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" nS Coll^a ' nC( ' 1,1 the petition, and to the reading of the prayer thereof. It Question T'f' t0 " 10Ve " that the P etition be read -" The onl y other tition slnlH « +'i f+t entei ' tained b 7 the House, on the presentation of any petition, shall be, that the petition he received." thorp mnJlo'r °* S "f P et iti°n complaining of some present grievance for which contained in " V lrgei ?f. necessit > r for P rovidin g an immediate remedy, the matter thereof ° ' 10R brought into discussion on the presentation stracfff Jl h l?-f rk ° f the H ,T e shall weekI )' Prepare, in a tabular form, an abor piles from IT re ?v! V 7 the House ' in which shall be set forth the place attache Ito o iph fi" 00 le - 7 w ® re severally presented, the number of signatures presented -ind -/ 1 16 name of the member presenting tne same, the day on which presented, and a short abstract of the prayer thereof. the same P e^^ons shall be received only as the petitions of the parties signing ti * ?titions from persons of the native race may be received without regard to the foregoing forms. ° MOTIONS. ,^; JJ , NOt TA 0f , mot ' 0n may be . S iven atan y time except during the discussion • orders of th f da y> but notice of motion for the day next following shall be given after the orders of the day have commenced. - Except as herein otherwise ordered, no member shall make any motion in' ia. ing a subject for discussion. ; but in pursuance of notice given at a previous sitting of the House. 1 . Jj - n °tice shall be given beyond the four days next following on which notices can be given, due allowance being made for any intervening adjournment of le House, and the period being in that case so far extended as to include four notics days falling during the sitting of the House. 58. It shall be in order on the presentation of any document, except a petition, to move without notice, that it be printed, and to apppoint a day for its consideration. 59 Motions shall take precedence of orders of the day, and be moved in the order in which they stand on the notice paper, and if not so moved, shall be expunged therefrom GO. Any member by whom any notice of motion shall have been given, may specially authorise any other member to move the same in his absence. Gl. After a motion shall have been read by Mr. Speaker, it shall be deemed to be in possession of the House, and can only be withdrawn or altered by the unanimous consent of the House. 62 If all motions shall not have been disposed of ;;t three o'clock, except on Wednesdays, and on that day at eight o'clock, p.m., the debate thereon shall be adjourned, and the orders of the day taken in rotation ; but if there should be no order of the day, the discussion on motions may be con-