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noted the number of such Bill according to the |
priority of its being read and date of the day of
such First Reading.

Custody of Bills.
142. Every Private Bill, after it has been read
a First time, and the Title copied, shall be in the
custody of the Clerk in the Private Bill Office until
reported.

Notice of Meeting of Committee.
143. One 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.

Filled up Bill to be deposited in Private Bill Office.
144. 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 proposed to be submitted to the Com-
mittee 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 pay-
ment of the charges for making out Amendments of
such Bill.

Private Bill, as amended, to be examined.
145. Every Private Bill (reprinted as amended in
Committee) shall be examined by the Clerk in the
Private Bill Office, who shall certify to its accuracy
by an endorsement thereon.

One day's notice to be given of day for consideration of Bill
ordered to lie on Table.
146. One 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 con-
sideration of every Private Bill ordered to lie upon
the Table.

Notice of proposed amendments on consideration of Bill on
Third Reading.
147. 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 the day before, not later than seven
o'clock.

Notice of Third Reading.
148. One 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 Third Reading
of every Private Bill.

Amendments of the other House to be recorded.
149. The Amendments (if any) which are made
on the consideration of any Private Bill ordered to
lie upon the Table, and upon the Third Reading
of any Private Bill, and also such Amendments made
by the other House as shall have been agreed to by
the House, shall be entered by the Clerk in the Pri-
vate Bill Office upon the printed copy of the Bill, as
amended in Committee, and the Clerk shall sign the
said copy so amended in order to its being deposited
and preserved in the same Office.

Certificate of Examination.
150. Every Private Bill, after it has been printed
fair, shall before the same is sent to the other House,
be examined by the Clerk in the Private Bill Office
with the Bill as read a Third time, and endorsed by
him.

Notice of consideration of Amendments of other House.
151. When Amendments made by the other House
to any Private Bill are to be taken into consideration,
one clear day's notice thereof should be given in the
Private Bill Office by the Agent, and if any Amend-
ments be intended to be proposed 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 other House.

Time for delivering Notices.
152. All notices required to be given, or deposits
to be made in the Private Bill Office shall be
delivered in the said Office before Seven 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 follow-
ing day no notice shall be given for the first day on
which it shall sit again.

Daily Lists of Committees Sitting.
153. The Clerk in the Private Bill Office shall pre-
pare daily Lists of all Private Bills and Petitions
for Private Bills on which any Committee is appointed
to sit, specifying the hour when the Committee shall
sit, and the same shall be hung up in the lobby of
the House.

XI.—ORDERS SPECIALLY RELATING TO ESTATE BILLS.

Interested persons to consent.
154. All persons immediately concerned in the
consequences of any Estate Bill shall signify their
consent to such Bill before the Committee to which
such Bill may be referred.

Mode of proving consent.
155. Such consent may be given by the person
signifying his assent to such Bill, by signing a
printed copy thereof in the presence of a Solicitor
of the Supreme Court, or a Justice of the Peace.

Consent of Infant, &c.
156. In the case of the infancy or lunacy of any
such person, his consent may be given by his guardian,
parent, next relation, or Committee.

Consent of Trustees to accept Trust.
157. In all cases where Trustees shall be appointed
by any Estate Bills, the consent of the Trustees to
accept the Trusts shall be proved in the same manner
as other consents.

Notice of application to be given to Mortgagee.
158. Previously to the presentation of a Petition
for an Estate Bill, notice shall be given to any person
being a Mortgagee upon the Estate intended to be
affected by such Bill, and such notice shall state the
intention to apply for the Bill, and shall set forth
the general objects thereof.

Provision with respect to Estates devoted to Charitable Uses.
159. Similar notice shall be given to the Attorney-
General of the application for any Bill relating to or
containing provisions whereby any especial applica-
tion of the property of any charity shall be directed,
or the patronage or the constitution of any charity,
or the right of any charity, to any property shall be
affected.

Petitions for Private Estate Bills to be in accordance with the
Statute of 1867.
160. Petitions for Private Estate Bills must be pre-
pared in accordance with the provisions of "The
Private Estates Bill Act, 1867," and it shall be
incumbent upon the Petitioner to show that the pro-
visions of the said Act have been complied with.

NOTE.—Any Select Committee of the Legislative Council or of the
House of Representatives, or a Joint Committee of the Legislative
Council and House of Representatives, to which any Private Bill may be
referred, may examine Witnesses on oath upon matters relating to such
Bill. (See Sec. 2, No. 1, 1860.).

APPENDIX A.

SIR,—We beg to inform you, that application is intended to
be made to the General Assembly in the ensuing Session for