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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

copies as required by the last preceding rule shall
be deposited at the same time, and the committee
may consider any such memorial.

Notice of Examination.
129. The Private Bill 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, except in the case of petitions
for additional provision in Bills, and of Bills
introduced by leave of the Council in lieu of other
Bills which shall have been withdrawn, when he
shall give two clear days' notice.

Examination Book.
130. After each Bill has been read a first time
its name or short title shall be copied in 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
date of the day of the first reading of such Bill,
and the number of such Bill according to the
priority of its first reading.

Custody of Bill.
131. Every Bill after it has been read a first
time shall be in the custody of the Private Bill
Clerk, except when before any committee, when it
shall be in the custody of the proper committee
clerk until reported.

Notice of Second Reading.
132. Three clear days' notice in writing shall
be given by the promoters of the Bill or their
agent to the Private Bill Clerk of the day appointed
for the second reading of the Bill.

Notice of Meeting of Committee.
133. Four clear days' notice shall be given by
the Committee of Selection to the Private Bill
Clerk of the day and hour appointed for the first
meeting of the committee on every Private Bill
that shall have been referred to a committee,
except in the case of Bills referred back to the
Committee of Selection as unopposed under rule
No. 83, when one clear day's notice shall be given;
and in the case of Bills not referred to the Com-
mittee of Selection, and re-committed Bills, three
clear days' notice shall be given by the promoters
of the Bill or their agent to the Private Bill Clerk
of the day and hour appointed for the meeting of
the committee, and all proceedings of any com-
mittee of which such notice shall not have been
given shall be irregular and voidable at the
instance of any opponent of the Bill.

Deposit of filled-up Bill.
134. A filled-up Bill signed by the agent for
the Bill as proposed to be submitted to the com-
mittee on the Bill, and in the case of a recom-
mitted Bill, a filled up copy of the Bill as proposed
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 Bill, and every person who shall apply for a
copy thereof shall be entitled to receive one upon
paying the charges for making out such copy.

Notice of Postponement of Meeting of Committee.
135. Notice in writing shall be given by the
Committee of Selection to the Private Bill Clerk
of the postponement of the first meeting of every
committee on a Bill which shall have been referred
to the Committee of Selection, on the day on
which such postponement is made, and where a
Bill has not been referred to the Committee of
Selection, the promotors of the Bill or their agent | shall give one clear day's notice to the Private Bill
Clerk of such postponement.

Notice of adjournment.
136. Notice in writing shall be given by each
committee clerk to the Private Bill Clerk of the
day and hour to which each committee respectively
is adjourned.

Notice of consideration of Bill ordered to lie on the table.
137. One clear day's notice in writing shall be
given by the promoters of every Bill, or their
agent, to the Private Bill Clerk, of the day ap-
pointed for the consideration of every Bill ordered
to lie on the table.

Copy of amended Bills to be delivered.
138. Each committee clerk shall as soon as
practicable after the report is made out deliver
into the Private Bill Office a printed copy of the
Bill considered by his committee, with the amend-
ments made in committee written thereon, or
annexed thereto, as required by these rules.

Examination of amended Bill.
139. Every Bill printed as amended in com-
mittee shall be examined in the Private Bill Office
with the copy mentioned in the last preceding
rule, and a certificate endorsed on the printed copy
by the person making such examination.

Notice of proposed amendment.
140. When it is intended to bring up any
clause, or to propose any amendment on the con-
sideration of any Bill ordered to lie on the table,
or on the third reading of any Bill, one clear day's
notice shall be given in the Private Bill Office
before such consideration or third reading.

Notice of Third Reading.
141. One clear day's notice in writing shall be
given by the promoters of every Bill, or their
agent, of the day proposed for the third reading
of such Bill.

Amendments to be entered.
142. The amendments, if any, made on the con-
sideration of every Bill ordered to lie on the table,
and on the third reading of every Bill, shall be
entered upon the printed copy of the Bill as
amended in committee, or on riders annexed
thereto, and signed and marked by him in like
manner as amendments made in committee are to
be entered signed and marked by the chairman.

Examination of Bill when printed fair.
143. Every Bill after it has been printed fair
after the third reading, shall be examined with
the amended copy mentioned in the last preced-
ing rule, and such examination certified in like
manner as Bills printed after amendment in com-
mittee are to be examined and certified.

Hours for delivering notices.
144. All notices required to be given, and de-
posits to be made in the Private Bill Office, shall
be given or made in such office before 6 p.m. of
any day on which the Council shall not sit.

Daily lists.
145. The Private Bill Clerk shall prepare daily
lists of Bills and petitions upon which any com-
mittee is appointed to sit, showing the hour when
the committee shall sit, and such list shall be
hung up in the lobby of the Council Chamber.

Fees.
146. A scale of fees to be paid by parties
opposing or promoting Bills shall be made by the
Speaker of the Council and the Chairman of
Committees, and any Bill or opposition to a Bill