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Receipt of Documents to be acknowledged.
150. The receipt of all documents required
by the Standing Orders of the House to be
deposited in the Private Bill Office, shall be
acknowledged by the Clerk upon the said
documents when deposited.

List of Petitions to be kept.
151. A list of all Petitions for Private
Bills shall be kept in the Private Bill Office,
in the order of their deposit, which shall be
called "the General List of Petitions," and
each Petition therein shall be numbered.

Memorials, when to be deposited.
152. All memorials complaining of non-
compliance with the Standing Orders in re-
ference to petitions for Bills deposited in the
Private Bill Office, shall be deposited within
twenty-one days after the commencement of
the Session; and in case of any Petition for
a Bill which, by special leave of the House,
may be deposited after the time limited by
the Standing Orders, shall be deposited three
clear days before the day first appointed for
the examination of the Petition.

Deposit of Memorials in Private Bill Office.
153. All memorials shall be deposited in
the Private Bill 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 such me-
morial shall be deposited for the use of the
Joint Committee on Standing Orders, before
twelve of the clock on the following day.

Time for depositing Memorials, &c.
154. Every memorial complaining of the
non-compliance with the Standing Orders in
reference to petitions for additional provision
in Private Bills, to Estate Bills, and to Bills
introduced by leave of the House, in lieu of
other Bills which shall have been withdrawn
and referred to the Joint Committee on Stand-
ing Orders, shall be deposited in the Private
Bill Office, together with two copies thereof,
before twelve of the clock on the day pre-
ceding that appointed for the examination
of any such Petition or Bill, and the Com-
mittee shall be at liberty to entertain such
memorial.

Notice of Examination.
155. The Clerk shall give at least four 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 for Estate Bills
and of Bills introduced by leave of the House,
in lieu of other Bills, which shall have been
withdrawn and referred to the Joint Com-
mittee on Standing Orders.

Examination Book.
156. After each Private Bill has been read
a 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.

Custody of Bills.
157. Every Private Bill after it has been
read a first time and the Title copied and ex-
amined for the Votes shall be in the custody
of the Clerk, and when committed, shall be
taken by the proper Committee Clerk into
his charge till reported.

Notice of second reading.
158. Three clear day's notice in writing
shall be given by the Agent for the Bill to
the Clerk in the Private Bill Office of the
day proposed for the second reading of any
Private Bill.

Notice of Meeting of Committee.
159. Four clear day's notice shall be given
by the Committee of Selection to the Clerk
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 to such Committee, except in the
case of Estate Bills, and except in the case
of Bills referred back to the said Committee
as unopposed, and in the case of such Estate
Bills, there shall be one clear day's notice
given of Committee by the Committee of
Selection, and in the case of Bills not referred
to the Committee of Selection, four 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 Clerk in the
Private Bill Office of the day and hour ap-
pointed 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.

Filled up Bill to be deposited in Private Bill Office.
160. A filled up Bill signed by the Agent
for the Bill as proposed to be submitted to
the Committee on the Bill, and in the case of
a re-committed Bill, a filled up Bill as pro-
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 shall be entitled to a copy thereof,
upon payment of the charges for making out
amendments of such Bill.

Notice of postponement of first Meeting of Committee.
161. Notice in writing shall be given by
the Committee of Selection to the Clerk in
the Private Bill Office of the postponement of
the first Meeting of any Committee on a Pri-
vate Bill, which shall have been referred to
the Committee of Selection on the day on
which such postponement is made, and in the
case of Bills not referred to the Committee
of Selection, one clear day's notice shall be
given by the Agent for the Bill to the Clerk
in the Private Bill Office of such postpone-
ment.

Notice of adjournment.
162. Notice in writing shall be given by
the Committee Clerk to the Clerk in the
Private Bill Office of the day and hour to
which each Committee is adjourned.