(b) Whether the Bill gives powers which may be obtained by means of bye-laws made subject to the restrictions of General Acts already existing;

(c) Whether the Bill assigns a period for repayment of any loan or for the redemption of any charge or debt, under the Bill exceeding the term of sixty years, which term the Committee shall not in any case allow to be exceeded, or any period disproportionate to the duration of the works to be executed, or other objects of the loan, charge, or debt;

(d) Whether the Bill gives borrowing powers for purposes for which such powers already exist, or may be obtained under General Acts, without subjecting the exercise of the powers under the Bill to approval from time to time by the proper Government Department.

And the Committee shall report specially to The House

In what manner any clauses relating to the several matters aforesaid have been dealt with by the Committee; and

Whether any Report from any Government Department relative to the Bill has been referred to the Committee; and

If so, in what manner the recommendations in that Report have been dealt with by the Committee; and

Any other circumstances of which, in the opinion of the Committee, it is desirable. that the House should be informed:

And the Report of the Committee shall be printed.

174. Where

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Copy of Letters Patent to be annexed to the Bill.

Letters Patent.

175. When any Bill shall be brought into The House for restoring any Letters Patent there shall be a true copy of such Letter Patent annexed to the Bill, and the total amount of fees (including the prescribed fee for enlargement under Section 17 of "The Patents and Designs Act, 1907 "), due and to become due on the patent, shall be deposited with the Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, before the meeting of the Committee on the Bill, and such deposit proved before the Committee.

Report of Attorney General in case of Bill affecting

any charity or educational foundation

in England.

Charitable or Educational Institutions.

175a. Notice in writing of any Bill relating to England, and containing provisions whereby any application of the property of any charity not authorized by the Lands Clauses Consoli dation Acts, shall be directed, or the patronage or the constitution of any charity, or the righ:

of any charity to
any property, shall be
affected, or setting up, or taking power to
set up or to take over or interfere in the
management of any school or other educational
foundation or institution, or to levy any rate
or raise money for any such purpose, shall be
given to the Attorney General for England,
and no such Bill shall be taken into considera-
tion by the Committee on the Bill until the
House has received a report from the Attorney
General on such Bill, and such report shall
stand referred to the Committee on the Bill, but
this Standing Order shall not apply to a Bill
for confirming a Provisional Order.

Inclosure and Drainage Bills.

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176. In the case of any Bill for inclosing Notices and Allegations! Lands, the Committee may admit proof of the Notices required by the Standing Orders, and of the Allegations in the Preamble of such Bill, by Affidavit taken and authenticated, according to the form prescribed in the Schedule to the General Inclosure Act (41 Geo. 3, c. 109), unless such Committee shall otherwise order.

Bills.

177. The Committee on every Bill for Inclosure inclosing Lands shall in the first place require the Agent for the same to deliver in to the Committee a printed copy of the Bill, signed -by the Lord of the Manor (in cases where the Lord

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Drainage
Bills.

Lord of the Manor has any interest as such in
the lands to be inclosed), and by such Owners
of Property within the parish to which the Bill
relates as shall have assented thereto; but the
parties, if they shall think fit, shall be per-
mitted to deliver in different copies of the Bill,
separately signed by the several parties herein-
before mentioned, instead of one copy signed
by all of them collectively; together with a List
of all the Owners of Property within such
parish, showing the value according to the
Poor Rate or Land Tax Assessment of each
Owner's property therein, and distinguishing
which of them have assented, dissented, or are
neuter in respect thereto.

178. The Committee on every Bill for drain ing Lands shall in the first place require the Agent for the same to deliver in to the Com mittee a printed copy of the Bill, signed by such Owners and Occupiers of Property within the drainage district to which the Bill relates as shall have assented thereto; but the parties. if they shall think fit, shall be permitted to deliver in different copies of the Bill, separately signed by the several Parties herein before mentioned, instead of one copy signed by all of them collectively; together with a List of al the Owners of Property within such district showing the value according to the Poor Rate or Land Tax Assessment of each Owner's property therein

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therein, or the extent in acres, roods, and perches, and distinguishing which of them have assented, dissented, or are neuter in respect thereto.

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Lands, Clause for leaving open Open Space

for Exercise

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179. In every Bill for inclosing provision shall be made for leaving an space in the most appropriate situation, suffi- and Recreacient for purposes of exercise and recreation of the neighbouring population; and the Committee on the Bill shall have before them the number of acres proposed to be inclosed, as also of the population in the parishes or places in which the land to be inclosed is situate; and also shall see that provision is made for the efficient fencing of the allotment, for the investment of the same in the Churchwardens and

for: Overseers of the parish in which such open space is reserved, and for the efficient making and permanent maintenance of the fences by such parish; and in any case where the information hereby required is not given, and the required provisions are not made in the Bill, the Committee on the same shall report specially to The House the Reasons for not complying with such Order.

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180. In every Bill for inclosing Lands, names of the Commissioners proposed to appointed, and the Compensation intended for sioners, &c. the Lord of the Manor, and the Owners of Tithes, in lieu of their respective Rights, and

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