Proposed Resolutions On P...
The Committee on the Private BJusiress of the House of Com- mons has made its report: that report vas reconsidered in a comn-, mittee of the whole house on Tuesday night, and bas been, with some amnendmietns, printed in the votes of the house. Ue give the resolutions as they st2nd in the votes of the house. They will be reconsidered, and probably will become standing orders. "1. That the period for giving notices with reference to private bills, and for the depositing the plans and books of reference with the clerks of the peace, uhich is now limrited by tbe standing orders to the months of August and Sentember, be extended to the months of October and November, and ihe Quarter Sessions then next fol- lowing. " 2. That a Committee be appointed at the commenceument of every session, consisting of 21 members, of whom three shal be a quorum, to be denominated the Standing Order Committee ; to whom shall be referred every petition presented to the House hav- ing for its object to dispense with any of the standing orders relative to private bills; and that such committee do report their opinion thereupon to, the House. "3. That no private bill be read a second time, until after the expiration of two calendar months from the day the last notice shall bave been giYen in the newspaDcr. " 4. That no petition against a private bill be referred to the com- inittee on such bill, which shaU not distinctly specify the ground on which the petitioner or petitioners object to the bill, or to any of the provisions thereof; and that the petitioners be only heard or such grounds so stated; and if it shal appear to the said committee that such gtounds are not specified with sufficient accuracy, the commit- tee may direct that there be given into the committee a mere snecfic statement, in writing, of such grounds of objection so inaccurately specified; and that thepetitioners be only heard on such grounds of objection so stated. ' S. That a filled up bill, signed bv the agent for the bill, as proposed to be submitted to the comnmirtee, be deposited in the Pri- vate Bill Office at the time of giving notice of the meeting of the committee on the bill; and that all parties shall be entitled to a copy thereof, nu n payment of the charges for making out amendments " 6. That the standing order of the 12th of April, 1604, requir- ing eight members to be present before a committee on a petition or bill is formed, be altered * and that five members shall henceforth be the number to constitute the committee, and that their names be entered accordingly by the clerk of the committee on the minutes of the committee. " 7. That the minutes of the committee on every contested pri- Ivate bill be brought up, ad laid on the table of the House, toge- ther with the report of every committee. " 8. That no postponementof the first meeting of any committee on a contested private bil shal take place, unless notice shall be given at the Private Bill Offlce 24 hours before the time fixed for sutch meetirg of the committee " PROPOSBD RESOLUIONgS 0 PRIVATE BII,LS.