Digest and Manual of the Rules and Practice of the House of Representatives: In which is Also Included the Constitution of the United States of America, with the Amendments Thereto, and So Much of Jefferson's Manual of Parliamentary Practice as Under Rule Xliv Governs the House, the Standing Rules and Orders for Conducting Business in the House of Representatives ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 - 699 pages |
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... decisions of the Supreme Court as published in the second edition of the Revised Stat- utes - prepared by Mr. Boutwell - and also such as have been rendered since his compilation down to and including those reported in the 111th United ...
... decisions of the Supreme Court as published in the second edition of the Revised Stat- utes - prepared by Mr. Boutwell - and also such as have been rendered since his compilation down to and including those reported in the 111th United ...
Page iv
... decision by Judge Dyer relating to the privileges of members under section 6 , article 1 , of the Constitution ( pp . 460 to 464 ) ; a table showing the contents of the twenty - five volumes of the Statutes at Large ( p . 583 ) ; a ...
... decision by Judge Dyer relating to the privileges of members under section 6 , article 1 , of the Constitution ( pp . 460 to 464 ) ; a table showing the contents of the twenty - five volumes of the Statutes at Large ( p . 583 ) ; a ...
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... decisions and much additional matter in relation to confer- ence committees and methods of procedure between the two houses , together with many late decisions touching general appropriation bills and practice in Committees of the Whole ...
... decisions and much additional matter in relation to confer- ence committees and methods of procedure between the two houses , together with many late decisions touching general appropriation bills and practice in Committees of the Whole ...
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... decision of their President , without debate and without appeal , all questions of order arising either under their own rules , or where they have provided none . This places under the discretion of the President a very exten- sive ...
... decision of their President , without debate and without appeal , all questions of order arising either under their own rules , or where they have provided none . This places under the discretion of the President a very exten- sive ...
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... decision by the sword . The Speaker took the chair , the mace was forcibly laid on the table ; whereupon the members retiring to their places , the Speaker told the House " he had taken the chair without an order , to bring the House ...
... decision by the sword . The Speaker took the chair , the mace was forcibly laid on the table ; whereupon the members retiring to their places , the Speaker told the House " he had taken the chair without an order , to bring the House ...
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Page 5 - Neither House, during the Session of Congress shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three Days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting. Section 6. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States.
Page 426 - The rules of parliamentary practice comprised in Jefferson's Manual shall govern the House in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the House, and joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Page 76 - And if the house of representatives shall not choose a president whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the vice president shall act as president, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the president.
Page 467 - If any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgress the rules of the House, the Speaker shall, or any member may, call to order; in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain; and the House shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate: if there be no appeal, the decision of the Chair shall be submitted to.
Page 6 - Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time ; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.
Page 15 - No person, except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to the office of president: neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Page 4 - No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
Page 15 - The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Page 34 - Delaware, December 7, 1787. Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787. New Jersey. December 18, 1787. Georgia, January 2, 1788. Connecticut, January 9, 1788. Massachusetts, February 6, 1788. Maryland, April 28, 1788. South Carolina, May 23, 1788. New Hampshire, June 21, 1788. Virginia, June 26, 1788. New York, July 26, 1788. North Carolina, November 21, 1789. Rhode Island, May 29, 1790.
Page 15 - The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them. 'Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation...