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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... Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business ; but a smaller Num- ber may adjourn from day to day , and may be authorized to com- pel the Attendance of absent Members , in such Manner , and under such Penalties as each ...
... Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business ; but a smaller Num- ber may adjourn from day to day , and may be authorized to com- pel the Attendance of absent Members , in such Manner , and under such Penalties as each ...
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... Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed ; and if there be more than one who have such Majority , and have an equal Number of Votes , then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for ...
... Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed ; and if there be more than one who have such Majority , and have an equal Number of Votes , then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for ...
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... Majority of all the States shall be nec- essary to a Choice . In every Case , after the Choice of the President , the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President . But if there should remain ...
... Majority of all the States shall be nec- essary to a Choice . In every Case , after the Choice of the President , the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President . But if there should remain ...
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... majority of the whole number of Electors appointed ; and if no person have such majority , then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as Presi- dent , the House of Representatives ...
... majority of the whole number of Electors appointed ; and if no person have such majority , then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as Presi- dent , the House of Representatives ...
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... majority of the electoral votes for President and Vice - President , the House of Representa- tives shall immediately choose the President by . [ Amendments ] . Bankruptcies . Congress shall have power to pass uniform laws on the ...
... majority of the electoral votes for President and Vice - President , the House of Representa- tives shall immediately choose the President by . [ Amendments ] . Bankruptcies . Congress shall have power to pass uniform laws on the ...
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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.