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STANDING
ORDERS.

GENERAL FEES.

On every motion, order, or proceeding in the House upon a
private bill, petition, or matter not otherwise charged,
For copies of all papers and documents, at the rate of seventy-
two words in every folio-

If five folios or under,

If above five folios, per folio,

For the copy of a plan made by the parties,

For the inspection of a plan, or of any document,

For every plan or document certified by the Speaker pursuant
to any act of Parliament,

For every day on which any party shall be heard by counsel at
the bar, from each side,

For every day on which a committee of the whole House shall

sit on a private bill or matter,

For serving any summons or order on a private bill or matter,
For riding charges, if on any private bill or matter, per mile,
For every order for the commitment or discharge of any
person,

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For taking any person into custody for any other cause,
For every day on which any person shall be in custody,
For riding charges, per mile, .

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FEES TO BE PAID ON THE TAXATION OF COSTS ON PRIVATE BILLS.
For every application or reference to "the taxing officer of
the House of Commons," for the taxation of a bill of
costs,

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For every
£100 of any bill which shall be allowed by the
taxing officer, .

On the deposit of every memorial complaining of a report of
the taxing officer,

For every certificate which shall be signed by the Speaker,
For copies of any documents in the office of the taxing officer,

per folio of seventy-two words,

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That the same fees be paid in case the Speaker shall refer to the taxing officer any bill of costs, under the authority of an act of the sixth year of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, “To establish a taxation of costs on private bills in the House of Commons."

That every bill for the particular interest or benefit of any person or persons, whether the same be brought in upon petition, or motion, or report from a committee, or brought from the Lords, hath been and ought to be deemed a private bill within the meaning of the table of fees.

FEES TO BE TAKEN BY THE SHORT-HAND WRITER.

For every day he shall attend,

£ . d. 2

20

For the transcript of his notes, per folio of seventy-two words, 009

The preceding fees shall be charged, paid, and received at such times, in such manner, and under such regulations, as the Speaker shall from time to time direct.

Mercurii, 27° die Julii 1864.

Ordered, That the said table of fees be a standing order of this House.

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RULES TO BE OBSERVED AS TO PROOF OF COMPLI

ANCE WITH THE STANDING ORDERS OF THE
HOUSE OF LORDS PREVIOUS TO THE INTRO-
DUCTION OF PRIVATE BILLS IN SESSION 1861.

The sittings of the examiners for standing orders will commence
on the 18th January: (C. S. O. 73.)
The promoters of each bill will be required to prove compliance
with the standing orders of both Houses of Parliament at
the time appointed by the examiners, which can be ascer-
tained at the Private Bill Office at the House of Commons.
The printed statements of proofs can be obtained at the Queen's
printers.

Where lists are annexed to affidavits, the name of the agent is
to be entered in the statement of proofs as delivering in
such lists, followed by the names of the witnesses proving
the service of notices or deposit of documents, as the case
may be.

Memorials complaining of non-compliance with the standing orders (of either House), applicable previously to the introduction of private bills, must be deposited in the Private Bill Office, House of Commons, as follows:

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If the same relate to bills numbered in the general list pub-
lished by the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons-
From 1 to 100
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STANDING
ORDERS.

TAXATION OF COSTS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

Bills of costs relating to appeal cases, or to railway and other local and personal and private bills, &c., are taxed during the session, and on and after the third Monday in the month of November.

TAXING OFFICE, HOUSE OF LORDS.

Form of Bye-Laws issued by the Board of Trade. (December 1868.)

Obtaining ticket and delivering up the same.

Using ticket for any other day.

Using ticket for any other station.

Defacing tickets.

Tickets furnished when there is room.

BYE-LAWS AND REGULATIONS

Made by the

Railway Company, with the approval of the Board of Trade, for regulating the travelling upon and using of all railways belonging to, or leased to, or under the control of the said company.

No. 1. No passenger will be allowed to enter any carriage used on the railway, or to travel therein upon the railway, unless furnished by the company with a ticket specifying the class of carriage and the stations for conveyance between which such ticket is issued. Every passenger shall show and deliver up his ticket (whether a contract or season ticket, or otherwise) to any duly authorised servant of the company whenever required to do so for any purpose. Any passenger failing or refusing to show or deliver up his ticket as aforesaid shall be required to pay the fare from the station whence the train originally started to the end of his journey, and in default of payment thereof, is hereby subjected to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.

No. 2. Any passenger using or attempting to use a ticket on any day for which such ticket is not available, is hereby subjected to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.

No. 3. Any passenger using or attempting to use a ticket for any other station than that for which it is available will be required to pay the difference between the sum actually paid and the fare between the stations from and to which the passenger has travelled, and in default of such payment is hereby subjected to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.

No. 4. Any passenger wilfully altering or defacing his ticket so as to render the date, number, or any material portion thereof illegible, is hereby subjected to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings, and shall in addition be liable to pay the fare from the station whence the train originally started.

No. 5. At the intermediate stations the fares will only be accepted and the tickets furnished, conditionally; that is to say, in case there shall be room in the train for which the tickets are furnished. In case there shall not be room for all the passengers to whom tickets have been furnished, those to whom tickets have been furnished for the longest distance shall (if reasonably practicable) have the preference; and those

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to whom tickets have been furnished for the same distance shall (if reasonably practicable) have priority, according to the order in which tickets have been furnished, as denoted by the consecutive numbers stamped upon them. The company will not, however, hold itself responsible for such order of preference or priority being adhered to, and the fare will be immediately returned to any passenger for whom there is not room as aforesaid.

No. 6. Every person smoking tobacco in any building of the Smoking. company, or in any carriage or compartment of a carriage not specially provided for that purpose, is hereby subjected to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings. The company's officers and servants are required to take the necessary steps to enforce obedience to this bye-law; and any person offending against it is liable, in addition to incurring the penalty above mentioned, to be summarily removed, at the first opportunity, from the carriage or from the company's premises.

superior class.

No. 7. Any person travelling without the permission of some Using ticket for duly authorised servant of the company in a carriage, or by a train of a superior class to that for which his ticket was issued, is hereby subjected to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings; and shall in addition be liable to pay the fare, according to the class of carriage in which he is travelling, from the station whence the train originally started.

cated.

No. 8. Any person found in a carriage, or elsewhere upon the Being intoxicompany's premises, in a state of intoxication, using obscene or abusive language, or committing any nuisance, or otherwise wilfully interfering with the comfort of other passengers, is hereby subjected to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings, and shall immediately, or, if a passenger, at the first opportunity, be removed from the company's premises.

perty.

No. 9. Any person wilfully damaging or injuring the stations Damaging pro or other property of the company, or cutting the linings, or window straps, removing or defacing the number plates, breaking or scratching the windows, or otherwise wilfully damaging, injuring, or defacing any carriage used on the railway, is hereby subjected to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, in addition to the amount of any damage for which he may be liable.

steps or foot

No. 10. No passenger shall be permitted to travel on the roof, Travelling on steps, or footboard of any carriage; and any person persisting board. in doing so, after being warned to desist by the guard in charge of the train, or any duly authorised servant of the company, is hereby subjected to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.

carriage when in

No. 11. Any passenger entering or leaving, or attempting to Leaving, &c., enter or leave, any of the carriages while the train is in motion, carriage or elsewhere than at the side of the carriage adjoining the plat

Entering full carriage.

Conveyance of

form, or other place appointed by the company for passengers to enter or leave the carriages, is hereby subjected to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.

No. 12. Any passenger entering a carriage or compartmen: of a carriage containing the full number of persons which it is constructed to convey, except with the consent of the persons in such carriage or compartment, is hereby subjected to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.

No. 13. Dogs and other animals will not be suffered to accomdogs in carriages. pany passengers in the carriages, but will be conveyed separately. and charged for; and any person taking a dog or other anima with him into any passenger carriage used on the railway is hereby subjected to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.

Taking loaded firearms.

Omnibus, &c.,

servants of

company.

No. 14. Loaded firearms, except with the express permission of some officer of the company, are on no account to be taken into or placed upon any carriage, waggon, truck, or other vehicle forming or intended to form a train, or any portion of a train, on the railway, and every person so offending is hereby subjected to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

No. 15. Every driver or conductor of an omnibus, cab, cardrivers obeying riage, or other vehicle shall, while in or upon any station-yard or other premises of the company, obey the reasonable directions of the company's officers and servants duly authorised in that behalf; and every person offending against this regulation is hereby subjected to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings. Given under the common seal of the

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