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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... leaving unregulated the manner of transacting business with the Senate , including the appoint- ment and proceedings of conference committees , the enroll- ment of bills , and their presentation to the President , etc.— the compiler has ...
... leaving unregulated the manner of transacting business with the Senate , including the appoint- ment and proceedings of conference committees , the enroll- ment of bills , and their presentation to the President , etc.— the compiler has ...
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... Leave to bring in 137 24 . First reading - 137 25 . Second reading - 138 26 . Commitment 138 27 . Report of committee 142 28 . Recommitment 142 29 . Report taken up 143 30 . Quasi committee 143 Page SEC . 31. Bills . Second reading in ...
... Leave to bring in 137 24 . First reading - 137 25 . Second reading - 138 26 . Commitment 138 27 . Report of committee 142 28 . Recommitment 142 29 . Report taken up 143 30 . Quasi committee 143 Page SEC . 31. Bills . Second reading in ...
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... leave himself free to indulge caprice or passion , nor open to the imputation of them . But to what system of rules is he to recur , as supplementary to those of the Senate ? To this there can be but one answer . To the system of ...
... leave himself free to indulge caprice or passion , nor open to the imputation of them . But to what system of rules is he to recur , as supplementary to those of the Senate ? To this there can be but one answer . To the system of ...
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... leave , it is a ground for punishing him , but cannot in effect waive the privilege of the House . 3 Grey , 140 , 222 . For any speech or debate in either House , they shall not be ques- tioned in any other place . Const . U. S. , I , 6 ...
... leave , it is a ground for punishing him , but cannot in effect waive the privilege of the House . 3 Grey , 140 , 222 . For any speech or debate in either House , they shall not be ques- tioned in any other place . Const . U. S. , I , 6 ...
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... leave . 2. If , at any time during the daily sessions of the Senate , a question shall be raised by any Senator as to the presence of a quorum , the Pre- siding Officer shall forthwith direct the Secretary to call the roll and shall ...
... leave . 2. If , at any time during the daily sessions of the Senate , a question shall be raised by any Senator as to the presence of a quorum , the Pre- siding Officer shall forthwith direct the Secretary to call the roll and shall ...
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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...
Page 497 - When any member is about to speak in debate, or deliver any matter to the House, he shall rise from his seat, and respectfully address himself to "Mr. Speaker," and shall confine himself to the question under debate, and avoid personality, 21.
Page 80 - 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 361 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union...
Page 3 - Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative...
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 10 - Congress, become the seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the Legislature of the state in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yards and other needful buildings.
Page 402 - 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 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.