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94. That no Petition shall make reference either to any Debate in the House, or to any intended Motion. 95. That no Petition shall pray for a grant of public money. 96. That a Member presenting a Petition to the House, not being a Petition for a Private Bill, or relating to a Private Bill before the House, shall confine himself to a statement of the description and number of the petitioners, and of the material allegations contained in the Petition, and to the reading of the prayer thereof ; and the only question which shall be entertained by the House, on the presentation of any Petition, shall be, " That the Petition be received." 97. That the Clerk of the House do weekly prepare, in a tabular form, an abstract of all Petitions received by the House, in which shall be set forth the place or places from whence they are severally presented, the number of signatures attached to each, the name of the Member presenting the same, the day on which presented, and a short abstract of the prayer thereof. 98. That all Petitions shall be received only as the Petitions of the parties signing the same. PRIVATE BILLS. 99. That no Private Bill shall be brought into this House except upon petition first presented, with a printed copy of the proposed Bill annexed, and such Petition shall be signed by one or more of the parties applying for the Bill. 100. That all Petitions for Private Bills shall be presented to the House within thirty days from the commencement of the Session, except during the first Session. 10 J. That every Petition for a Private Bill shall commence by setting forth that, within three months previously to its presentation to the House, public notice of the intention to apply for the Bill has been given once a week for four consecutive weeks in one or more papers within the Province to which it applies, and once at least in the General Government Gazette, and shall also contain a true statement of the general object of the Bill, and the production of the numbers of such Gazette and Newspaper or Newspapers shall be sufficient proof of such notice. 102. That when the Petition shall have been received and the requisite notice proved, Notice of Motion for leave to bring in the Bill shall be given, as in the case of Public Bills.