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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... February 19 , 1800 , inserted some paragraphs defamatory of the Senate , and failed in his appear- ance , he was ordered to be committed . In debating the legality of this order , it was insisted , in support of ΠΙΟ Jefferson's Manual .
... February 19 , 1800 , inserted some paragraphs defamatory of the Senate , and failed in his appear- ance , he was ordered to be committed . In debating the legality of this order , it was insisted , in support of ΠΙΟ Jefferson's Manual .
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... the amendments , stating the words which are to be inserted or omitted , Scob . , 50 , and where , by references to page , line , and word of the bill . Scob . , 50 . SEC . XXVII . - REPORT OF COMMITTEE . The Jefferson's Manual . 141 Page.
... the amendments , stating the words which are to be inserted or omitted , Scob . , 50 , and where , by references to page , line , and word of the bill . Scob . , 50 . SEC . XXVII . - REPORT OF COMMITTEE . The Jefferson's Manual . 141 Page.
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... inserting a paragraph , or part of one , the friends of the paragraph may make it as perfect as they can by amendments ... insert others of a tenor entirely different from those first proposed . It is negatived . 158 Jefferson's Manual .
... inserting a paragraph , or part of one , the friends of the paragraph may make it as perfect as they can by amendments ... insert others of a tenor entirely different from those first proposed . It is negatived . 158 Jefferson's Manual .
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... insert nothing , which is agreed to . All this is admissible , because to strike out and insert A is one proposition . To strike out and insert B is a different proposi- tion . And to strike out and insert nothing is still different ...
... insert nothing , which is agreed to . All this is admissible , because to strike out and insert A is one proposition . To strike out and insert B is a different proposi- tion . And to strike out and insert nothing is still different ...
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... inserting originally a short time , to preclude the possibility of a longer ; for till the short time is struck out , you cannot insert a longer ; and if , after it is struck out , you cannot do it , then it cannot be done at all ...
... inserting originally a short time , to preclude the possibility of a longer ; for till the short time is struck out , you cannot insert a longer ; and if , after it is struck out , you cannot do it , then it cannot be done at all ...
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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.