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Plan, &c., to be signed by Chairman.
107. Every plan and Book of Reference thereto
which shall be produced in evidence before the Com-
mittee upon any Private Bill (whether the same
shall have been previously 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 Reference which
shall be agreed upon by the said Committee, and
every such Plan and Book of Reference shall there-
after be deposited in the Private Bill Office.

Committee Bill to be signed by Chairman.
108. 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 Committee.

Chairman to report on allegations of Bills.
109. 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 Standing Orders) to the satisfaction of
the Committee.

Chairman to report Bill in all cases.
110. The Chairman of the Committee shall report
the Bill 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 Com-
mittee 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.

Committee to notice recommendation from Government
Departments.
111. Whenever a recommendation shall have been
made in a Report on a Private Bill from a Depart-
ment of the Government referred to the Committee,
the Committee shall notice such recommendation in
their Report, and shall state their reasons for dis-
senting should such recommendation not be agreed to.

Minutes to be reported.
112. The Minutes of the Committee on every
Private Bill shall be brought up and laid on the
Table of the House with the Report of the Bill.

Railway Bills.--Heads of Inquiry.
113. The Committee on all Railway Bills shall
direct their attention especially to the following
heads of inquiry, and shall require evidence from the
promoters thereon, namely:--
I. The financial arrangements made, or proposed
by the promoters, the number and amount of
shares actually subscribed for, or agreed to be
taken; the amount of share capital and loans
proposed to be authorized, and the sufficiency of
the estimates for the works.
II. The merits, in an engineering point of view,
of the proposed Railway; the character of the
gradients and curves; the number and extent
of tunnels (if any); the places (if any) to be
worked by assistant or stationary engines; the
crossings (if any) of Public Roads on the level,
and any peculiar engineering difficulties, with
the modes proposed for overcoming them.
III. The degree of favour or objection with which
the project is regarded by the landowners and
others in the neighbourhood of the proposed
Railway.

Matters to be specially reported.
114. Every Committee on a Railway Bill shall
report especially to the House:--
I. Whether any report from any Public Depart-
ment in regard to the Bill, or the objects
thereof, has been referred by the House to the
Committee, and if so in what manner the several
recommendations contained in such Report have
been dealt with by the Committee.
II. Whether it be intended that the Railway shall
cross on a level any public road or highway.
III. And any other circumstances which in the
opinion of the Committee it is desirable that the
House should be informed of.

Committee to fix Tolls and Charges.
115. The Committee on every Railway Bill, except
Railway Bills promoted by a Provincial Government,
shall fix the tolls, and shall determine the maximum
rates of charge for the conveyance of passengers with
a due amount of luggage, and of goods on such
Railway, and such rate 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 goods
upon such Railway; but if the Committee shall not
deem it expedient to determine such maximum rate
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.

Railways not to be exempt from any General Act.
116. The following Clause shall be inserted in all
Railway Bills:--
"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 pro-
visions 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 the
General Assembly of the maximum rates of fares
and charges authorized by this Act (or by the said
recited Acts.)"

Chairman of Committees may report on Private Bill at any
period.
117. The Chairman of Committees of either House
shall be at liberty at any period after any Private
Bill shall have been referred to a Committee to report
to the House any special circumstances in relation
thereto which may appear to him to require it, or
to inform the House that, in his opinion, any unop-
posed Private Bill should be treated as an opposed
Bill.

IX.-PROCEEDINGS ON REPORT OF BILL.
Report to be delivered into Private Bill Office, along with
Bill, as amended.
118. The Report on the Bill, as agreed to by the
Committee, is delivered by the Committee Clerk into
the Private Bill Office, along with the printed copy
of the Bill with the written amendments.

Amended Bill to be printed at expense of promoters.
119. Every Private Bill, as amended in Committee,
shall be printed at the expense of the parties apply-
ing for the same, and delivered to the Clerk for the
use of the Members two clear days at least before
the consideration of the Bill.

Report to be delivered to Clerk of House, to lie on Table.
120. The Clerk in the Private Bill Office delivers
the Report upon every Private Bill to the Clerk of
the House, by whom it is laid on the Table of the
House.

Bill, in certain cases, to lie on Table.
121. The Bill, if amended in Committee, or a
Railway Bill, is ordered to lie on the Table.