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Petitions for Dispensing with Sessional or Plans-continued. Standing Orders:

The Select Committee on Standing Orders to report whether they ought or ought not to be dispensed witli, 95.

To be presented to the House by depositing the same in the Private Bill Office, and to stand referred to the Standing Orders Committee, 200.

Petitions, General List of. See General List.

Petitions, Withdrawal of. See Withdrawal.

Piers. See Docks, Harbours, &c.

Pilotage:

Bills relating to, included in the 1st Class of Bills, 1.

Plans:

Notices to state time and place of deposit of, 4.

To be deposited with clerks of peace or sheriff clerks on or before 30th November, 24.

To be deposited in the Private Bill Office on or before 30th November, 25.

In case of tidal lands, to be deposited at the Harbour Department, Board of Trade, on or before 30th November, 26.

Where works are on banks, &c., of any river, to be deposited at the offices of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Secretary for Scotland, Irish offices, Westminster, and Dublin, and at the office of the Conservators of the River, 26a.

In the cases of Railway, Tramway, and Canal Bills to be deposited at the Board of Trade, on or before 30th November, 27.

In the case of lands or houses situate in London, with the London County Council on or before 30th November, 28.

Copies of so much thereof as relates to each area, to be deposited with town clerks and clerks of local authorities on or before 30th November, &c, 29.

In the case of burial grounds and commonable lands. with the Home Office and Board of Agriculture and Fisheries on or before 30th November, 30.

Gazette notice to be deposited with, 31.

Duplicates in the case of applications for provisional orders or certificates to be deposited in Private Bill Office on or before 30th November, 39.

To describe the lands intended to be taken or used, or upon which an improvement charge is to be imposed, and other particulars, 40.

To describe brooks and streams proposed to be diverted in the case of canals, &c., 41.

To set forth certain particulars in the case of railways, in connection with extensions, curves, tunnelling, &c., 42.

To specify the intended diverting, widening, or narrowing of any road, navigable river, canal, railway, &c., 43. To show course of existing line in the case of railway junctions, 44.

To indicate proposed course of lines in the case of street tramways, 45.

To define improvement and limit of improvement area, 45a.

To be deposited in Private Bill Office and with clerks of the peace and clerks of local authorities, in the case of alteration of works after introduction of Bill, 61.

Produced in evidence before committee to be signed at length by chairman, and every alteration with his initials, 146.

Receipt of, to be acknowledged by one of the clerks in the Private Bill Office, 228.

Certified by Mr. Speaker, in pursuance of any Act of Parliament, to be verified as he shall direct, 249.

Police:

Bills relative to, included in the 1st Class of Bills, 1.

Committee to consider clauses and report specially on Bills promoted by local authorities giving powers relating to, 173a.

Police and Sanitary Regulations :

Deposit of Bills relative thereto at Home Office on or before 18th December, 33; Bills brought from the Lords not later than two days after first reading, 60; Bills as amended in committee three clear days before consideration, 84.

Poor and Poor Rate:

Bills relative to, included in the 1st Class of Bills, 1.

Poor Rate (Ireland):

Examiner to report compliance or noncompliance with certain orders in the case of Railway Bills containing provisions charging payments on, 67.

Ports. See Docks, Harbours, &c.

Post:

Service of applications and notices by, 12, 19-21.

Post Office, General. See General Post Office. Postponement

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Notices of intended application for Private Bill to specify time when copies of the Bill will be deposited in the Private Bill Office, 3.

No deposit to be valid if made on a Sunday, Christmas-day, Good Friday or Easter Monday, or before eight o'clock in the forenoon, or after eight o'clock in the afternoon, 23.

Plans, sections, and books of reference, and, in the case of railways, ordnance map, to be deposited on or before 30th November, 25.

Copy of Gazette notices to be deposited, 31.

Petition for Bill, with agent's declaration, and printed copy of Bill, to be deposited on or before 17th December, 32, 193.

Estimates, declarations, and lists of owners, lessees, and occupiers to be deposited on or before 31st December, 35.

Copy of deed or agreement of partnership in the case of Bills for incorporating joint stock companies to be deposited on or before 31st December, 35a.

Printed copies of estimate and declaration to be delivered on or before 31st De-' cember, 36.

Deposit of estimate in the case of works to be executed by local authority, 36a.

Statement of particulars in the case of Bills for taking houses occupied by the working classes to be deposited on or before 21st December, 38.

Private Bill Office-continued.

Plans, &c., in the case of provisional orders or certificates to be deposited on or before 30th November, 39. .

Plans, &c., to be deposited in cases where work is altered while Bill is in Parliament, 61.

Statement of number of votes and resolution where meeting of proprietors required, to be deposited, 62-65.

Resolution and statement approving Bill containing provisions charging payments on local rates in Ireland to be deposited, 67.

Seven clear days' notice to be given in the, of day appointed for Examination of Petition, 70.

Two clear days' notice to be given to the, of day appointed for examination of petitions for additional provision, Bills brought from Lords, Bills introduced in lieu of others, and Bills for confirming provisional orders or certificates, 73.

Two clear days' notice of day appointed by the committee for consideration or postponement of Bills to be given by the committee clerk to the, 126.

Petition against Bill to be deposited on or before 12th February, except in certain cases, 128.

Plans and books of reference produced in evidence before committee and signed by chairman to be deposited in the, 146.

All Bills to be deposited in the, on the day previous to the day fixed for their being laid on the Table of the House, and such Bills together with list to be laid on the Table by one of the clerks, 195.

Petitions in favour of, or against, or otherwise relating to, Bills to be deposited, 205.

Petition may be withdrawn on deposit of requisition to that effect, 206.

Orders regulating the practice in the Private Bill Office, 227-249.

Private Bill Registers:

To be kept in the Private Bill Office, and to be open to public inspection, 227.

Private Bills:

Division of Bills into two classes, 1. Particulars to be specified in the notices, 3.

A printed copy of every Bill to be deposited in the Private Bill Office on or before the 17th December, 32.

Deposit of printed copy of every Bill at the Treasury and other public offices on or before 18th December, 33.

Printed copy of Bill relating to works in London, to be deposited with the London County Council on or before 18th December, 34.

Private Bills-continued.

Bills brought from the Lords to be deposited at various public offices not later than two days after first reading, 60.

Bills originating in this House or brought from the Lords conferring additional powers on existing companies to be referred to Examiners who shall report as to compliance or non-compliance with certain orders relating to consents of proprietors, &c., 62-65.

Bills brought from the Lords, or introduced in lieu of other Bills, or to confirm provisional orders or certificates after first reading to be referred to Examiners, 72.

Chairman of Ways and Means or Counsel to Mr. Speaker to confer with Chairman of Lords' Committees on or before 28th January to determine in which House the respective Bills should be first considered, 79.

All Bills to be laid before the Chairman of Ways and Means and Counsel to Mr. Speaker not later than the day after the Examiner has endorsed the petition, 80.

Chairman of Ways and Means to report to the House before second reading of Bills relating to government contracts, 81.

Two clear days before consideration by committee, Bills to be laid before Chairman of Ways and Means and Counsel to Mr. Speaker, 82.

Three clear days before consideration, Bills, as amended in committee, to be laid before Chairman of Ways and Means and Counsel to Mr. Speaker, and deposited at various public offices, 84.

Clauses and amendments offered on consideration, and verbal amendments on third reading, to be submitted to Chairman of Ways and Means, and the Counsel to Mr. Speaker, and the Chairman of Ways and Means shall acquaint the House whether the same ought to be entertained without being referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders, 85, 216.

In the case of clauses and amendments proposed on consideration, and referred to Standing Orders Committee, committee to report whether they should be adopted, or whether the Bill should be re-committed, 97.

Printed copies of Bills to be laid before Committee of Selection, or General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills at their first meeting, 102.

At the first meeting of the committee, copy of Bill as proposed to be submitted to them, to be laid before each member of the committee, 137.

A Petitioner against a Bill brought from Lords who has discussed clauses in that House not to be precluded from opposing preamble in this House, 143.

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Board of Trade to report on Bills relating to generating stations, 157a.

Clauses to be inserted in Railway, &c., Bills, relating to limit of time for completion of line, 158.

Board of Trade to report on Bills to authorise abandonment of works, 158b.

Agreement for which parliamentary sanction is sought to be annexed as a schedule to a Bill, 174.

In the case of Bills for restoring Letters Patent, copy thereof to be annexed, 175.

Procedure in the case of Inclosure and Drainage Bills, 176–183.

Housing of the Working Classes, 184.
Water, 185.

Turnpike Roads (Ireland), 186.
Burial Grounds, &c., 187.

Gas or Water Companies' additional capital, 188.

Estate Bills, 188a.

Divorce Bills, 189-192.

Bills to be brought in upon petition signed by the parties, 193.

No Bill for confirming provisional order or certificate to be read the first time after Whitsuntide, 193a.

Procedure in case of Bills promoted by London County Council, 194-194e.

Bills to be deposited in the Private Bill Office, and to be laid on the Table of the House by a clerk of that office, with a list of such Bills, 195.

Bills to be presented by being laid on the Table of the House not later than one clear day after indorsement by Examiner, 196.

Bills laid upon the Table deemed to have been read the first time and ordered to be read a second time or referred to Examiners, 197.

When standing orders applicable to Bill brought in on motion are not complied with, order of the day relating to the Bill to be discharged, 200a.

Orders as to the mode of printing, 201. Charges affecting public revenue to be inserted in Bills in italics, 202.

Every Bill (except name Bills) to be printed, and copies delivered to Vote Office before first reading, 203.

Interval

Private Bills-continued.

Interval between first and second reading, 204.

Second or third readings, consideration as amended, &c., when opposed, to be postponed until the next sitting of the House, 207.

Every Bill (except Railway, Canal, or Divorce Bills), when read a second time and committed, to be referred to Committee of Selection; if a Railway or Canal Bill, to the General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills, and if a Divorce Bill, to the Select Committee on Divorce Bills, 208.

Provisional Order Bills to stand referred after second reading to the Committee of Selection or the General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills, 208a.

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Unopposed Bills when when treated opposed to be referred again to the Committee of Selection or the General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills, 209.

Interval between second reading and committee, 211.

Printed copies of Bills, as amended in committee, to be delivered to the Vote Office three clear days before consideration, 214.

Three clear days to intervene between the report and the consideration of the Bill unless Chairman of Ways and Means has acquainted the House whether Bill contains the provisions required by the standing orders, 215.

Amendments not to be proposed on consideration or third reading unless sanctioned by Chairman of Ways and Means, 216.

No Amendments, except verbal, to be made on third reading, 219.

Bill to be printed fair after third reading, at the expense of the parties applying for the same, 221.

No Bill to be passed through two stages on the same day, without special leave, 223.

In whose custody Bills are to be kept, 233.

Three clear days' notice of day proposed for second reading to be given to the Private Bill Office, 235.

Filled-up Bill as proposed to be submitted to committee to be deposited in Private Bill Office, 237.

Bills printed as amended in committee to be examined in the Private Bill Office, 241.

Bills printed fair to be examined with Bills as read the third time and sent to the Lords indorsed with certificate of examination, 245.

Tables of Fees payable at the House of Commons in regard to Private Bills, pp. 123-124.

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Private Bills-continued.

Certain Bills deemed to be Private Bills within the meaning of the Table of Fees, p. 124.

See also Committees. Railways. Custody of. Examiners. London County Council. Notices by Advertisement. Preamble. Private Bill Office.

Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act: Orders for the purposes of, 250-259. Definitions, 250.

Chairmen to determine procedure for consideration of draft provisional orders, 251.

Report of Chairmen on draft provisional orders, 252.

Committee of Selection to choose Parliamentary Panel, 253.

Bills originating in the Lords referred to joint committee to be deemed to have passed committee in this House, 254.

Constitution of joint committee, 254a. Substituted Bills may be deposited on or before 17th December, and all notices shall be applicable to such Bills, 255.

Deposit of substituted Bill at public departments, 255.

Proofs before Examiners, 256.

No provisions not contained in draft provisional order to be inserted in substituted Bill, 257.

Deposit of substituted Bills brought from the Lords, 258.

Petitions for and against draft provisional orders, 259.

Proof by Affidavit.
Proof by Affidavit. See Affidavits.

Property held in Trust for Public Purposes:
Bills relating to, included in the 1st
Class of Bills, 1.

Proprietors. See Consents. Meetings of Proprietors. Shareholders.

Provisional Orders and Certificates:

Statement relating to working class houses affected by, to be deposited in Private Bill Office on or before 21st December, 38.

Duplicates of plans, &c., in cases of application for, to be deposited in Private Bill Office on or before 30th November, 39.

Bills to confirm, after first reading, to be referred to Examiners, 72.

Two clear days' notice to be given by the promoters of Bills for confirming, in the Private Bill Office, of the day on which the same shall be examined, after the Bill has been printed and circulated, 73.

Orders

Provisional Orders and Certificates—continued.

Orders relating to petitions against

Q.

Bills for confirming, 127, 128, 135, 205, Quorum. See Committees.

210.

Proceedings of committees on Bills for confirming, to be conducted as in cases. of Private Bills, and subject to same rules and orders of the House, so far as applicable, 151.

No Bill for confirming, to be read first time after Whitsuntide, 193a.

R.

Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888:
Application of, as to revision of rates,

166a.

Interval between first and second Railways: reading of Bill to confirm, 204.

Bills for confirming, to stand referred to the Committee of Selection or General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills, and Committee on Bill containing an opposed order or certificate, to consider all the orders, &c., comprised in the Bill, 208a.

Bills for confirming, to be set down for consideration, each day, in a separate list, after Private Business, in same order as Private Bills, 225a.

Privileges of this House not insisted on in the case of Bills for confirming, sent down from the Lords, referring to tolls and charges not in the nature of a tax, 226.

Consideration of memorials complaining of non-compliance with the standing orders, in cases of Bills for confirming, 232.

See also Private Bills. Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act.

Public Carriage Roads:

Bills relative to, included in the 2nd Class of, 1.

Deposit of Bills with road authorities, 34a.

Diversion, &c., of, to be marked on the plan, 43.

Particulars in the case of works affecting, to be marked on the section, 47, 51, 52.

Level of, when altered by any public work, 145.

Ascent of, where the level is altered in making any railway, subject to a report from the Board of Trade, 154.

Level crossings, 155.

Public Officer:

Bills for Payment of any, included in the 1st Class of Bills, 1.

Public Revenue, Charges on:

To be inserted in italics in the printed Bill, 202.

Publication of Notices. See Gazette. Notices by Advertisement.

Bills relative to, included in the 2nd Class of Bills, 1.

Notice in case of Bill containing application for compulsory running

powers, 18.

Plans, book of reference, and section. to be deposited with clerks of the peace, &c., 24.

Copy of all plans, sections and books. of reference, and ordnance map to be deposited with Board of Trade, 27.

Printed copy of every Bill relating to, to be deposited at the Board of Trade on or before 18th December, 33.

Form of estimate in Bills relating to, 37.

Particulars to be specially described on the plans and sections, 42-44, 47, 49–55.

In the case of certain Bills relating to, a sum of not less than five per cent. on the amount of the estimate of expense to be deposited before the 15th January with the Paymaster General in England, Accountant General in Ireland, or Court of Exchequer in Scotland, 57.

Bills relating to charging payments on poor or local rate in Ireland to be submitted to and approved by rating authorities, 67.

Printed copies of Bills to be laid before the General Committee at their first meeting, 102.

In the case of Bills relating to, railway companies may be heard upon petition against preamble and clauses, 132.

Bodies representing trades, &c., may petition against rates and fares, 133.

Board of Trade to report on Bills relating to, seeking powers to levy tolls, &c., in excess of those authorised, 145a. Restrictions as to mortgage, 153. Clauses and provisions to be inserted in Bills, 158-170.

Board of Trade to report on Bills for abandonment of undertakings, or release of deposit money, 1586.

Unopposed Bills relating to, when treated as opposed to be again referred to the General Committee, 209.

See also Committees. Level Crossings. Private Bills,

Rates

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