 , 198 . 

NORWICH - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 21 . NOTICES BY ADVERTISEMENT - Particulars to be stated in the , in the cases of all bills , 14 . 

Additional particulars , to be stated in the , in the case of bills of the first class by which any lands or houses are proposed to be taken , and in the cases of all bills included in the second class , 15 . in cases of bills respecting any burial ground , ceme- 



tery or gas works , 16 . 



in cases where it is proposed to divert water into any intended cut , canal , reservoir , aqueduct or navigation , 17 . 

in cases of bills for confirming or prolonging the term of any letters patent , 18 . 

Publication of , in Gazettes and newspapers in the months of October or November , 19 . 

NOTICES AND APPLICATIONS TO OWNERS , LESSEES , AND OCCU- PIERS OF LANDS AND HOUSES - to be given on or before the 15th day of December , 20 . 



Service of , 21 . 

Evidence of service of , 22 . 

Lists of assents , dissents and neuters to be made , 23 . 

In the case of bills relating to crown , church or corporation property , or property held in trust for public or charitable pur- poses , 24 . 

in the case of bills for making a burial ground or cemetery , or the erection of gas works , 25 . 

in the case of a bill whereby any part of a work authorized by a former act , is proposed to be relinquished , 26 . 



Time for service of , 27 . 



Form of , in the case of bills of the second class , Appendix ( A. ) , p . 63 . 

NOTICE OF EXAMINATION OF PETITIONS FOR BILLS - The exa- miner to give at least seven clear days , to the Private Bill Office , 66 . 

In the case of petitions for additional provision , or estate bills from the Lords , or bills introduced in lieu of bills which have been withdrawn , two clear days ' notice to be given , 70 , 199 . 

NOTICES IN PRIVATE BILL OFFICE - to be delivered before six o'clock in the evening of any day on which the House shall sit , and

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before two o'clock on any other day and after any day on which the House shall have adjourned beyond the following day , no it shall again sit , 216 . 



notice to be given 



for the first day on which 

See Private Bill Office . NOVEMBER . See October or November . 

NOVEMBER 30TH - On or before , plans , sections , and books of reference to be deposited with clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks , 28 , 29 . On or before , plans and sections of works on tidal lands to be deposited at the Admiralty , 30 . 



with 



On or before , in the case of railways , a published map , the line of railway delineated thereon , to be deposited with the clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks , 31 . 

On or before , in the case of railways , plans , sections , book of reference , and published map to be deposited with the Board of Trade , 32 . 

On or before , plans , sections , book of reference , and published map to be deposited in the Private Bill Office , 33 . 

On or before , plans , sections and books of reference to be de- posited with parish clerks , schoolmasters , session clerks , town clerks , or clerks of unions , 34 . 

On or before , a copy of the Gazette notice to be deposited with the plans , & c . , 35 . 

OBJECTS OF INTENDED APPLICATION -- to be stated in the notices , 14 . 

OCCUPIERS . See Owners , Lessees , and Occupiers . OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER - In the months of , the notices of the in- tended application to be published once in the Gazette and in news-- papers for three successive weeks , 19 . 

OFFICER ENTRUSTED WITH MONEY . See Treasurer . OPPOSED BILLS - Appointment and constitution of committees on , 8 , 



89 . 



What bills are to be considered as , 88 . When they may be treated as unopposed , 114 . 

Fees payable by opponents , Appendix ( E. ) , p . 73 . 

See Committee on Opposed Bills . 



OPPOSITION - When the second or third reading of a bill , or the con- sideration of an amended bill , or any proposed clause or amend- ment , is opposed , the same to be postponed until the day on which the House shall next sit , 174 . 

See non - compliance with the Standing Orders - Petition against bill . 

OWNERS , LESSEES , AND OCCUPIERS - Notices and applications to be given to , of lands or houses intended to be taken , on or before the 15th day of December , 20 . 



23 . 



Service of notices to , 21 . Evidence of service of notices to , 22 . 

Lists of , to be made , distinguishing assents , dissents , and neuters , 

Notice to , in the case of bills relating to crown , church , or cor- poration property , or property held in trust for public or charitable purposes , 24 .

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OWNERS , LESSEES AND OCCUPIERS - continued . 

Notices to , in the case of bills for making a burial ground or 

cemetery , or the erection of gas works , 25 . 

Notices to , in the case of a bill whereby any part of a work authorized by a former act is proposed to be relinquished , 26 . 



Time for service of notices to , 27 . 



Lists of , to be deposited in the Private Bill Office on or before the 31st day of December , 38 . 

the names of , to be stated in the book of reference , 47 . 

Form of application to , in the case of bills of the second class , Appendix ( A. ) , p . 63 . 

PARISHES - The notices to contain the names of , in which any lands or houses proposed to be taken are situate or in or through which the work is intended to be made , 15 . 

Plans , sections , and books of reference to be deposited with the parish clerks , & c . of , in or through which a work is intended to be made on or before the 30th day of November , 34 . 

PARISH CLERKS - The time and place of deposit of plans , & c . with the , to be stated in the notices , 15 . 

Deposit with , of plans , sections and books of reference , on or before the 30th day of November , 34 . 

Deposit with , of copy of Gazette notice , 35 . 

PATENTS - Bills confirming , prolonging or transferring the term of , in- cluded in the first class of bills , 12 . 

Particulars to be specially stated in the notices , 18 . 

Copy of letters - patent to be annexed to any bill for confirming the same , 147 . 

PAVING OF CITIES OR TOWNS - Bills for , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

PAYMENT OF PUBLIC OFFICERS - Bills for , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

PETITION FOR BILL - Previous to the deposit of the , in the case of a bill relating to crown , church or corporation property , or pro- perty held in trust for public or charitable purposes , notice to be given to the owners and lessees thereof , 24 . 

Previous to the deposit of the , where any part of a work autho- rized by a former act is proposed to be relinquished , notices to be given to the owners , lessees and occupiers , 26 . 

to be deposited in the Private Bill Office , together with the de- claration of agent and printed copies of bill , on or before the 31st day of December , 36 , 160 . 

When the , is deposited , in the case of certain joint - stock com- panies , a copy of the deed of partnership , or subscription contract , and declaration in writing , to be deposited therewith , 39 . 

Previous to the deposit of the , printed copies of estimate of ex- pense , subscription contract , or declarations and estimate of rates , to be deposited in the Private Bill Office and Vote Office , 40 . 

The examination of , to commence on the 25th day of Janu- ary , 65 . 

Seven clear days ' notice to be given by examiner to the Pri- vate Bill Office of day appointed for examination of , and if the promoters shall not appear at the time , the examiner to strike the , off the general list of petitions , 66 , 199 .

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COMMONS ' STANDING ORDERS . 115 



PETITION FOR BILL - continued . 



The examiner to certify on the , whether the Standing Orders have or have not been duly complied with , 69 . 

The examiner to indorse the , with the words " special report " when he shall feel doubts as to the due construction of a Standing Order in its application to a particular case , 71 . 

The day after the , has been indorsed by the examiner , copies of the bill to be laid before the chairman of ways and means and the counsel to the Speaker , 72 . 

After the , has been duly presented , the report of examiner that Standing Orders have not been complied with to be referred to committee on Standing Orders , who are to report whether they ought or ought not to be dispensed with , 79 . 

When petition for reinsertion of , in general list is referred to Standing Order Committee , they are to report whether such petition ought or ought not to be reinserted , 82 . 

to be presented not later than three clear days after the same shall have been indorsed by the examiner , or if the House be not then sitting , on the first day on which the House shall again sit , 161 . 

Petitions for reinsertion of , in the general list to be deposited in the Private Bill Office , and thereupon stand referred to the committee on Standing Orders , 167 . 

List of , to be kept in the Private Bill Office , to be called " the 



general list of petitions , " 195 . 

See Examiners of Petitions . 



PETITION FOR REINSERTION OF PETITION FOR BILL IN GENE- RAL LIST - The Committee on Standing Orders to report whether such petition ought or ought not to be reinserted , 82 . 

to be presented by being deposited in the Private Bill Office , and thereupon to stand referred to the committee on Standing Orders , 167 . 

PETITION AGAINST BILL - to be presented not later than seven clear days after the second reading , 88 . 

to distinctly specify the grounds of objection , 108 . 

to be presented to the House by being deposited in the Private Bill Office , 109 . 

Petitioners may be heard against bill on the ground of com- petition , 110 . 

Shareholders of an incorporated company are not to be heard against a bill promoted by such company , unless their interests as affected thereby are distinct from the general interests of the company , 111 . 

When a railway bill contains provisions for taking or using the lands or works of a railway company , such company may be heard against the preamble and clauses of the bill , 112 . 

The municipal authorities or inhabitants of any town or district alleged to be injuriously affected by a railway bill may be heard against such bill , 113 . 

The main allegations of , to be reported by committees on rail . way bills , 134 , s . 17 . 

When duly deposited in the Private Bill Office to stand referred

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PETITION AGAINST BILL - continued . 

to the committee on the bill , and petitioners to be heard thereupon , 177 . 

PETITIONS RELATING TO BILLS - to be presented by depositing the same in the Private Bill Office , and to have endorsed thereon the short title of the bill , whether in favour of or against the same , or otherwise , and the name of the party depositing the same , 172 . 

may be withdrawn by depositing a requisition to that effect in 



the Private Bill Office , 173 . 



PETITIONS FOR ADDITIONAL PROVISION - The examiner to give two clear days ' notice of the examination of , 70 , 199 . 

A printed copy of the proposed clauses to be annexed thereto , 



164 . 



to be referred to the examiners of petitions , 165 . PETITION THAT SESSIONAL OR STANDING ORDERS MAY BE DIS 

PENSED WITH - The committee on Standing Orders to report whether they ought or ought not to be dispensed with , 81 . 

to be presented by being deposited in the Private Bill Office , and thereupon to stand referred to the committee on Standing Orders , 167 . 

PIERS - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 12 . 

A copy of the bill to be deposited at the Admiralty and Board of Trade on or before the 31st day of December , 41 . 

not to be acquired by railway companies , unless the committee on the bill report that such a restriction ought not to be enforced , 133 . 

PLANS -- The time and place of deposit of , to be stated in the notices , 15 . 

Deposit of , with clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks on or be- fore the 30th day of November , 28 , 29 . 

Deposit of , of works on tidal lands at the Admiralty on or be- fore the 30th day of November , 30 . 

Deposit with the , in the case of railways , of a published map with the line of railway delineated thereon , 31 . 

Deposit of , in the case of railways , with the Board of Trade , on or before the 30th day of November , 32 . 

Deposit of , in the Private Bill Office , on or before the 30th day of November , 33 . 

Deposit of , with the parish clerks , schoolmasters , session clerks , town clerks or clerks of unions , on or before the 30th day of No- vember , 34 . 

Deposit with , of copy of Gazette notice , 35 . 

Form in which the , are to be prepared in the case of certain bills of the first class and all bills of the second class , 43 . 

Form of , in the case of cuts , canals , reservoirs , aqueducts or navigations , 44 . 

Form of , in the case of railways , 45 , 46 . produced in evidence before committee on bill to be signed by the chairman , and thereafter deposited in the Private Bill Office , 



125 . 



The receipt of , in the Private Bill Office to be acknowledged thereon , 194 .

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Verification of , in pursuance of any Act of Parliament , 218 . POLICE - Bills relating to , included in the first class of bills , 12 . POOR OR POOR RATE - Bills relating to , included in the first class of 



bills , 12 . 



PORTS - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 12 . 



A copy of the bill to be deposited at the Board of Trade and 



Admiralty on or before the 31st day of December , 41 . PosT - Applications to landowners may be forwarded by , 21 . Evidence of service of application by , 22 , 23 , 27 . 

POSTPONEMENT OF COMMITTEES - Notice of the , to be given to the 

clerks in the Private Bill Office , 106 , 206 . 

See Adjournment of Committees . 



POSTPONEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS- When the second or third read- ing of a bill , or the consideration of an amended bill , or any pro- posed clause or amendment , is opposed , the same to be postponed until the day on which the House shall next sit , 174 . 

If upon the reading of the title of a bill at the time of private business no motion be made with respect thereto , the further pro- ceedings thereon to be adjourned until the next sitting of the House , 192 . 

POWERS - Bills for giving , to a company , or conferring powers to sue and be sued , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 



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A copy of the deed of partnership or subscription contract , and declaration in writing , to be deposited in the Private Bill Office with the petition for bill , 39 . 

A copy of the bill to be deposited at the Board of Trade on or before the 31st day of December , 41 . 

POWERS FOR COMPULSORY PURCHASE OF LANDS - The intention to apply for , to be stated in the notices , 14 . PREAMBLE OF A BILL - Any alteration made in the , with the ground of making it , to be specially stated in the report , 128 . 

PREFERENCE IN THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST OR DIVIDENDS- In railway bills authorizing a company to grant any , provision to be made that the same shall not prejudice any former grant , 137 . 

The terms of any , previously granted by the company , not to be altered unless the committee on the bill report that such altera- tion ought to be allowed , with the number of preference share- holders who have assented to or dissented from such alteration , 138 . 

PRESENTATION OF BILLS - Form of , 168 , 169 . 

by depositing the same in the Private Bill Office , to be laid by one of the clerks of that office on the table of the House for first reading , 162 . 

to be not later than three clear days after the presentation of the petition , or if Standing Orders not complied with , then not later than three clear days after leave given to proceed with the bill , 163 . 



PRINCIPAL SHERIFF CLERK . 



See Sheriff Clerks . 



PRINTED COPIES OF BILLS . See Bills . 

PRIVATE BILL OFFICE - The time at which copies of bill will be deposited in the , to be stated in the notices , 14 .

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PRIVATE BILL OFFICE - continued . 

Deposit in the , of plans , sections and books of reference , with map showing the line of railway , on or before the 30th day of November , 33 . 

Deposit in the , of copy of Gazette notice , 35 . 

Deposit in the , of petition for bill , declaration of agent , and printed copies of bill , on or before the 31st day of December , 36 , 160 . 

Deposit in the , of estimates , subscription contracts , declara- tions , and lists of owners , lessees and occupiers , on or before the 31st day of December , 23 , 38 . 

Deposit in the , in the case of certain joint stock companies of copy of deed of partnership or subscription contract , and declaration in writing , with the petition for bill , 39 . 

Deposit in the , of printed copies of the estimate of expense , subscription contract , and declaration and estimate of rates , previous to the deposit of the petition for bill , 40 . 

The examiner of petitions to give seven clear days ' notice in the , of day appointed for examination of each petition , 66 . 

In the case of petitions for additional provision , or estate bills from the Lords , or bills introduced in lieu of other bills withdrawn , the examiner to give two clear days ' notice to the , 70 . 

Two clear days ' notice to be given to the , of days appointed by committees for consideration of bills or of postponement of bills , 106 . 

Petitions against bills to be deposited in the , not later than seven clear days after the second reading , 109 , 177 . 

Plans and books of reference produced in evidence before committee on bill to be signed by chairman and deposited in the , 125 . 

Bills to be presented to the House by depositing the same in the , and to be laid by one of the clerks on the table of the House for first reading , together with a list of such bills , 162 . 

Petitions that any Sessional or Standing Order may be dis- pensed with , or for reinsertion of petition for bill in general list , and petitions opposing the same , to be deposited in the , 167 . 

Petitions in favour of or against any bill , or otherwise relating thereto , to be deposited in the , 172 . 

Requisition withdrawing any petition or memorial to be de- posited in the , 173 . Orders regulating the practice in the , 193 to 218 . 

PRIVATE BILL REGISTER - to be kept in the Private Bill Office , and to be open to public inspection , 193 . PRIVATE BUSINESS - Order of proceeding in the House on , 192 . PRIVILEGES - The intention to apply for powers to confer , vary , or extinguish any , to be stated in the notices , 14 . PROMOTERS - If the , do not appear before the examiner at the time appointed , the petition to be struck off the general list , and not reinserted except by order of the House , 67 . 

PROPERTY HELD IN TRUST FOR PUBLIC OR CHARITABLE PUR- POSES - Bills relating to , included in the first class of bills , 12 . Notices to be specially given to the owners and lessees of , 24 .

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46 . 



Any alteration of , to be marked upon the plan of a railway , 

Particulars to be specially shown on the section , 48 , 52 , 53 . PUBLIC OFFICERS - Bills for the payment of , included in the first 



class of bills , 12 . 



PUBLIC PURPOSES - Bills relating to property held in trust for , in- cluded in the first class of bills , 12 . 

Notices to be specially given to the owners and lessees of such property , 24 . 

PUBLICATION OF NOTICES . See Notices by Advertisement . PUBLISHED MAP - with the line of railway delineated thereon to be deposited with the clerks of the peace , or sheriff clerks , on or before the 30th day of November , 31 . 

Deposit of , with the Board of Trade , 32 . 

Deposit of , in the Private Bill Office , 33 . 

PURCHASE OF UNDERTAKING - The intention to apply for powers 



for , to be stated in the notices , 14 . 

See Amalgamation of Companies . 

QUORUM - of committee on Standing Orders to be five , 2 . 

of committee of selection to be three , 3 . 

of general committee on railway and canal bills to be five , 4 . 

of committees on unopposed bills to be two , 9 . of committee on divorce bills to be three , 10 . 

of committees upon opposed bills , 98 . 

RAILWAYS - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 12 . In the case of , a published map , with the line of railway de- lineated thereon , to be deposited with the clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks , on or before the 30th day of November , 31 . 

A copy of the plans , sections , book of reference , and pub- lished map , to be deposited with the Board of Trade , on or before the 30th day of November , 32 . 

In the case of , a copy of the published map to be deposited in the Private Bill Office , on or before the 30th day of No- vember , 33 . 

A copy of the bill to be deposited at the Board of Trade on or before the 31st day of December , 41 . 

Particulars to be specially described in the plans and sections , 45 , 46 , 48 , 50 to 55 . 

The subscription contract to be entered into subsequent to the commencement of the previous session , 59 . 

- When existing companies apply for powers to raise additional capital for new works , a subscription contract to be entered into for three - fourths of such additional capital as may be required , 



60 . 



In the case of , a sum not less than one - tenth part of the amount required to be subscribed , to be deposited , previous to the 15th January , with the Court of Chancery in England or Ireland , or the Court of Exchequer in Scotland , 64 . 

On the consideration of the report , the chairman of ways 



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RAILWAYS - continued . 



and means to report whether the bill contains the provisions re- quired by the Standing Orders , 76 . 

Printed copies of bill to be laid before general committee at their first meeting , 84 . 

When a bill contains provisions for taking or using the , of a company , such company may be heard against the preamble and clauses of such bill , 112 . 

Clauses and provisions to be inserted in bills , 130 to 146 . After the second reading , the bill to stand referred to the general committee on railway and canal bills , 175 . 

When chairman of ways and means reports that unopposed bill be treated as opposed , such bill to be again referred to the general committee , 176 . 

Reports of the Board of Trade upon any bill , or the objects thereof , to stand referred to the committee on the bill , 179 . 

See Committees on Railway and Canal Bills - General Com- mittee on Railway and Canal Bills . 

RATES . See Tolls , Rates , or Duties . 

Estimate of . See Declaration and Estimate of Rates . RECEIVER . See Treasurer . 

RE - COMMITMENT OF BILLS - When any clauses or amendments proposed on the consideration of bills are referred to the com- mittee on Standing Orders , they are to report whether the same should be adopted by the House or not , or whether the bill should be re - committed , 83 . 

In the case of a re - committed bill the agent to give three clear days ' notice to the Private Bill Office of the day and hour appointed for the meeting of the committee , 204 . 

In the case of a re - committed bill a filled up bill , as proposed to be submitted to the committee , upon re - committal , to be de- posited in the Private Bill Office one clear day before the meeting of the committee , 205 . 

REGISTERED LETTERS - Applications to landowners forwarded by post to be in , 21 . 

REGULATIONS FOR EXAMINATION OF PETITIONS FOR BILLS- may be made by the Speaker , 65 . 

RELINQUISHMENT OF WORKS - Notices to be given to the owners , lessees and occupiers of lands , previous to the deposit of the peti- tion for bill , 26 . 

REPORT - Lists of members attending a committee , and of those voting on any question , to be given in with the , 117 . 

The chairman of committee to , that allegations of bill have been examined , and whether the parties concerned have given their consent , 127 . 

Any alteration in the preamble , and the ground of making it , to be specially stated in the , 128 . 

The minutes of the committee to be laid on the table with the , 129 . 

The , to lie upon the table , together with the bill , if a railway bill or a bill amended in committee , 180 . Bill to be printed after the , 181 .

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Three clear days to intervene between the , of a bill ordered to lie upon the table and the consideration of such hill , 182 . 

After the , is made out , the committee clerk to deliver in to the Private Bill Office a printed copy of the bill with the amendments made in committee , 209 . 

the bill printed as amended in committee to be examined by the clerks in the Private Bill Office with the bill delivered in by the committee clerk , and a certificate of such examination indorsed thereon , 210 . 



See Consideration of Bill . 



REPORT OF RAILWAY BILLS - Before the consideration of the , the chairman of ways and means to report whether the bill contains the provisions required by the Standing Orders , 76 . 

REQUISITION WITHDRAWING PETITION OR MEMORIAL - any petitioner against a private bill may withdraw his opposition on depositing a , in the Private Bill Office , 173 . 

RESERVOIRS - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 12 . Particulars to be specially stated in the notices , 17 . Particulars to be specially described on the plan , 44 . 

RIGHTS - The intention to apply for powers to confer , vary , or extinguish 



any , to be stated in the notices , 14 . 



RIVERS - The alteration of , to be marked upon the plan of a railway , 



46 . 



In the case of bills for improving the navigation of , the section to specify the levels of both banks thereof , 49 . 

The height of a railway over or depth under the surface of , to be marked on the section , 52 . 

ROADS - Bills for making or varying included in the second class of bills , 12 . 



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Alterations of , to be marked upon the plan of a railway , 46 . Particulars to be specially shown on the section , 48 , 52 , 53 . 

Where the level of , is altered in making any public work , the ascent of any turnpike road not to be more than one in thirty , and of any other public carriage road not more than one in twenty , 124 ; -unless in the case of railways , an officer of the Board of Trade reports thereon , and the committee recommend that steeper ascents be allowed , 131 . 

No railway to be made across any , on the level , unless re- ported on by an officer of the Board of Trade , and the committee recommend such level crossing , and in every clause authorizing a level crossing , the number of lines of rails authorized to be made at such crossing to be specified , 132 . 



See Turnpike Roads . 



ROYAL BURGHS IN SCOTLAND - Deposit of plans and sections with town clerks of , on or before the 30th day of November , 34 . Deposit with town clerks of , of copy of Gazette notice , 35 . SALE OF UNDERTAKING - The intention to apply for powers for , to 



be stated in the notices , 14 . 



See Amalgamation of Companies . 



SCALE FOR PLANS to be not less than four inches to a mile , and for 



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SCALE FOR PLANS - continued . 



buildings , & c . , not less than a quarter of an inch to every 100 feet , 43 . 

SCALE FOR SECTIONS - The horizontal scale to be the same as that of the plan , and the vertical scale to be not less than one inch to every 100 feet , 48 . 

SCALE FOR CROSS SECTIONS -- The horizontal scale to be not less than one inch to every 330 feet , and the vertical scale of not less than one inch to every 40 feet , 53 

SCHOOLMASTERS IN SCOTLAND - The time and place of deposit of plans , & c . , with the , to be stated in the notices , 15 . 

Deposit with , of plans , sections , and books of reference , on or before the 30th day of November , 34 . 

Deposit with , of copy of Gazette notice , 35 . 

SEA - Bills for making an embankment to reclaim land from the , in- cluded in the second class of bills , 12 . SECOND CLASS -- Bills included in the , 12 . 

Particulars to be stated in the notices , 14 , 15 . 

Notices and applications to be given to owners , lessees , and 



occupiers , 20 to 23 . 



Documents to be deposited on or before the 30th day of November , 28 to 35 . 

Documents to be deposited on or before the 31st day of December , 36 to 41 . 

Form in which plans , books of reference , sections , and cross sections are to be prepared , 44 to 55 . 

Estimate and subscription contract and deposit of money , 56 to 64 . 

SECOND READING - Petition against bill to be presented not later than seven clear days after the , 88 , 109 . 

to be not less than three , nor more than ten , clear days after the first reading , 171 . 

When the , is opposed , the further consideration to be post . poned until the day on which the House shall next sit , 174 . --- After the , to stand referred to the committee of selection , or the general committee on railway and canal bills , or the select com- mittee on divorce bills , as the case may be , 175 . 

To be fourteen clear days between the , and the sitting of the committee on the bill , 178 . 

Three clear days ' notice of the day proposed for the , to be given by the agent to the Private Bill Office , 203 . 

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT - Printed copies of bills relating to turnpike roads to be deposited at the office of the , on or before the 31st day of December , 41 . SECTIONS - The time and place of deposit of the , to be stated in the notices , 15 . 

Deposit of , with clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks on or before the 30th day of November , 28 , 29 . 

Deposit of , of works on tidal lands , at the Admiralty on or before the 30th day of November , 30 . 

Deposit with the , in the case of railways , of a published map , with the line of railway delineated thereon , 31 .

===== PAGE seq 133 =====

COMMONS ' STANDING ORDERS . 123 



1 



SECTIONS - continued . 



Deposit of , with Board of Trade , in the case of railway bills , on or before the 30th day of November , 32 . 

Deposit of , in the Private Bill Office , on or before the 30th day of November , 33 . 

- Deposit of , with parish clerks , schoolmasters , session clerks , town clerks , or clerks of unions , on or before the 30th day of November , 34 . 

Deposit with , of copy of the Gazette notice , 35 . 

Form in which the , are to be drawn , in the case of all bills of the second class , 48 . 

Form of , in the case of bills for improving the navigation of any river , 49 . 

Form of , in the case of railways , 50 to 55 . SELECT COMMITTEE ON DIVORCE BILLS . 



Divorce Bills . 



See Committee on 



SELECT COMMITTEE ON STANDING ORDERS . See Committee on 



Standing Orders . 



SELECTION . See Committee of Selection . 

SERVICE OF NOTICES - How to be made and proved , 21 , 22 , 26 . SESSION CLERKS IN SCOTLAND - The time and place of deposit of plans , & c . , with the , to be stated in the notices , 15 . 

Deposit with , of plans , sections , and books of reference , on or before the 30th day of November , 34 . 

Deposit with , of copy of Gazette notice , 35 , 

SESSIONAL ORDERS - When petition praying that any , may be dis- pensed with is referred to the committee on Standing Orders , they are to report whether such orders ought or ought not to be dispensed with , 81 . 

Petitions praying that any of the , may be dispensed with , to be presented by depositing the same in the Private Bill Office and thereupon such petition to stand referred to the committee on Standing Orders , 167 . 

Motion to dispense with , not to be made without due notice thereof , 191 . 

SEWERS Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 12 . SHAREHOLDERS - of an incorporated company not to be heard against 

a bill promoted by the company , unless their interests , as affected thereby , are distinct from the general interests of the company , 111 . 

SHAREHOLDERS IN RAILWAY COMPANIES - Particulars respecting , to be specially reported by the committee on the bill , 134 , ss . 4 to 6 , 137 , 138 . 

SHERIFF CLERKS IN SCOTLAND - The time and place of deposit of plans , & c . , with the , to be stated in the notices , 15 . 

Deposit with , of plans , sections , and books of reference , on or before the 30th day of November , 28 , 29 . 

Deposit with , in the case of railways of a published map , with the line of railway delineated thereon , on or before the 30th day of November , 31 . 

- Deposit with , of copy of Gazette notice , 35 . 

Bills by which any tolls , & c . , may be levied , to contain pro- 



G2

===== PAGE seq 134 =====

124 INDEX TO THE 



SHERIFF CLERKS IN SCOTLAND - continued . 

vision that a copy of annual account be transmitted to , on or before the 31st day of January , 123 . 

SHIRE HALLS - Bills relating to , included in the first class of bills , 



12 . 



SHORTHAND WRITER - Table of fees to be taken by the , App . ( E. ) , p . 75 . 

SHORT TITLE - The notice to be headed by a , descriptive of the undertaking or bill , 14 . 

The , of the petition for bill , to correspond with that at the head of the advertisement , 36 . 

The , of the bill , to correspond with that at the head of the advertisement , 168 . 

The , of the bill to be written at the beginning of every peti- tion relating thereto , 172 . SPEAKER - to appoint the examiners of petitions , 1 . 



65 . 



may make regulations for the examination of petitions for bills , 

Certifying by the , of plans and books of reference , 218 . See Counsel to the Speaker . 

SPECIAL REPORT - to be made by examiner of petitions , when he shall feel doubts as to the due construction of any Standing Order in its application to a particular case , 71 . 

to be referred to committee on Standing Orders , who are to report thereon , 80 , 166 . 

STAGES - Bills not to pass through two , on the same day , without the special leave of the House , 190 . 

STANDING ORDERS - The compliance with the , may be proved before the examiners by the production of affidavits , 68 . 

The examiner to report whether the , have or have not been complied with , 69 to 71 . 

The committee on Standing Orders to report whether the , ought or ought not to be dispensed with , 79 to 81 . 

The committee on bill not to examine into compliance with the , directed to be proved before the examiner , 118 . 

The compliance with the , may be proved before the committee on bill by the production of affidavits , 119 . 

Petition praying that any of the , may be dispensed with , to be presented by depositing the same in the Private Bill Office , and thereupon such petition to stand referred to the committee on Stand- ing Orders , 167 . 

- Motion to dispense with , not to be made without due notice thereof , 191 . 

See Committee on Standing Orders . 



STEAM VESSELS - not to be acquired by railway companies unless the committee on the bill report that such a restriction ought not to be enforced , 133 . 

STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES - Bills for payment of , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 



STREAMS . See Brooks . 



STREETS - Bills for making or varying , included in the second class of bills , 12 .

===== PAGE seq 135 =====

COMMONS ' STANDING ORDERS . 125 



1 



2 



0 



1 



SUBSCRIPTION CONTRACTS - Deposit of copies of , in the Private Bill Office on or before the 31st of December , 38 . 

Deposit of printed copies of , at the Vote Office and Private Bill Office , previous to the deposit of the petition for bill , 40 . 

to be entered into , to three - fourths the amount of the esti- mate , 56 . 

to contain names , residences , & c . , of subscribers , and the amounts subscribed and paid up , & c . , 57 . 

- to be entered into subsequent to the close of the previous session , 58 ; or in the case of railways , subsequent to the com- mencement of the previous session , 59 . 

- in the case of existing railway companies , to be entered into for three - fourths of such additional capital as may be required , 60 . Cases wherein a declaration , or declaration and estimate of rates , may be deposited in lieu of , 61 , 62 . 

A special inquiry into the bonâ fide character of , and the sufficiency of the subscribers thereto , to be made by the com- mittee on bill , 121 . 

SUBSCRIPTIONs - Provisions to be inserted in bills for compelling subscribers to make payment of their , 122 . 

SUNDAYS - Notices given on , not valid , 27 . 

Deposits made on , not valid , 42 . 



TAXATION OF Costs - Table of fees payable on , Appendix ( E. ) , p . 74 . 

TERMINI - the notices to contain a description of all the , 15 . 

The plan of a railway to exhibit thereon the distances in miles and furlongs , from one of the , 45 . 

The committee on a railway bill to report the , of the main line and its branches , 134 , s . 12 . 

THIRD READING - the bill when reported ( if not a railway bill or amended in committee ) to be ordered to be read a third time , 180 . 

No amendments , not being merely verbal , to be made on the , 186 . 

Verbal amendments to be proposed on the , to be submitted to the chairman of ways and means and the counsel to the Speaker , on the day on which notice thereof is given in the Private Bill Office , and the chairman to report whether they ought or ought not to be entertained , without reference to the committee on Standing Orders , 77 , 183 . 

In cases where the , is opposed , to be postponed until the day on which the House shall next sit , 174 . 

Verbal amendments offered on the , to be printed , 184 . 

When verbal amendments proposed on the , are referred to the committee on Standing Orders , no further proceeding to be had until they report thereon , 185 . 

after the , the bill to be printed fair at the expense of the parties applying for the same , 188 . 

One clear day's notice of verbal amendments to be proposed on the , to be given to the Private Bill Office , 211 . 

One clear day's notice of the day proposed for the , to be given by the agent to the Private Bill Office , 212 .

===== PAGE seq 136 =====

126 INDEX TO THE 



THIRD READING - continued . 



before the bill is sent to the Lords , the same as printed fair to be examined by the clerks in the Private Bill Office , with the bill as read a third time , and a certificate of such examination to be indorsed thereon , 214 . 

TIDAL LANDS - Where the work is situate on , a copy of the plans and sections to be deposited at the Admiralty on or before the 30th day of November , 30 . 

TIDAL RIVERS - Bills for making an embankment to reclaim land from , included in the second class of bills , 12 . 

TITLE OF BILLS . See Short Title . 

TOLLS , RATES , OR DUTIES - The intention to levy or alter , or extin- guish any exemption from payment of , to be stated in the notices , 14 . 

- Bills by which any , may be levied , to contain clauses pro- viding that security be taken from treasurer and other officers , that accounts be kept and audited , and a copy transmitted an- nually , on or before the 31st day of January , to clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks , or to the clerk of the city or borough within which the chief office shall be situate , 123 . 

Committees on railway bills to fix the maximum rate of , 136 . Clause to be inserted in railway bills subjecting the , to future 



revision by Parliament , 146 . 



The proposed amount of , to be inserted in Italics in printed bill when presented , 169 . 

Towns - Bills for paving , lighting , watching , cleansing , or improv- ing , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

Notices of intended application to be published in a news- paper therein , for three successive weeks in October or Novem- ber , 19 . 

The municipal authorities or inhabitants of , may be heard against a railway or canal bill on the allegation that the place will be injuriously affected thereby , 113 . 

TOWN CLERKS OF ROYAL BURGHS - The time and place of deposit of plans , & c . , with , to be stated in the notices , 15 . 

Deposit with , of plans , sections , and books of reference on or before the 30th day of November , 34 . 

Deposit with , of copy of Gazette notice , 35 . 

TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNLANDS - The notices to contain the names of , in or through which the work is intended to be made , 15 . TREASURER , COLLECTOR , OR RECEIVER - Bills by which any fees , tolls , & c . , may be levied , to contain provision that security be taken from the , or any other officer entrusted with the collection or custody of monies , 123 . 

TRUST PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES - Bills relating to , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

Notices to be specially given to the owners and lessees of , 24 . TUNNELS - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 12 . TUNNELLING - When intended as a substitute for open cutting , to be marked by a dotted line on the plan and section of a rail- way , 45 , 55 .

===== PAGE seq 137 =====

COMMONS ' STANDING ORDERS . 127 



: 



22 



1 



fi 



TUNNELLING - continued . 



The particulars respecting , to be specially reported by the 

committee on a railway bill , 134 , s . 10 . 

TURNPIKE ROADS - Bills for making or varying , included in the second class of bills , 12 . 

A copy of the bill to be deposited at the Home Office on or before the 31st day of December , 41 . 



46 . 



Any alteration of , to be marked upon the plan of a railway , 

Particulars to be specially shown on the section , 48 , 52 , 53 . See Roads . 

TURNPIKE ROADS IN IRELAND - Order specially relating to , 155 . What roads to be considered as , 124 , 131 . 

UNDERTAKING - The intention to apply for powers to lease , purchase , 

or sell the , to be stated in the notices , 14 . See Amalgamation of Companies . 

UNOPPOSED BILLS - The chairman of ways and means may report 

his opinion that , should be treated as opposed bills , 74 . What bills are to be considered as , 88 . 

When opposed bills may be treated as , 114 . See Committee on Unopposed Bills . 

VERBAL AMENDMENTS - only to be made on the third reading , 186 . VERTICAL MEASURE - from the datum line to the line of the railway to be marked on the section of railways at each change of the gradient or inclination , 51 . 

VIADUCT- When intended as a substitute for solid embankment to be shown on the section of a railway , 52 , 54 , 55 . 

VOTE OFFICE - Printed copies of the estimate of expense , subscrip- tion contract , and declaration and estimate of rates to be de- livered at the , previous to the deposit of the petition for the bill , 40 . 

VOTES - Lords ' amendments , and proposed amendments thereto , to be printed and circulated with the , prior to the consideration thereof , 187 . 

VOTING - Chairman of committee on bill to have a second or casting vote , 105 . 

Members added to committee on an unopposed bill , locally or otherwise interested , not to vote on any question that may arise , 116 . 

The names of members of a committee voting on any ques- tion to be taken down by the clerk , distinguishing on which side they vote , 117 . 

WATCHING OF CITIES OR TOWNS - Bills for , included in the first class of bills , 12 . 

WATER - The intention to divert , from any existing cut , canal , re- servoir , aqueduct or navigation to be stated in the notices , 17 . WATERWORKS - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 12 . 

WAYS AND MEANS - See Chairman of Committee of Ways and Means . 

WIDENING OF ROADS , & c . - The extent of the widening of any road , river , canal or railway to be marked upon the plan , 46 .

===== PAGE seq 138 =====

128 INDEX TO THE COMMONS ' STANDING ORDERS . 



WITHDRAWAL OF PETITIONS OR MEMORIALS - Any petitioner against a private bill may withdraw his petition or opposition by depositing in the Private Bill Office a requisition to that effect , signed by himself or the agent who deposited the petition or memorial , 173 . 

WORKS - The notices to contain the names of parishes , & c . in or through which the , are intended to be made , 15 . 

When any , authorized by a former act are proposed to be re- linquished , notices to be given to the owners , lessees and occu- piers of lands , 26 . 

Plans , sections and books of reference to be deposited with the clerk of the peace or sheriff clerk of the county through which the , are to be made , 28 , 29 . 

Where the , are situate on tidal lands plans and sections to be deposited at the Admiralty , 30 . 

Plans , sections and books of reference to be deposited with the parish clerk , & c . of each parish in or through which the , are to be made , 34 . 

The plans to describe the line or situation of the whole of the , 43 . 

The book of reference to contain the names of the owners , lessees and occupiers of all lands and houses in the line of the , 



47 . 

The section to show the intended level of the , 48 .

===== PAGE seq 139 =====

P 



ed 

the 



bal 



STANDING ORDERS 



of 



OF THE 



HOUSE OF LORDS , 



AS AMENDED THE 17TH JULY , 1856 . 



H

===== PAGE seq 140 =====



===== PAGE seq 141 =====

CONTENTS 



OF THE 



Standing Orders of the House of Lords . 



PAGE 



Standing Orders with regard to Divorce , Estate , Name , and Natura- lization Bills , & c . 



.. 



147 



The Committee on Standing Orders 



................ 



164 



Committee upon Opposed Bills 



..... 



165 



The Two Classes of Private Bills 



166 



Standing Orders , compliance with which is to be proved before the 



Standing Order Committee . 



Notices by Advertisement 



169 



Notices and Applications to Owners , Lessees , and Occupiers of 

Lands and Houses 



171 



Documents required to be deposited , and the times and places 



of Deposit 



174 



Form in which Plans , Books of Reference , Sections , and Cross 

Sections shall be prepared 



179 



Estimates and Subscription Contracts , or Declarations in lieu 

of Subscription Contracts , and Deposit of Money in certain 



cases 



182 



Clauses to be inserted and Provisions to be made in certain Bills , 

and other matters to be proved before the Committee on the Bill 186 



Further Standing Orders 



....... 



APPENDIX . 



191 



Form of Application to Owners , Lessees , and Occupiers 



........ 



Resolutions respecting Appointment of Examiners for Standing 

Orders 



GENERAL INDEX 



193 



195 



.............. 



197 



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===== PAGE seq 142 =====



===== PAGE seq 143 =====

NUMERICAL ARRANGEMENT 



OF THE STANDING ORDERS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS RELATIVE TO 



PRIVATE BILLS . 



Present Number . 



Former Number . 



Page . 



Present Number . 



Former 



Number . 



Page . 



47 



.. 



34 



.. 



150 



165 



.. 



156 



.. 



158 



139 



.. 



95 



.. 



148 



166 



.. 



157 



.. 



158 



140 



98 



.. 



149 



167 



158 



.. 



158 



141 



.. 



99 



.. 



149 



168 



.. 



159 



.. 



159 



142 



.. 



175 



.. 



160 



170 



.. 



171 



.. 



161 



143 



.. 



101 



.. 



149 



171 



.. 



141 



.. 



160 



144 



.. 



102 



.. 



150 



172 



.. 



142 



.. 



160 



145 



.. 



96 



.. 



148 



173 



.. 



176 



.. 



161 



146 



.. 



97 



.. 



148 



174 



.. 



214 



.. 



163 



147 



.. 



94 



.. 



147 



175 



.. 



198 



.. 



161 



148 



.. 



94 a .. 



147 



176 



.. 



210 



.. 



163 



149 



.. 



94b .. 147 



177 



.. 



211 



.. 



162 



151 



152 



.. 



.. 



145 



.. 



155 



178 



.. 



216 



.. 



164 



146 



.. 



155 



179 



.. 



217 



.. 



167 



153 



147 



.. 



155 



180 



.. 



218 



.. 



169 



154 



148 



.. 



155 



181 



.. 



219 



.. 



171 



155 



.. 



149 



.. 



156 



182 



220 



.. 



174 



156 



.. 



150 



.. 



156 



183 



.. 



221 



.. 



179 



157 



.. 



151 



.. 



156 



184 



222 



.. 



.. 



182 



158 



.. 



152 



.. 



156 



185 



.. 



223 



.. 



184 



159 



126 



.. 



150 



186 



224 



160 



.. 



131 



.. 



152 



187 



.. 



.. 



.. 



186 



225 



188 



161 



132 



.. 



.. 



152 



188 



.. 



226 



.. 



188 



162 



.. 



133 



.. 



153 



189 



.. 



227 



189 



163 



.. 



153 



.. 



156 



190 



.. 



228 



.. 



191 



164 



197 



153 



.. 



191 



.. 



New 



.. 



192 



164 a 



.. 



New 



.. 



154 



192 



New 



.. 



.. 



192

===== PAGE seq 144 =====



===== PAGE seq 145 =====

STANDING ORDERS 



OF THE 



HOUSE OF LORDS 



RELATIVE TO 



PRIVATE BILLS . 



STANDING ORDERS WITH REGARD TO DI- VORCE , ESTATE , NAME AND NATURALIZA- TION BILLS , & c . 

DIE MERCURII , 20 APRILIS , 1698 . 

147 [ formerly 94 ] 



ORDERED , that no committee shall sit upon any estate bill Committee until ten days after it shall have been read a second time . 



Emendat . per Ord . 5 Junii , 1828 . 

Emendat . per Ord . 2 Junii , 1840 . 

DIE MARTIS , 2 JUNII , 1840 . 148 [ formerly 94 A ] 



a 



on Estate Bills . 



Private Bills 

charity , to be per- 



Ordered , that no notice shall be taken by the committee Consents to of the consent of any person , except trustees for to any private bill , unless such person appear before such sonal . committee , or proof be made to such committee , by two credible witnesses , that such person is not able to attend , and doth consent to the said bill . 



149 [ formerly 94 в ] 



Ordered , that the consent of all trustees for charitable Consent of purposes may be given to any private bill by which the Trustees for estate , revenues , management or regulation of the charity Purposes . may be affected , by each of such trustees signifying his assent to such bill by signing a printed copy of the said bill in the presence of one credible witness , who shall attest such signature .

===== PAGE seq 146 =====

148 STANDING OBDERS OF THE 



Private Bills 



DIE JOVIS , 7 DECEMBRIS , 1699 . 139 [ formerly 95 ] 



It is ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Par- to be brought liament assembled , that for the future no private bill shall 



in on Pe- tition . 



Private Bills to be printed pre- viously to Second Reading . 



Bills not to be read be- 



be brought into this House until the House be informed of the matters therein contained , by petition to this House for leave to bring in such bill : and that this order be added to the roll of Standing Orders . 



DIE VENERIS , 16 NOVEMBRIS , 1705 . 

145 ( formerly 96 ] 



It is ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Par- liament assembled , that for the future no private bill shall be read in this House a second time until printed copies thereof be left with the clerk of the parliaments , for the perusal of the lords ; and that one of the said copies shall be delivered to every person that shall be concerned in the said bill , be- fore the meeting of the committee upon such bill ; and in case of infancy , to be delivered to the guardian or next rela- tion of full age , not concerned in interest or in the passing the said bill : and that this order be added to the roll of Standing Orders , and printed and published , to the end all persons concerned may take notice thereof . 

Emendat . per Ord . 13 Maii , 1742 . 



DIE LUNE , 14 JANUARII , 1705 . 146 [ formerly 97 ] 



It is this day ordered and declared , by the Lords spi- ritual and temporal in Parliament assembled , that for the fore Hearing future , when any cause shall be appointed to be heard in this House , no private bill whatsoever shall be read that day before the hearing of the cause . 



DIE VENERIS , 18 JANUARII , 1705 . 

It is ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Par- liament assembled , that the order made the 14th instant , for declaring that no private bill whatsoever shall be read that day any cause is or shall be appointed to be heard , be- fore the hearing of the said cause , shall be and is hereby made a Standing Order of this House , and entered on the roll .

===== PAGE seq 147 =====

HOUSE OF LORDS . 149 



ed : 



edi 



P 



be 



1 



DIE SABBATI , 16 FEBRUARII , 1705 . 

140 [ formerly 98 ] 



signed by all 



It is ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Par- Petitions for liament assembled , that for the future all parties concerned Bills to be in the consequences of any private bill shall sign the peti- Parties con- tion that desires leave to bring such private bill into this cerned . House . 



[ No. 99 of 16th February , 1705 , vacated , and the fol- lowing Order substituted on the 20th February , 1843. ] 

DIE LUNE , 20 FEBRUARII , 1843 . 141 [ formerly 99 ] 



ferred to Two 



It is ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Par- Petition for liament assembled , that when a petition for a private bill Bill to be re- shall be offered to this House , it shall be referred to two of of the Judges the judges , who , after perusing the bill , without requiring for their Opinion , any proof of the allegations therein contained , are to report to the House their opinion thereon under their hands , and whether , presuming the allegations contained in the preamble to be proved to the satisfaction of the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parliament assembled , it is reasonable that such bill do pass into a law , and whether the provisions thereof are proper for carrying its purposes into effect , and what alterations or amendments , if any , are necessary , in the same : and in the event of their approving the said bill , they are to sign the same . The like method to be observed as to private bills that are brought up from the House of Commons , before the second reading of such bills , by send- ing a copy of such bill , signed by the clerk , to the judges . 

DIE SABBATI , 16 FEBRUARII , 1705 . 

143 [ formerly 101 ] 



Trust . 



It is ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Par- Trustees to liament assembled , that in all cases where trustees shall be appear per- sonally , and appointed by any private bill , the committee to whom that accept the bill is referred do take care that the trustees appear per- sonally before them and accept the trusts under their hands and also , that the lord who shall be in the chair of a com- mittee for the passing of any private bills , when he makes his report , shall acquaint the House , that all the orders of the House in relation to the passing of private bills were duly observed in passing of the said bill through the com- mittee . 



н 5

===== PAGE seq 148 =====

150 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Standing 



144 [ formerly 102 ] 



It is ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Par- Orders to be liament assembled , that for the future , when any private bill 



transmitted to the Com- mittee . 



Reports of Amend- ments . 



Bills for sell- ing Lands and pur- chasing others to be settled thereof . 



shall be sent by the House to a committee , there shall be at the same time transmitted to them a copy of these orders now made , and of all other Standing Orders of the House then in force relating to the passing of private bills . 

DIE MARTIS , 19 FEBRUARII , 1705 . 

It is ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Par- liament assembled , that the orders of the 16th instant , re- lating to private bills , shall be and they are hereby declared to be Standing Orders , and entered on the roll . 

DIE SABBATI , 5 APRILIS , 1707 . 47 [ formerly 34 ] 

It is ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Par- liament assembled , that upon all reports made from com- mittees of amendments to bills for the future , the lord that makes the report do explain to the House the effect and coherence of each amendment ; and that on the clerk's second reading of the same amendments , the lord on the woolsack do the same and this to be added to the roll of Standing Orders . 

DIE MERCURII , 19 MAI , 1762 . 159 [ formerly 126 ] 

Upon report made from the Lords Committees appointed to take into consideration the Standing Roll of Orders of this House , in relation to the Standing Order of the 16th of February , 1705 , No. 100 , it is ordered , by the Lords 

in lieu spiritual and temporal in Parliament assembled , that where a bill is brought in to empower any person to sell or dispose of lands in one place , and to buy or settle lands in another place , the committee to whom such bill shall be referred do take care that the values be fully made out ; and if the bill shall not be for making a new purchase , but only for settling other lands in lieu of those to be sold , in that case provision shall be made in the bill that such other lands be settled accordingly ; but if the bill shall be to purchase and settle other lands , in that case the committee are to take care that there be a binding agreement produced for such new pur- chase ; or if it shall be made appear to the committee that such agreement cannot then be made , or that such purchase cannot then be made and settled , as desired by the bill , and

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the committee shall be satisfied with the reasons alleged for either of those purposes , in either of those cases provision shall be made in the bill that so much of the money arising by sale of the lands directed to be sold as is to be laid out in a new purchase shall be paid by the purchaser or pur- chasers into the Bank of England , in the name and with the privity of the Accountant General of the High Court of Chancery , to be placed to his account there ex parte the purchaser or purchasers of the estate of the person or per- sons mentioned in the title of the said bill , pursuant to the method prescribed by the act of the twelfth year of King George the First , cap . thirty - two , and the general orders of the said Court , and without fee or reward , according to the act of the twelfth year of King George the Second , cap . twenty - four , and shall , when so paid in , be laid out in the purchase of Navy or Victualling Bills , or Exchequer Bills : and it is further ordered , that the interest arising from the money so laid out in the said Navy or Victualling Bills , or Exchequer Bills , and the money received for the same , as they shall be respectively paid off by government , shall be laid out , in the name of the said Accountant General , in the purchase of other Navy or Victualling Bills , or Ex- chequer Bills ; all which said Navy and Victualling Bills , and Exchequer Bills , shall be deposited in the bank in the name of the said Accountant General , and shall there remain until a proper purchase or purchases be found and approved , as shall be directed by such bill , and until the same shall , upon a petition setting forth such approbation , to be preferred to the Court of Chancery in a summary way by the persons to be named in the bill , be ordered to be sold by the said Accountant General for the completing such purchase , in such manner as the said Court shall think just and direct : and it is further ordered , that if the money arising by the sale of such Navy , Victualling , or Exchequer Bills shall exceed the amount of the original purchase money so laid out as aforesaid , then and in that case only the surplus which shall remain , after discharging the ex- pense of the applications to the Court , shall be paid to such person or persons respectively as would have been entitled to receive the rents and profits of the lands directed to be purchased , in case the same had been purchased pursuant to the act , or to the representatives of such person or persons . 

Ordered , that the Standing Order before mentioned be vacated and made void , and that this order be substituted instead thereof , and declared to be a Standing Order , and that it be entered on the roll of Standing Orders , and 



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152 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Mode of re- ferring Pe- titions for 



relative to Estates in Scotland . 



printed and published , to the end that all persons concerned may take notice thereof . 

Emendat . per Ord . 18 Martii , 1777 . 

Emendat . per Ord , 18 Junii , 1795 . 



DIE MERCURII , 16 MAII , 1792 . 

160 [ formerly 131 ] 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- ment assembled , that for the future when a petition for a 

Private Bills private bill concerning estates in land or heritable subjects situated in that part of Great Britain called Scotland , shall be offered to this House , it shall be referred to two of the judges of the Court of Session in Scotland , who are forth- with to summon all parties before them who may be con- cerned in the bill , and after hearing all the parties , and perusing the bill , are to report to the House the state of the case and their opinion thereupon , under their hands , and are to sign the said bill : the same method is to be observed as to private bills concerning estates in land or heritable subjects situated in that part of Great Britain called Scot- land , brought from the House of Commons , before the second reading of such bills , by sending a copy of the said bill , signed by the clerk , to two of the judges of the Court of Session in Scotland , to whom such bill shall be referred . 



Consents to Private Bills relative to Estates in Scotland . 



Emendat . per Ord . 18 Februarii , 1817 . 

Emendat . per Ord . 11 Maii , 1824 . 

161 [ formerly 132 ] 



Ordered , that for the future all persons concerned in the consequences of such private bills as aforesaid , and who reside in that part of Great Britain called Scotland , may give their consent to the passing of such bills before two of the judges of the Court of Session , to whom such private bills as aforesaid shall be referred ; and the certificate of the said judges , by which it shall appear , that , on a day and at a place to be therein expressed , such person or persons did appear personally before them , and , being aware of the interest they may have in such bill , did give his , her or their consent for him or themselves , and for those for whom , according to the law of Scotland , he , she or they may be entitled to consent , and did accept the trust proposed to be vested in him or them by the said bill , and did in their presence sign a bill , ( which bill , together with the said cer- tificate , must be produced , ) shall be held as sufficient evi- dence of the consent of such person or persons before any

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committee of this House to whom the consideration of such bill may be referred . 

Emendat . per Ord . 18 Februarii , 1817 . Emendat . per Ord . 11 Maii , 1824 . 



162 [ formerly 133 ] 



Heirs of En- tail in Scot- 



Ordered , that it be a general instruction to the judges Consents of who shall meet to take the consent of heirs of entail con- cerned in the consequences of private bills relating to estates land . in that part of Great Britain called Scotland , that they take no notice of the consent of any person to the passing of such bill unless such person appear before them , or that it may be made manifest to them , by an instrument under the hand of a notary public , duly executed according to the forms required by the law of Scotland , that he or she is not able to attend , and doth consent to the said bill . 

Emendat . per Ord . 24 Februarii , 1806 . 



DIE MARTIS , 5 MAII , 1818 . 164 [ formerly 197 ] 



cerned in the 



Private Bills 



Land or 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- Consents of ment assembled , that for the future it shall be sufficient to persons con- have the consent of the following persons only concerned in Conse- the consequence of private bills regarding entailed estates quences of in land or heritable estates in Scotland ; that is to say , relative to 1. Where the deed of entail shall be dated on or after the Estates in 1st day of August , 1848 , and the heir of entail in possession Heritable of the entailed estate shall be of lawful age , and born before Estates in the date of such deed of entail , the consent of such heir , Scotland , to and of the heir next in succession , being heir apparent forth in the under the entail of the heir in possession , and of the age of Order . twenty - five years complete , and not subject to any legal in- capacity , and born after the date of such deed of entail . 

2. Where the deed of entail shall be dated prior to the 1st day of August , 1848 , and the heir of entail in possession of the entailed estate shall be of full age , and born before the said 1st day of August , the consent of such heir , and of the heir next in succession , being heir apparent under the entail of the heir in possession , and born on or after the said 1st day of August , and of the age of twenty - five years complete , and not subject to any legal incapacity . 

3. Where the deed of entail shall be dated prior to the 1st day of August , 1848 , and the heir of entail in possession of the entailed estate shall be of full age , the consent of such 



be as set

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154 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Consents to 



where a Te- 



heir alone , if he shall be the only heir of entail in existence for the time , and unmarried : 

Or otherwise , the consent of such heir , and of the whole of the heirs of entail , if there shall be less than three in being at the date of such consents : 

Or otherwise , the consent of such heir , and of the three next heirs who at the date of such consent are for the time entitled to succeed to such estate in their order successively , immediately after such heir in possession : 

Or otherwise , the consent of such heir , and of the heir apparent under the entail , and of the heir or heirs in num- ber not less than two , including such heir apparent , who in their order successively would be heir apparent . 

4. In any case not provided for by the aforesaid orders , whatever be the date of the deed of entail , the consent of the heir in possession , and of all the heirs entitled to succeed to the entailed estate , if less than three , or if not less than three , then of the three heirs next entitled to succeed to the entailed estate . 

Provided , that if , in any of the cases aforesaid , the heir next entitled to succeed to the entailed estate after the heir in possession shall be under the age of twenty - five years , or if any of the heirs of entail descended of the heirs of entail in possession whose consents are required in the several cases aforesaid shall be under the age of twenty - one years , then the consents also of so many heirs next entitled to succeed to such estate , not being descendants of the heir in possession , as shall be equal to the number of the said heirs of entail respectively under the ages before mentioned , without prejudice nevertheless as heretofore for any person concerned to petition against the Bill , and to be heard for his interest therein . 

Emendat . per Ord . 2 Julii , 1849 . 



DIE VENERIS , 12 AUGUSTI , 1853 . 164 A [ New Order ] 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- Estate Bills ment assembled , that where a tenant in tail , under age , is a nant in Tail promoter of a private estate bill , or a consenting party under Age is thereto by his guardian , and any person entitled in re- thereof , or a mainder after such estate tail , whose consent is required by consenting the Standing Orders of the House , shall withhold his con- Party thereto sent to such bill , the consent of a person appointed as or in 



a Promoter 



by his Guar- dian . 



the nature of a guardian or protector of such minor , and of the settlement or will under which he claims , by the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper of the Great Seal , by writing

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under his hand , for the special purpose of assenting to or dissenting from such bill shall be sufficient , without the con- sent of such remainderman as aforesaid . 



DIE LUNE , 29 APRILIS , 1799 . 

151 [ formerly 145 ] 



Private Bills . 



titioner is 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- Consents to ment assembled , that where a petitioner for a private bill is tenant for life in possession , and another petitioner for the same bill is tenant in tail in remainder , and of age , and Where a Pe- where it is competent for the two together , by deed , fine , Tenant for and common recovery , to bar the rights and interests of all Life and ano- persons in remainder after the estate in tail of the petitioner , ther Tenant the committee shall not , in such case , be required to take the consent of any of the persons in remainder after the estate of such tenant in tail to the passing of such bill . 



152 [ formerly 146 ] 



in Tail . 



Ordered , that in all private bills , when any married or Where unmarried woman , or when any widow , desires to consent Women have to the sale or exchange of any estate in which she may have an Interest . an interest , or upon which she may be entitled to a jointure or rent - charge of any sort , or if she shall desire to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such jointure , rent- charge or interest , the committee shall require not only her own consent in person , but also that of her trustee or 



trustees . 



153 [ formerly 147 ] 



Interest . 



Ordered , that in all private bills , when any estate is pro- Where Chil- posed to be sold or exchanged , on which the whole or any dren have an part of the fortune of any child or children is secured , or in which any such child or children hath or have an interest , the committee shall take the consent of any such child or children , if he , she or they is or are under age , by his , her or their parents or guardians , and if of age , then the con- sent of the trustee or trustees for such child or children shall also be taken , as well as the personal consent of such party . 



154 [ formerly 148 ] 



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Ordered , that the consent of all trustees shall be required Trustees to in person before the committee , where any money is to pass consent through the hands of any such trustees , whether for join- ture , pin money , the fortunes of younger children , or any other interest whatsoever ; but the consent of trustees to preserve contingent remainders only shall not be necessary .

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156 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Appoint- 



Trustees . 



155 [ formerly 149 ] 



Ordered , that when any of the parties interested in any ment of New private bill shall have power by such bill to name a trustee in the room of any trustee dying , resigning or refusing to exercise his trust , provision shall be made in the bill that such new trustee shall be appointed by or with the appro- bation of the Court of Chancery . 



Notice to 



156 [ formerly 150 ] 



Ordered , that when a petition shall be presented to the Mortgagees . House for any private bill , notice shall be given to any person being a mortgagee upon the estate intended to be affected by such bill . 



Bills for ex- changing or selling settled Estates to have Sche- 



157 [ formerly 151 ] 



Ordered , that in any private bill for exchanging an estate in settlement , and substituting another estate in lieu thereof , there shall be annexed to such bill a schedule or schedules of such respective estates , showing the annual rent and the dules of their annual value thereof , and also the value of the timber grow- 



Value an- nexed . 



Chairman to report whe- ther Orders complied with . 



Concerning Bills for sell- ing Lands and pur- chasing others in Scotland . 



ing thereupon ; and in all private bills for selling a settled estate , and purchasing another estate , to be settled to the same uses , there shall be annexed to such bill a schedule or schedules of such estates , specifying the annual rent thereof ; and that every such schedule shall be signed and proved upon oath by a surveyor or other competent person , before the committee to whom such bill shall be referred . 



158 [ formerly 152 ] 



Ordered , that the Lord who shall be in the chair of a committee to whom any private bill shall be committed shall state to the House , when the report of such committee is made , how far the Orders of the House in relation to such private bill have or have not been duly complied with . 

Ordered , that these Orders shall be transmitted to the committee , to whom any private bill shall be referred , for their guidance and instruction . 

DIE MERCURII , 22 MAII , 1799 . 163 [ formerly 153 ] 

Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- ment assembled , that where a bill is brought in to empower any person to sell or dispose of lands in one place in that part of Great Britain called Scotland , and to buy or settle lands in another place in the said part of Great Britain called Scotland , the committee to whom such bill shall be

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HOUSE OF LORDS . 157 



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referred do take care that the values be fully made out ; and if the bill shall not be for making a new purchase , but only for settling other lands in lieu of those to be sold , in that case provision shall be made in the bill that such other lands be settled accordingly ; but if the bill shall be to pur- chase and settle other lands , in that case the committee are to take care that there be a binding agreement produced for such new purchase ; or if it shall be made appear to the committee that such agreement cannot then be made , or that such purchase cannot then be made and settled as de- sired by the bill , and the committee shall be satisfied with the reasons alleged for either of those purposes , in either of those cases provision shall be made in the bill , that so much of the money arising by sale of the lands directed to be sold as is to be laid out in a new purchase shall be paid by the purchaser or purchasers , without fee or reward , into the Bank of Scotland , or Royal Bank of Scotland , or the Bank of the British Linen Company in Scotland , or the Commer- cial Bank of Scotland , or the National Bank of Scotland , under the direction and by the authority of the Court of Session , and in the name of the trustees named in the act , and shall , when so paid in , produce the highest interest that can be obtained for the same : And it is further ordered , that the interest arising from the money so paid in shall be laid out in the name of the said trustees , and shall annually accumulate and be added to the principal sum itself , to carry interest together , until a proper purchase can be found and approved , as shall be directed by such bill ; and until the same shall , upon a petition setting forth such approba- tion , to be preferred to the said Court of Session in a sum- mary way by the persons to be named in the bill , be ordered to be paid by the treasurer of the Bank of Scotland , or the cashier of the Royal Bank of Scotland , or of the Bank of the British Linen Company in Scotland , or of the Com- mercial Bank of Scotland , or of the National Bank of Scot- land , for the completing such purchase , in such manner as the said Court shall think just and direct : And it is further ordered , that when a sum equal to the amount of that ob- tained by the sale of lands directed to be sold shall be re - in- vested in the purchase of new estates , then and in that case the surplus which shall remain , after discharging the ex- pense of application to the Court , shall be paid to the per- son or persons respectively who would have been entitled to receive the rents and profits of the lands sold pursuant to the act , or to the representatives of such person or persons . 

Emendat . per Ord . 16 Aprilis , 1810 . Emendat . per Ord . 21 Martii , 1817 . Emendat . per Ord . 25 Junii , 1832 .

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158 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Mode of re- ferring Pe- for 



relative to Estates in Ireland . 



DIE MERCURII , 9 DECEMBRIS , 1801 . 165 [ formerly 156 ] 

Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- ment assembled , that for the future , when a petition for a Private Bills private bill concerning estates in land situated in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland shall be offered to this House , it shall be referred , if the parties desire it , to two judges of the Court of King's Bench , Common Pleas , or Exchequer in Ireland , who are forthwith to summon all parties before them who may be concerned in the bill , and after hearing all the parties , and perusing the bill , are to report to the House the state of the case , and their opinion thereupon , under their hands , and are to sign the said bill : the same method is to be observed as to private bills concerning estates in land situated in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland , brought from the House of Commons , before the second reading of such bills , by sending a copy of the said bill , signed by the clerk , to the judges aforesaid , or any two of them . 



Consents to the of 



relative to Estates in Ireland . 



166 [ formerly 157 ] 



Ordered , that for the future all persons concerned in the Prepassing consequences of such private bills as aforesaid , and who reside in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland , may give their consent to the passing of such bills before the two judges to whom such bills shall be referred ; and the certificate of the said judges , or of any two of them , by which it shall appear , that , on a day and at a place to be therein expressed , such person or persons did appear personally before them , and , being aware of the interest they may have in such bill , did give his , her or their consent for him or themselves , and for those for whom , according to law , he , she , or they may be entitled to consent , and if any trustee or trustees shall be appointed by such bill , that such trustee or trustees did appear per- sonally before them , and did accept the trust proposed to be vested in him or them by the said bill , and that the said several persons did in their presence sign a bill ( which bill , together with the said certificate , must be produced ) , shall be held as sufficient evidence of the consent of such person or persons before any committee of this House to whom the consideration of such bill may be referred . 



Consents to be given in Person . 



167 [ formerly 158 ] 



Ordered , that it be a general instruction to the judges who shall meet to take the consent of all persons concerned in

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HOUSE OF LORDS . 159 



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the consequences of private bills relating to estates in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland , that they take no notice of the consent of any person to the passing of such bill unless such person appear before them , or that it be made manifest to them , by an instrument under the hand of a notary public , duly executed according to the forms required by law , that he or she is not able to attend , and doth consent to the said bill . 



168 [ formerly 159 ] 



Bills for 



others in 



Ordered , that where a bill is brought in to empower any Concerning person to sell or dispose of lands in one place in that part selling Lands of the United Kingdom called Ireland , and to buy or settle and pur- lands in another place in the said part of the United King- chasing dom called Ireland , the committee to whom such bill shall Ireland . be referred do take care that the values be fully made out ; and if the bill shall not be for making a new purchase , but only for settling other lands in lieu of those to be sold , in that case provision shall be made in the bill that such other lands be settled accordingly ; but if the bill shall be to pur- chase and settle other lands , in that case the committee are to take care that there be a binding agreement produced for such new purchase ; or if it shall be made appear to the committee that such agreement cannot then be made , or that such purchase cannot then be made and settled as desired by the bill , and the committee shall be satisfied with the reasons alleged for either of those purposes , in either of those cases provision shall be made in the bill that so much of the money arising by sale of the lands directed to be sold as is to be laid out in a new purchase shall be paid by the purchaser or purchasers , without fee or reward , into the Bank of Ireland , in the name and with the privity of the Accountant General of the High Court of Chancery of Ire- land , to be placed to his account there ex parte the purchaser or purchasers of the estate of the person or persons men- tioned in the title of the said bill , pursuant to the method prescribed by the Irish statute of the twer twenty - third and twenty - fourth George the Third , cap . twenty - two , and the General Orders of the said Court , and shall , when so paid in , be laid out in the purchase of Irish Government Debentures , or Irish Treasury Bills : And it is further ordered , that the interest arising from the money so laid out in the purchase of Debentures or Treasury Bills , and the money received for the same as they shall be respectively paid off by Government , shall be laid out in the name of the said Accountant General in the purchase of other like Deben- tures or Treasury Bills ; all which said Debentures and Trea- sury Bills shall be deposited in the said bank in the name of the said Accountant General , and shall remain there until a

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160 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Copy of Pe- tition and Report to 



proper purchase or purchases be found and approved as shall be directed by such bill , and until the same shall , upon a petition setting forth such approbation , to be preferred to the said Court in a summary way by the persons to be named in the bill , be ordered to be sold by the said Ac- countant General for the completing such purchase , in such manner as the said Court shall think just and direct : And it is further ordered , that if the money arising by the sale of such Debentures or Treasury Bills shall exceed the amount of the original purchase money so laid out as afore- said , then , and in that case only , the surplus which shall remain , after discharging the expense of the applications to the Court , shall be paid to the person or persons respectively who would have been entitled to receive the rents and pro- fits of the lands directed to be purchased in case the same had been purchased pursuant to the act , or to the represen- tatives of such person or persons . 

Emendat . per Ord . 1 Martii , 1806 . 

DIE MERCURII , 15 MARTII , 1809 . 

142 [ formerly 175 ] 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- ment assembled , that no private bill , the petition for which Chairman of shall be referred to two of his Majesty's judges , shall be Committees . read a first time until a copy of the said petition , and of the report of the judges thereupon , shall be delivered by the party or parties concerned to the lord appointed by this House to take the chair in all committees . 



Divorce Bills . 



Copy of the proceedings , & c . to be presented . 



Petitioner to 



Emendat . per Ord . 8 Februarii , 1825 . 

DIE MERCURII , 28 MARTII , 1798 . 

171 [ formerly 141 ] 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- ment assembled , that for the future no petition for any bill of divorce shall be presented to this House unless an official copy of the proceedings , and of a definitive sentence of di- vorce , à mensa et thoro , in the ecclesiastical court , at the suit of the party desirous to present such petition , shall be delivered upon oath at the bar of this House at the same time . 



172 [ formerly 142 ] 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- attend on the ment assembled , that for the future , upon the second read- ing of any bill of divorce , the petitioner praying for the same do attend this House , in order to his being examined at the bar , if the House shall think fit , whether there has or 



Second Reading of the Bill .

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has not been any collusion , directly or indirectly , on his part , relative to any act of adultery that may have been committed by his wife , or whether there be any collusion directly or indirectly , between him and his wife , or any other person or persons , touching the said bill of divorce , or touching any proceedings or sentence of divorce had in the ecclesiastical court at his suit , or touching any action at law which may have been brought by such petitioner against any person for criminal conversation with the peti- tioner's wife ; and also whether , at the time of the adultery of which such petitioner complains , his wife was , by deed , or otherwise , by his consent , living separate and apart from him , and released by him , as far as in him lies , from her conjugal duty , or whether she was at the time of such adul- tery cohabiting with him , and under the protection and au- thority of him as her husband . 



DIE MARTIS , 2 MAII , 1809 . 

173 [ formerly 176 ] 



Parties from 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- Clause pro- ment assembled , that no bill grounded on a petition to this hibiting the House to dissolve a marriage for the cause of adultery , and ending to enable the petitioner to marry again , shall be received marrying . by this House unless a provision be inserted in such bill that it shall not be lawful for the person whose marriage with the petitioner shall be dissolved to intermarry with any offending party on account of whose adultery with such person it shall be therein enacted that such marriage shall be so dissolved ; provided that if at the time of exhi- biting the said bill such offending party or parties shall be dead , such provision as aforesaid shall not be inserted in the said bill . 



DIE VENERIS , 2 JANUARII , 1807 . 170 [ formerly 171 ] 



tion Bills . 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- Naturaliza- ment assembled , that no bill for naturalizing any person born in any foreign territory shall be read a second time until the petitioner shall produce a certificate from one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State respecting his conduct . 



DIE MERCURII , 17 JULII , 1819 . 

175 [ formerly 198 ] 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- Bills for the ment assembled , that for the future no bill regulating the Regulation conduct of any trade ; altering the laws of apprenticeship in of Trade , & c .

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162 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Joint Stock Company Bills . 



relation to any particular business ; affixing marks to desig- nate the quality of any manufacture ; prohibiting the manu- facture of any species of commodity ; or extending the term of any patent ; -shall be read a second time in this House until a select committee shall have inquired into the expe- diency or inexpediency of the proposed regulations , and shall have reported upon the expediency or inexpediency of this House proceeding to take the bill into further consideration . 

Emendat . per Ord . 30 Junii , 1823 . 



DIE MERCURII , 2 JUNII , 1824 . 176 [ formerly 210 ] 

Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- ment assembled , that in future , with the exception of bills for making or improving any turnpike road , railway , electric telegraph , navigation , aqueduct , cut , or canal , tunnel or archway , bridge , ferry , dock , pier , port , or harbour , wharf , stairs , or landing place , and of bills for lighting , paving , or watching any one town , parish , or district , or for therein erecting or improving any market place or market house , or for the cultivation and improvement of waste lands , or for establishing any cemetery , all bills brought into this House enacting and declaring that certain persons shall form a body politic and corporate , who shall only be bound to the extent of their respective shares , or granting to the same the privilege of a perpetual succession and a common seal , or the right of suing and being sued , pleading and being impleaded , at law or in equity , or of prosecuting any person who shall commit any felony , misdemeanor , or other offence ; or any bill conveying to any number of persons , who are not bound conjointly and severally to the extent of their respective fortunes , one or more of the aforesaid privileges ; such bill , after being read a first time , shall be referred to a select committee ; and that no such bill shall be read a second time till the committee to which it is referred have reported that it has to them been proved , in a satisfactory manner , that three - fourths of the capital intended to form the joint stock of such company is deposited in the Bank of England , or vested in exchequer bills , or in the public funds , in the name of trustees , to be transferred to such company when they are by law constituted a body politic and corporate , or have by law acquired any of the aforesaid privileges . 

Emendat . per Ord . 29 Martii , 1830 . 

Emendat . per Ord . 8 ° Augusti , 1854 .

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HOUSE OF LORDS . 163 



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Select Com- 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- Bills to be ment assembled , that in future , when any bill shall be referred to a brought into this House granting and enacting , in favour of mittee . any body politic and corporate , previously constituted such by royal charter , and who are not bound conjointly and severally to the extent of their respective fortunes , further privileges , such bill , if not intended to effect the objects specially excepted in the former motion , after being read a first time , shall be referred to a select committee ; and that no such bill shall be read a second time till the committee to which it is referred have reported that it has to them been proved , in a satisfactory manner , that three - fourths of the capital intended to form the joint stock of such company has been paid up by the individual proprietors . 



DIE JOVIS , 7 JULII , 1831 . 174 [ formerly 214 ] 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- Divorce ment assembled , that when any petition for any bill of Bills . divorce shall have been presented to this House in any case in which any trial at nisi prius shall have been had , or any writ of inquiry executed within the United Kingdom , wherein the petitioner shall have been party , the judge or under she- riff before whom such trial shall have been had , or such writ of inquiry executed , do transmit to the clerk assistant , to be laid upon the table of this House , a report of the pro- ceedings upon such trial or writ of inquiry , and that no such bill of divorce be read a second time until such report shall have been so laid upon the table of this House . 



0 



the

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164 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



of Com- mittee . 



DIE VENERIS , 1º SEPTEMBRIS , 1848 . 



FURTHER STANDING ORDERS . 



178 [ formerly 216 ] 



APPOINTMENT OF STANDING ORDER COMMITTEE . 

Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- ment assembled- 

Appointment 1. That at the commencement of every session of Par- liament a Standing Order Committee shall be appointed , consisting of forty Lords , besides the Chairman of the Com- mittees of the House of Lords , who shall be always Chair- man of such Standing Order Committee . 



Quorum . 



Compliance with Stand- ing Orders to be proved . 



Parties may be heard 

upon Pe- tition , pro- vided the matter com- 



stated . 



2. That three of the Lords so appointed , including the Chairman , shall be a quorum . 

3. That previous to the second reading of any private bill included in either of the classes hereinafter mentioned , such bill shall be referred to the Standing Order Committee , be- fore which the compliance with such of the Standing Orders as are hereafter required to be proved before the Standing Order Committee shall be proved . 

4. That any parties shall be at liberty to appear , and to be heard by themselves , their agents and witnesses , upon any petition which may be referred to the Standing Order Committee complaining of a non - compliance with the Stand- 

plained of be ing Orders , provided the matter complained of be specifi- specifically cally stated in such petition , and that such petition , if the bill originate in this House , and has not been referred to the judges , or approved by the Court of Chancery , be pre- sented on or before the sixth sitting day after the first read- ing of the bill , or if the bill be brought from the House of Commons , or has been referred to the judges , or approved by the Court of Chancery , be presented on or before the second sitting day after the introduction of the bill into this House . 



Committee to report whe- ther Stand- 



5. That such Committee shall report whether the Stand- ing Orders have been complied with , and if it shall appear

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HOUSE OF LORDS . 165 



with . 



to the Committee that they have not been complied with , ing Orders they shall state the facts upon which their decision is complied founded , and any special circumstances connected with the case , and also their opinion as to the propriety of dispensing with any of the Standing Orders in such case . 

6. That three clear days notice be given of the meeting of Notice of such Committee . 



Meeting . 



to examine 



7. That no Committee on any private bill included in Committee either of the two classes hereinafter mentioned shall have on Bill not power to examine into the compliance with the Standing into Com- Orders , the compliance with which is required to be proved pliance with before the Standing Order Committee . 



Orders . 



1 



B 



pe 



COMMITTEE UPON OPPOSED BILLS . 



8. That no opposed private bill included in either of the Bills not re- two classes of bills hereinafter mentioned be referred to an open committee . 



ferred to open Com- mittee ; 



9. That every such private bill which shall be opposed but to Select be referred to a Select Committee of five , who shall choose Committee . their own Chairman . 



of Com- 



10. That every one of such Committee of five do attend Attendance the proceedings of the Committee during the whole con - mittee . tinuance thereof . 

11. That no Lord who is not one of the five do take any Other Lords part of the proceedings in the Committee . 



not to inter- fere . 



12. That the Lords be exempted from serving on the When Lords Committee on any private bill wherein they shall have any serving . 



interest . 



13. That Lords be excused from serving for any special reasons to be approved of in each case by the House . 



excused from 



Committee 



14. That the Chairman of the Committees and four other Committee Lords to be named by the House be appointed a Committee to propose to select and propose to the House the names of the five upon Op- Lords to form a Select Committee for the consideration of posed Bills . each such opposed private bill . 



ments . 



15. That the Committee to whom any such opposed pri- Meeting and vate bill is committed shall meet not later than eleven Adjourn- o'clock every morning , and sit till four , and shall not ad- journ at an earlier hour without specially reporting the cause of such adjournment to the House at its next meeting , nor adjourn over any days except Saturday and Sunday , Christ- mas Day and Good Friday , without leave of the House . 



I

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166 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Absence of Members to be reported . 



Chairman 

may report that Unop- 

posed Bill 



16. That if any member of such Committee is prevented from continuing his attendance , the Committee shall ad- journ , and report the cause of such member absenting him- self to the House , if then sitting , or at its next meeting , and shall not resume its sittings without leave of the House . 

17. That the Lord appointed to take the chair in all Com- mittees be at liberty , in any case on which he shall think fit , to report to the House his opinion , that any unopposed 

be treated as bill on which he shall sit as Chairman should be proceeded 



Opposed . 



with as an opposed bill . 

Emendat . per Ord . 15 Martii , 1850 . 



Private Bills divided into Two Classes . 



First Class . 



THE TWO CLASSES OF PRIVATE BILLS . 

18. That for the purposes of the Standing Orders of this House all private bills to which the Standing Orders are applicable be divided into the two following classes , according to the subjects to which they respectively relate : 

1st CLASS . - Burial ground , making , maintaining or altering . 

Charters and corporations , enlarging or altering powers of . 

Church or chapel , building , enlarging , repairing or maintaining . 

City or town , paving , lighting , watching , cleansing 



or improving . 



Company , incorporating or giving powers to . County rate . 

County or shire hall , court house . 

Crown , church or corporation property , or property held in trust for public or charitable purposes . 



Ferry . 



Fishery , making , maintaining or improving . Gaol or house of correction . 

Land , inclosing , draining or improving . 

Letters patent , confirming , prolonging or transferring 



the term of . 



Local court , constituting . 



Market or market - place , erecting , improving , re- pairing , maintaining or regulating . 



Police .

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HOUSE OF LORDS . 167 



Poor , maintaining or employing . Poor rate . 

Powers to sue and be sued , conferring . 

Sewers and sewerage . 



Stipendiary magistrate , or any public officer , pay- ment of . 

And continuing or amending an act passed for any of the purposes included in this or the second class , where no further work than such as was authorized by a former act is proposed to be made . 

2nd CLASS . Making , maintaining , varying , extending or Second enlarging any aqueduct ; archway ; bridge ; canal Class . or cut ; dock ; embankment for reclaiming land from the sea or any tidal river ; ferry ( where any work is to be executed ) ; harbour ; navigation ; pier ; port ; railway ; reservoir ; sewer ; street ; tun- nel ; turnpike or other public carriage road ; water- work . 

Making and maintaining any cut for drainage , being a new work , where it is not provided in the bill that the same shall not be of more than eleven feet width at the bottom . 

Emendat . per Ord . 8 Augusti , 1854 . 

179 [ formerly 217 ] 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- ment assembled , - 



1. That with respect to bills brought from the House of Petitions Commons , and bills originating in this House and referred against Bill to the judges , or approved by the Court of Chancery , no presented . petition praying to be heard upon the merits against any bill in either of the classes before mentioned shall be received by this House , unless the same be presented on or before the second day on which the House shall sit after the day on which such bill shall have been reported from the Stand- ing Order Committee . 

2. That with respect to bills originating in this House , and not referred to the judges , or approved by the Court of Chancery , no petition praying to be heard upon the merits against any bill in either of the classes before mentioned shall be received by this House , unless the same be pre- sented on or before the fifth day on which the House shall sit after the day on which the bill shall have been reported from the Standing Order Committee . 

3. That notice in writing shall be given to her Majesty's Notice to Attorney- Attorney - General for England or Ireland , as the case may General of 



12

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168 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Bills relating require , of every bill relating to England or Ireland , and to Charities . containing provisions whereby any special application of the property of any charity not authorized by the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act shall be directed , or the patronage or the constitution of any charity , or the right of any charity to any property , shall be affected ; and no such bill shall be read a second time until the House shall have received a report from the Attorney - General on the matters relating to such charity . 



Second Reading . 



Re - commit- ment of Bills . 



Amendments on Report or 



4. That no bill included in either of the classes before men- tioned shall be read a second time before the third day on which the House shall sit after the day on which such bill shall have been reported from the Standing Order Com- mittee . 

5. That after any such bill shall have been reported from any select committee to the House , the said bill shall in no case be recommitted to the same or another select committee before the third day on which the House shall sit after the day on which notice shall have been given of the motion to recommit such bill . 

6. That no amendment shall be moved to any such bill Third Read on the report or on the third reading , unless the same shall ing . 

have been submitted to the chairman of committees , and printed copies thereof deposited with the clerk of the Par- liaments one clear day at least prior to the report or third reading of any bill . 

Emendat . per Ord . 15 Martii , 1850 . Emendat . per Ord . 13 Augusti , 1850 . Emendat . per Ord . 28 Junii , 1852 .

===== PAGE seq 167 =====

HOUSE OF LORDS . 169 



STANDING ORDERS , COMPLIANCE 



WITH 



WHICH IS TO BE PROVED BEFORE THE 

STANDING ORDER COMMITTEE . 



180 [ formerly 218 ] 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- ment assembled , - 

That compliance with the following Standing Orders be proved before the Standing Order Committee ; viz . 



( Notices by Advertisement . ) 



1. That in all cases where application is intended to be Notices to made for leave to bring in a bill relating to any of the sub- state Objects of Applica- jects included in either of the two classes of private bills , tiond notices be given stating the objects of such intended appli- Powers in- cation ; and if it be intended to apply for powers for the tended to be compulsory purchase of lands or houses , or for extending applied for . the time granted by any former act for that purpose , or to amalgamate with any other company , or to sell or lease the undertaking , or to purchase or take on lease the undertaking of any other company , or to amend or repeal any former act or acts , or to levy any tolls , rates , or duties , or to alter any existing tolls , rates , or duties , or to confer , vary , or extinguish any exemptions from payment of tolls , rates , or duties , or to confer , vary , or extinguish any other rights or privileges , the notices shall specify such intention ; and the whole of the notice relating to the same bill shall be in- cluded in the same advertisement , which shall be headed by a short title , descriptive of the undertaking or bill . 



Names of 



2. That in cases of bills included in the second class , and Notices to of bills of the first class in respect to which plans are contain required to be deposited , such notices shall also contain a Parishes , description of all the termini , together with the names of & c . the parishes , townships , townlands , and extra - parochial places from , in , through , or into which the work is intended to be made , maintained , varied , extended , or enlarged , and shall state the time and place of deposit of the plans , sections , books of reference , and copies of the Gazette no- tice respectively , with the clerks of the peace , sheriff clerks , parish clerks , schoolmasters , session clerks , town clerks , and clerks of unions , as the case may be .

===== PAGE seq 168 =====

170 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Cuts , Canals , 3. That in all cases where it is proposed to divert into Navigations , any intended cut , canal , reservoir , aqueduct , or navigation , 



riv 



& c . or into any intended variation , extension , or enlargement Intention to thereof respectively , any water from any existing cut , canal , divert Water reservoir , aqueduct , or navigation , whether directly or de- to be stated . rivatively , and whether under any agreement with the pro- prietors thereof or otherwise , the notices shall contain the name of every such existing cut , canal , reservoir , aqueduct , or navigation , the waters supplying which will , either di- rectly or derivatively , flow or proceed into any such intended cut , canal , reservoir , aqueduct , or navigation , or into any intended variation , extension , or enlargement thereof . 



Burial 

Grounds and 



4. That in cases of bills respecting any burial ground , Gas Works . cemetery , or gas works , the notices shall set forth and spe- cify the limits within which such burial ground , cemetery , or gas works are intended to be erected or made . 



Publication 



5. That in the months of October and November , or either of Notices in of them , immediately preceding the application for a bill , Newspapers . such notices shall be published once in the London , Edin- burgh , or Dublin Gazette , as the case may be , and in three successive weeks in some one and the same newspaper of the county in which the city , county of a city , town , county of a town , or lands to which such bill relates shall be situate ; or if there be no newspaper published therein , then in the newspaper of some county adjoining or near thereto ; and if such bill relate specially to any particular city , county of a city , town , or county of a town , in which any newspaper is published , such notices shall be published in three succes- sive weeks , in one and the same newspaper published therein ; or if such bill do not relate to any particular city , county of a city , town , county of a town , or lands , such notices shall be published in the London , Edinburgh , or Dublin Gazette only , as the case may be ; and if such bill relate to lands situate in more than one county , such notices shall be in- serted once in each of three successive weeks in some news- paper or newspapers which shall be published in London at least six days in the week , or in Edinburgh or Dublin at least two days in the week , as the case may be , and in a newspaper of the county in which the principal office of the company or companies or other parties who are the promoters of any such bill shall be situate , and in a newspaper of every county in which any new works are proposed to be con- structed , or in which any lands are situate in respect of which any new or further powers for the completion of works already authorized are intended to be applied for . Emendat . per Ord . 13 Augusti , 1850 . Emendat . per Ord . 8 Augusti , 1854 . Emendat . per Ord . 26 Julii , 1855 .

===== PAGE seq 169 =====

HOUSE OF LORDS . 171 



1 



1 



1 



( NOTICES AND APPLICATIONS TO OWNERS , LESSEES , AND OCCUPIERS OF LANDS AND HOUSES . ) 



181 [ formerly 219 ] 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parliament assembled , - 



to Owners , & c . , on or 



1. That on or before the fifteenth day of December im- Application mediately preceding the application for a bill by which any lands or houses are intended to be taken , or an extension before 15th of the time granted by any former act for that purpose is December . sought , application in writing be made to the owners or re- puted owners , lessees or reputed lessees , and occupiers of all lands and houses so intended to be taken , or which may be taken as being within the limits of deviation defined upon the plan ; and in cases of bills included in the second class , such application shall be , as nearly as may be , in the form set forth in the appendix marked ( A ) . 



where it is 

Water 



2. That on or before the fifteenth day of December im- Cuts , Canals , mediately preceding the application for a bill whereby it is Navigations , proposed to abstract water from any stream for the purpose of supplying any cut , canal , reservoir , aqueduct , navigation , Notices or water work , notice in writing of such bill be given to the proposed to owners or reputed owners , lessees or reputed lessees , and abstract occupiers of all mills and manufactories or other works using any Stream . the waters of such stream for a distance of twenty miles below the point at which such water is intended to be ab- stracted , such distance to be measured along the course of such stream , unless such waters shall within a less distance than twenty miles fall into or unite with any navigable stream , and then only to the owners or reputed owners , lessees or reputed lessees , and occupiers of such mills and manufactories as aforesaid which shall be situate between the point at which such water is proposed to be abstracted and the point at which such water shall fall into or unite with such navigable stream ; and such notice shall state the name ( if any ) by which the stream is known at the point at which such water shall be immediately abstracted , and also the parish in which such point is situate , and the time and place of deposit of plans , sections , and books of reference ,

===== PAGE seq 170 =====

172 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Service of 



and copies of the Gazette notice respectively with the clerks of the peace and sheriff clerks , as the case may be . 

3. That such application be made by delivering the same Application . personally to every such party , or by leaving the same at his usual place of abode , or , in his absence from the United Kingdom , with his agent , on or before the fifteenth day of December , or by forwarding the same by post in a registered letter , addressed with a sufficient direction to his usual place of abode , and posted on or before the twelfth day of Decem- ber , at the chief post office in London , Manchester , Liver- pool , Birmingham , Leeds , Newcastle - upon - Tyne , Norwich , Lincoln , Shrewsbury , Bristol , Exeter , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Aberdeen , Inverness , Dublin , Belfast , Cork , or Athlone , at such hours and according to such regulations as the post- master general shall from time to time appoint for the posting and registration of such letters . 

Evidence of 4. That in all cases the written acknowledgment of the Application . party applied to shall , in the absence of other proof , be sufficient evidence of such application having been made or notice given ; and in case of an application or notice having been forwarded by post , in a registered letter , the production of the post office receipt for such letter , duly stamped , in such form as the postmaster general shall have appointed , shall be sufficient evidence of the due delivery of such letter ; provided it shall appear that the same was properly and sufficiently directed , and that the same was not returned by the post office as undelivered . 



Lists of 



assenting , dissenting and neuter . 



5. That separate lists be made of the names of such owners , Owners , & c . , lessees and occupiers , distinguishing those who have assented , dissented , or are neuter in respect to such application , or who have returned no answer thereto ; and where no written ac- knowledgment has been returned to an application forwarded by post , or where such application has been returned as undelivered at any time before the making up of such lists , the direction of the letters in which the same was so for- warded shall be inserted therein . 



Burial Grounds and 

Gas Works . 



6. That on or before the 15th day of December imme- diately preceding the application for any bill for making a burial ground or cemetery , or the erection of works for the manufacture of gas , notice shall be served upon the owner , lessee , and occupier of every dwelling house situated within three hundred yards of the limits within which the proposed burial ground , cemetery , or gas works are intended to be erected or made . 

Relinquish- 7. That before any application is made for a bill whereby ment of the whole or any part of a work authorized by any former act is intended to be relinquished , notice in writing of such 



Works .

===== PAGE seq 171 =====

HOUSE OF LORDS . 173 



2 



1 



1 



1 



bill shall be served upon the owners or reputed owners , lessees or reputed lessees , and occupiers of the lands in which the part of the said work intended to be thereby relinquished is situate ; and such notices shall be served and service thereof proved in the same manner as applications under sections 3 and 4 of this Standing Order . 



tices . 



8. That no such notice given or application made on a Time for Sunday or Christmas Day , or before eight o'clock in the serving No- forenoon , or after eight o'clock in the afternoon of any day , shall be deemed valid , except in the case of delivery of letters by post . 

Emendat . per Ord . 8 Augusti , 1853 . 

Emendat . per Ord . 8 Augusti , 1854 . Emendat . per Ord . 26 Julii , 1855 . 



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===== PAGE seq 172 =====

174 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Plans , Books of Reference 

and Sections to be depo- Clerks of the 

sited with 



Peace , & c . 



Clerks of Peace to en- dorse a Me- morial on Plans , & c . 



Tidal Lands . 



Plans , & c . , at Admi- ralty . 



Railways . 



Published Map with 



( DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO BE DEPOSITED , AND THE TIMES AND PLACES OF DEPOSIT . ) 



182 [ formerly 220 ] 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- ment assembled , - 

1. That in cases of bills of the second class , a plan and also a duplicate thereof , together with a book of reference thereto , and a section and also a duplicate thereof , as hereinafter described , and in cases of bills of the first class , by which any lands or houses are intended to be taken , a plan and dupli- cate thereof , together with a book of reference thereto , shall be deposited for public inspection at the office of the clerk of the peace for every county , riding , or division in England or Ireland , or in the office of the principal sheriff clerk of every county in Scotland , and where any county in Scot- land is divided into districts or divisions , then in the office of the principal sheriff clerk in or for each district or division in or through which the work is proposed to be made , main- tained , varied , extended , or enlarged , or in which such lands or houses are situate , on or before the 30th day of November immediately preceding the application for the bill . 

2. That the clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks , or their respective deputies , do make a memorial in writing upon the plans , sections , and books of reference so deposited with them , denoting the time at which the same were lodged in their respective offices , and do at all seasonable hours of the day permit any person to view and examine one of the same , and to make copies or extracts therefrom ; and that one of the two plans and sections so deposited be sealed up and retained in the possession of the clerk of the peace or sheriff clerk until called for by order of one of the two Houses of Parliament . ( See Act 1 Vict . c . 83. ) 

3. That in cases where the work shall be situate on tidal lands within the ordinary spring tides , a copy of the plans and sections shall on or before the 30th day of November be deposited at the office of the Board of Admiralty . 

4. That , in the case of railway bills , a published map , to a scale of not less than half an inch to a mile , ( or in Ire- land to a scale of not less than a quarter of an inch to a

===== PAGE seq 173 =====

HOUSE OF LORDS . 175 



Hi 



Y 



mile , ) with the line of railway delineated thereon , so as to Clerk of show its general course and direction , shall , on or before the Peace , & c . 30th day of November , be deposited at the office of the clerk of the peace , or sheriff clerk , together with the plans , sections , and books of reference . 



Board of 



5. That in the case of railway bills a copy of all plans , Plans , & c . , sections , and books of reference required by the Orders of with the the House to be deposited in the office of any clerk of the Trade . peace or sheriff clerk on or before the 30th day of November immediately preceding the application for the bill , together with the said published map , with the line of railway deline- ated thereon so as to show its general course and direction , shall on or before the same day be deposited in the office of the Board of Trade . 



in Parlia- 



6. That on or before the 30th day of November a copy Deposit of of the said plans , sections , and books of reference , and in Plans , & c . , the case of railway bills also a copy of the said published ment Office . map , with the line of railway delineated thereon , be de- posited in the office of the clerk of the Parliaments . 



Book of 



7. That on or before the 30th day of November a copy of Parish Plan , so much of the said plans and sections as relates to each Section and parish in or through which the work is intended to be made , Reference , maintained , varied , extended , or enlarged , or in which any with Parish lands or houses intended to be taken are situate , together with Clerk , & c . a copy of so much of the book of reference as relates to such parish , be deposited with the parish clerk of each such parish in England , or , in the case of any extra - parochial place , with the parish clerk of some parish immediately adjoining thereto , with the schoolmaster of each such parish in Scotland , or if there be no schoolmaster of any such parish , then with the session clerk , or in royal burghs with the town clerk , and with the clerk of the union within which such parish is in- cluded in Ireland . ( See Act 1 Vict . c . 83. ) 

8. That wherever any plans , sections and books of refer- Gazette No- ence , or parts thereof , are required to be deposited , a copy tice to be de of the notice published in the Gazette of the intended ap- Plans , & c . plication to parliament shall be deposited therewith . 



Parliament 



9. That all estimates and declarations , and lists of owners , Estimates , lessees and occupiers , which are required by the Standing & c . in the Orders of the House , shall be deposited in the office of the Office . clerk of the parliaments on or before the day on which the bill to which they relate shall be read a first time . 

10. That after any road , or canal , or railway , or dock bill Deposit of shall be read a first time , and before any further proceeding Statement as 



to Lands of

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176 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Owners who thereupon , there be deposited in the office of the clerk of have not con- the parliaments a statement of the length and breadth of 



sented . 



Printed Copies of Estimate , 



the space which is intended or sought to be taken for the proposed works , and to give up which the consent of the owners of the land has not been obtained , together with the names of such owners , and the heights above the surface of all proposed works on the ground of each such owner ; and also , in the case of railway bills , that a return shall be pre- sented at the same time of the names of the owners or rate- paying occupiers of any houses situated within three hun- dred yards of the proposed works , who shall , before the thirty - first of December prior to the introduction of the bill into Parliament , have sent to the promoters of the railway their dissent , or any written objections to the railway . 

11. That , previous to the second reading of the bill , copies of the estimate of expense of the undertaking under Subscription such bill , and of the subscription contract , if any , with the names of the subscribers arranged in alphabetical order , and 



Contract , & c . , to be delivered at 



Office . 



the amount of the deposit respectively paid up by each such Parliament subscriber , and the total amount of such subscriptions , and of the sums so paid up , or , where a declaration alone , or declaration and estimate , of the probable amount of rates and duties , are substituted in lieu of a subscription contract , copies of such declaration , or of such declaration and esti- mate , be printed at the expense of the promoters of the bill , and be delivered at the office of the clerk of the par- liaments for the use of this House . 



Railway Bills to be de- posited at Board of Trade . 



Notices to be given and Deposits made in 

Cases where 

Work is al- tered while Bill is in 



12. That in the case of railway bills a copy of every bill as brought into the House of Lords be deposited in the office of the Board of Trade one day at least before the bill is considered in the Standing Order Committee , and that a copy of every such bill as amended in the committee be also deposited at the office of the Board of Trade three days before the same shall be read a third time in the House . 

13. That where any alteration shall have been made , or shall be desired by the parties to be made , after the intro- duction of the bill into Parliament , in any work the bill for which shall be included in the second class of bills herein- before mentioned , and the plans and sections for which shall have been deposited and the notices for which shall have Parliament . been given as before mentioned , a plan and section of such alteration , on the same scale and containing the same par- ticulars as the original plan and section , together with a book of reference thereto , shall be deposited with the clerk

===== PAGE seq 175 =====

HOUSE OF LORDS . 177 



{ 



4 



1 



1 



1 



of the peace of every county , riding or division in England or Ireland , and in the office of the sheriff clerk of every county in Scotland , and where any county in Scotland is divided into districts or divisions then in the office of the principal sheriff clerk in and for each district or division in which such alteration is proposed to be made ; and a copy of such plan and section , so far as relates to each parish , together with a book of reference thereto , shall be deposited with the parish clerks of each such parish in England , or , in the case of any extra - parochial place , with the parish clerk of some parish immediately adjoining thereto , with the schoolmaster of each such parish in Scotland , or if there be no schoolmaster of any such parish , then with the session clerk , or in royal burghs with the town clerk , and the clerk of the union within which such parish in Ireland is included , in which such alteration is intended to be made , one month previously to the introduction of the bill for making such work into this House ; and the intention to make such alteration shall be published in manner before directed in the London , Edinburgh or Dublin Gazette , as the case may be , and some one and the same newspaper of the county in which such alteration shall be situate , or if there be no such paper printed therein , then in the newspaper of some county adjoining thereto , for three successive weeks previously to the introduction of the bill into this House ; and personal application , with a notice in writing in the form hereinbefore mentioned , shall be made to the owners or reputed owners , lessees or reputed lessees , or , in their absence from the United Kingdom , to their agents respectively , and to the occupiers of lands through which any such alteration is in- tended to be made ; and the consent of such owners or re- puted owners , lessees or reputed lessees , and occupiers , to the making of such alteration , shall be proved to the satis- faction of the Standing Order Committee . 



and Section 



14. That previous to any bill for making any work , the Deposit of bill for which shall be included in the second class of bills altered Plan hereinbefore mentioned , being brought to this House from in Parliament the Commons , in which any alteration has been made in its Office . progress through Parliament , a map or plan and section of such work , showing any variation , extension or enlargement which is intended to be made in consequence of such alter- ation , shall be deposited in the office of the clerk of the Parliaments ; and that such map or plan and section shall be on the same scale and contain the same particulars as the original map or plan and section of the said work .

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178 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Deposit not valid on Sun- 

day , & c . 



15. That no such deposit shall be deemed valid if made on a Sunday or Christmas Day , or before eight o'clock in the forenoon or after eight o'clock in the afternoon of any day . 

Emendat . per Ord . 8 Augusti , 1854 . Emendat . per Ord . 26 Julii , 1855 .

===== PAGE seq 177 =====

HOUSE OF LORDS . 179 



( FORM IN WHICH PLANS , BOOKS OF REFER- ENCE , SECTIONS AND CROSS SECTIONS SHALL BE PREPARED . ) 



183 [ formerly 221 ] 



ORDERED , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- ment assembled , - 



Plans . 



1. That every plan required to be deposited shall be Description drawn to a scale of not less than four inches to a mile , of Plans . and , in the case of bills of the first class , shall describe the lands intended to be taken , and in case of bills of the second class , shall describe the line or situation of the whole of the work ( no alternative line or work being in any case permitted ) , and the lands in or through which it is to be made , maintained , varied , extended or en- larged , or through which every communication to or from the work shall be made ; and where it is the intention of Lands within the parties to apply for powers to make any lateral devi- Deviation to ation from the line of the proposed work , the limits of such be on Plan . deviation shall be defined upon the plan , and all lands in- cluded within such limits shall be marked thereon ; and Buildings , unless the whole of such plan shall be upon a scale of not & c . , on en- larged Scale . less than a quarter of an inch to every one hundred feet , an enlarged plan shall be added of any building , yard , court - yard or land within the curtilage of any building , or of any ground cultivated as a garden , either in the line of the proposed work or included within the limits of the said deviation , upon a scale of not less than a quarter of an inch to every one hundred feet . 



Plans to de- 



2. That in all cases where it is proposed to make , vary , Canals , & c . extend or enlarge any cut , canal , reservoir , aqueduct or navigation , the plan shall describe the brooks and streams scribe to be directly diverted into such intended cut , canal , reser- Brooks , & c . , voir , aqueduct or navigation , or into any variation , exten- verted . sion or enlargement thereof respectively for supplying the same with water . 



to be di- 



Railways . 

Distances to 



3. That in all cases where it is proposed to make , vary , extend or enlarge any railway , the plan shall exhibit thereon the distances in miles and furlongs from one of the termini , be marked in and a memorandum of the radius of every curve not exceed Miles and Furlongs , ing one mile in length shall be noted on the plan in furlongs & c .

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180 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



and chains ; and where tunnelling as a substitute for open cutting is intended , such tunnelling shall be marked by a dotted line on the plan . 

Diversion of 4. That if it be intended to divert , widen or narrow any toadshow turnpike road , public carriage road , navigable river , canal & c . , or railway , the course of such diversion , and the extent of such widening or narrowing shall be marked upon the plan . Book of Reference . 



Contents of Book of Reference . 



Scale of Sec- tion . 



5. That the book of reference to every such plan shall contain the names of the owners or reputed owners , lessees or reputed lessees , and occupiers of all lands and houses in the line of the proposed work , or within the limits of devia- tion as defined upon the plan , and shall describe such lands and houses respectively . 



Sections . 



6. That the section be drawn to the same horizontal scale as the plan , and to a vertical scale of not less than one inch to every one hundred feet , and shall show the surface of the ground marked on the plan , the intended level of the pro- posed work , the height of every embankment , and the depth of every cutting , and a datum horizontal line , which shall be the same throughout the whole length of the work , or any branch thereof respectively , and shall be referred to some fixed point stated in writing on the section , near some portion of such work , and , in the case of a canal , cut , navi- gation , turnpike or other carriage road or railway , near either of the termini . 

Improve- 7. That in cases of bills for improving the navigation of ment , & c . , of any river , there shall be a section which shall specify the Navigations . levels of both banks of such river ; and where any alteration 



Railways . 



Section . 



Vertical 



is intended to be made therein , it shall describe the same by feet and inches , or decimal parts of a foot . 

8. That in every section of a railway the line of the rail- way marked thereon shall correspond with the upper surface of the rails . 

9. That distances on the datum line shall be marked in Measures to miles and furlongs , to correspond with those on the plan ; be marked at that a vertical measure from the datum line to the line of 



Change of Gradient . 



Height of Railway over , or 



the railway shall be marked in feet and inches , or decimal parts of a foot , at each change of the gradient or inclination ; and that the proportion or rate of inclination between each such change shall also be marked . 

10. That wherever the line of the railway is intended to cross any turnpike road , public carriage road , navigable

===== PAGE seq 179 =====

HOUSE OF LORDS . 181 



1 



1 



A 



1 



1- 



ال 



Roads , & c . , 



river , canal or railway , the height of the railway over or Depth under depth under the surface thereof , and the height and span of Surface of every arch of all bridges and viaducts by which the railway to be marked . will be carried over the same , shall be marked in figures at every crossing thereof ; and where the railway will be carried across any such turnpike road , public carriage road or rail- way , on the level thereof , such crossing shall be so described on the section ; and it shall also be stated if such level will be unaltered . 



of 



when Rates 



11. That if any alteration be intended in the water level Cross Sec- of any canal or in the level or rate of inclination of any honds , & c . , turnpike road , public carriage road or railway , which will crossed by be crossed by the line of railway , then the same shall be the Railway stated on the said section , and each alteration shall be num- of Inclina- bered ; and cross sections in reference to the said numbers , tion altered . on a horizontal scale of not less than one inch to every three hundred and thirty feet , and on a vertical scale of not less than one inch to every forty feet , shall be added , which shall show the present surface of such road , canal or rail- way , and the intended surface thereof when altered , and the greatest of the present and intended rates of inclination of such road or railway shall also be marked in figures thereon ; and where any public road is crossed on the level , a cross section of such road shall also be added , and all such cross sections shall extend for two hundred yards on each side of the centre line of the railway . 

12. That wherever the extreme height of any embank- Embank- ment or the extreme depth of any cutting shall exceed five ments and feet , the extreme height over or depth under the surface of Cuttings . the ground shall be marked in figures upon the section ; and if any bridge or viaduct of more than three arches shall intervene in any embankment , or if any tunnel shall inter- vene in any cutting , the extreme height or depth shall be marked in figures on each of the parts into which such em- bankment or cutting shall be divided by such bridge , viaduct or tunnel . 

13. That where tunnelling as a substitute for open cutting , Tunnelling or a viaduct as a substitute for solid embankment , is in- and Viaduct tended , the same shall be marked on the section . 

Emendat . per Ord . 16 Julii , 1849 . Emendat . per Ord . 8 Augusti , 1854 . Emendat . per Ord . 17 Julii , 1856 . 



to be marked .

===== PAGE seq 180 =====

182 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Estimate and 



Contract in 



( ESTIMATES AND SUBSCRIPTION CONTRACTS OR DECLARATIONS IN LIEU OF SUBSCRIP- TION CONTRACTS , AND DEPOSIT OF MONEY IN CERTAIN CASES . ) 



184 [ formerly 222 ] 



ORDERED , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- ment assembled , - 

1. That an estimate of the expense of the undertaking Subscription under each bill of the second class be made and signed by Bills of the the person making the same , and that a subscription be Second Class . entered into under a contract , made as hereinafter described , 



contain 



to three - fourths the amount of such estimate . 

Contract to 2. That every subscription contract contain the christian Christian and names and surnames , description and place of abode , of Surnames of every subscriber , his signature to the amount of his subscrip- 



Parties . 



To be entered into subse- 

quent to 



vious Ses- sion . 



tion , with the amount which he has paid up ; and the name of the party witnessing such signature , and the date of the same respectively ; and the legal description and seal of any corporate body being a party to such contract , and the total amount of such subscriptions , and of the sums so paid up . 

3. That no subscription contract shall be valid , excepting in the case of railway bills , unless it be entered into subse- 

Close of pre- quent to the close of the session of parliament previous to that in which application is made for the bill to which it relates , and unless the parties subscribing to it bind them- selves , their heirs , executors and administrators , for the payment of the money so subscribed , to be recoverable by action at law . 

Railway 4. That as regards railway bills , no subscription contract Bills . shall be valid unless it be entered into subsequent to the Subscription commencement of the session of parliament previous to that 



Contract . 



in which application is made for the bill to which it relates , and unless the parties subscribing to it bind themselves , their heirs , executors and administrators , for the payment of the money so subscribed , to be recoverable by action at law . 

5. That in all cases of application to parliament by exist- Contracts in ing railway companies , for powers to raise additional capital existing Rail- for the purpose of constructing branches or extensions or way Compa- other new works , or of contributing towards the expense of 



Subscription 

the case of 

nies .

===== PAGE seq 181 =====

HOUSE OF LORDS . 183 



constructing other lines of railways or works , a subscription contract shall be entered into for three - fourths of such addi- tional capital as may be required for these purposes , beyond the capital authorized to be raised for the existing lines , whether the bill be of the first or second class ; and deposits shall be duly paid thereon as hereinafter required . 



tract . 



6. That where the work is to be made , wholly or in part , Cases where- by means of funds , or out of money to be raised upon the in Declara- tion be credit of present surplus revenue belonging to any society substituted or company , or under the control of directors , trustees or for Subscrip- commissioners , as the case may be , of any existing public tion Con- work , such parties being the promoters of the bill , a decla- ration stating those facts , and setting forth the nature of such control , and the nature and amount of such funds or surplus revenue , and showing the actual surplus of such funds or revenue , after deducting the funds required for purposes authorized by any act or acts of parliament , and also the funds which may be required for any other work to be executed under any bill in the same session , and given under the common seal of the society or company , or under the hand of some authorized officer of such directors , trus- tees or commissioners , may be deposited in lieu or in aid of the subscription contract , and in addition to the estimate of the expense , provided such surplus funds shall be not less than the whole amount of the es estimate , or the portion thereof not provided for by a subscription contract . 



be substituted 



7. That in cases where the work is to be made out of Cases where- money to be raised upon the security of the rates , duties , in Declara- tion and Es- or revenue to be created by or to arise under any bill under timate of which no private or personal pecuniary profit or advantage Rates may is to be derived , a declaration stating those facts , and setting for Subscrip- forth the means by which funds are to be obtained for exe- tion Contract . cuting the work , and signed by the party or agent soliciting the bill , together with an estimate of the probable amount of such rates , duties or revenue , signed by the person making the same , may be substituted for the subscription contract , and in addition to the estimate of the expense . 



Deposit of Money . 



tieth Part of Amount sub- 



8. That , excepting in the case of a railway bill , a sum One - twen- not less than one - twentieth part of the amount required to be subscribed shall be deposited with the Court of Chancery scribed to be in England , if the work is intended to be done in England , deposited . or with the Court of Chancery in England , or the Court of Exchequer in Scotland , if such work is intended to be done in Scotland , and with the Court of Chancery in Ireland , if such work is intended to be done in Ireland .

===== PAGE seq 182 =====

184 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



In the case 



9. That in the case of railway bills , a sum not less than of Railway one - tenth part of the amount required to be subscribed shall Bills , One- tenth Part of be deposited with the Court of Chancery in England if the Amount sub- railway is intended to be made in England , or with the Court scribed to be 



deposited . 



Bill to be submitted to 



of Chancery in England or the Court of Exchequer in Scot- land if such railway is intended to be made in Scotland , and with the Court of Chancery in Ireland if such railway is intended to be made in Ireland . 

Emendat . per Ord . 13 Augusti , 1850 . 

Emendat . per Ord . 8 Augusti , 1854 . 



185 [ formerly 223 ] 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- ment assembled , - 

1. That no bill to empower any company already consti- a Meeting of tuted by act of parliament to execute , undertake , or con- Proprietors tribute towards any work other than that for which it was in incorpo- rated Compa 



nies in cer- tain Cases . 



originally established , or to sell or lease their undertaking or any part thereof , or to amalgamate the same or any part thereof with any other undertaking , or to abandon their undertaking or any part thereof , or to dissolve the said com- pany , shall be allowed to proceed unless the committee on Standing Orders shall have reported , - 

1st . That the bill as proposed to be introduced into this House was submitted to a meeting of the proprie- tors of such company at a meeting held specially for that purpose : 

2nd . That such meeting was called by advertisement in- serted for two consecutive weeks in a morning newspaper published in London , Edinburgh , or Dublin , as the case may be , and in a newspaper of the county or counties in which the principal office or offices of the company is or are situate ; and also by a circular addressed to each proprietor at his last known or usual address , and sent by post or delivered at such address not less than ten days before the holding of such meeting , enclosing a blank form of proxy , with proper instructions for the use of the same ; and the same form of proxy and the same instructions , and none other , shall be sent to every such proprietor ; but no such form of proxy shall be stamped , nor shall the funds of the company be used for the stamping any proxies , except the company shall , at a gene-

===== PAGE seq 183 =====

HOUSE OF LORDS . 185 



4 



2 



! 



ral meeting , determine otherwise , in which case a stamped proxy shall be sent to each proprietor , with such instructions as aforesaid : 

3rd . That such meeting was held on a period not earlier than seven days after the last insertion of such advertisement : 

4th . That at such meeting the said bill was submitted to the proprietors aforesaid then present , and was approved of by proprietors , present in person or by proxy , holding holdin at least three - fourths of the paid - up capital of the company represented at such meeting , such proprietors being qualified to vote at the meeting in right of such capital . 



are 



2. That when , in any bill to be hereafter introduced into Consent of this House for the purpose of establishing a company for Directors , carrying on any work or undertaking , the name of any named in a person or persons shall be introduced as manager , director , Bill , to be proprietor , or otherwise concerned in carrying such bill into proved . effect , proof shall be required before the Standing Order Committee that the said person or persons have subscribed their names to the petition for the said bill , or to a printed copy of the said bill as brought up or introduced into the House . 

Emendat . per Ord . 13 Augusti , 1850 . Emendat . per Ord . 1 Julii , 1852 . 

Emendat . per Ord . 17 Februarii , 1853 .

===== PAGE seq 184 =====

186 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Provision to be made in Inclosure Bills , & c . relative to paying Pur- chase Money into the Bank . 



CLAUSES TO BE INSERTED AND PROVISIONS TO BE MADE IN CERTAIN BILLS , AND OTHER MATTERS TO BE PROVED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE BILL . 



186 [ formerly 224 ] 



ORDERED , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- ment assembled , - 

1. That in any bill included in either of the two classes above mentioned , whenever any sum of money is , under the provisions of such act , to be paid for the purchase or exchange of any lands , tenements or hereditaments , and which sum of money ought to be laid out in the purchase of other lands , tenements or hereditaments , to be settled to the same uses , provision shall be made in the said bill that such sum of money , not being less than the sum of two hundred pounds , be paid into the Bank of England in the name and with the privity of the Accountant- General of the Court of Chancery , to be placed to his account ex parte the commissioners under such particular bill , or under such other title as by the said bill shall be directed , pursuant to the method prescribed by the act of the twelfth year of King George the First , chapter thirty - two , and the General Orders of the said Court , and without fee or reward , if such bill relate to England , or into one of the banks of Scotland established by act of parliament or royal charter if such bill relate to Scotland , or into the Bank of Ireland in the name and with the privity of the Accountant - General of the Court of Chancery in Ireland , pursuant to an act of the Irish parliament of the 23rd and 24th Geo . III . , and the General Orders of the said Court , and without fee or reward , if such bill relate to Ireland ; and shall , when so paid in , there remain until the same shall , by order of the Court into which the same may be paid , or the Court of Session in Scotland , in case the same be paid into any bank in Scotland , upon a peti- tion to be preferred to the Court in a summary way , be applied either in the purchase of land tax , or towards the

===== PAGE seq 185 =====

HOUSE OF LORDS . 187 



ا 



discharge of any debts or incumbrances affecting the said lands , tenements and hereditaments so purchased or ex- changed ; or until the same shall , upon the like applica- tion , be laid out in a summary way , by order of the Court , in the purchase of other lands , tenements or hereditaments , to be settled to the like uses ; and in the meantime , and until such order can be made , such money may , if paid into the Bank of England or Bank of Ireland , by order of the Court , be laid out in some of the public funds , or in government or real securities , and the dividends or in- terest arising therefrom shall , by order of the Court , be paid to such person or persons as would for the time being be entitled to the rents and profits of such lands , tene- ments and hereditaments so to be purchased , conveyed and settled : and in case such sum of money shall be less than the sum of two hundred pounds , and shall exceed the sum of twenty pounds , then and in such case such sum of money shall , with the approbation of the commissioners acting under such act , or the directors of any company incorporated under such act , or any three or more of them , be paid and applied in manner hereinbefore directed , or may be paid into the hands of two trustees , to be nomi- nated by the person or persons who for the time being would be entitled to the rents and profits of the lands , tenements and hereditaments so to be purchased and settled , such nomination to be approved of by three or more of the said commissioners or directors , and such no- mination and approbation to be in writing under the hands of the person so nominating and approving ; and the money so paid to such trustees shall by them be applied in like manner as is before directed with respect to the money so to be paid into the Bank of England or any of the banks of Scotland established by act of parliament or royal charter , or the Bank of Ireland , but without any order of the Court touching the application thereof : and in case such sum of money shall not exceed twenty pounds , then the same shall be paid to the person or persons who for the time being would be entitled to the rents and profits of the lands , tenements and hereditaments so to be pur- chased and conveyed , for his , her or their own use and benefit . 



obtaining a 



2. That if any commissioner in an inclosure or drainage In case of a bill shall find any difficulty in obtaining a purchase in difficulty in land which may be equal in value to such sum of money purchase in not exceeding two hundred pounds , as by the last - men- Land . tioned Standing Order is directed to be paid into the bank to await a future purchase , or which purchase may be

===== PAGE seq 186 =====

188 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



1 



Patents . 



Application to be made within two 



ration of Term . 



disadvantageous in other respects , such commissioner shall be at liberty to apply such sum of money towards the expenses of such act , so far as the proportion of the party entitled to such sum shall amount to ; and if there shall be any surplus of such two hundred pounds , he may apply such surplus , after such application , in diminution of the sum allowed to be charged upon the estate for the purpose of inclosure or drainage . 



187 [ formerly 225 ] 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- ment assembled , - 

1. That no bill for extending the term of any letters patent for any invention or discovery granted under the years of expi- great seal of England , Scotland or Ireland , shall be read a third time in this house unless it shall appear that the letters patent , the term of which it is intended by such bill to extend , will expire within two years from the com- mencement of the session of parliament in which the ap- plication for such bill shall be made . 



Application to be made by the per- son , or his 

representa- tives , who originally discovered the inven- tion . 



2. That no bill for the purpose aforesaid shall be read a third time in this house unless it shall appear that the application to parliament for extending the term of the letters patent is made by the person , or by the representa- tives of the person , who himself originally discovered the invention for which such letters patent were granted by his Majesty ; and that the knowledge of such invention was not acquired by such person as aforesaid , by purchase or otherwise , from the inventor or owner of the same , or by information that such invention was known and pur- sued in any foreign country . 



188 [ formerly 226 ] 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- ment assembled , - 



Cemeteries , 



That no bill for erecting or making any cemetery or burial ground shall be read a third time unless the com- mittee on such bill shall report that such bill contains a provision whereby the company or persons or person in- tended to be authorized by such bill to make or erect such cemetery or burial ground are restricted from erecting or making the same , or any part thereof , within three hun- dred yards of any house of the annual value of fifty pounds , or having a plantation or ornamental garden or pleasure ground occupied therewith , except with the con- sent of the owner , lessee and occupier thereof in writing .

===== PAGE seq 187 =====

HOUSE OF LORDS . 189 



A 



F 



189 [ formerly 227 ] 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- ment assembled , - 



within limit- 



1. That in case the work intended to be carried into If work not effect under the authority of any bill shall not have been completed completed , so as to answer the object of such bill , within a ed time time to be limited , all the powers aud authorities thereby powers to given shall thenceforth cease and determine , save only as cease . to so much of such work as shall have been completed within such time , with such provisions and qualifications as the nature of the case shall require . 

2. That where the level of any road shall be altered in Level of making any public work , the ascent of any turnpike road , Roads . or of any road in Ireland so defined in the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act , 1845 , shall not be more than one foot in thirty feet , and of any other public carriage road not more than one foot in twenty feet ; and that a good and sufficient fence of four feet high at the least shall Fence to be made on each side of every bridge which shall be Bridges . erected ; and with regard to railways the same regulation shall be enforced , unless a report from some officer of the commissioners of railways shall be laid before the com- mittee on the bill , recommending that steeper ascents than the above may be allowed , with the reasons and facts upon which such opinion is founded , and the committee shall report in favour of such recommendation . 



Level by 



3. That no railway whereon carriages are propelled by Crossing of steam or by atmospheric agency , or drawn by ropes in con- Roads on a nexion with a stationary steam engine , shall be made across Railway . any turnpike road or other public carriageway on the level , unless the committee on the bill report that such a restric- tion ought not to be enforced , with the reasons and facts upon which their opinion is founded . 



Directors in 



4. That in every railway bill there be inserted a clause to Election of enact " That the directors appointed by this act shall con- Railway tinue in office until the first Ordinary Meeting to be held Companies , after the passing of the act , and at such meeting the share- holders present , personally or by proxy , may either continue in office the directors appointed by this act , or any number of them , or may elect a new body of directors , or directors to supply the places of those not continued in office , the direc- tors appointed by this act being eligible as members of such new body . " 



No Interest 



5. That a clause shall be inserted in every railway bill , to be paid on 



Calls under 



prohibiting the payment of any interest or dividend in re- Railway 



K 



Bills .

===== PAGE seq 188 =====

190 STANDING ORDERS OF THE 



Deposits not 



spect of calls under such bill ( except the interest by way of discount on subscriptions prepaid , agreeably to 8th Vict . c . 16 , s . 24 ) , out of any capital which they have been autho- rized to raise , either by means of calls , or of any power of borrowing . 

6. That a clause shall be inserted in every railway bill , to be paid out prohibiting any railway company from paying , out of the 



of Railway Capital . 



Restrictions as to Mort- gage in Rail- way Bills . 



Amalgama- tions . 



No Powers 



capital which they have been authorized to raise for the purposes of any existing act , the deposits required by the Standing Orders to be made for the purposes of any appli- cation to parliament for a bill for the construction of an- other railway . 

7. That in the case of a railway bill no company shall be authorized to raise , by loan or mortgage , a larger sum than one third of their capital ; and that until fifty per cent . on the whole of the capital shall have been paid up it shall not be in the power of the company to raise any money by loan or mortgage . 

8. That no powers of purchase , sale , lease , or amalga- mation shall be contained in any bill for the construction of a railway . 

9. That no powers of purchase , sale , lease or amalgama- of Purchase , tion shall be given to any railway company , with reference given , except to any other undertaking already authorized by any act or 



& c . to be 



after Proof of certain matters be- 

Trade , & c . 



acts , nor to any other incorporated company , with reference to any railway , unless , previously to the application to Par- fore Board of liament for such purpose , the several companies who may be parties to such purchase , sale , lease or amalgamation shall have proved , to the satisfaction of the commissioners of railways , that they have respectively paid up one half of the capital authorized to be raised by any previous act or acts by means of shares , and have expended for the pur- pose of such act or acts a sum equal thereto ; and in case such powers shall be applied for in respect of works intended to be authorized by any bill or bills of the same session , it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the commissioners of railways that such companies have respectively paid up one half the amount of their capital , and that the company pro- posed to be empowered to construct such works have in- cluded in such amount the capital proposed to be authorized by such bill or bills ; and that no such powers shall be given in respect of works intended to be authorized by any act or acts for which it is intended to apply in any subsequent session .

===== PAGE seq 189 =====

HOUSE OF LORDS . 191 



11 



1 



Interest or 



10. That no railway company shall be authorized , except Company not for the execution of its original line or lines sanctioned by to guarantee Act of Parliament , to guarantee interest on any shares which Dividend be- it may issue for creating additional capital , or to guarantee fore Comple- any rent or dividend to any other railway company , until tion of Line . such first - mentioned company shall have completed and opened for traffic such original lines . 

11. That in bills for the amalgamation of railway com- Limitation of Capital on panies , the amount of capital created by such amalgama- Amalgama- tion shall in no case exceed the sum of the capitals of the tion . 



companies so amalgamated . 



12. That in bills for empowering any railway company Limitation of to purchase any other railway , no addition shall be autho- Capital on purchase of rized to be made to the capital of the purchasing company Railways . beyond the amount of the capital of the railway purchased ; and in case such railway shall be purchased at a premium , no addition on account of such premium shall be made to the capital of the purchasing company . 



of 



13. That in case of railway bills , if any report , made Reports of under the authority of the commissioners of railways upon Trade to be any bill or the objects thereof , be laid before the House , referred to such report shall be referred to the committee on the bill . Committee . 



FURTHER STANDING ORDERS . 190 [ formerly 228 ] 

Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- ment assembled , - 

1. That all private bills in which any amendments shall Amended have been made in the committee shall be reprinted as reprinted . amended previously to the third reading , unless the chair- man of the committee shall certify that the reprinting of such bill is unnecessary . 



order 

and be 



2. That in case any proprietor in any company shall , by Proprietors himself or any person authorized to act for him in that be- dissenting at half , have dissented at any meeting called in pursuance of undting the first section of the aforesaid Standing Order , No. 223 , 223 , may pe- such proprietor shall be permitted , on petitioning the House , heard against to be heard by the committee on Standing Orders on the a Bill . compliance with the Standing Orders , by himself , his agents , and witnesses , or by the committee on the proposed bill , by himself , his counsel or agents , and witnesses . 



к 2

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192 STANDING ORDERS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS 



To what 



3. That the Standing Orders with respect to the com- opposed Bills mittee on Standing Orders and to committees on opposed to the Stand- bills of the two classes above mentioned be extended and 



the Orders as 



ing Order Committee 

and as to 

opposed Bills are applica- ble . 



Statement to 



where power 



applicable to all opposed bills , except estate bills , name bills , naturalization and divorce bills . 



DIE LUNÆ , 9 MAI , 1853 . 

191 [ New Order ] . 



Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- be deposited ment assembled , that before the first reading of any bill for is sought to making any work , in the construction of which compulsory take Houses power is sought to take thirty houses or more inhabited by inhabited by the labouring classes in any one parish or place , the pro- 



the labouring Classes . 



Powers to 

lend Money on the secи- 

rity of Land for the pur- 



poses of Im- provement . 



moters be required to deposit in the office of the clerk of the parliaments a statement of the number , description , and situation of the said houses , the number ( so far as they can be estimated ) of persons to be displaced , and whether any and what provision is made in the bill for remedying the inconvenience likely to arise from such displacement . 

DIE VENERIS , 12 AUGUSTI , 1853 . 192 [ New Order . ] 

Ordered , by the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parlia- ment assembled , that every private bill by which powers are taken by any company or association to lend money on the security of land for the purposes of improvement , and to obtain securities for the same , which the borrowers could not grant without the authority of Parliament , shall be re- ferred to a select committee , and the bill , as reported , shall be printed and circulated before any further stage shall be taken thereon .

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APPENDIX . 



FORM referred to in STANDING ORDER NO . 181 , Section 1 . 



( Α . ) 



No. 



SIR , 



We beg to inform you , that application is intended to be made to parliament in the ensuing session for " An Act " [ here insert the title of the act ] , and that the property mentioned in the annexed schedule , or some part thereof , in which we understand you are interested as therein stated , will be required for the purposes of the said under- taking , according to the line thereof as at present laid out , or may be required to be taken under the usual powers of deviation to the extent of yards on either side of the said line , which will be applied for in the said act , and will be passed through in the manner mentioned in such schedule . 

We also beg to inform you , that a plan and section of the said undertaking , with a book of reference thereto , have been or will be deposited with the [ several clerks of the peace , or principal sheriff clerks , as the case may be , of the counties of [ specify the counties in which the property is situate , ] on or before the 30th of November , and that copies of so much of the said plan and section as relates to the [ parish or extra - parochial place , as the case may be ] , in which your property is situate , with a book of reference thereto , have been or will be deposited for public inspection with the [ clerk of the said parish , clerk of the parish of - adjoining to such extra - parochial place , school- master of the parish , session clerk , town clerk of the royal burgh , or the clerk of the union in which such parish is included , as the case may be , ] on or before the 30th day of November , on which plans your pro- perty is designated by the numbers set forth in the annexed schedule . 

As we are required to report to parliament whether you assent to or dissent from the proposed undertaking , or whether you are neuter in respect thereto , you will oblige us by writing your answer of assent , dissent or neutrality in the form left herewith , and returning the same to us with your signature on or before the day of- next ; and if there should be any error or misdescription in the annexed schedule , we shall feel obliged by your informing us thereof at your earliest convenience , that we may correct the same without delay . 



We are , Sir , 



To 



Your most obedient Servants , 



Note . If the application be forwarded by post , the words " Parliamentary Notice " are to be printed or written on the cover .

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194 APPENDIX . 



Schedule referred to in the foregoing Notice , Describing the Property therein alluded to , and the Manner in which the Line of the proposed Work , as delineated upon the Plan and Section , will affect the same . 



Property in the Line of Parish , Township , Number 



Description . Owner . on 



the proposed Work , as at present laid out ( including Property any part of which is within Eleven Yards or thereabouts of the centre Line of such proposed Work as de- lineated upon the Plan ) . 

Townland , or extra - parochial Place . 

Plans . 



Lessee . Occupier . 



Description of the Sec- tion of the Line deposit- ed , showing the greatest Height of Embankment and Depth of Cutting where the Property is in- tersected by the centre Line of the proposed Work . 



Property within the Limits of the De- viation intended to be applied for . 



on Description . Owner . Lessee . Occupier . 



Parish , Township , Number Townland , or extra - parochial Place . 



Plans . 



Note . Where the Property is not intersected by the centre Line , the Description of the Section is not given in the last Column .

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APPENDIX . 195 



RESOLUTIONS RESPECTING APPOINTMENT OF EXAMINERS FOR STANDING ORDERS . 



DIE JOVIS , 3 AUGUSTI , 1854 . 



That there shall be one or more officers of this House , to be called " The Examiners for Standing Orders , " who shall examine into certain facts required to be proved before the Standing Order Committee ; the evidence produced before any such examiner by the promoters of any Bill , before the same shall come up to this House , as to compliance with the Standing Orders required to be proved before the Standing Order Committee , and as to any default connected therewith , shall be examined into by him , and certified under his hand , and transmitted , sealed up , to the Clerk of the Parliaments ; and the evidence so taken shall be re- ceived by the Standing Order Committee as if the same had been given before such Committee , except on any point in respect of which a petition complaining of non - com- pliance with the Standing Orders shall have been referred to the said Committee , or on which the Committee shall require further evidence , in which cases the point in ques- tion shall be inquired into , and evidence taken thereon before the said Committtee . 



DIE VENERIS , 25 JULII , 1856 . 

That Samuel Smith , Esquire , and Charles Frere , Esquire , be appointed Examiners for Standing Orders for the ensuing Session .

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INDEX 



TO 



LORDS ' STANDING ORDERS . 



The Figures refer to the number of the Standing Order , the section of such Order to which reference is made , and the page at which it will be found . 



ABERDEEN - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 181 , s . 3 , p . 172 . 

Acts - Bills for continuing or amending , where no further work than such as was authorized by a former act is proposed to be made , included in the first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . 

The intention to apply for powers to amend or repeal any , to be stated in the notices , 180 , s . 1 , p . 169 . 

ADJOURNMENT OF COMMITTEES - Committees on bills not to adjourn earlier than four o'clock without specially reporting the cause thereof to the House , nor adjourn over any days except Saturday and Sunday , Christmas Day and Good Friday , without leave of the House , 178 , s . 15 , p . 165 . 

ADMIRALTY - Deposit at the , of plans and sections of works on tidal lands , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 3 , p . 174 . Deposit at the , of copy of Gazette notice , 182 , s . 8 , p . 175 . ADVERTISEMENT - The whole of the notice relating to the bill to be included in the , which is to be headed by a short title descriptive of the undertaking or bill , 180 , s . 1 , p . 169 . 

The , convening a special meeting of the proprietors of a company already constituted by Act of Parliament , applying for certain additional powers , to be inserted for two consecutive weeks in a morning newspaper published in London , Edinburgh or Dublin , and in a newspaper of each county in which the prin- cipal offices of the company are situate , 185 , s . 1 , p . 184 . 



See Notices . 



ALIENS - Bills for naturalizing , not to be read a second time without a certificate being produced from one of the principal secretaries of state touching the petitioner's conduct , 170 , p . 161 . 

ALTERATIONS IN WORKS - Plans and sections of , with books of reference , to be deposited with clerks of the peace , parish clerks , & c . , and notices of , to be published for three successive weeks , previously to the introduction of the bill , and application made to the owners , lessees and occupiers of lands , and their consent proved , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . 



K 3

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198 INDEX TO THE 



ALTERATIONS IN WORKS - continued . 

Plans and sections showing any variation , extension or en-- largement proposed to be made , to be deposited in the office of the clerk of the Parliaments previous to the bill being brought from the Commons , 182 , s . 14 , p . 177 . 

ALTERNATIVE LINE OR WORK - will not in any case be permitted 



on the plans , 183 , s . 1 , p . 179 . 



AMALGAMATION - The intention to apply for powers to authorize , or the purchase , sale or lease of any undertaking , to be specified in the notices , 180 , s . 1 , p . 169 . 

A bill containing powers of , to be approved of by proprietors holding at least three - fourths of the paid - up capital of the com- pany represented at a meeting specially convened for the purpose in the prescribed manner , 185 , scribed 

s . 1 , p . 184 . No powers of purchase , sale , lease or amalgamation , to be contained in any bill for the construction of a railway , 189 , s . 8 , p . 190 . 

No powers of , to be given to any company until one - half of their capital has been paid up and expended , 189 , s . 9 , p . 190 . The capital of amalgamated companies not to exceed the capitals of the companies so amalgamated , 189 , s . 11 , p . 191 . 

No addition to be made to the capital of a company pur- chasing a railway , beyond the amount of the capital of the rail- way purchased , 189 , s . 12 , p . 191 . 

AMENDMENTS - Bills in which any , have been made in the com- mittee , to be reprinted previously to the third reading , unless the chairman of the committee shall certify that such reprinting is unnecessary , 190 , s . 1 , p . 191 . 

AMENDMENTS TO ESTATE BILLS , & c . - Upon all reports made from committees of , the lord that makes the report to explain the effect and coherence of each amendment , and on the clerk's second reading thereof , the lord on the woolsack to do the same , 47 , p . 150 . 

AMENDMENTS OR CLAUSES - not to be moved to any bill on the re- port or third reading , unless the same has been submitted to the chairman of committees , and printed copies thereof deposited with the clerk of the Parliaments , at least one clear day pre- viously , 179 , s . 6 , p . 168 . 

APPLICATION TO OWNERS , & c . See Notices . APPOINTMENT - of Standing Order Committee , 178 , s . 1 , p . 164 . of committee on opposed bills , 178 , s . 14 , p . 165 . APPRENTICESHIP - Bills altering the laws of , in relation to any par- ticular business , not to be read a second time , until a select committee has reported thereon , 175 , p . 160 . 

AQUEDUCTS - Bills relating to , included in second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . 

The notices to contain the name of every existing aqueduct , & c . , the waters supplying which will be diverted into any in- tended aqueduct , & c . , 180 , s . 3 , p . 169 . 

The plan to describe the brooks and streams to be directly diverted into , 183 , s . 2 , p . 179 . 

- Notices to be given to the owners , lessees and occupiers of

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LORDS ' STANDING ORDERS . 199 



AQUEDUCTS - continued . 



mills and manufactories , or other works using any stream from which water is proposed to be abstracted , 181 , s . 2 , p . 171 . 

ARCHES - The height and span of , of all bridges and viaducts , to be marked on the section of a railway at every crossing of a road , navigation or railway , 183 , s . 10 , p . 180 . 

ARCHWAYS - Bills relating to , included in second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . ASSENT TO BILLS . See Consents . ASSENTS , DISSENTS AND NEUTERS - Lists of , to be made , 181 , s . 5 , p . 172 . 

Lists of , to be deposited in the Parliament Office on or before the day on which the bill shall be read a first time , 182 , s . 9 , p . 175 . 

ATHLONE - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 181 , s . 3 , p . 172 . 

ATTORNEY - GENERAL - Notice to , of bills relating to charities , and report thereon , 179 , s . 3 , p . 167 . 

BELFAST - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 181 , s . 3 , p . 172 . 

BILL - The whole of the notice relating to the , to be included in the same advertisement , which is to be headed by a short title de- scriptive of the undertaking or bill , 180 , s . 1 , p . 169 . 

to be brought in by petition , 139 , p . 148 . 

Printed copies of , to be left with the clerk of the Parliaments previous to the second reading , and one copy to be delivered to every person concerned therein , previous to the meeting of the committee thereupon , 145 , p . 148 . 

not to be read before hearing of causes , 146 , p . 148 . All parties concerned in the consequences of , to sign the petition for leave to bring in , 140 , p . 149 . 

brought from the House of Commons relative to estates , to be referred to two of the judges for their opinion before the second reading , 141 , p . 149 . 

brought from the House of Commons relative to estates in Scotland or Ireland , before the second reading , to be referred to two judges in Scotland or Ireland , 160 , p . 152 , and 165 , р . 158 . Copy of petition for , and of judges ' report thereupon , to be delivered to the chairman of committees before the first reading , 142 , p . 160 . 

for dissolving a marriage for the cause of adultery , not to be received without a clause prohibiting the offending parties from marrying , 173 , p . 161 . 

regulating the conduct of any trade , altering the laws of apprenticeship in relation to any particular business , affixing marks to designate the quality of any manufacture , prohibiting the manufacture of any species of commodity , or extending the term of any patent , before the second reading , to be referred to a select committee , 175 , p . 161 . 

enacting and declaring that certain persons shall form a body politic and corporate , who shall only be bound to the extent of their respective shares , or granting to the same the privilege of

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200 INDEX TO THE 



BILL - continued . 



- 



a perpetual succession and a common seal , or the right of suing and being sued , & c . , after the first reading to be referred to a select committee , and not to be read a second time until such committee have reported that three - fourths of the capital of the company is deposited in the Bank of England , & c . , in the names of trustees , 176 , p . 162 , or in the case of chartered companies , that three - fourths of the capital has been paid up by the indi- vidual proprietors , 177 , p . 162 . 

containing powers to take thirty or more houses inhabited by the labouring classes in any one place not to be read a first time until statement deposited in the Parliament Office of the parti- culars of such houses , and the number of persons to be displaced , and what provision is made for remedying the inconvenience , 191 , p . 192 . 

of divorce not to be read a second time until a report of the proceedings on the trial at Nisi Prius , or writ of inquiry ( if any ) , has been transmitted to the clerk assistant , to be laid on the table of the House , 174 , p . 163 . 

An estimate of the expense of the undertaking under each , of the second class to be made , and a subscription contract entered into to three - fourths the amount of such estimate , 184 , s . 1 , p . 182 . 

to be referred to the Standing Order Committee previous to the second reading , 178 , s . 3 , p . 164 . 

Petitions complaining of a non - compliance with the Standing Orders , to be presented on or before the second sitting day after the introduction of , except in the case of Lords ' bills not referred to the judges or approved by the Court of Chancery , when the petition may be presented on or before the sixth sitting day after the first reading , 178 , s . 4 , p . 164 . 

Petitions against , to be presented on or before the second sitting day after the day on which the bill has been reported from the Standing Order Committee , except in the case of Lords ' bills not referred to the judges , or approved by the Court of Chancery , when the petition may be presented on or before the fifth sitting day after the bill has been reported from the Standing Order Committee , 179 , ss . 1 , 2 , p . 167 . 

- not to be read a second time before the third day on which the House shall sit after the day on which the bill has been reported from the Standing Order Committee , 179 , s . 4 , p . 168 . 

to grant to a company already constituted by Act of Parlia- ment , certain additional powers , to be submitted to a special meeting of proprietors , and approved of by proprietors holding at least three - fourths of the paid up capital represented at such meeting , 185 , s . 1 , p . 184 . 

relating to charities , not to be read a second time until the Attorney - General has reported thereon , 179 , 3 , p . 167 . - relating to railways , copies of , to be deposited with the Board of Trade , 182 , s . 12 , p . 176 . 

to be reprinted as amended in committee previously to the

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LORDS ' STANDING ORDERS . 201 



BILL - continued . 



third reading , unless the chairman certifies that the reprinting of such bill is unnecessary , 190 , s . 1 , p . 191 , 

No amendment to be moved to the , on the report or third reading , unless the same has been submitted to the chairman of committees and printed copies deposited in the Parliament Office one clear day at least previous thereto , 179 , s . 6 , p . 168 . - not to be recommitted before the third sitting day after the day on which notice has been given of the motion for recom- mittal , 179 , s . 5 , p . 168 . 

The powers and authorities given by , to cease and determine in case the works intended to be carried into effect are not com- pleted within a time to be limited , save only as to so much of such works as have been completed , 189 , s . 1 , p . 189 . 

by which powers are taken to lend money on the security of land for the purposes of improvement , as reported , to be printed and circulated before any further stage be taken thereon , 192 , p . 192 . 

BIRMINGHAM - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 181 , s . 3 , p . 172 . 

BLANK FORM OF PROXY - to be enclosed in the circular convening a meeting of the proprietors of an incorporated company to con- sider a bill before Parliament , unless a general meeting of the company have previously determined that a stamped proxy shall be sent to each proprietor , 185 , s . 1 , p . 184 . 

BOARD OF TRADE . - Deposit with the , in the case of railway bills , of a copy of the plans , sections , and books of reference , together with a published map , with the line of railway delineated thereon , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 5 , p . 175 . 

Deposit with the , of copy of Gazette notice , 182 , s . 8 , p . 175 . Deposit with the , of copy of railway bill , as brought into the House , one day at least before the bill is considered in the Standing Order committee , and as amended in the committee , three days before the third reading , 182 , s . 12 , p . 176 . 

may recommend , where the level of any road may be altered in making a railway , that steeper ascents be allowed than are prescribed by the Standing Orders , 189 , s . 2 , p . 189 . 

Railway companies applying for powers of amalgamation , & c . , to prove to the , that one - half of their capital has been paid up and expended , 189 , s . 9 , p . 190 . 

The reports of the , on any railway bill , or the objects thereof , to be referred to the committee on the bill , 189 , s . 13 , p . 191 . BOOK OF REFERENCE - Time and place of deposit of , to be stated in the notices , 180 , s . 2 , p . 169 . 

to contain the names of the owners , lessees and occupiers of lands and houses in the line of the proposed work , or within the limits of deviation , and to describe such lands and houses respectively , 183 , s . 5 , p . 180 . 

Deposit of , with clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , ss . 1 , 2 , p . 174 . 

Deposit of , in the case of railways , with the Board of Trade , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 5 , p . 175 .

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202 INDEX TO THE 



BOOK OF REFERENCE - continued . 

Deposit of , with parish clerks , schoolmasters , session clerks , town clerks , or clerks of unions , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 7 , p . 175 . 

Deposit of , in Parliament Office , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 6 , p . 175 . 

Deposit with , of copy of Gazette notice , 182 , s . 8 , p . 175 . 

Where alterations have been made in any work , to be de- posited with clerks of the peace , parish clerks , & c . , one month previously to the introduction of the bill into the House , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . 

BRANCHES , EXTENSIONS , OR NEW WORKS - When existing railway companies apply for powers to raise additional capital for the purpose of constructing , a subscription contract to be entered into , 184 , s . 5 , p . 182 . 

BRIDGES - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . 

A fence of four feet high at the least to be made to , erected in making any public work , 189 , s . 2 , p . 189 . 

The height and span of every arch of , to be marked on the section of railways at every crossing of a road , & c . , 183 , s . 10 , p . 180 . 

BRISTOL - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 181 , s . 3 , p . 172 . 

BROOKS AND STREAMS - to be directly diverted into an intended cut , canal , & c . , to be described on the plan , 183 , s . 2 , p . 179 . 

When it is proposed to abstract water from , for supplying any cut , canal , reservoir , aqueduct , navigation or water work , notice to be given to the owners , lessees and occupiers of mills and manufactories or other works using the waters thereof , 181 , s . 2 , p . 171 . 

BUILDINGS , & c . - Additional plan of , on enlarged scale , to be de- posited with plans , 183 , s . 1 , p . 179 . 

BURIAL GROUNDS - Bills for making , maintaining , or altering , in- cluded in the first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . 

The notices to specify the limits within which the , are in- tended to be erected or made , 180 , s . 4 , p . 170 . 

Notice to be given to owners , lessees and occupiers of every dwelling - house within three hundred yards of limits of , on or before the 15th day of December , 181 , s . 6 , p . 172 . 

Bills respecting , not to be read a third time unless containing a provision restricting the same from being made within three hundred yards of any house of the annual value of 50l . , or having a plantation , or ornamental garden , or pleasure ground occupied therewith , except with the consent of the owner , lessee and occupier thereof in writing , 188 , p . 188 . 

CALLS ON RAILWAY SHARES - The payment of any interest or divi- dend in respect of , out of capital to be prohibited , 189 , s . 5 , p . 189 . 

CANALS - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . 

The notices to contain the name of every existing canal , & c . ,

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F 



1 



CANALS - continued . 



the waters supplying which will be diverted into any intended canal , & c . , 180 , s . 3 , p . 169 . 

The plan to describe the brooks and streams to be directly diverted into , 183 , s . 2 , p . 179 . 

Notice to be given to the owners , lessees and occupiers of mills and manufactories , or other works , using any stream from which water is proposed to be abstracted , 181 , s . 2 , p . 171 . 

The course of any diversion and the extent of any widening or narrowing of , to be marked on the plan of a railway , 183 , s . 4 , p . 180 . 

The height of a railway over , or depth under , the surface of , and the height and span of every arch by by which the railway will be carried over the same , to be marked in figures on the section of railways at every crossing thereof , 183 , s . 10 , p . 180 . 

If the water level of , to be crossed by a railway , be intended to be altered , such alteration to be stated on the section , and the present and intended surface shown thereon , 183 , s . 11 , p . 181 . Order specially relating to , 183 , s . 10 , p . 181 . 

CAPITAL - Before the second reading of bills relating to certain joint stock companies , a select committee to report that three - fourths of the , of the company is deposited in the Bank of England , & c . , in the name of trustees , 176 , p . 162 ; -or in the case of chartered companies , that three - fourths of the , has been paid up by the individual proprietors , 177 , p . 162 . 

CAPITAL OF RAILWAY COMPANIES - Interest on calls not to be paid out of the , 189 , s . 5 , p . 189 . 

In all cases of applications for powers to raise , for new works , a subscription contract to be entered into , 184 , s . 5 , p . 182 . The deposits required by the Standing Orders not to be paid out of the , raised under any existing act , 189 , s . 6 , p . 190 . 

One - half of the , to be paid up and expended by companies , previously to their applying for any powers of purchase , sale , lease , or amalgamation , 189 , s . 9 , p . 190 . 

Limitation of , on the amalgamation of railway companies , 189 , ss . 10 to 12 , p . 191 . 

CAUSES -- Bills not to be read before the hearing of , 146 , p . 148 . CEMETERY . See Burial Grounds . 

CERTIFICATE - A , from one of the principal secretaries of state respecting the conduct of the petitioner for a naturalization bill , to be produced before the second reading , 170 , p . 161 . CHAIRMAN - Committees upon opposed bills to choose their own , 178 , s . 9 , p . 165 . 

Bills as amended in committee , to be reprinted previously to the third reading unless the , shall certify that the reprinting of such bill is unnecessary , 190 , s . 1 , p . 191 . 

CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES - Copy of petition for bill , and of the report of the judges thereupon , to be delivered to the , before the first reading , 142 , p . 160 . 

to be always chairman of standing order committee , 178 , s . 1 , p . 164 . 

The , and four other lords to be named by the House , to select

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CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES - continued . 



- 



and propose to the House the names of the five lords to form the committee on each opposed bill , 178 , s . 14 , p . 165 . 

may report his opinion that any unopposed bill be proceeded with as an opposed bill , 178 , s . 17 , p . 166 . 

Amendments and clauses proposed to be added to any bill on the report or the third reading , to be submitted to the , at least one clear day previously , 179 , s . 6 , p . 168 . 

CHARITIES - Trustees of , may consent to bills , by signing a printed copy of the bill , in the presence of a witness , 149 , p . 147 . 



- 



Notice of bills relating to , to be given to Attorney - General , who is to report thereon previous to the second reading , 179 , s . 3 , p . 167 . 

CHARITABLE PROPERTY . See Crown Property . CHARTERS - Bills enlarging or altering the powers of , included in the first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . CHILDREN - The consent of , to bills relating to estates , if under age , to be by parents or guardians ; if of age , then by their trustees , as well as their personal consent , 153 , p . 155 . 

CHRISTMAS DAY - Notices given , or applications or deposits made on , will not be deemed valid , 181 , s . 8 , p . 173 ; 182 , s . 15 , p . 178 . CHURCHES OR CHAPELS - Bills for building , enlarging , repairing , or maintaining , included in the first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . 

CHURCH PROPERTY . See Crown Property . 

CITIES OR TOWNS - Bills for paving , lighting , watching , cleansing , or improving , included in the first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . In the case of bills specially relating to , the notices to be inserted for three successive weeks in some one and the same newspaper published therein , 180 , s . 5 , p . 170 . CLASSES OF BILLS - Enumeration of , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . CLAUSES . See Amendments . 

CLEANSING OF CITIES OR TOWNS - Bills for , included in the first 



class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . 



CLERK ASSISTANT - Divorce bills not to be read a second time until a report of the proceedings on the trial at Nisi Prius , or writ of inquiry ( if any ) , has been transmitted to the , to be laid on the table of the House , 174 , p . 163 . 

CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENTS - Printed copies of bills to be left with the , previous to the second reading , 145 , p . 148 . 



- 



Printed copies of amendments , and clauses proposed to be added to any bill on the report or the third reading , to be depo- sited with the , at least one clear day previously , 179 , s . 6 , p . 168 . 

Deposit of plans , sections , and books of reference in the office of the , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 6 , p . 175 . 

Deposit of estimates and declarations , and lists of owners , lessees , and occupiers , in the office of the , on or before the day on which the bill to which they relate shall be read a first time , 182 , s . 9 , p . 175 . 

Deposit of plan and section in the office of the , showing any variation , extension , or enlargement proposed to be made , pre-

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CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENTS - continued . 



vious to the bill being brought from the commons , 182 , s . 14 , p . 177 . 

Deposit of printed copies of subscription contract , or of de- claration and estimate of rates , in the office of the , previous to the second reading of the bill , 182 , s . 11 , p . 176 . 

Deposit with the , of certain statements required to be made in the case of road , canal , railway , and dock bills , after the first reading , and previously to any further proceedings thereon , 182 , s . 10 , p . 175 . 

Deposit with the , of copy of Gazette notice , 182 , s . 8 , p . 175 . Deposit of statements with the , before the first reading of a bill containing powers to take thirty or more houses inhabited by the labouring classes in any one parish , 191 , p . 192 . 

- The evidence produced before any examiner , as to compliance with the Standing Orders in the case of any bill , to be trans- mitted sealed up to the - Resolution , p . 195 . 

CLERKS OF THE PEACE - Deposit of plans , sections , and books of reference with , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 1 , p . 174 . 

to mark in writing upon the plans , & c . , denoting the time at which they were lodged , 182 , s . 2 , p . 174 . 

- Deposit with , of plans and sections of alterations in works , with book of reference thereto , one month previously to the in- troduction of the bill , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . 

Deposit with , of copy of Gazette notice , 182 , s . 8 , p . 175 . - Deposit with , in the case of railways , of a published map , with the line of railway delineated thereon , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 4 , p . 174 . 

CLERKS OF UNIONS IN IRELAND - Deposit with , of plans , sections , and books of reference , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 7 , p . 175 . 

- Deposit with , of plans and sections of alterations in works , with book of reference thereto , one month previously to the in- troduction of the bill into the House , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . 

Deposit with , of copy of the Gazette notice , 182 , s . 8 , p . 175 . COMMITTEE ON ESTATE BILLS - not to sit until ten days after the bill has been read a second time , 147 , p . 147 . 

not to notice the consent of any person ( except trustees for a charity ) to a bill unless such person appear before them , or an affidavit of disability be made , 148 , p . 147 . 

- The consent of trustees for charitable purposes may be given to a bill by such trustees signing a printed copy of the bill in the presence of a witness , 149 , p . 147 . 

Before the meeting of the , a printed copy of the bill to be delivered to every person concerned therein , 145 , p . 148 . Where trustees are appointed by any bill , they are to appear personally before the , and accept the trust , 143 , p . 149 . 

Copy of the Standing Orders relative to private bills to be transmitted to the , 144 , p . 150 . 

Duty of the , in the case of bills for selling lands , and pur-

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chasing other lands to be settled in lieu thereof , 159 , p . 150 ; in Scotland , 163 , p . 156 ; in Ireland , 168 , p . 159 . 

In the case of a bill relating to estates in Scotland or Ireland , the production of a certificate of the two judges to whom the bill was referred , and of a printed copy of the bill , signed by the parties , to be held as sufficient evidence of the consent of such persons , 161 , p . 152 , and 166 , p . 158 . 

COMMITTEE ON STANDING ORDERS to be appointed at the com- mencement of every session , and to consist of forty lords , besides the chairman of committees , who is to be always chairman of the committee , 178 , s . 1 , p . 164 . 

Three lords , including the chairman , to be a quorum of the , 178 , s . 2 , p . 164 . 

Previous to the second reading of any bill , the compliance with the Standing Orders to be proved before the , 178 , s . 3 , p . 164 . 

Three clear days ' notice to be given of the meeting of the , 178 , s . 6 , p . 165 . 

One day before a railway bill is considered in the , a copy of such bill to be deposited in the office of the Board of Trade , 182 , s . 12 , p . 176 . 

Any parties may appear and be heard upon any petition re- ferred to the , complaining of a non - compliance with the Stand- ing Orders , provided the matter complained of be specifically stated , and that it be presented on or before the second sitting day after the introduction of the bill , or in the case of Lords ' bills not referred to the judges or approved by the Court of Chancery , on or before the sixth sitting day after the first read- ing , 178 , s . 4 , p . 164 . 

Any proprietor of a company already constituted by Act of Parliament applying for certain additional powers , who dis- sented at the meeting of the company to whom the proposed bill was submitted , may , on petitioning the House , be heard before the , 190 , s . 2 , p . 191 . 

The service of notices to the owners , lessees , and occupiers of lands may be proved before the , by the written acknowledg . ment of the party applied to , or by the production of the post office receipt for the registered letter in which the same were forwarded , 181 , s . 4 , p . 172 . 

to report whether the Standing Orders have been complied with , and if not complied with , to state the facts upon which their decision is founded , and any special circumstances , and also their opinion as to the propriety of dispensing with any of the Standing Orders in such case , 178 , s . 5 , р . 164 . 

To require proof that persons whose names are introduced in a bill as directors , & c . , have subscribed their names to the peti- tion , or to a printed copy of the bill , 185 , s . 2 , p . 185 . 

Petitions praying to be heard upon the merits against any bill to be presented on or before the second sitting day , or in the case of Lords ' bills not referred to the judges or approved by the Court of Chancery , on or before the fifth sitting day , after

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the day on which the bill has been reported from the , 179 , ss . 1 , 2 , p . 167 . 

The bill not to be read a second time before the third sitting day after the day on which the bill has been reported from the , 179 , s . 4 , p . 168 . 

The committee on the bill not to examine into the compli- ance with the Standing Orders , the compliance with which is required to be proved before the , 178 , s . 7 , p . 165 . 

Standing Orders , the compliance with which must be proved before the , 180 to 185 , pp . 169 to 185 . 

to receive the evidence produced before any examiner by the promoters of a bill , as if the same had been given before the com- mittee , except on any point on which they shall require further evidence - Resolution , p . 195 . 

COMMITTEE ON THE BILL - Standing Orders , the compliance with which must be proved before the , 186 to 189 , pp . 186 to 191 . COMMITTEE ON OPPOSED BILLS - in each case , to be selected and proposed to the House by the chairman of committees and four other lords to be appointed a committee for that purpose , 178 , s . 14 , p . 165 . 

Lords to be exempted from serving on , wherein they have any interest , 178 , s . 12 , p . 165 . 

Lords to be excused from serving on the , for any special reasons , to be approved of by the House , 178 , s . 13 , p . 165 . to choose their own chairman , 178 , s . 9 , p . 165 . Every member of the , to attend the proceedings during the whole continuance thereof , 178 , s . 10 , p . 165 . 

to meet not later than eleven o'clock every morning , and sit till four , and not to adjourn at an earlier hour without specially reporting the cause thereof to the House at its next meeting , nor adjourn over any days except Saturday and Sunday , Christ- mas - day and Good Friday , without leave of the House , 178 , s . 15 , p . 165 . 

If any member is prevented from continuing his attendance , the , to adjourn and report the cause thereof to the House if then sitting , or at its next meeting , and not to resume its sit- tings without leave of the House , 178 , s . 16 , p . 166 . 

No lord who is not one of the members of the , to take any part in the proceedings , 178 , s . 11 , p . 165 . 

not to examine into the compliance with the Standing Orders , the compliance with which is required to be proved before the Standing Order Committee , 178 , s . 7 , p . 165 . 

Any proprietor of a company already constituted by Act of Parliament applying for certain additional powers , who dissented at the meeting of the company to whom the proposed bill was submitted , may , on petitioning the House , be heard before the , 190 , s . 2 , p . 191 . 

After the bill has been reported from the , the same in no case to be re - committed before the third sitting day after the day on which notice is given of the motion for re - commitment , 179 , s . 5 , p . 168 .

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COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY BILLS - Reports of the Board of Trade on any bill , or the objects thereof , to be referred to the , 189 , s . 13 , p . 191 . COMMONS . See House of Commons . 

COMMON PLEAS IN IRELAND - Petitions for bills , and bills brought from the House of Commons relative to estates in Ireland , may be referred to two judges of the court of , for their opinion , 165 , p . 158 . 

Two of the judges of the court of , to whom a bill relative to estates in Ireland is referred , may take the consent of persons who reside in Ireland to the passing of such bill , 166 , p . 158 . 

The judges of the court of , not to notice the consent of any person , unless such person appear before them , or an affidavit of disability be made , 167 , p . 158 . 

COMPANIES - Bills incorporating , or giving powers to , included in the first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . 

Orders specially relating to , 176 , p . 162 ; 177 , p . 162 . See Joint - Stock Companies . 

COMPANY - Bills empowering any , to execute , undertake or contri- bute towards any work other than that for which it was originally established , or to sell or lease their undertaking , or to amalga- mate the same with any other undertaking , or to abandon their undertaking , or to dissolve , to be approved of by proprietors holding at least three - fourths of the paid - up capital of the com- pany represented at a meeting specially ally convened for the purpose in the prescribed manner , 185 , s . prescribed 



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Any proprietor of the , who dissented at such meeting , may , on petitioning the House , be heard by the committee on Stand- ing Orders , and by the committee on the bill , 190 , s . 2 , p . 191 . CONSENTS - to estate bills to be personal , or an affidavit of disability made , 148 , p . 147 . 

of trustees for charitable purposes , may be given by such trustees signing a printed copy of the bill , in the presence of a witness , 149 , p . 147 . 

of parties residing in Scotland , to the passing of bills relative to estates in Scotland , may be given before two of the judges of the Court of Session to whom the bill is referred , 161 , p . 152 . 

Proportion of , required to bills relative to estates in Scotland , 164 , p . 153 , 

to bills , where a tenant in tail under age is a promoter or consenting party , and any party entitled in remainder shall withhold his consent , 164 a , p . 154 . 

to bills , where a petitioner is tenant for life , and another tenant in tail , 151 , p . 155 . 

to bills where women have an interest , 152 , p . 155 . 

to bills where children have an interest , 153 , p . 155 . 

of trustees , to be in person where any money is to pass through their hands , whether for jointure , pin money , the fortunes of younger children , & c . , 154 , p . 155 . 

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CONSENTS - continued . 



Court of King's Bench , Common Pleas or Exchequer , in Ire- land , to whom the bill is referred , 166 , p . 158 . 

of owners , lessees and occupiers of lands through which any alteration in a work is proposed to be made , to be proved to the satisfaction of the Standing Order Committee , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . CONTINGENT REMAINDERS - Consent of trustees to preserve , not 

necessary , 154 , p . 155 . CONTRACT . See Subscription Contract . 

COPIES OF ESTIMATE , SUBSCRIPTION CONTRACT , & c . , to be printed and delivered at the office of the clerk of the Parliaments pre- vious to the second reading of the bill , 182 , s . 11 , p . 176 . CORK - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 181 , s . 3 , p . 172 . CORPORATION PROPERTY . See Crown Property . CORPORATIONS - Bills enlarging or altering the powers of , included 

in the first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . COUNTY - Notices to be published in some one and the same news- paper of the , in which the lands , & c . are situate , for three suc- cessive weeks in October or November , 180 , s . 5 , p . 170 . 



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Plans , sections and books of reference to be deposited with the clerks of the peace for every , in or through which the work is to be made , or in Scotland , with the principal sheriff clerk , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 1 , p . 174 . 

Plans and sections of alterations in works , with book of re- ference thereto , to be deposited with the clerks of the peace for every , in which such alteration is proposed to be made , or in Scotland with the principal sheriff clerk , one month previously to the introduction of the bill into the House , and notices pub- lished in the newspaper of the , in which such alterations are situate , for three successive weeks previous to the introduction of the bill , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . 

Special meeting of proprietors of a company applying for certain additional powers , to be convened by advertisement inserted for two consecutive weeks in the newspapers of the , in which the principal offices of the company are situate , 185 , s . 1 , p . 184 . 

COUNTY RATES - Bills respecting , included in the first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . 

COUNTY OR SHIRE HALLS , OR COURT HOUSES - Bills relating to , included in the first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . 

COURT OF CHANCERY - The appointment of new trustees in lieu of any trustee dying , resigning , & c . , to be with the approbation of the , 155 , p . 156 . 



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One - twentieth , or in the case of railway bills , one - tenth part of amount required to be subscribed , to be deposited with the , in England or Ireland , 184 , ss . 8 , 9 , pp . 183 , 184 . 

COURT OF SESSION - Petitions for bills , and bills brought from the House of Commons , relative to estates in Scotland , to be re- ferred to two of the judges of the , 160 , p . 152 . 

Two of the judges of the , to whom a bill relative to estates in Scotland is referred , may take the consent of persons who reside in Scotland , to the passing of such bill , 161 , p . 152 .

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The judges of the , not to notice the consent of any person , unless such person appear before them , or an affidavit of dis- ability be made , 162 , p . 153 . 

CROSS SECTIONS - In the case of railways , to show the present and intended surface of any canal , road , or railway , the inclination of which is proposed to be altered ; and also of public roads crossed on the level , 183 , s . 11 , p . 181 . 

CROWN , CHURCH , OR CORPORATION PROPERTY , OR PROPERTY HELD IN TRUST FOR PUBLIC OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES Bills re- specting , included in the first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . CURVES - In the case of railways , the radius of , not exceeding one mile in length , to be noted on the plan in furlongs and chains , 183 , s . 3 , p . 179 . 

Cuts - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . 

The name of every existing cut , & c . , the waters supplying which will be diverted into an intended cut , & c . , to be stated in the notices , 180 , s . 3 , p . 169 . 

The brooks and streams to be diverted into , to be described on the plans , 183 , s . 2 , p . 179 . 

Notice to be given to owners , lessees , and occupiers of mills and manufactories , or other works using the waters of any stream from which water is proposed to be abstracted , 181 , s . 2 , p . 171 . 

CUTS FOR DRAINAGE - Bills for making , being a new work , where it is not provided in the bill that the same shall not be more than eleven feet width at the bottom , included in the second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . CUTTINGS . See Embankments . 

DATUM HORIZONTAL LINE - to be the same throughout the whole of the work , and to be referred to some fixed point stated in writing on the section , 183 , s . 6 , p . 180 . 

The distances on the , in the case of railways , to be marked in miles and furlongs , and vertical measures to be marked at each change of gradient , 183 , s . 9 , p . 180 . 

DECEMBER - On or before the 15th day of , application in writing to be made to owners , lessees , and occupiers of lands or houses intended to be taken , or if the same be forwarded by post in a registered letter , to be posted on or before the 12th day of , 181 , ss . 1 and 3 , pp . 171 , 172 . 

On or before the 15th day of , notice to be given to the owners , lessees , and occupiers of mills and manufactories , or other works using any stream , from which water is proposed to be abstracted , for supplying any cut , canal , aqueduct , reservoir , navigation or waterwork , 181 , s . 2 , p . 171 . 

On or before the 15th day of , notice to be given to owners , lessees , and occupiers of houses adjoining a burial ground , cemetery or gas works , 181 , s . 6 , p . 172 . 

A return of the names of the owners , or rate - paying occu- piers of any houses situated within 300 yards of the proposed

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works , who , before the 31st day of , have sent to the promoters their dissent , or any written objections to the railway , to be pre- sented after the first reading of a railway bill , and before any further proceedings thereupon , 182 , s . 10 , p . 175 . 

DECLARATION - Cases wherein a , may be substituted in lieu of sub- scription contract , 184 , s . 6 , p . 183 . DECLARATION AND ESTIMATE OF RATES - Cases wherein a , may be substituted in lieu of subscription contract , 184 , s . 7 , p . 183 . 

to be deposited in the office of the clerk of the parliaments on or before the day on which the bill shall be read a first time , 182 , s . 9 , p . 175 . 

Deposit of printed copies of , in the office of the clerk of the parliaments previous to the second reading of the bill , 182 , s . 11 , p . 176 . 

DEPOSITS - made on a Sunday or Christmas Day , or before eight o'clock in the forenoon , or after eight o'clock in the afternoon of any day , will not be valid , 182 , s . 15 , p . 178 . 

of documents required by the Standing Orders , in the office of the clerk of the parliaments on or before the day on which the bill to which they relate shall be read a first time , 182 , s . 9 , p . 175 . 

DEPOSIT OF BILLS - with the clerk of the parliaments , previous to the second reading , 145 , p . 148 . 

-relating to railways , with the Board of Trade , 182 , s . 12 , p . 176 . DEPOSIT OF CLAUSES - or amendments proposed to be moved to any bill on the report or the third reading , with the clerk of the parliaments , at least one clear day previously , 179 , s . 6 , p . 168 . DEPOSIT OF COPY OF GAZETTE NOTICE - with any plans , sections , and books of reference , or parts thereof , that are required to be deposited , 182 , s . 8 , p . 175 . 

DEPOSIT OF EVIDENCE AS TO COMPLIANCE WITH STANDING ORDERS -with the clerk of the parliaments by the examiners for Stand- ing Orders - Resolution , p . 195 . 

DEPOSIT OF PLANS , SECTIONS , AND BOOKS OF REFERENCE - The time and place of , to be stated in the notices , 180 , s . 2 , p . 169 . 

with clerks of the peace , or sheriff clerks , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 1 , p . 174 . 

Time of , with clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks , to be marked in writing thereon , 182 , s . 2 , p . 174 . 

with parish clerks , schoolmasters , session clerks , town clerks , or clerks of unions , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 7 , p . 175 . 

in the office of the clerk of the parliaments , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 6 , p . 175 . 

Of alterations in works , with clerks of the peace , parish clerks , & c . , one month previously to the introduction of the bill into the House , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . 

showing any variation , extension , or enlargement proposed to be made , in the office of the clerk of the parliaments , pre- vious to the bill being brought from the Commons , 182 , s . 14 , p . 177 .

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DEPOSIT OF PLANS , SECTIONS , & C. - continued . 

in the case of railways , with the Board of Trade , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 5 , p . 175 . 

in the case of works on tidal lands , at the Admiralty , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 3 , p . 174 . 

DEPOSIT OF PUBLISHED MAP - with the line of railway delineated thereon , on or before the 30th day of November , with the clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks , 182 , s . 4 , p . 174 . with the Board of Trade , 182 , s . 5 , p . 175 . 

in the office of the clerk of the parliaments , 182 , s . 6 , p . 175 . DEPOSIT OF STATEMENTS - required to be made by the promoters of any road , canal , railway , or dock bills , in the office of the clerk of the parliaments , after the first reading , and before any further proceeding thereupon , 182 , s . 10 , p . 175 . 



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In cases where bills contain powers to take thirty or more houses inhabited by the labouring classes in any one parish , in the Parliament Office , previous to the first reading , 191 , p . 192 . 

DEPOSIT OF SUBSCRIPTIONS - One - twentieth , or in the case of rail- way bills , one - tenth part of amount required to be subscribed , to be deposited with the Court of Chancery in England or Ireland , or with the Court of Exchequer in Scotland , 184 , ss . 8 and 9 , pp . 183 , 184 . 

not to be paid by railway companies out of capital authorized to be raised for the purposes of any existing act , 189 , s . 6 , p . 190 . DEPOSIT OF SUBSCRIPTION CONTRACTS at the office of the clerk of the parliaments previous to the second reading of the bill , 182 , s . 11 , p . 176 . 

DEVIATIONS FROM LINE OF PROPOSED WORK - Where it is intended to apply for power to make any , the limits thereof to be defined upon the plan , and all lands included within such limits to be marked thereon , 183 , s . 1 , p . 179 . 

The names of the owners , lessees , and occupiers of all lands and houses within the limits of , to be contained in the book of reference , 183 , s . 5 , p . 180 . 

DIRECTORS - Where names of persons are introduced into a bill as , proof to be required before the Standing Order committee that such persons have subscribed their names to the petition , or to a printed copy of the bill , 185 , s . 2 , p . 185 . 

Clause to be inserted in railway bills , providing for the elec- tion of , 189 , s . 4 , p . 189 . 

DISSENTS . See Assents , Dissents , and Neuters . DISTANCES - to be marked on the plans of railways , in miles and furlongs , from one of the termini , 183 , s . 3 , p . 179 . 

The , on the datum line of section , to correspond with those on the plan , 183 , s . 9 , p . 180 . 

DIVERSION - The course of , of any road , navigable river , canal , or railway , to be marked upon the plan , 183 , s . 4 , p . 180 . DIVIDEND - not to be paid out of capital , 189 , s . 5 , p . 189 . 

not to be guaranteed by railway companies until the comple- tion of the original line , 189 , s . 10 , p . 191 . DIVORCE BILLS - Petition for , not to be presented without an official

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copy of the proceedings , & c . , in the ecclesiastical court , 171 , p . 160 . 

Petitioner to attend the House on the second reading of , 172 , p . 160 . 

not to be received , without a clause prohibiting the offending parties from marrying , unless such offending party is dead , 173 , p . 161 . 

not to be read a second time until a report of the proceedings , on the trial at Nisi Prius , or writ of inquiry ( if any ) , has been transmitted to the clerk assistant , to be laid on the table , 174 , p . 163 . 

Docks - Bills respecting , included in the second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . 

Order specially relating to , 182 , s . 10 , p . 175 . 

DRAINAGE - Bills for making any cut for , being a new work , where it is not provided that the same shall not be of more than eleven feet width at the bottom , included in the second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . 

DRAINING OF LAND - Bills for , included in the first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . 



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Order specially relating to , 186 , s . 2 , p . 187 . 

DUBLIN - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 181 , s . 3 , 



p . 172 . 



DUBLIN GAZETTE . See Gazette . 



DUBLIN NEWSPAPERS - Insertion of advertisements in , 180 , s . 5 , 



p . 170 . 



DUTIES . See Tolls . 



ECCLESIASTICAL COURT - An official copy of the proceedings , & c . in the , to be presented with the petition for a divorce bill , 171 , p . 160 . 

EDINBURGH - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 181 , s . 3 , p . 172 . 

EDINBURGH GAZETTE - See Gazette . 

EDINBURGH NEWSPAPERS -Insertion of advertisements in , 180 , s . 5 , p . 170 . 

EMBANKMENT FOR RECLAIMING LAND FROM THE SEA OR ANY 

TIDAL RIVER - Bills for making or varying any , included in the second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . 

EMBANKMENTS AND CUTTINGS - The height or depth of , to be marked on the section , 183 , s . 6 , p . 180 . 

The extreme height of , over , or depth under , the surface of the ground , exceeding five feet , to be marked on the section of railways , and on each side of any intervening bridge or tunnel , 183 , s . 12 , p . 181 . 

Where tunnelling , or a viaduct , as a substitute for , be in- tended , to be marked on plan and section of railways , 183 , s . 13 , p . 181 . 

ENLARGED PLAN - of any building , yard , garden ground , & c . , upon a scale of not less than a quarter of an inch to every 100 feet , 183 , s . 1 , p . 179 . 



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ESTATES - The committee on bills relating to , not to sit until ten days after the second reading , 147 , p . 147 . 

Bills for selling lands , and purchasing other lands to be settled in lieu thereof , to contain certain provisions , 159 , p . 150 . 

Consents to , where a tenant in tail under age is promoter or a consenting party , and any person entitled in remainder shall with- hold his consent , 164 a , p . 154 . 

Consents to , where a petitioner is tenant for life , and another tenant in tail , 151 , p . 155 . 

Consents to , where women have an interest , 152 , p . 155 . Consents to , where children have an interest , 153 , p . 155 . Notice to be given to mortgagees of , when petition for bill is 



presented , 156 , p . 156 . 



Bills for selling or exchanging settled , to have schedules of their value annexed , 157 , p . 156 . 

_ Copy of the petition for bill relating to , and of the report of the judges thereupon , to be delivered to the chairman of committees before the first reading , 142 , p . 160 . 

ESTATES IN SCOTLAND - Petitions for bills , and bills brought from the House of Commons relative to , to be referred to two of the judges of the Court of Session , 160 , p . 152 . 

Persons residing in Scotland may give their consent to the passing of bills relative to , before two of the judges of the Court of Session to whom the bill is referred , 161 , p . 152 . 

The consents to the passing of bills relating to , must be per- sonally given before the judges to whom the bill is referred , or an affidavit of disability be made , 162 , p . 153 . 

Proportion of consents required to bills relative to , 164 , p . 153 . Bills for selling , and purchasing others to be settled in lieu thereof , to contain certain provisions , 163 , p . 156 . 

ESTATES IN IRELAND - Petitions for bills relative to , and bills brought from the House of Commons , before the second reading , may be referred to two judges of the Court of King's Bench , Common Pleas , or Exchequer in Ireland , for their opinion , 165 , p . 158 . 

Persons residing in Ireland may give their consent to the passing of bills relative to , before the two judges of the Court of King's Bench , Common Pleas , or Exchequer , to whom the bill is referred , 166 , p . 158 . 

The consents to the passing of bills relative to , must be per- sonally given before the judges to whom the bill is referred , or an affidavit of disability be made , 167 , p , 158 . 

Bills for selling , and purchasing others to be settled in lieu thereof , to contain certain provisions , 168 , p . 159 . 

ESTIMATE OF EXPENSE - Of the undertaking under each bill , to be made , and subscription to three - fourths the amount of , entered into , 184 , s . 1 , p . 182 . 

to be deposited in the office of the clerk of the parliaments on or before the day on which the bill shall be read a first time , 182 , s . 9 , p . 175 . 

Printed copies of the , to be deposited in the office of the clerk of the parliaments previous to the second reading of the bill , 182 , s . 11 , p . 176 .

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ESTIMATE OF RATES . See Declaration and Estimate of Rates . EXAMINERS FOR STANDING ORDERS - Resolutions relative to the appointment and proceedings of , Appendix , p . 195 . EXCHEQUER COURT , SCOTLAND - Deposit with the , of one twentieth , or in the case of railway bills one - tenth , part of amount required to be subscribed , 184 , ss . 8 and 9 , pp . 183 , 184 . 

EXCHEQUER COURT , IRELAND - Petitions for bills , and bills brought from the House of Commons relative to estates in Ireland , may be referred to two judges of the , for their opinion , 165 , p . 158 . -Two of the judges of the , to whom a bill relative to estates in Ireland is referred , may take the consent of persons who reside in Ireland to the passing of such bill , 166 , p . 158 . 

The judges of the , not to notice the consent of any person , unless such person appear before them , or an affidavit of disability be made , 167 , p . 158 . 

EXETER - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 181 , s . 3 , 



p . 172 . EXTENSIONS . See Branches . 



EXTRA PAROCHIAL PLACES - Notices to contain the names of , through which any work is proposed to be made , 180 , s . 2 , p . 169 . 

- In the case of , the plans , & c . , to be deposited with the parish clerk of some adjoining parish , 182 , s . 7 , p . 175 . 

FENCE - A , of four feet high at the least , to be made on each side of every bridge which shall be erected , 189 , s . 2 , p . 189 . FERRIES -- Bills respecting , included in the first class of bills , except where any work is to be executed , then in the second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , pp . 166 , 167 . 

FIRST CLASS - Bills included in the , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . 

In cases of bills of the , by which any lands or houses are in- tended to be taken , the notices in Gazette and Newspapers to contain the names of the parishes , & c . , in which such lands or houses are situate , 180 , s . 2 , p . 169 - duplicate plans and book of reference to be deposited with clerks of the peace , parish clerks , & c . , on or before the 30th November , 182 , ss . 1 , 7 , pp . 174 , 175 -and the plan to describe the lands intended to be taken , 183 , s . 1 , p . 179 . 

FIRST READING - When petition for bill has been referred to two judges , a copy of the petition , and of the judges ' report there- upon , to be delivered to chairman of committees previous to , 142 , p . 160 . 

Before the , of bills containing compulsory powers to take thirty or more houses in one parish inhabited by the labouring classes , a statement to be deposited in the Parliament Office of the par- ticulars of such houses , and of the number of persons displaced , and what provision is made for remedying the inconvenience , 191 , p . 192 . 

On or before the day of the , all estimates and declarations , and lists of owners , lessees , and occupiers , to be deposited in the office of the clerk of the parliaments , 182 , s . 9 , p . 175 . 

After the , bills relating to certain joint stock companies to be referred to a select committee , 176 , p . 162 , and 177 , p . 163 . 



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After the , of any road , canal , railway , or dock bill , and before any further proceeding thereupon , a statement of the length and breadth of the space intended to be taken for the proposed works , and to give up which the consent of the owners of the land has not been obtained , together with the names of such owners , and the heights above the surface of all proposed works on their grounds , to be deposited in the office of the clerk of the parliaments , 182 , s . 10 , p . 175 . 

After the , of railway bills , a return to be presented of the names of the owners or ratepaying occupiers of any houses situated within 300 yards of the proposed works , who , before the 31st December , have sent to the promoters their dissent , or any written objections to the railway , 182 , s . 10 , p . 175 . 

FISHERIES - Bills for making , maintaining , or improving , included in the first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . GAOLS - Bills relating to , included in first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . 

GARDEN - Enlarged plan of ground , cultivated as a , 183 , s . 1 , p . 179 . GAS WORKS - The notice to specify the limits within which the , are intended to be erected , 180 , s . 4 , p . 170 . 

Notice to be served upon the owner , lessee and occupier of every dwelling - house situated within 300 yards of the limits within which the proposed works are to be erected , 181 , s . 6 , p . 172 . 

GAZETTE - Insertion of notices in the London , Edinburgh , or Dublin Gazette , as the case may be , once in October or November , 180 , s . 5 , p . 170 . 

The intention to make any alteration in any work to be pub- lished in the London , Edinburgh , or Dublin Gazette , for three successive weeks previously to the introduction of the bill into the House , 182 , s . 13 , p . 177 . 

A copy of the notice published in the , to be deposited with any plans , sections , & c . , or parts thereof , 182 , s . 8 , p . 175 . 

GLASGOW - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 181 , s . 3 , p . 172 . 

GRADIENTS - Vertical measures at each change of , to be marked on 

the section of railways , 183 , s . 9 , p . 180 . 

GUARDIANS - A printed copy of estate bills to be delivered to , of persons concerned therein , in the case of infancy , 145 , p . 148 . The consent of , to be taken by the committee , 153 , p . 155 . HARBOURS - Bills relating to , included in second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . 

HOUSE OF COMMONS - Bills brought from the , relating to estates , to be referred to two of the judges for their opinion , before the second reading , 141 , p . 149 . 

Bills brought from the , relative to estates in Scotland , to be referred to two of the judges of the Court of Session , before the second hearing , 160 , p . 152 . 

Bills brought from the , relative to estates in Ireland , may be referred to two of the judges of the Court of King's Bench , Com- mon Pleas , or Exchequer , in Ireland , before the second reading , 165 , р . 158 .

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Previous to a bill in which any alteration has been made being brought from the , a plan and section , showing any variation , extension , or enlargement , proposed to be inade in consequence thereof , to be deposited in the office of the clerk of the parlia- ments , 182 , s . 14 , p . 177 . 

HOUSES - The intention to apply for powers for the compulsory pur- chase of , to be stated in the notices , 180 , s . 1 , p . 169 . 

Notice to be given to owners , lessees and occupiers of , on or before the 15th day of December , 181 , s . 1 , p . 171 . 

Notice to be given to owners , lessees and occupiers of , within 300 yards of the limits of any proposed burial ground , cemetery or gas works , on or before the 15th December , 181 , s . 6 , p . 172 . 

When any , are intended to be taken , duplicate plans thereof , with book of reference thereto , to be deposited with clerks of the peace , parish clerks , & c . , on or before the 30th November , 182 , ss . 1 , 7 , pp . 174 , 175 . 

A return of the names of the owners or ratepaying occupiers of , situated within 300 yards of the proposed works , who , before the 31st December , have sent to the promoters their dissent , or any objections to the railway , to be presented after the first read- ing of a railway bill , and before any further proceedings there- upon , 182 , s . 10 , p . 175 . 

A burial ground not to be made within 300 yards of , of the annual value of 50l . , or having a plantation , or ornamental garden , or pleasure ground occupied therewith , except with the consent of the owners , lessees and occupiers thereof in writing , 188 , p . 188 . 

When a bill contains powers to take thirty or more , in one parish , inhabited by the labouring classes , the promoters to de- posit in the parliament office before the first reading a statement of the particulars of such houses , and of the number of persons to be displaced , and what provision is made for remedying the inconvenience , 191 , p . 192 . 

HOUSES OF CORRECTION - Bills relating to , included in the first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . 

HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT - One of the plans and sections deposited with the clerks of the peace , or sheriff clerks , to be sealed up , and retained by them , until called for by order of one of the , 182 , s . 2 , p . 174 . 

IMPROVEMENT OF LAND - Bills containing powers to lend money for the , to be referred to a select committee , and , as reported , to be printed and circulated , 192 , p . 192 . 

IMPROVING OF CITIES OR TOWNS - Bills for , included in the first 



class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . 



INCLOSING or IMPROVING OF LAND - Bills for , included in the first 



class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . 



Orders specially relating to , 186 , ss . 1 , 2 , pp . 186 , 187 . INFANCY - In case of , of persons concerned in estate bills , a printed copy to be delivered to the guardian , or next relation of full age , 145 , p . 148 . 

INTEREST ON CALLS - Clause to be inserted in railway bills prohibit- ing the payment of , out of capital , 189 , s . 5 , p . 189 .

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INTRODUCTION OF A BILL - One month previously to the , plans and sections of alterations made , or desired to be made , in any work , must be deposited with clerks of the peace , parish clerks , & c . , and the intention to make such alteration must be advertised for three successive weeks previously to the , and application must be made to the owners , lessees and occupiers of land , and their consent proved , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . 

Previous to a bill being brought from the Commons , in which any alteration has been made , a plan and section of the work , showing any variation , extension , or enlargement proposed to be made in consequence thereof , must be deposited in the office of the clerk of the parliaments , 182 , s . 14 , p . 177 . 

Petitions complaining of a non - compliance with the Standing Orders to be presented on or before the second sitting day after the , 178 , s . 4 , p . 164 . 

INVERNESS - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 181 , s . 3 , p . 172 . 

IRELAND - Petition for bills relative to estates in , and bills brought from the House of Commons , before the second reading may be referred to two judges of the Court of King's Bench , Common Pleas , or Exchequer , 165 , p . 158 . 

Persons residing in , may give their consent to the passing of bills , relative to estates in , before the two judges of the Court of King's Bench , Common Pleas , or Exchequer , in , to whom the bill is referred , 166 , p . 158 . 

The consents to the passing of bills relative to estates in , must be personally given before the judges to whom the bill is referred , or an affidavit of disability be made , 167 , p . 158 . 

Bills for selling lands in , and purchasing other lands to be settled in lieu thereof , to contain certain provisions , 168 , p . 159 . 

JOINT STOCK COMPANIES - Bills relating to , ( with certain excep- tions , ) after the first reading to be referred to a select committee , and not to be read a second time until such committee have re- ported that three - fourths of the capital of such company is de- posited in the Bank of England , & c . , in the names of trustees , 176 , p . 162 ; or in the case of chartered companies , that three- fourths of the capital has been paid up by the individual pro- prietors , 177 , p . 163 . 



See Companies . 



JUDGES - Petitions for estate bills , and bills relating to estates , brought from the House of Commons , before the second reading , to be referred to two of the , for their opinion , 141 , p . 149 . 



See Court of Session in Scotland . 



See Common Pleas , Exchequer , and King's Bench in Ireland . Copy of the report of the , on petitions for bills to be de- livered to the chairman of committees before the first reading , 142 , p . 160 . 

KING'S BENCH IN IRELAND - Petitions for bills , and bills brought from the House of Commons , relative to estates in Ireland , before the second reading , may be referred to two judges of the Court of , for their opinion , 165 , p . 158 . 

Two of the judges of the Court of , to whom a bill relative to

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estates in Ireland is referred , may take the consent of persons who reside in Ireland to the passing of such bill , 166 , p . 158 . 

The judges of the Court of , not to notice the consent of any person , unless such person appear before them , or an affidavit of disability be made , 167 , p . 158 . 

LABOURING CLASSES - When a bill contains powers to take thirty or more houses in one parish occupied by the , the promoters pre- vious to the first reading to deposit a statement in the parliament office of the particulars of such houses , and the number of persons to be displaced , and what provision is made for remedying the inconvenience , 191 , p . 192 . 

LAND - Bills for inclosing , draining , or improving , included in the first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . 

Orders relating to , 186 , ss . 1 , 2 , pp . 186 , 187 . 

Bills for reclaiming , from the sea or any tidal river , included in the second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . 

Bills by which powers are taken to lend money on , for the purposes of improvement , to be referred to a select committee , and , as reported , to be printed and circulated before any further proceeding thereon , 192 , p . 192 . 

LANDS - Notices to be inserted for three successive weeks in October or November , in some one and the same newspaper of the county in which the , to which the bill relates are situate , 180 , s . 5 , p . 170 . - The intention to apply for powers for the compulsory pur- chase of , to be specified in the notices , 180 , s . 1 , p . 169 . 

Notice to be given to owners , lessees and occupiers of , in- tended to be taken , on or before the 15th of December , 181 , s . 1 , p . 171 . 

In the case of bills of the first class by which any , are in- tended to be taken , duplicate plans thereof , with book of reference , to be deposited with clerks of the peace , parish clerks , & c . , on or before the 30th November , 182 , ss . 1 , 7 , pp . 174 , 175 . 

to be described on the plan , 183 , s . 1 , p . 179 . - to be described in the book of reference , 183 , s . 5 , p . 180 . Application in writing to be made to owners , lessees ond occu- piers of , through which any alteration in a work is proposed to be made , and their consent obtained thereto , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . 

Notice to be given to owners , lessees and occupiers of , in which part of a work intended to be relinquished is situate , 181 , s . 7 , p . 172 . 

Whenever any money is to be paid for the purchase or ex- change of , which money ought to be laid out in the purchase of other lands , & c . , to be settled to the same uses , provision must be made in the bill relative to paying purchase money into the bank , 186 , s . 1 , p . 186 . 



See Estates . 



LEASE OF UNDERTAKING . See Amalgamation of Companies . LEEDS - Application to landowners may be posted at , 181 , s . 3 , p . 172 . LESSEE . See Owners , Lessees and Occupiers . 

LETTERS PATENT - Bills relating to , included in first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p , 166 .

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LETTERS PATENT - continued . 



No bill extending the term of , to be read a second time , until a select committee has reported thereon , 175 , p . 161 . 

No bill extending the term of , to be read a third time , unless the term it is intended by the bill to extend will expire within two years from the commencement of the session , or unless the application is made by the person , or by the representatives of the person , who himself originally discovered the invention , 187 , ss . 1 , 2 , p . 188 . 

LEVEL CROSSINGS of roads or railways to be described on the sec- tion , and if present level will be unaltered , 183 , s . 10 , p . 180 . 

When any public road is crossed on the level , a cross section of such road to be added , 183 , s . 11 , p . 181 . 

Not to be made , unless the committee on the bill report that such a restriction ought not to be enforced , 189 , s . 3 , p . 189 . LIGHTING OF CITIES OR TOWNS - Bills for , included in the first 



class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . 



LINCOLN - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 181 , s . 3 , p . 172 . 

LISTS OF ASSENTS , & c . See Assents , Dissents and Neuters . LIVERPOOL - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 181 , s . 3 , p . 172 . 

LOAN OR MORTGAGE - No railway company to be authorized to raise by , a larger sum than one - third of their capital , and not to raise any money by , until fifty per cent . on the whole capital has been paid up , 189 , s . 7 , p . 190 . 

LOANS ON THE SECURITY OF LAND - Bills by which powers are taken to authorize , for the purposes of improvement , to be referred to a select committee , and , as reported , to be printed , 192 , p . 192 . LOCAL COURT - Bills for constituting , included in the first class of 



bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . 



LONDON - Notices to landowners may be posted at the chief office in , 181 , s . 3 , p . 172 . LONDON GAZETTE . See Gazette . 

LONDON NEWSPAPERS - Insertion of advertisements in , 180 , s . 5 , 



p . 170 . 



MANCHESTER - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 181 , s . 3 , p . 172 . 

MANUFACTORIES . See Mills and Manufactories . MANUFACTURE - Bills affixing marks to denote the quality of any , or prohibiting the , of any species of commodity , not to be read a second time until a select committee has reported thereon , 175 , p . 161 . 

MAP - to a scale of not less than half an inch to a mile , ( or in Ireland to a scale of not less than a quarter of an inch to a mile , ) with the line of railway delineated thereon , so as to show its general course and direction , to be deposited , on or before the 30th day of November , with the clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks , 182 , s . 4 , p . 174 - with the Board of Trade , 182 , s . 5 , p . 175 - in the office of the clerk of the Parliaments , 182 , s . 6 , p . 175 . 

MARKETS OR MARKET PLACES - Bills relating to , included in the first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 .

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MEETING OF PROPRIETORS - A bill to grant certain additional powers to a company already constituted by Act of Parliament , to be approved of by proprietors holding at least three - fourths of the paid - up capital of the company represented at a , specially convened for that purpose in the prescribed manner , 185 , s . 1 , p . 184 . 

Proprietors who dissent at the , may , on petitioning the House , be heard before the Standing Order Committee , and the committee on the bill , 190 , s . 2 , p . 191 . 

MEETING OF STANDING ORDER COMMITTEE - Three clear days ' notice of the , to be given , 178 , s . 6 , p . 165 . 

MILLS AND MANUFACTORIES - Notice to be given to the owners , lessees and occupiers of , using any stream , the waters of which are proposed to be abstracted for supplying any cut , canal , reservoir , aqueduct , navigation or waterwork , 181 , s . 2 , p . 171 . 

MORTGAGE - See Loan or Mortgage . 

MORTGAGEES - Notice to be given to , of estates intended to be affected by a bill , when the petition for the bill is presented , 156 , p . 156 . 

NATURALIZATION BILLS - not to be read a second time without a certificate being produced from one of the principal secretaries of state respecting the petitioner's conduct , 170 , p . 161 . NAVIGATIONS - Bills relating to , included in second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . 

The notices to contain the name of every existing navigation , & c . , the waters supplying which will be diverted into an intended navigation , & c . , 180 , s . 3 , p . 169 . 

The plan to describe the brooks and streams to be directly diverted into , 183 , s . 2 , p . 179 . 

The course of any diversion and the extent of any widening or narrowing of , to be marked on the plan of a railway , 183 , s . 4 , p . 180 . 

In cases of , to be a section specifying the levels of both banks , and describing any alteration therein , 183 , s . 7 , p . 180 . 

Notices to be given to the owners , lessees and occupiers of mills and manufactories and other works using any stream from which water is proposed to be abstracted , 181 , s . 2 , p . 171 . 

the height of a railway over or depth under the surface of , and the height and span of all arches by which the railway will be car- ried over the same , to be marked in figures on the section of a rail- way , at every crossing thereof , 183 , s . 10 , p . 180 . 

NEUTERS . See Assents , Dissents and Neuters . NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE - Applications to landowners may be posted 

at the chief office at , 181 , s . 3 , p . 172 . NEWSPAPERS . See Advertisement ; Notices in Gazette and News- papers . 

NEW WORKS - A bill to empower a company to execute , undertake or contribute towards any , to be approved of by proprietors holding at least three - fourths of the paid - up capital represented at a meeting specially convened for that purpose , in the prescribed manner , 185 , s . 1 , p . 184 . 



See Branches . 



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NON - COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDING ORDERS - Petitions com- plaining of the , to specifically state the matter complained of , and to be presented on or before the second sitting day after the intro- duction of the bill , except in the case of Lords ' bills not referred to the judges , or approved by the Court of Chancery when the peti- tion may be presented , on or before the sixth sitting day after the first reading , 178 , s . 4 , p . 164 . 

When the Standing Order Committee report the , to state the facts upon which their decision is founded , and any special circum- stances connected with the case , and also their opinion as to the propriety of dispensing with any of the Standing Orders in such case , 178 , s . 5 , p . 164 . 

NOTICES - given or applications made on a Sunday , or Christmas day , or before eight o'clock in the forenoon , or after eight o'clock in the afternoon of any day , not to be deemed valid , except in the case of delivery of letters by post , 181 , s . 8 , p . 173 . 

The whole of the , relating to the same bill , to be included in the same advertisement , and be headed by a short title descriptive of the undertaking , 180 , s . 1 , p . 169 . 

NOTICES IN GAZETTE AND NEWSPAPERS - to be published in Oc- tober or November , once in the Gazette , and in three successive weeks in the newspapers , 180 , s . 5 , p . 170 . 

The objects of the application and powers intended to be ap- plied for , to be specified in , 180 , s . 1 , p . 169 . 

to contain a description of all the termini , together with the names of parishes , & c . , and time and place of deposit of plans , & c . , 180 , s . 2 , p . 169 . 

in the case of bills for navigable canals and rivers , supplying towns with water and reservoirs , to contain the name of every exist- ing cut , canal , & c . , the water supplying which will flow or proceed into any intended cut , canal , & c . , 180 , s . 3 , p . 169 . 

in the case of burial grounds , cemeteries or gas works , to specify the limits within which such cemetery , burial ground or gas works is intended to be erected or made , 180 , s . 4 , p . 170 . 

in the case of alterations in works , to be published for three successive weeks previously to the introduction of the bill into the House , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . 

NOTICE OF MEETING OF STANDING ORDER COMMITTEE - Three 

clear days ' , to be given , 178 , s . 6 , p . 165 . 

NOTICE TO ATTORNEY - GENERAL - of bills relating to charities , 179 , s . 3 , p . 167 . 

NOTICE TO OWNERS , LESSEES AND OCCUPIERS - of lands or houses intended to be taken , to be given in writing on or before the 15th day of December , 181 , s . 1 , p . 171 . 

- of mills and manufactories or other works using any stream from which water is proposed to be abstracted for supplying any cut , canal , reservoir , aqueduct , navigation , or water work , 181 , s , 2 , p . 171 . 

to be delivered personally or forwarded by post in a registered letter posted on or before the 12th day of December , 181 , s . 3 , p . 172 . 

Evidence of service of , 181 , s . 4 , p . 172 .

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NOTICE TO OWNERS , LESSEES , AND OCCUPIERS - continued . 



- Form of , in the case of bills of the second class , Appendix ( A. ) , p . 193 . 

of houses adjoining a burial ground , cemetery or gas works , to be given on or before the 15th day of December , 181 , s . 6 , p . 172 . 

of lands through which any alteration in a work is to be made to be given in writing , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . 

of lands when a bill is to abridge any public work , to be given , 181 , s . 7 , p . 172 . 

NOTICE TO PROPRIETORS OF INCORPORATED COMPANY of meet- ing to consider a bill before Parliament , to enclose a blank proxy with proper instructions for the use of such proprietors , and the same form of proxy and instructions to be sent to every proprietor , and no form of proxy to be stamped unless a general meeting of the company have previously determined that a stamped proxy shall be sent to each proprietor , 185 , s . 1 , p . 184 . 

NORWICH - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 181 , s . 3 , p . 172 . 

NOVEMBER - On or before the 30th day of , the plans , sections , and books of reference , to be deposited with the clerks of the peace , or sheriff clerks , 182 , s . 1 , p . 174 . 

On or before the 30th day of , plans , sections , and books of reference , to be deposited in the office of the clerk of the Parlia- ments , 182 , s . 6 , p . 175 . 

On or before the 30th day of , a published map , with the line of railway delineated thereon , to be deposited with the clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks , 182 , s . 4 , p . 174 . 

On or before the 30th day of , a copy of the plans and sections of railways , with book of reference and map , with the line of rail- way delineated thereon , to be deposited with the Board of Trade , 182 , s . 5 , p . 175 . 

- On or before the 30th day of , plans , sections , and books of reference , to be deposited with parish clerks , schoolmasters , session clerks , town clerks , or clerks of unions , 182 , s . 7 , p . 175 . 

On or before the 30th day of , plans and sections of works on tidal lands , to be deposited at the Admiralty , 182 , s . 3 , p . 174 . 

OCCUPIERS . See Owners , Lessees , and Occupiers . OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER - Notices to be published once in Gazette and in the newspapers for three successive weeks in , 180 , s . 5 , p . 170 . 

OPPOSED BILLS - not to be referred to an open committee , 178 , s . 8 , p . 165 . 

to be referred to a select committee of five , who are to choose their own chairman , 178 , s . 9 , p . 165 . 

The committee on , in each case , to be selected and proposed to the House by the chairman of committees , and four other lords to be appointed by the House for that purpose , 178 , s . 14 , p . 165 . 

The chairman of committees may report his opinion that unop- posed bills should be proceeded with as , 178 , s . 17 , p . 166 . 

The Standing Orders with respect to committee on , to be

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OPPOSED BILLS - continued . 



applicable to all opposed bills , except estate , name , naturalization and divorce bills , 190 , s . 3 , p . 192 . 



See Committee on Opposed Bills . 



OWNERS , LESSEES AND OCCUPIERS - Application in writing to be made to , of lands or houses intended to be taken , on or before the 15th day of December , and lists to be made distinguishing which have assented , dissented , or are neuter , 181 , ss . 1 , 3 to 5 , pp . 171 , 172 . 

Form of application to , in the case of bills of the second class , Appendix ( A. ) , р . 193 . 

The service of notices to , may be proved before the Standing Order Committee by the written acknowledgment of the party applied to , or by the production of the post office receipt for the registered letter in which the application was forwarded , 181 , s . 4 , p . 172 . 

The book of reference to contain the names of the , 183 , s . 5 , p . 180 . 

Lists of , to be deposited in the office of the clerk of the Parlia- ments on or before the day on which the bill shall be read a first time , 182 , s . 9 , p . 175 . 

Application in writing to be made to , of lands through which any alteration in a work is proposed to be made , and their consent obtained thereto , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . 

Notice to be given to , of a bill to abridge the extent of any public work , 181 , s . 7 , p . 172 . 

Of houses adjoining a burial ground , cemetery or gas works , notice to be given to , on or before the 15th of December , 181 , s . 6 , p . 172 . 

Of mills and manufactories or other works using any stream from which water is proposed to be abstracted , notice to be given to , on or before the 15th day of December , 181 , s . 2 , p . 171 . 

A statement of the names of the , whose consent has not been obtained , to be deposited in the office of the clerk of the Parlia- ments , after the first reading of any road , canal , railway or dock bill , and before any further proceeding thereupon , 182 , s . 10 , p . 175 . 

A return of the names of the , of houses situated within 300 yards of a proposed railway , who before the 31st December have sent to the promoters their dissent , or any written objections to the railway , to be presented after the first reading of the bill , and be- fore any further proceedings thereupon , 182 , s . 10 , p . 175 . 

A burial ground not to be made without the consent in writing of , of houses of the annual value of 50l . , or having a plantation , or ornamental garden , or pleasure ground occupied therewith , within 300 yards thereof , 188 , p . 188 . 

PARISHES - Notices to contain the names of , through which any work is to be made , or in which any lands or houses intended to be taken are situate , 180 , s . 2 , p . 169 . 

Deposit of so much of the plans , sections and books of refer- ence as relate to , through which the work is to be made , with parish clerks , schoolmasters , session clerks , town clerks or clerks

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PARISHES - continued . 



of unions respectively , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 7 , p . 175 . 

Deposit of so much of the plans and sections of alterations in works as relate to , in which such alterations are proposed to be made , to be deposited with parish clerks , & c . , one month pre- viously to the introduction of the bill into the House , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . 

PARISH CLERKS - Deposit of plans , sections and books of reference with , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 7 , p . 175 . 

deposit with , of plans and sections of alterations of works , with book of reference thereto , one month previously to the in- troduction of the bill into the House , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . 

Deposit with , of copy of the Gazette notice , 182 , s . 8 , p . 175 . PARLIAMENT OFFICE . See Clerk of the Parliaments . PATENTS . See Letters Patent , 

PAVING OF CITIES OR TOWNS - Bills for , included in the first class 



of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . 



PETITION - praying to be heard upon the merits against any bill must be presented on or before the second , or in the case of Lords ' bills not referred to the judges , or approved by the Court of Chancery , on or before the fifth day on which the House shall sit after the day on which the bill has been reported from the Standing Order Committee , 179 , ss . 1 , 2 , p . 167 . 

PETITION COMPLAINING OF NON - COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDING ORDERS - Any parties may appear and be heard upon any , provided the matter complained of be specifically stated , and that it be presented on or before the second sitting day after the introduction of the bill , or in the case of Lords ' bills not referred to the judges , or approved by the Court of Chancery , on or before the sixth sitting day after the first reading , 178 , s . 4 , p . 164 . 

PETITION FOR BILL - to state the matters contained in the bill , 139 , p . 148 . 

to be signed by all parties concerned , 140 , p . 149 . 

When , is presented , notice to be given to mortgagees of estates affected by the bill , 156 , p . 156 . 

to be referred to two of the judges for their opinion , 141 , p . 149 . relative to estates in Scotland , to be referred to two of the 

judges of the Court of Session for their opinion , 160 , p . 152 . 

relative to estates in Ireland , may be referred to two judges of the Court of King's Bench , Common Pleas or Exchequer in Ireland , for their opinion , 165 , p . 158 . 

Copy of the , and of the report of the judges thereupon , to be delivered to the chairman of committees before the first reading of the bill , 142 , p . 160 . 

PETITION FOR A DIVORCE BILL - not to be presented without an official copy of the proceedings , & c . in the Ecclesiastical Court , 171 , p . 160 . 

The Petitioner to attend the House on the second reading of the bill , 172 , p . 160 .

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PETITIONER FOR A NATURALIZATION BILL to produce a eer- tificate from one of the principal secretaries of state respecting his conduct , previous to the second reading , 170 , p . 161 . 

PIERS - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . 

PLAN - Time and places of deposit of , to be stated in notices , 180 , s . 2 , p . 169 . 

Deposit of , with clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , ss . 1 , 2 , p . 174 . - Deposit of , in the case of railways , with the Board of Trade , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 5 , p . 175 . 

Deposit of , with parish clerks , schoolmasters , session clerks , town clerks , or clerks of unions , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 7 , p . 175 . 

Deposit of , in Parliament Office , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 6 , p . 175 . Deposit of , in the case of works on tidal lands , at the Admiralty , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 3 , p . 174 . 

Deposit with the , of copy of Gazette notice , 182 , s . 8 , p . 175 . - Deposit with the , in the case of railways , of a published map , with the line of railway delineated thereon , 182 , s . 4 , p . 174 , 

of alterations in works , to be deposited with clerks of the peace , parish clerks , & c . , one month previously to the introduction of the bill into the House , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . 

showing any variation , extension , or enlargement proposed to be made , to be deposited in the office of the clerk of the par- liaments , previous to the bill being brought from the Commons , 182 , s . 14 , p . 177 . 



Form of , 183 , s . 1 , p . 179 . 



Form of , in the case of cuts , canals , reservoirs , aqueducts , and navigations , 183 , s . 2 , p . 179 . 

Form of , in the case of railways , 183 , ss . 3 , 4 , pp . 179 , 180 . POLICE - Bills relating to , included in the first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . 

POOR - Bills for maintaining or employing , or relating to the poor rate , included in the first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . PORTS - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . 

PosT - Applications to landowners may be forwarded by , 181 , s . 3 , p . 172 . 

Evidence of service of application by , 181 , ss . 4 , 5 , p . 172 . POWERS TO SUE AND BE SUED - Bills conferring , included in the first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . 

Orders specially relating to , 176 , p . 162 ; 177 , p . 163 . 

PRINCIPAL SHERIFF CLERK . See Sheriff Clerks . PROXIES - The circular convening a meeting of the proprietors of an incorporated company to consider a bill before Parliament , to enclose blank proxies for the use of the proprietors , except a general meeting of the company have determined that a stamped proxy shall be sent to each proprietor , 185 , s . 1 , p . 184 . 

PUBLIC PURPOSES - Property held in trust for . See Crown Property . PUBLICATION OF NOTICES . See Notices .

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PURCHASE OF UNDERTAKING . See Amalgamation of Companies . QUORUM - of Committee on Standing Orders , three lords , including 

the chairman , to be a , 178 , s . 2 , p . 164 . RAILWAYS - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . 

Plans , sections , and books of reference , with a published map , with the line of railway delineated thereon , to be deposited with the Board of Trade , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 5 , p . 175 . 

In the case of , the subscription contract to be entered into sub- sequent to the commencement of the previous session , 184 , s . 4 , p . 182 . 

In the case of , a sum equal to one - tenth part of the amount required to be subscribed , to be deposited with the Court of Chan- cery in England or Ireland , or with the Court of Exchequer in Scotland , 184 , s . 9 , p . 184 . 

Copy of bill , as brought into the House , and as amended in committee , to be deposited with the Board of Trade , 182 , s , 12 , p . 176 . 

Reports of the Board of Trade on any bill or the objects thereof , to be referred to the committee on the bill , 189 , s . 13 , p . 191 . 

Orders specially relating to , 182 , s . 4 , p . 174 ; ss . 5 , 10 , p . 175 ; s . 12 , p . 176 ; 183 , s . 3 , p . 179 ; ss . 4 , 8 to 13 , pp . 180 , 181 ; 184 , ss . 4 , 5 , p . 182 ; s . 9 , p . 184 ; 189 , ss . 2 to 13 , pp . 189 to 191 . - See Board of Trade . 

RATES . See Tolls , Rates , or Duties . 

Estimate of . See Declaration and Estimate of Rates . RECOMMITMENT - Bills not to be recommitted until the third sitting day after the day on which notice thereof shall have been given , 179 , s . 5 , p . 168 . 

REGISTERED LETTERS - Applications to landowners forwarded by post to be in , 181 , s . 3 , p . 172 . 

RELINQUISHMENT OF WORKS - Notice of , to be given to owners , lessees , and occupiers of lands , previously to the application for the bill , 181 , s . 7 , p . 172 . 

REMAINDERMAN - When the , withholds his consent to a private estate bill , where a tenant in tail under age is a promoter or consenting party , the consent of a person appointed by the Lord Chancellor shall be sufficient , 164 a , p . 154 . 

REPORT - The chairman of a committee on the , to acquaint the House that the Standing Orders were duly observed in passing the bill through the committee , 143 , p . 149 ; -or how far the orders have or have not been duly complied with , 158 , p . 156 . 

upon all reports made from committees of amendments to estate bills , & c . , the lord that makes the report to explain the effect and coherence of each amendment , and on the clerk's second reading thereof , the lord on the woolsack to do the same , 47 , p . 150 . 

No amendment or clause to be added to any bill on the , unless the same has been submitted to the chairman of committees , and

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printed copies thereof deposited with the clerk of the Parliaments at least one clear day previously , 179 , s . 5 , p . 168 . 

Bills containing powers to lend money on the security of land for the purposes of improvement , as reported , to be printed and circulated before any further stage taken thereon , 192 , p . 192 . RESERVOIRS - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . 

Notices to be given to the owners , lessees , and occupiers of mills and manufactories , or other works using any stream from which water is proposed to be abstracted , 181 , s . 2 , p . 171 . 

Orders specially relating to , 180 , s . 3 , p . 169 ; 183 , s . 2 , p . 179 . 

RIGHTS OR PRIVILEGES - The intention to apply for powers to con- fer , vary , or extinguish any , to be stated in the notices , 180 , s . 1 , p . 169 . 



RIVERS . See Navigations . 



ROADS - The course of the diversion , and the extent of the widening or narrowing of ( if any ) to be marked on the plan of a railway , 183 , s . 4 , p . 180 . 

The height of a railway over or depth under the surface of , and the height and span of all arches by which the railway will be car- ried over the same , to be marked in figures on the section of a rail- way at every crossing thereof , and also any alteration in the present level of , to be stated thereon , 183 , s . 10 , p . 180 . 

The alteration in the present level of , crossed by a railway , to be shown by cross sections ; and where any public road is crossed on the level , a cross section of such road also to be added , 183 , s . 11 , p . 181 . 

Where the level of , is altered in making any public work , the ascent of any turnpike road not to be more than one in thirty , or of any other public carriage road , not more than one in twenty , unless , in the case of railways , the Board of Trade recommend that steeper ascents be allowed , and the committee on the bill report in favour thereof , 189 , s . 2 , p . 189 . 

No railway to be made across any , on the level , unless the committee on the bill report that such a restriction ought not to be enforced , 189 , s . 3 , p . 189 . 



See Turnpike Roads . 



ROYAL BURGHS IN SCOTLAND - Deposit of plans , sections , and books of reference , with town clerks of , on or before the 30th day of No- vember , 182 , s . 7 , p . 175 . 

Deposit of plans and sections of alterations in works , with book of reference thereto , with town clerks of , one month previously to the introduction of the bill , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . 

Deposit with town clerks of , of copy of the Gazette notice , 182 , s . 8 , p . 175 . 

SALE OF UNDERTAKING . See Amalgamation of Companies . SCALE FOR PLANS to be not less than four inches to a mile , and for buildings , & c . , not less than a quarter of an inch to every 100 feet , 183 , s . 1 , p . 179 .

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SCALE FOR SECTIONS - The horizontal scale to be the same as that of the plan , and the vertical scale to be not less than one inch to every 100 feet , 183 , s . 6 , p . 180 . 

SCALE FOR CROSS SECTIONS - The horizontal scale to be not less than one inch to every 330 feet , and the vertical scale to be not less than one inch to every 40 feet , 183 , s . 11 , p . 181 . 

SCHOOLMASTERS IN SCOTLAND - Deposit of plans , sections and books of reference with , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 7 , p . 175 . 

Deposit with , of plans and sections of alterations in works , with book of reference thereto , one month previous to the introduction of the bill into the House , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . 

Deposit with , of copy of the Gazette notice , 182 , s . 8 , p . 175 . SCOTLAND - Petitions for bills relative to estates in , and bills brought from the House of Commons , before the second reading , to be re- ferred to two of the judges of the Court of Session , 160 , p . 152 . 

Persons residing in , may give their consent to the passing of bills relative to estates in , before two of the judges of the Court of Session , to whom the bill is referred , 161 , p . 152 . 

The consents to the passing of bills relating to estates in , must be personally given before the judges to whom the bill is referred , or an affidavit of disability be made , 162 , p . 153 . 

Proportion of consents required to bills relative to estates in , 164 , p . 153 . 

- Bills for selling lands in , and purchasing others to be settled in lieu thereof , to contain certain provisions , 163 , p . 156 . 

SEA - Bills for reclaiming land from the , included in the second class 

of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . SECOND CLASS- Bills included in the , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . SECOND READING - To be ten clear days between the , and the sitting of the committee on an estate bill , 147 , p . 147 . 

Previous to the , printed copies of the bill to be left with the clerk of the Parliaments , 145 , p . 148 . 

Before the , bills relating to estates , & c . , brought from the House of Commons , to be referred to two of the judges for their opinion , 141 , p . 149 . 

- Before the , bills brought from the House of Commons relative to estates in Scotland to be referred to two of the judges of the Court of Session , 160 , p . 152 . 

Before the , bills brought from the House of Commons relative to estates in Ireland , may be referred to two judges of the Court of King's Bench , Common Pleas , or Exchequer in Ireland , 165 , p . 158 . 

The petitioner for a divorce bill to attend the House on the , 172 , p . 160 . 

The petitioner for a naturalization bill to produce a certificate from one of the principal secretaries of state respecting his conduct , previous to the , 170 , p . 161 . 

Before the , bills regulating the conduct of any trade , altering the laws of apprenticeship in relation to any particular business , affixing marks to designate the quality of any manufacture , pro . hibiting the manufacture of any species of commodity , or ex-

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tending the term of any patent , to be referred to a select committee , 175 , p . 161 . 

Before the , of bills relating to certain joint - stock companies , a select committee to report that three - fourths of the capital is deposited in the Bank of England , & c . , in the name of trustees , 176 , p . 162 ; -or , in the case of chartered companies , that three- fourths of the capital has been paid up by the individual pro- prietors , 177 , p . 163 . 

Before the , of divorce bills , a report of the proceedings on the trial at Nisi Prius or writ of inquiry ( if any ) , to be transmitted to the clerk assistant , 174 , p . 163 . 

- Previous to the , the compliance with the Standing Orders to be proved before the Standing Order Committee , 178 , s . 3 , p . 164 . not to take place before the third day on which the House shall sit after the day on which the bill has been reported from the Standing Order Committee , 179 , s . 4 , p . 168 . 

Before the , of bills relating to charities , the Attorney - General to report thereon , 179 , s . 3 , p . 167 . 

Previous to the , printed copy of the subscription contract , or where a declaration and estimate of rates are substituted in lieu thereof , copies of such declaration and estimate , to be de- livered at the office of the clerk of the Parliaments , 182 , s . 11 , p . 176 . 

SECRETARIES OF STATE - A certificate from one of the , respecting the conduct of the petitioner for a naturalization bill , to be pro- duced before the second reading , 170 , p . 161 . 

SECTION - Time and places of deposit of , to be stated in the notices , 180 , s . 2 , p . 169 . 

Deposit of , with clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , ss . 1 , 2. p . 174 . 

Deposit of , in the case of railways , with the Board of Trade , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 5 , p . 175 . 

Deposit of , with parish clerks , schoolmasters , session clerks , town clerks , or clerks of unions , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 7 , p . 175 . 

Deposit of , in Parliament Office , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 6 , p . 175 . 

Deposit of , in the case of works on tidal lands , with the Ad- miralty , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 3 , p . 174 . Deposit with , of copy of Gazette notice , 182 , s . 8 , p . 175 . Deposit with , in the case of railways , of a published map , with the line of railway delineated thereon , 182 , s . 4 , p . 174 . 

of alterations in works , to be deposited with clerks of the peace , parish clerks , & c . , one month previously to the introduction of the bill into the House , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . 

showing any variation , extension or enlargement proposed to be made , to be deposited in the office of the clerk of the Parlia - ments previous to the bill being brought from the Commons , 182 , s . 14 , p . 177 . 



Form of , 183 , s . 6 , p . 180 . 



Form of , in the case of navigation bills , 183 , s . 7 , p . 180 , 

Form of , in the case of railways , 183 , ss . 8 to 13 , pp . 180 , 181 .

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SELECT COMMITTEE - to report on bills regulating the conduct of any trade , altering the laws of apprenticeship in relation to any par- ticular business , affixing marks to designate the quality of any manufacture , prohibiting the manufacture of any species of com- modity , or extending the term of any patent , before the second reading , 175 , р . 161 . 

Bills relating to certain joint - stock companies , after the first reading to be referred to a , and not to be read a second time until such committee report that three - fourths of the capital of the com- pany is deposited in the Bank of England , & c . , in the names of trustees , 176 , p . 162 ; -or in the case of chartered companies , that three - fourths of the capital has been paid up by the individual pro- prietors , 177 , p . 163 . 

Bills containing powers to lend money on the security of land for the purposes of improvement to be referred to a , 192 , p . 192 . SESSION CLERKS IN SCOTLAND - Deposit with , of plans , sections and books of reference , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 7 , p . 175 . 

Deposit with , of plans and sections of alterations in works , with book of reference thereto , one month previous to the introduction of the bill into the House , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . 

Deposit with , of copy of the Gazette notice , 182 , s . 8 , p . 175 . SEWERS - Bills relating to , included both in the first and second class 



of bills , 178 , s . 18 , pp . 166 , 167 . 



SHERIFF CLERKS IN SCOTLAND - Deposit of plans , sections and books of reference with , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 1 , p . 174 . 

- To mark in writing upon the plans , & c . , denoting the time at which they are lodged , 182 , s . 2 , p . 174 . 

Deposit with , in the case of railways , of a published map , with the line of railway delineated thereon , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 4 , p . 174 . 

Deposit with , of a copy of the Gazette notice , 182 , s . 8 , p . 175 . Deposit with , of plans and sections of alterations in works , with book of reference thereto , one month previous to the introduction of the bill into the house , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . 

SHORT TITLE - The advertisement to be headed by a , descriptive of the undertaking or bill , 180 , s . 1 , p . 169 . 

SHREWSBURY - Applications to landowners may be posted at , 181 , s . 3 , p . 172 . 

STAMPED PROXIES - Not to be forwarded to proprietors of companies summoned to meetings called to consider a bill before Parliament , unless a general meeting shall have previously determined that a stamped form of proxy shall be sent to each proprietor , 185 , s . 1 , p . 184 . 

STANDING ORDERS - The chairman of the committee on the report to acquaint the House that the , were duly observed in passing the bill through the committee , 143 , p . 149 ; or how far the orders have or have not been complied with , 158 , p . 156 . 

- Copy of the , to be transmitted to the committee on the bill , 144 , p . 150 ; 158 , p . 156 . 

The compliance with the , to be proved before Standing Order Committee , before the second reading , 178 , s . 3 , p . 164 .

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The examiners for , may examine into certain facts required to be proved before the Standing Order Committee , and the evidence produced before any such examiner shall be received by the Standing Order Committee as if the same had been given before them , except on any point in respect of which a petition complaining of non - compliance has been referred to them , or on which they shall require further evidence - Resolution , p . 195 . 

Any parties may appear to be heard upon any petition , com- plaining of a non - compliance with the , provided the matters com- plained of be specifically stated , and that it be presented on or before the second sitting day after the introduction of the bill , or in the case of a Lords ' bill not referred to the judges or approved by the Court of Chancery , on or before the sixth sitting day after the first reading , 178 , s . 4 , p . 164 . 

The Standing Order Committee to report whether the , have been complied with , and if not complied with , their opinion as to the propriety of dispensing with any of the , in such case , 178 , s . 5 , p . 164 . 

The committee on bill , not to examine into the compliance with the , the compliance with which is directed to be proved before the Standing Order Committee , 178 , s . 7 , p . 165 . 

The compliance with which is to be proved before the Standing Order Committee , 180 to 185 , pp . 169 to 185 . 

The compliance with which is to be proved before the committee on the bill , 186 to 189 , pp . 186 to 192 . 

See Committee on Standing Orders . 



STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE OR ANY PUBLIC OFFICER - Bills for the payment of , included in the first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . 



STREAMS See Brooks . 



STREETS - Bills relating to , included in second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . 

SUBSCRIPTION CONTRACT - to be entered into , to three - fourths the amount of the estimate , 184 , s . 1 , p . 182 . 

Cases wherein a declaration may be substituted in lieu or in aid of , 184 , s . 6 , p . 183 . 

Cases wherein a declaration and estimate of amount of rates may be substituted in lieu of , 184 , s . 7. p . 183 . 

to contain the christian and surname , description and place f abode , of every subscriber , his signature to the amount of his su scription , with the amount which he has paid up , the name of the party witnessing such signature , and the date of the same , the legar description and seal of any corporate body being a party thereto , and the total amount of such subscriptions and of the sums so paid up , 184 , s . 2 , 182 . 

not valid as respects railway bills , unless entered into subse- quent to the commencement of the previous session , nor as re- spects other bills , unless entered into subsequent to the close of the previous session , nor unless the parties bind themselves , their heirs , executors , and administrators , for the payment of the money subscribed , to be recoverable by action at law , 184 , ss . 3 and 4 , p . 182 . 



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In cases of applications by existing railway companies for powers to raise additional capital for the purpose of constructing branches , & c . or to contribute towards the expense of constructing other works , a subscription contract to be entered into for three- fourths of the additional capital , and deposits to be duly paid thereon , 184 , s . 5 , p . 182 . 



Deposit of printed copies of , at the Parliament Office , previous to the second reading , 182 , s . 11 , p . 176 . 

SUBSCRIPTIONS , one - twentieth , or in the case of railway bills , one- tenth part of amount required to be subscribed , to be deposited with the Court of Chancery in England or Ireland , or with the Court of Exchequer in Scotland , 184 , ss . 8 and 9 , pp . 183 , 184 . SUNDAYS - Notices given , or applications or deposits made on , will not be deemed valid , 181 , s . 8 , p . 173 ; 182 , s . 15 , p . 178 . 

TENANT IN TAIL UNDER AGE- When a , is a promoter of a private estate bill or a consenting party thereto , and any person entitled in remainder shall withhold his consent , the consent of a person ap- pointed by the Lord Chancellor shall be sufficient , 164 a , p . 154 . TERMINI - The notices to contain a description of the , 180 , s . 2 , p . 169 . THIRD READING - Previous to the , of a bill to extend the term of any letters - patent , it must appear that the term it is intended by the bill to extend will expire within two years from the commencement of the session , and also that the application is made by the person , or by the representatives of the person who himself originally dis- covered the invention , 187 , ss . 1 , 2 , p . 188 . 



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Previous to the , of a bill for making a burial ground , the bill must contain a provision restricting the same from being made within 300 yards of any house of the annual value of 501. , or having a plantation , or ornamental garden , or pleasure ground occupied therewith , except with the consent of the owner , lessee and occupier thereof , in writing , 188 , p . 188 . 

Previous to the , of a bill , it must be reprinted as amended in committee , unless the chairman certifies that the reprinting of such bill is unnecessary , 190 , s . 1 , p . 191 . 

Three days before the , a copy of every railway bill , as amended in committee , to be deposited with the Board of Trade , 182 , s . 12 , p . 176 . 

No amendment or clause to be moved to any bill on the , unless the same has been submitted to the chairman of committees , and printed copies thereof deposited with the clerk of the Parliaments at least one clear day previously , 179 , s . 6 , p . 168 . 

TIDAL LANDS - When the work is situate on , a copy of the plans and sections to be deposited at the Admiralty , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 3 , p . 174 . 

TIDAL RIVERS -Bills for reclaiming land from any , included in the second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . 

TOLLS , RATES OR DUTIES - The intention to apply for leave to levy 

or alter , to be specified in the notices , 180 , s . 1 , p . 169 . 



TOWNS . See Cities . 



TOWN CLERKS . See Royal Burghs in Scotland .

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TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNLANDS Notices to contain the names of , through which any work is proposed to be made , 180 , s . 2 , p . 169 . TRADE - Bills regulating the conduct of any , not to be read a second time until a select committee has reported thereon , 175 , p . 161 . TRUSTEES - appointed by any bill , to appear personally before the committee and accept the trust , 143 , p . 149 . 

appointed by any bill relative to estates in Scotland or Ireland , may accept the trust before the two judges to whom the bill is referred , 161 , p . 152 ; 166 , p . 158 . 

The consent of , of women interested in the sale or exchange of any estate , to be required by the committee , 152 , p . 155 . - The consent of , of children interested in the sale or exchange of any estate to be taken by the committee , 153 , p . 155 . 

Where any money is to pass through the hands of , whether for jointure , pin money , the fortunes of younger children , & c . , their consent to be in person before the committee , 154 , p . 155 . 

-The appointment of new , in lieu of any trustee dying , resigning , & c . , to be with the approbation of the Court of Chancery , 155 , p . 156 . 

Three fourths of the capital of certain joint - stock companies , to be deposited in the Bank of England , & c . , in the names of , before the second reading , 176 , p . 162 . 

TRUSTEES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES - Consents of , to bills may be given by each signing a printed copy of the bill , in the presence of a witness , 149 , p . 147 . 

TUNNELS - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . 

TUNNELLING - Where , as a substitute for open cutting , be intended , to be marked by a dotted line on the plan , 183 , s . 3 , p . 179 , and also marked on the section of a railway , 183 , s . 13 , p . 181 . 

TURNPIKE AND OTHER PUBLIC CARRIAGE ROADS - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . Order specially relating thereto , 182 , s . 10 , p . 175 . 



See Roads . 



UNOPPOSED BILLS - The chairman of committees may report his opinion that , should be proceeded with as opposed bills , 178 , s . 17 , p . 166 . 

VERTICAL MEASURE - From the datum line to the line of the rail- way , to be marked on the section at each change of the gradient or inclination , 183 , s . 9 , p . 180 . 

VIADUCT - Where a , as a substitute for solid embankment , is in tended , to be marked on the sections of railways , 183 , s . 13 , p . 181 . 

The height and span of every arch of a , to be marked on the section of railways at every crossing of a road , & c . , 183 , s . 12 , p . 181 . 

WATCHING OF CITIES OR TOWNS - Bills for , included in the first class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 166 . 

WATERWORKS - Bills relating to , included in the second class of bills , 178 , s . 18 , p . 167 . 

Notice to be given to owners , lessees , and occupiers of mills

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and manufactories or other works using any stream from which water is proposed to be abstracted , 181 , s . 2 , p . 171 . 

WIDENING OF ROADS , & c . -The extent of the widening of any road , river , canal , or railway , to be marked upon the plan , 183 , s . 4 , p . 180 . 

WOMEN - The consent of , to the sale or exchange of any estate , to be 



in person , 152 , p . 155 . 



WORKS - Notices to contain the names of the parishes , & c . from , in , through , or into which the , are intended to be made , 180 , s . 2 , p . 169 . 

Plans and sections , describing the line or situation of the whole of the , to be deposited with the clerks of the peace or sheriff clerks of every county in or through which the , are to be made , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 1 , p . 174 . Section to show the intended level of the , 183 , s . 6 , p . 180 . Plans , sections , and books of reference , to be deposited with the parish clerk , & c . , of each parish through which the , are to be made , on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 7 , p . 175 . 

Plans and sections of alterations in , to be deposited with clerks of the peace , parish clerks , & c . , one month previously to the introduction of the bill into the House , and notices thereof must be published for three successive weeks , previously to the introduction of the bill , and application made to owners , lessees , and occupiers of lands , and their consent proved , 182 , s . 13 , p . 176 . 

Plan and section of , showing any variation , extension or en- largement proposed to be made , to be deposited in the office of the clerk of the Parliaments , previous to the bill being brought from the Commons , 182 , s . 14 , p . 177 . 

intended to be relinquished , notice in writing of , to be given to owners , lessees and occupiers , 181 , s . 7 , p . 172 . 

In cases of , on tidal lands , a copy of the plans and sections to be deposited at the Admiralty on or before the 30th day of November , 182 , s . 3 , p . 174 . 

Notice to be given to the owners , lessees and occupiers of , using any stream , the waters of which are proposed to be ab- stracted for supplying any cut , canal , reservoir , aqueduct , navi- gation , or waterwork , 181 , s . 2 , p . 171 . 

In case the , intended to be carried into effect under the authority of a bill , are not completed within a time to be limited , all the powers and authorities thereby given , to cease and deter- mine , save only as to so much of such works as have been com- pleted within such time , 189 , s . 1 , p . 189 . 

Bills empowering a company to execute , undertake , or con- tribute towards any other , than that for which it was originally established , to be approved of by proprietors holding at least three - fourths of the capital represented at a meeting held specially for the purpose , and convened in the prescribed manner . 185 , s . 1 , p . 184 . 

A statement of the length and breadth of the space intended to be taken for the , and to give up which the consent of the

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WORKS - continued . 



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