STANDING ORDERS, RELATIVE TO PRIVATE BILLS AND OTHER PRIVATE BUSINESS,

1. Every Private Bill shall be solicited by a " Private Bill Agent." 2. No person shall act as such agent till he shall have enrolled his name and place of abode with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall have signed a declaration to observe and obey all rules of the House, and pay all fees and charges when demanded. 3. No Member of either House of the General Assembly (either in person or by partner), and no servant of either House, shall be permitted to act as Private Bill Agent. 4. Any agent acting contrary to the rules of the House, disobeying the orders of Mr. Speaker, or of the Chairman of any Committee, or neglecting or refusing to pay any fees due in respect of any Bill or other proceeding solicited by him, may be prohibited from practising by order of Mr. Speaker. 5. All proceedings in the Clerk's Office connected with any Private Bills shall be conducted by the Private Bill Agent in charge of such Bills ; but all proceedings in the House shall be conducted by some Member thereof, selected by such agent, and who shall be in charge of the Bill. The agent shall attend the special Committee on the Bill, and, either in person or by counsel, conduct the case, by the production of evidence, argument, or otherwise, as may be necessary, 6. The proceedings on Private Bills in the House shall be taken at some hour to be fixed by Mr. Speaker, and shall not be allowed to interfere with the progress of the public business of the House. The House shall not be counted ont during the proceedings on any Private Bill, if seven Members, exclusive of Mr. Speaker, shall be present. 7. At the commencement of every Session, a Standing Committee of nine Members shall be appointed, to which shall be referred all Petitions relating to private grievances ; and no such Petition shall be received by the House after 30 days from the meeting thereof, unless such grievance shall have arisen during the Session, or within 30 days previous to its commencement. 8. That all matters relating to Privale Bills or other private business, not provided for by any Standing Order of the House, shall l»e regulated by Mr. Speaker as they shall arise, as nearly in conformity with the practice of the Imperial Parliament as circumstances may admit. 9. A scale of fees to be fixed by Mr. Speaker, payable to the Clerk of the House in respect of the conduct of private business, shall be posted in the Clerk s Office, and in some conspicuous part of the House.