Digest and Manual of the Rules and Practice of the House of Representatives: To which are Added 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, 1888 - 600 pages |
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... committee , and then , by one ballot , the other members nec- essary to complete the same . A majority of the whole number of votes given shall be necessary to the choice of a chairman of a standing ... Committees Committee of the Whole -
... committee , and then , by one ballot , the other members nec- essary to complete the same . A majority of the whole number of votes given shall be necessary to the choice of a chairman of a standing ... Committees Committee of the Whole -
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... Committee of the Whole . 3 Hats . , 127. The sense of the whole is better taken in committee , because in all committees every one speaks as often as he pleases . Scob . , 49. They generally acquiesce in the chairman named by the ...
... Committee of the Whole . 3 Hats . , 127. The sense of the whole is better taken in committee , because in all committees every one speaks as often as he pleases . Scob . , 49. They generally acquiesce in the chairman named by the ...
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... committee was considered as thereby dissolved , and the subject again before the House ; and it was decided in the House , without returning into committee . 3 Grey , 130 . No previous question can be put in a committee ; nor can this ...
... committee was considered as thereby dissolved , and the subject again before the House ; and it was decided in the House , without returning into committee . 3 Grey , 130 . No previous question can be put in a committee ; nor can this ...
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... committee , he ought to ask to be excused . Thus , March 7 , 1606 , Mr. Hadley was , on the question being put , excused from being of a committee , declaring himself to be against the matter itself . Scob . , 46 . The Clerk may deliver ...
... committee , he ought to ask to be excused . Thus , March 7 , 1606 , Mr. Hadley was , on the question being put , excused from being of a committee , declaring himself to be against the matter itself . Scob . , 46 . The Clerk may deliver ...
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... committee is through the whole , a member moves that the committee may rise , and the chairman report the paper to the House , with or without amendments , as the case may be . 2 Hats . , 289 , 292 ; Scob . , 53 ; 2 Hats . , 290 ; 8 ...
... committee is through the whole , a member moves that the committee may rise , and the chairman report the paper to the House , with or without amendments , as the case may be . 2 Hats . , 289 , 292 ; Scob . , 53 ; 2 Hats . , 290 ; 8 ...
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Page 6 - No Senator or Representative shall, during the 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 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; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New- York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina...
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. 7 Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation...
Page 4 - The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the places of chusing Senators.
Page 102 - 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 2 - 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; and New York, July 26, 1788.
Page 417 - A motion to strike out the enacting words of a bill shall have precedence of a motion to amend, and, if carried, shall be considered equivalent to its rejection.
Page 409 - Houses thereof, shall ask, accept, or receive any money, or any contract, promise, undertaking, obligation, gratuity, or security for the payment of money, or for the delivery or conveyance of anything of value...
Page 321 - ... to produce papers upon any matter under inquiry before either house, or any committee of either house of Congress, willfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the question under inquiry, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars nor less than one hundred dollars, and imprisonment in a common jail for not less than one month nor more than twelve months.— *R.
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.