or places to which such petitions shall relate, shall be written on several pieces of paper of an equal size; and the same pieces of paper shall be then rolled up, and put by the clerk into a glass or box, and then publicly drawn by the clerk; and the said several petitions shall be read in the order in which the said names shall be drawn respectively. 31 October, 1775. petitions. Resolved, That whenever several petitions, Order of readcomplaining of undue elections and returns, shall ing renewed be renewed in this session of parliament, and 35 Journ. 407. shall be delivered in together at the table, the said petitions shall be read in the order in which they were directed to be taken into consideration in the last session. 7 November, 1780. tions. Resolved, That when several petitions, com- Classing peti plaining of undue elections or returns of mem- 38 Journ. 11. bers to serve in parliament, shall at the same time be offered to be presented to the house, Mr. Speaker shall direct such petitions to be all of them delivered in at the table, where they shall be classed and read in the following order, viz. such petitions as complain of double returns in the first class; such as complain of the election or return of members returned to serve for two or more places, in the second class; and the residue of the said petitions in the third: and the names of the places to which such petitions (contained in the first class, if more than Classing peti tion. one) shall relate, shall, in the first place, be written on several pieces of paper of an equal size, and the same pieces of paper shall be then rolled up, and put by the clerk into a box or glass, and then publicly drawn by the clerk, and the said petitions shall be read in the order in which the said names shall be drawn: and then the like method shall be observed with respect to the several petitions contained in the second and third classes respectively. 25 May, 1784. Resolved, That whenever several petitions, tions for taking complaining of undue elections or returns of members to serve in parliament, shall at the same time be offered to be presented to the house, Mr. Speaker shall direct such petitions to be all of them delivered in at the table, where they shall be classed and read in the following order, viz. such petitions as complain of double returns, in the first class; such as complain of the election or return of members returned to serve for two or more places, in the second class; such as complain of returns only, in the third class; and the residue of the said petitions in the fourth class: and the names of the places to which such petitions (contained in the first class, if more than one) shall, relate, shall, in the first place, be written on several pieces of paper of an equal size, and the same pieces of paper shall be then rolled up, and put by the clerk into a box or glass, and then publicly drawn by the clerk; and the said petitions shall be read in the order in which the said names shall be drawn: and then the like method shall be observed with respect to the several petitions contained in the second, third, and fourth classes respectively. The Speaker's Notice of taking Petition into Consideration. WHEREAS, by an order of the house of commons, the matter of the petition of A. B. complaining of an undue election and return for the county of is appointed to be taken into consideration by the said house upon the day of at three of the clock in the afternoon; you are therefore to take notice, that the house will at that time take the said petition into consideration. my hand the day of Given under ,1808. C. A. speaker (a). (a) If it is a deferred time, the notice is shaped accordingly. So if the petition be to oppose the reported right of election, or to be admitted to defend a return upon the sitting member dying, or declining to defend his scat. RECOGNIZANCES. The Speaker's Appointment of Examiners of Sureties under the 28 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 5; and their Appointment of Time and Place for the Examination. WHEREAS à petition of A. B. esq. complaining of an undue election and return for the borough of L. in the county of H. was this day presented to the house of commons; now I, the right hon. C. A. speaker of the house of commons, in pursuance of an act passed in the 28th year of the reign of his present majesty, intituled, An act for the further regulation of the trials of controverted elections or returns of members to serve in parliament, do hereby nominate and appoint I. L. esq. clerkassistant of the house of commons, and N. S. esq. one of the masters of the high court of chancery, to examine into the sufficiency of the sureties to be named in the recognizance to be entered into before me by the said A. B. esq. in pursuance of the said act, and to report their judgment to me upon the sufficiency of such Given under my hand the day of sureties. , 1807. C. A. speaker (a)., (a) A copy of the speaker's tion to the clerk of the exa order is procured by applica- miners. By virtue of Mr. Speaker's order, (of which the above is a copy), and on the application of the agent for A. B. esq. the petitioner therein mentioned, we do appoint day of this instant next, the of at the clock in the afternoon, in one of the committee-rooms belonging to the house of commons, for the examination of the sufficiency of the sureties referred to in the said order; of which due notice is to be given, according to the resolution of the house of commons of the 11th February, 1789 (a). of 1807. (a) The resolution alluded to in the above appointment: "Resolved, That for the due execution of an act, passed in the twenty-eighth year of the reign of his present majesty, intituled, An act for the further regulation of the trials of controverted elections, or returns of members to serve in parliament, so far as the said act respects the recognizance thereby required to be entered into by any person having presented a petition to this house, complaining of an undue election or return, or of the omission of a return, or of the insufficiency of a return, it is expedient that the examiners of sureties, to be appointed by virtue of the said act, should attend (for the purpose of examining the sufficiency of any surety or sure Dated this John Ley. Nicholas Smith. day ties, to be named in any such recognizance) in one of the committee-rooms belonging to this house, at such time or times, within the time limited by the said act, as shall be appointed by such examiners, on application made by any such petitioner, or his agent, to the clerk, or clerk-assistant of this house; and that such petitioner do give due notice of the time and place of such intended examination, together with the names, additions, and places of abode, of such sureties, to the sitting member or members, whose election or return is complained of by such petition, or their known agent or agents, and to every other person or persons to whom the speaker of the house of commons shall have given notice to attend, |