Constitution of the United States: Jefferson's Manual, the Rules of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-fourth Congress, and a Digest and Manual of the Rules and Practice of the House of Representatives of the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 - 690 pages |
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... member of either House during his contin- uance in office . No person shall be a member of either House , presiden- tial elector , or hold any office under the United States , or any State , who , having previously sworn to support the ...
... member of either House during his contin- uance in office . No person shall be a member of either House , presiden- tial elector , or hold any office under the United States , or any State , who , having previously sworn to support the ...
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... members chosen every second year . Qualifications of electors for members of the ... - ... No person shall be a member who shall not have attained the age of twenty - five years , and been seven years a cit- izen of the United ...
... members chosen every second year . Qualifications of electors for members of the ... - ... No person shall be a member who shall not have attained the age of twenty - five years , and been seven years a cit- izen of the United ...
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... member ; as , should one House , in the regular form of a bill , aim at too broad privileges , it may be checked by ... member elected may be named of a committee , and is to every extent a member except that he cannot vote until he is ...
... member ; as , should one House , in the regular form of a bill , aim at too broad privileges , it may be checked by ... member elected may be named of a committee , and is to every extent a member except that he cannot vote until he is ...
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... member is the privilege of the House . If the member waive it without 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 ...
... member is the privilege of the House . If the member waive it without 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 ...
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... members nec- essary to complete the same . A majority of the whole number of votes given shall be necessary to the choice of a ... member is heard in his place , or at the bar , or a special authority is given to the committee to inquire ...
... members nec- essary to complete the same . A majority of the whole number of votes given shall be necessary to the choice of a ... member is heard in his place , or at the bar , or a special authority is given to the committee to inquire ...
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amendment appointed appropriation bill authorized Calendar chair chairman clause Clerk conference Congressional consideration considered Constitution Court of Claims debate December decided Delegates Department District of Columbia duties election enacting clause engrossed Executive Government gress Grey Hakew Hats held House of Congress House of Representatives House.-Journal impeachment insert Jefferson's Manual Joint Committee joint resolutions Journal jurisdiction legislative legislature main question March matter Member ment mittee motion to adjourn motion to suspend North Carolina papers parliamentary pending Pennsylvania person point of order postpone precedence present President previous question printed private bill proceed proceedings proposed proposition question of privilege questions of order quorum received recommit Record referred Rule XXIII Scob Secretary Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Speaker special order Stat Statutes suspend the rules taken thereof tion United unless Vice-President vote Wall Whole House yeas and nays
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Page 433 - ... that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic ; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same ; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter : so help me God.
Page 552 - Every person who having been summoned as a witness by the authority of either House of Congress to give testimony or to produce papers upon any matter under inquiry before either House...
Page 247 - Congress assembled should fix a day on which electors should be appointed by the States which shall have ratified the same, and a day on which the electors should assemble to vote for the President, and the time and place for commencing proceedings under this Constitution; that after such publication the electors should be appointed, and the senators and representatives elected...
Page 247 - States in Congress assembled; that the senators and representatives should convene at the time and place assigned; that the senators should appoint a president of the Senate, for the sole purpose of receiving, opening, and counting the votes for President; and that after he shall be chosen, the Congress, together with the President, should without delay proceed to execute this Constitution.
Page 360 - No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.