agent for the bill, to the clerks in the Private Bill Office, of the day proposed for the third reading of every private bill; and no such notice shall be given until the day after that on which the bill shall have been ordered to be read a third time.

STANDING

ORDERS.

consideration of

235. The amendments (if any) which are made on the con- Amendments on sideration of any private bill ordered to lie upon the table, and bill and third on the third reading of any private bill, and also such amend reading. ments made by the House of Lords as shall have been agreed to by this House, shall be entered by one of the clerks in the Private Bill Office, upon the printed copy of the bill as amended in committee; which clerk shall sign the said copy so amended, in order to its being deposited and preserved in the said office.

to the Lords to

236. Every private bill, after it has been printed fair, (see Private bills sent 208,) shall, before the same is sent to the Lords, be examined be endorsed with by the clerks in the Private Bill Office with the bill as read a certificate of third time; and the examining clerks shall endorse thereon a certificate of such examination.

examination.

sideration of

237. When amendments made by the House of Lords to any Notice of conprivate bill are to be taken into consideration, one clear day's Lords' amendnotice shall be given thereof in the Private Bill Office, and if ments. any amendments 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 House of Lords.

238. All notices required to be given or deposits to be made Time for delivering notices. in the Private Bill Office shall be delivered in the said 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 after any day on which the House shall have adjourned beyond the following day, no notice shall be given for the first day on which it shall again sit.

sitting.

239. The clerks in the Private Bill Office shall prepare daily Daily lists of lists of all private bills, and petitions for private bills, upon which committees any committee or examiner is appointed to sit; specifying the hour of meeting, and the room where the committee or examiner shall sit; and the same shall be hung up in the lobby of the House.

fied as Mr

240. Every plan, and book of reference thereto, which shall Plans to be veribe certified by the Speaker of the House of Commons, in pur- Speaker shall suance of any act of Parliament, shall previously be ascertained, direct. and verified in such manner as shall be deemed most advisable by the Speaker, to be exactly conformable in all respects to the plan and book of reference which shall have been signed by the chairman of the committee upon the bill.

STANDING
ORDERS

APPENDIX (A.)

[Form referred to in No. 20.*]

No.

SIR,
We beg to inform you, that application is intended to be made to
Parliament in the ensuing session for "an act," [here insert the title of the
act,] and that the property mentioned in the annexed schedule, or some
part thereof, in which we understand you are interested as therein stated,
will be required for the purposes of the said undertaking, according to the
line thereof as at present laid out, or may be required to be taken under
the usual powers of deviation to the extent of
yards on

either side of the said line which will be applied for in the said act.
We also beg to inform you, that a plan and section of the said under-
taking, with a book of reference thereto, have been or will be deposited
with the [several clerks of the peace, or principal sheriff-clerks, as the cas
may be,] of the counties of, [specify the counties in which the property is
situate,] on or before the 30th of November, and that copies of so much of
the said plan and section as relates to the [parish or extra-parochial place,
as the case may be,] in which your property is situate, with a book of refer-
ence thereto, have been or will be deposited for public inspection with the
[clerk of the said parish, clerk of the parish of
adjoining to

such extra-parochial place, schoolmaster of the parish, session-clerk, town-
clerk of the royal burgh, or the clerk of the union in which such parish is
included, as the case may be,] on or before the 30th day of November, os
which plan your property is designated by the numbers set forth in the
annexed schedule.

As we are required to report to Parliament whether you assent to or dissent from the proposed undertaking, or whether you are neuter in respect thereto, you will oblige us by writing your answer of assent, dissent, or neutrality in the form left herewith, and returning the same to us with your signature on or before the day of next; and if there should be any error or mis-description in the annexed schedule, we shall feel obliged by your informing us thereof, at your earliest convenience, that we may correct the same without delay.

Το

We are, Sir,

Your most obedient servants,

Note. If the application be forwarded by post, the words "Parliamentary Notice are to be printed or written on the cover.

The same form is prescribed by the Lords' standing orders.

A TABLE OF THE FEES TO BE CHARGED AT THE HOUSE
OF COMMONS.

FEES TO BE PAID BY THE PROMOTERS OF A PRIVATE BILL.

STANDING
ORDERS.

On the deposit of the petition, bill, plan, or any other document in the Private Bill Office,

£ s. d.

For every day on which the examiners shall inquire into the compliance with the standing orders,

Bills from the Lords, commonly called estate bills, divorce bills, naturalisation bills, and name bills, to be charge only one-half of the preceding fees.

The preceding fees on the petition, first, second, and third readings, and report, to be increased according to the money to be raised or expended under the authority of any bill for the execution of a work, in conformity with the following scale :

If the sum be £100,000 and under £500,000, twice the amount of such fees.

If the sum be £500,000 and under £1,000,000, three times the amount of such fees.

If the sum be £1,000,000 and above, four times the amount of such fees.

For proceedings before any Committee or the Referees. For every day on which the committee or the referees shall

On the deposit of every memorial complaining that the standing orders have not been complied with,

On the presentation or deposit of every petition against a private bill,

For proceedings before the Examiners, or before any Committee

or the Referees.

For every day on which the examiners shall inquire into any memorial complaining of a non-compliance with the standing orders,

For every day on which the petitioners appear before any committee or the referees,