A Manual of Legislative Practice and Order of Business in Deliberative BodiesP. Hay, 1830 - 389 pages |
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Joel Barlow Sutherland. at the expiration of the fourth year ; and of the third class at the expiration of the sixth year ; so that one third may be chosen every second year . And if vacancies happen by resignation , or otherwise ...
Joel Barlow Sutherland. at the expiration of the fourth year ; and of the third class at the expiration of the sixth year ; so that one third may be chosen every second year . And if vacancies happen by resignation , or otherwise ...
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... third class at the expiration of the third year , and of the fourth class at the ex- piration of the fourth year ; so that one - fourth may be chosen every year . SECT . X. The General Assembly shall meet on the first Tuesday of ...
... third class at the expiration of the third year , and of the fourth class at the ex- piration of the fourth year ; so that one - fourth may be chosen every year . SECT . X. The General Assembly shall meet on the first Tuesday of ...
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... be selected from both Houses of the Legisla- ture , and formed and regulated in such man- ner as shall be directed by law . SECT . III . The Governor shall hold his of- fice during three years from the third Tues- day of 44 CONSTITUTION OF.
... be selected from both Houses of the Legisla- ture , and formed and regulated in such man- ner as shall be directed by law . SECT . III . The Governor shall hold his of- fice during three years from the third Tues- day of 44 CONSTITUTION OF.
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Joel Barlow Sutherland. fice during three years from the third Tues- day of December next ensuing his election , and shall not be capable of holding it longer than nine , in any term of twelve years . SECT . IV . He shall be , at least ...
Joel Barlow Sutherland. fice during three years from the third Tues- day of December next ensuing his election , and shall not be capable of holding it longer than nine , in any term of twelve years . SECT . IV . He shall be , at least ...
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... third Tuesday in Decem- ber next ensuing the election of a Governor , the Governor of the last year , or the Speaker of the Senate , who may be in the exercise of the executive authority , shall continue there- in until the ...
... third Tuesday in Decem- ber next ensuing the election of a Governor , the Governor of the last year , or the Speaker of the Senate , who may be in the exercise of the executive authority , shall continue there- in until the ...
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Page 4 - ... 3. No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen.
Page 60 - That the printing presses shall be free to every person who undertakes to examine the proceedings of the legislature, or any branch of government ; and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man ; and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any subject; being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
Page 58 - All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Page 17 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Page 5 - Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
Page 12 - He shall preserve order and decorum ; may speak to points of order in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose ; and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the House by any two members; on which appeal no member shall speak more than once, unless by leave of the House.
Page 59 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience ; and that no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious establishments or modes of worship.
Page 18 - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 13 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
Page 9 - States; 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States; 7.