be moved to the body of the bill which do not alter or affect any amendments previously agreed to by the House. the clerk in the fice. All amendments which may be made upon the report of And entered by a Private Bill, must be entered by one of the Clerks in Private Bill Ofthe Private Bill Office, upon the printed copy of the bill as amended by the Committee, and such Clerk must sign the copy so amended, in order to its being deposited and preserved in that office (n). that Bill as a Committee be Besides the bills of the second class, which, it has been When to move observed, must be printed at the expense of the parties mended by the before the report is considered, some other Private Bills printed. of general interest are occasionally ordered to be printed, with the Committee's amendments, by the parties apply. ing. The proper time to move for such an order is, after the report has been received, and before it has been ordered to lie on the table (o). cannot be got time limited for ports. At the commencement of the session, a time is limited If the Report for receiving reports from Committees on Private Bills. ready within the If, therefore, the Committee's proceedings are protracted receiving Reto so late a period that the report cannot be made within the time prescribed, the Chairman of the Committee states in the House, that, "notwithstanding all due diligence, the report cannot be made within the time limited by the "House for receiving reports from Committees on Private "Bills:" and then moves that the Committee have leave to make the report on or before a certain specified day. If notices be taken of an irregularity in the of report a Private Bill, or if it be found necessary to make numerous committed. amendments to the bill, or if any thing else should occur that would render such a proceeding necessary, the bill will be re-committed to the same Committee (p). In what case a notice must be Similar notice is required to be given at the Private Bill of which similar Office, of the sitting of Committees on re-committed Pri- given. Re-commitment. If parties in terested are dissatisfied with Report, may petition the House thereon. vate Bills, as upon the sitting of the first Committee. But, to prevent delay, the House, upon a re-commitment, frequently orders, "That the Committee do sit and proceed forthwith," in which case no such notice is necessary (q). This Committee is formed and proceeds in the same manner as the first Committee, except that their proceedings are usually, though not invariably (r), confined to amending the bill. If the re-commitment be general, all amendments of the former Committee are rendered void, and must be made anew :—but if it be as amended, then none of the amendments are affected thereby (s). And if the re-commitment be of a particular clause, then no part of the bill but that clause comes before the Committee (t). By the standing orders of the House of Commons (v), any party interested in a Private Bill, or who shall have appeared in support of the petition, by himself, counsel or agent,—or the promoters of the bill if they are dissatisfied with the vote of the Committee thereon-may petition the House upon the matter, which petition will be referred to a Committee of Appeal, to examine and report finally on the matter. For this purpose a Sessional Committee is to be appointed, to be called "The Committee of Appeals upon Pri"vate Bills," to consist of all the Knights of the Shires, all the Members for Cities, and such other Members as may which, the Com- be named thereon, so that the whole number appointed may be at least two hundred. To consider mittee of Appeals is appointed. To a sub-com mittee of which, be referred. Whenever any petition of the above description is prethe petition will sented to the House, it shall, if the House think fit, be referred (together with the report of the Committee on the bill, with the minutes and evidence taken before the same) to a Select Committee, to be chosen by ballot from this (r) C. J. 25 & 30 Mar. 1814; Bray Incl. (q) C. J. v. 73, p. 91. (s) C. J. 25 June, 1799; London Post. (t) C. J. 16 Mar. 1812; Thames navigation. (v) S. O. H. of C. 1837. xxiv.-xxix. Appeal. Committee of Appeals. For which purpose, whenever Committee of any such petition shall have been so referred, the House shall fix a day for the choosing of the Select Committee. On the day appointed, at half past four o'clock (or as near thereto as the question before the House will permit) the Speaker shall order the doors of the House to be locked; and the ballot to proceed in the manner following: balloted for. Who may not The names of the members composing the Committee Sub-committee of Appeals having been written upon separate pieces of paper, and put into the glass, the Clerk shall draw therefrom, until the names of seven members of such Committee who shall be then present, and who shall not have serve thereon. voted at the Committee on the bill to which the petition refers, or who shall not be excused by the House-shall have answered to their names; which seven members shall constitute the Select Committee to which such petition Meeting of Comshall be referred; and shall meet for business the follow ing day at eleven o'clock, and continue to sit dedie in diem, until they have reported upon the same. mittee. This Committee shall hear the arguments of the parties Its Duties. complaining of, and also of the parties supporting, such vote or votes; but only one counsel or agent shall be heard in support of any one party. tions. No member of this Committee shall be allowed to ab- And Regulasent himself therefrom, without leave of the House, or an excuse allowed by the House at its next sitting, upon special cause shown. And this Committee shall never sit until all its members to whom leave has not been given, or excuse allowed, are met; and if they do not all meet within one hour after the time to which the Committee was adjourned, a further adjournment (till the next day) shall be made, and reported, with the cause thereof, to the House. But before any petition praying for a Committe of Appeal shall be presented to the House, the petitioners, or Before such Petition is presented Petitioners to en payment of costs, ter into Bond for Committee of any one of them, shall enter into a bond to the agent, or person nominated by the agent, of the opposing parties, for the payment of all costs and expenses of the party or parties who shall appear before the House in opposition to such petition (such costs and expenses to be found and To be assessed assessed by the Clerk, or one of the Clerks Assistant of by the Clerk, the House) in case the Select Committee shall report to the House that such Petition appeared to them to be frivolous or vexations. &c. Who must see to sufficiency of sureties, &c. The sufficiency of the sureties, and the form of the bond, must be examined into and determined, by the Clerk, or one of the Clerks Assistant; and that the names, together with the additions, and usual places of residence, of the persons proposed as sureties, be delivered in writ ing by the agent for the petitioners to the agent for the sureties to be gi- opposite party, one clear day before such Bond is entered into. Names, &c. of ven to the other party. Bills ingrossed. And examined. Third reading. All Private Bills are directed to be ingrossed, examined, and brought to the Table of the House, according to the priority in which they have been respectively ordered to be ingrossed, and to ensure the accuracy of the ingrossments of Private Bills, the Clerk of the House is directed to provide a sufficient number of Clerks to be called "Examiners of Ingrossments.' And no Private Bill is to be read a third time until a certificate has been indorsed upon the House copy, signed by one or more of the said Examiners, declaring that the ingrossment thereof has been examined, and that it agrees with the Bill as amended by the Committee, and on the the Report (w). The Bill may be read a third time on the next, or any subsequent day, after it has been reported, but notice of (20) S. O. H. of C. 1837. the day proposed must be given at the Private Bill Office, by the Agent, one clear day beforehand. On the day appointed, the ingrossed bill being laid on Third reading. the table (tied up with the House copy) by the Clerk in the Private Bill Office, a member moves, "that the in"grossed bill for &c. be now read the third time." If the third reading be opposed, it is usually done by moving an amendment to this motion by leaving out the word "now," and adding "upon this day six months." If the question for the third reading be negatived without any such amendment a motion should afterwards be made that the bill be read a third time "upon this day six "months" (x). If f any amendments are intended to be made to the bill Ryders. in this stage, the new clauses (or ryders) should be first offered. Each clause must be separately ingrossed on parchment, and with such blanks as it would have had if the same had originally been part of the bill presented to the House, and must be read three times upon question, and, (upon question also) added to the bill by way of ryder (y) (See further as to the mode of annexing ryders to bills, ante p. 177.) No amendment for imposing or increasing any tolls or Amendments. duties can be made in the House (z), but amendments for disagreeing to or lessening tolls or duties may be made in the House, either on the report, or the third reading (a). The amendments, if any, which are made upon the third reading, are always to be entered by one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office, upon the printed copy of the Bill, as amended by the Committee, and deposited in that Office (b). (x) C. J. 24 March, 1766; Trent and Mersey Canal. (y) C. J. 7 Dec. 1795; Grand Junc. Canal. (z) C. J. 18 Feb. 1667; 20 Jan. 1703. (a) C. J. 27 April, 1809; Wear Navigation. (b) S. O. H, of C. 1837, |