§ Standing Order No. 60 read.
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COLONEL WILSON PATTEN moved to rescind Standing Order No. 60, and to insert the following Standing Order in lieu thereof:—
Resolved, That in the case of a Railway Bill authorizing the construction of works by other than an existing Railway Company incorporated by Act of Parliament, and which has, during the year last past, paid dividends on its ordinary share capital a sum not less than 8 per cent on the amount of the Estimate of Expense, and in the case of all Bills, other than Railway Bills, a sum not less than 4 per cent on the amount of such Estimate, shall, previously to the 15th day of January, be deposited with the Court of Chancery in England, if the work is intended to be done in England, or with the Court of Chancery in England, or the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, if such work is intended to be done in Scotland, and with the Court of Chancery in Ireland, if such work is intended to be done in Ireland. (See Appendix C.)—(Colonel Wilson Patten.)
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Ordered, That the said Resolution be a Standing Order of this House.