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as an opposed Bill, the Bill shall be forthwith
referred again to the Committee of Selection.

Petition against Bill to stand referred.
111. Every petition against a Bill, which shall
have been duly presented as required by these
rules, shall stand referred to the committee on
such Bill, and such petitions as shall have prayed
to be heard against the Bill shall be heard by
themselves, their agents, or counsels accordingly,
and the promoters of the Bill shall be heard in
like manner against such petition.

Time between Second and Third Reading.
112. There shall be eight clear days at least
between the second reading of every Bill and the
sitting of the committee thereon.

Report to lie on table.
113. The report upon every Bill shall lie upon
the table, and every Bill, when reported, shall be
ordered to be read a third time, and three clear
days shall intervene between the report and the
third reading.

Reprinting amended Bill.
114. Every Bill amended in committee shall be
reprinted at the expense of the promoters, and
copies shall be delivered for the use of members
as in the case of the original Bill.

Certificate of Chairman of Committees on Amendments.
115. No clause or amendment shall be con-
sidered in the Council in the case of any Bill
unless the Chairman of Committees shall have
certified, in writing, to Mr. Speaker, whether such
clause or amendment ought to be considered
without referring the same to the Committee on
Standing Orders.

References of Amendment.
116. When any such clause or amendment, as
last aforesaid, shall have been reported as requir-
ing a reference to the Committee on Standing
Orders, the same shall be referred accordingly,
and the Bill shall not be further proceeded with
in the Council until the report of the Committee
on Standing Orders shall have been brought up.

Third Reading.
117. After the consideration of a Bill ordered
to lie on the table, the Bill shall, if it seem fit
to the Council, be read a third time.

Amendment on Third Reading.
118. No amendment, not merely verbal, shall
be made to any Bill on the third reading.

Printing after Third Reading.
119. Every Bill, after it has been read a third
time, shall be printed fair at the expense of the
promoters.

One stage only on same day.
120. No Bill shall pass through more than one
stage on the same day without the special leave
of the Council.

Notice to suspend Standing Orders.
121. No motion shall be made to suspend or
dispense with any Sessional or Standing Orders
without due notice, except in cases of urgent
necessity.

Order of Business.
122. Each day, immediately upon the com-
mencement of the business of the Council, the
clerk shall read, from the private business list
and from the list of Bills presented for first
reading, the titles of the several Bills therein set
down in the following order :-

1. Third meetings.

2. Consideration of Bills ordered to lie on
   the table.

3. Second readings.

4. First readings.

And if, on the reading of any such title, no
motion shall be made, the proceedings on such
Bill shall be adjourned to the next sitting of the
Council.

Practice in the Private Bill Office.

Private Bill Register.
123. A book, to be called the Private Bill
Register, shall be kept in a room to be called the
Private Bill Office, in which book shall be entered
by the clerk appointed to that office called the
Private Bill Clerk, the name, description, and
place of residence of the solicitor, if any, and of
the agent soliciting the Bill, and all the proceed-
ings from the petition to the passing of the Bill,
such book to be entered up from day to day, each
entry stating briefly each day's proceedings in the
Council, and in each committee the day and how
on which the committee is appointed to sit, the
day and hour to which the proceedings before such
committee may be adjourned, and the name of
the clerk attending the same, and such book shall
be open to public inspection in the said office
daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Minute on deposited documents.
124. Whenever any document required by
these Orders to be deposited in the Private Bill
Office shall be deposited, the Private Bill Clerk
shall make a minute upon such document acknow-
ledging such deposit, and stating the day and
hour when the same is deposited.

List of Petitions.
125. A list of all petitions for Bills shall be
kept in the Private Bill Office, and the petitions
shall be named in such list in the order of their
deposit, and numbered in succession accordingly.

Deposit of Memorials.
126. All memorials complaining of non-com-
pliance with the Standing Orders in reference to
petitions for Bills deposited in the Private Bill
Office shall be deposited in the Private Bill Office
within twenty-one clear days from the commence-
ment of the session, except in the case of any
petition for a Bill which may, by special leave of
the Council, be deposited after the time limited
by Standing Orders for that purpose, and in such
last-mentioned case the memorial shall be de-
posited three clear days before the day first
appointed for the examination of the petition.

Time of Deposit.
127. All memorials shall be deposited in the
Private Bill Office before 6 p.m. on any day when
the Council shall sit, and before 2 p.m. on any
day when the Council shall not sit, and two copies
of every such memorial shall, before noon on the
following day, be deposited for the use of the
Committee on Standing Orders.

Deposit of Memorials.
128. Every memorial complaining of non-com-
pliance with Standing Orders in reference to
petitions for additional provisions in Bills, and to
Bills introduced by leave of the Council in lieu of
other Bills which shall have been withdrawn shall
be deposited in the Private Bill Office before noon
on the day preceding that appointed for the
examination of such petition or Bill, and two such