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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... Standing Rules and Orders for Conducting Business United States. Congress. House. LELAND STANFORD JR . UNIVERSITY . LIBRARY OF THE Leland Stanford Junior University NOT TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE LIBRARY K CC CCC CC C. Front Cover.
... Standing Rules and Orders for Conducting Business United States. Congress. House. LELAND STANFORD JR . UNIVERSITY . LIBRARY OF THE Leland Stanford Junior University NOT TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE LIBRARY K CC CCC CC C. Front Cover.
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... taken in the collection , arrangement , and publication of this statistical matter , and it is confidently believed that it will be found accurate as well as valuable addenda to the Digest and Manual . HENRY H. SMITH . WASHINGTON ...
... taken in the collection , arrangement , and publication of this statistical matter , and it is confidently believed that it will be found accurate as well as valuable addenda to the Digest and Manual . HENRY H. SMITH . WASHINGTON ...
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... taken by the President of the United States . Form of the oath or . 2 I 7 15 No warrants shall be issued but upon probable cause and on oath or . [ Amendments ] ----- · 26 Senators and Represent- To support the Constitution . atives ...
... taken by the President of the United States . Form of the oath or . 2 I 7 15 No warrants shall be issued but upon probable cause and on oath or . [ Amendments ] ----- · 26 Senators and Represent- To support the Constitution . atives ...
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... taken by yeas and nays Not returned by the President within ten days ( Sundays excepted ) , shall , unless Congress adjourn , become laws . Borrow money on the credit of the United States . Congress shall have power to .. Bounties and ...
... taken by yeas and nays Not returned by the President within ten days ( Sundays excepted ) , shall , unless Congress adjourn , become laws . Borrow money on the credit of the United States . Congress shall have power to .. Bounties and ...
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... taken an oath as a legislative , executive , or judi- cial officer of the United States , or of a State , after- wards engaged in . [ Amendments ] . ... But Congress may , by a vote of two - thirds of each House , remove such ...
... taken an oath as a legislative , executive , or judi- cial officer of the United States , or of a State , after- wards engaged in . [ Amendments ] . ... But Congress may , by a vote of two - thirds of each House , remove such ...
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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...