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on the 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 330 feet, and on
a vertical scale of not less than one inch to
every 40 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 200 yards on each
side of the centre line of the railway.

Embankments and Cuttings.
51. Wherever the extreme height of any
embankment, or 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 intervene in any embank-
ment, or if any tunnels shall intervene in
any cutting, the extreme height or depth
shall be marked in figures on each of the
parts into which such embankment or cutting
shall be divided by such bridge, viaduct, or
tunnel.

Tunnelling and Viaduct to be marked.
52. Where tunnelling, as a substitute for
open cutting, or viaduct, as a substitute for
solid embankment, is intended, the same shall
be marked on the section.

8.—ESTIMATES AND DECLARATION IN CERTAIN
CASES.

Estimates to be made.
53. An estimate of the expense of the un-
dertaking, under each Bill of the 2nd Class,
shall be made and signed by the person mak-
ing the same.

Declaration in certain cases.
54. When 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 the
revenue of any Provincial Government, or
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 or part promoters of the Bill, a
declaration stating these facts, and setting
forth the nature of such control, and the
nature and amount of such revenue, funds,
or surplus revenue, and showing the actual
surplus of such funds or revenue, after de-
ducting the funds required for purposes au-
thorised by any Act or Acts of the General
Assembly, or the Legislature of such Province,
and also the funds which may be required for
any other work to be executed under any
Bill in the same Session, shall be made and
given under the common seal of the Province,
society, or company, or under the hand of

some authorised officer of such directors,
trustees, or commissioners.

Cases wherein Declaration and Estimate of Rates may be
deposited.
55. 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
private or personal pecuniary profit or ad-
vantage is to be 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, duty,
or revenue, shall be made and signed by the
person making the same.

IV. PROCEEDINGS OF COMMITTEES.

JOINT COMMITTEE ON STANDING ORDERS.

List of Petitions to be posted in Lobby.
56. The Clerk shall prepare and post in the
lobby, a general list of petitions for Private
Bills which shall have been duly deposited
in the Private Bill Office.

When Examination to commence.
57. The examination of the petitions for
Private Bills, which shall have been duly
deposited in the Private Bill Office, shall
commence after the expiration of one month
from the commencement of the Session.

Clerk to give Notice of Examination.
58. The Clerk shall give at least four clear
days' notice, in the Private Bill Office, of a day
to be appointed by Mr. Speaker, for the ex-
amination of any petition (except in the cases
mentioned in order 154); and, in case the pro-
moters shall not appear at the time when the
petition shall come on to be heard, the Joint
Committee on Standing Orders shall strike
the petition off the general list of petitions,
and shall not re-insert the same, except by
Order of the House.

Memorial complaining of noncompliance with Standing Orders.
59. Any parties shall be entitled to appear
and to be heard by themselves, their agents,
and witnesses, upon a Memorial addressed to
the Clerk, complaining of a non-compliance
with the Standing Orders, provided the matter
complained of be specifically stated in such
memorial, and such memorial have been duly
deposited in the Private Bill Office at least
one clear day before the day fixed for the
examination of the petition.

Affidavits, &c., to be admitted in proof.
60. The Joint Committee on Standing
Orders may admit affidavits or declarations
in proof of the compliance with the Standing
Orders, unless in any case they shall require
further evidence; and such affidavit or de-
claration shall be sworn or taken before a
solicitor of the Supreme Court, or a Justice
of the Peace.

Chairman to Endorse Petition and Report.
61. The Chairman of the Committee shall
certify by endorsement on each petition which
shall have been duly deposited in the Private