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Ordered,
That a Select Committee be appointed to whom shall be referred all Petitions presented to the House, with the exception of such as relate to Private Bills; and that such Committee do classify and prepare abstracts of the same in such form and manner as shall appear to them best suited to convey to the House all requisite information respecting their contents, and do report the same from time to time to the House; and that the Reports of the Committee do set forth, in respect of each Petition, the number of signatures which are accompanied by addresses, and which are written on sheets headed in every case by the prayer of the Petition, provided that on every sheet after the first the prayer may he reproduced in print or by other mechanical process; and that such Committee have power to direct the printing in extenso of such Petitions, or of such parts of Petitions as shall appear to require it; and that such Committee shall have power to report their opinion and observations thereupon to the House.
Lieut.-Colonel Acland-Troyte, Adamson, Lieut.-Colonel Ainsworth, Mr. Patel, Captain Bourne, Captain Briscoe, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Carter, Sir Charles Cayzer, Mr. Egan, Mr. Foot, Mr. Arthur Law, Mr. Lee, Mr. Duncan Millar, and Mr. Raynes nominated Members of the Committee.
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Ordered,
That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers, and records.
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Ordered,
That Three be the quorum."—[Mr. T. Kennedy.]