Legislative Assembly of Manitoba STANDING COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE BILLS Chairman Mr. D. James Walding Constituency of St. Vital 3:10p.m., Tuesday, May11,1976. Printed by R. S. Evans- Queen's Printer for Province of Manitoba THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA STANDING COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE BILLS 3:10 p.m., Tuesday, May 11, 1976 Chairman: Mr. D. J. Walding MR. CLERK: The meeting will come to order. Your first item of business will be the election of a chairman. Are there any nominations? MR. TOUPIN: I nominate the Honourable Member for St. Vital, Mr. Walding. MR. CLERK: Mr. Walding. Are there any further nominations?

Hearing none, I would ask Mr. Walding to take the Chair. MR. CHAIRMAN: Order please. The first item of business before the committee is the setting of a quorum. There are members of the committee, what is your wish? --(Interjection)-- Moved by the Honourable Minister of Tourism that it be seven. Is that agreed? (Agreed) The second item of business before the committee is a motion to extend the time for receiving Private Bills. Is there a motion? MR. TOUPIN: Mr. Chairman, I move, seconded by the Member for St.

Johns that the time for receiving petitions for Private Bills be extended to the 15th of May, 1976, and that the time for receiving Private Bills by the House be extended to the 31st day of May, 1976. MR. CHAIRMAN: You've heard the motion, is there any debate? MOTION presented and carried. MR. CHAIRMAN: Committee rise.