§ Ordered, That the Promoters of every Private Bill which has been introduced into this House, or brought from the House of Lords in the present Session of Parliament, shall have leave to suspend any further proceeding thereupon, in order to proceed with the same Bill in the next Session of Parliament.
§ Ordered, That the Promoters of every such Bill shall give notice in the Private Bill Office, not later than the day prior to the close of the present Session, of their intention to suspend any further proceedings thereon; or in the case of Bills which shall have been suspended on the report of a Committee, or which having passed this House shall then be pending in the House of Lords, of their intention to proceed with the same Bill in this House in the next Session.
§ Ordered, That an Alphabetical List of all such Bills, with a statement of the stage at which the same were suspended, shall be prepared by the Private Bill Office, and printed.
§ Ordered, That, not later than three clear days after the next Meeting of Parliament every Bill which has been introduced into this House shall be deposited in the Private Bill Office, in the form required by Standing Order No. 166, with a declation signed by the Agent annexed thereto, stating that the Bill is the same, in every respect, as the Bill with respect to which proceedings have been 1608 so suspended, at the last stage of its proceeding in the House, in the present Session; and, where any sum of money has been deposited, that such deposit had not been withdrawn, together with a certificate of that fact from the proper officer of the Court of Chancery in England or Ireland, or the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, as the case may be.
§ Ordered, That such Bills, indorsed by one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office, as having been duly deposited with such declarations and certificates annexed, be laid by one of the Clerks of that Office upon the Table of the House, in the next Session of Parliament, in the order in which they shall stand upon such List, but not exceeding 50 Bills on any one day.
§ Ordered, That in respect of every Bill so laid upon the Table, the Petition for the Bill, and the order of leave to bring in the same in the present Session, shall be read, and thereupon such Bill shall be read a first time; and a second time (if the Bill shall have been read a second time previously to its being suspended) and if such Bill shall have been reported by any Committee in the present Session, the order for referring the Bill to a Committee shall be dispensed with, and the Bill ordered to be upon the Table, or to be read a third time, as the case may be.
§ Ordered, That in case any Bill brought from any part of the House of Lords in the present Session, upon which the proceedings shall have been suspended in this House, shall be brought from the House of Lords in the next Session of Parliament, the Agent for such Bills shall deposit in the Private Bill Office, prior to the first reading thereof, a declaration, stating that the Bill is the same in every respect, as the Bill which was brought from the House of Lords in the present Session, and where any sum of money has been deposited, that such deposit has not been withdrawn, together with a certificate of that fact from the proper officer; and so soon as one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office has certified that such deposit has been duly made, the Bill shall be read a first time, and be further proceeded with in the same manner as Bills introduced into this House during the present Session.
§ Ordered, That all Petitions presented in the present Session against private Bills, and which stood referred to the Committees on such Bills shall stand referred to the Committees on the same Bills, in the next Session of Parliament.
§ Ordered, That no Petitioners shall be heard before the Committee on such Bill, unless their Petition shall have been presented within the time limited in the present Session.
§ Ordered, That in case the time limited for presenting Petitions against any such Bill, shall not have expired at the close of the present Session, Petitioners may be heard before the Committee on such Bill, provided their petition be presented previous to, or not later than, seven clear days after the second reading thereof in the next Session.
§ Ordered, That all Instructions to Committees on Private Bills in the Present Session, which shall be suspended previously to their being reported by any Committee be instructions to the Committee on the same Bills in the next Session.
§ Ordered, That the said Orders be Standing Orders of this House; and be printed.