But he said petitions bearing about 250,000 more signatures disappeared from the group's headquarters last weekend.

At the rally, Mrs. Heaton's mother, Marie Bouchard, and her sister, Mary Lou Bouchard, presented Governor Sundlun with petitions bearing 26,000 signatures.

A delegation from Hong Kong visited Beijing a few days ago to present the Chinese Government with petitions bearing 15,000 signatures urging a tougher Chinese stand against Japan on the islands issue.

About a year ago, petitions bearing 1,100 signatures were delivered to Lawrence G. Reuter, New York City Transit's president.

A petition bearing the signatures of 100 people who oppose the bar was presented at a meeting of Community Board 7's land-use committee on Wednesday night.

One would allow proposed legislation to be placed on the ballot upon the presentation of petitions bearing the signatures of 6 percent of voters who voted in the last gubernatorial election.

Mr. Tyler has been backed by marches and rallies, and petitions bearing 12,000 signatures were presented to the Pardon Board.

Thapar's appointment to the Library of Congress's Kluge Chair in 2003 was opposed in an online petition bearing more than 2,000 signatures.

Since 1994, parliamentary chairmen have been receiving petitions bearing millions of signatures regarding animal welfare in general, and transportation in particular.

The owners of the range took out newspaper advertisements and compiled a petition bearing more than 5,000 signatures of people seeking to keep it intact.