Legislative Procedure: Parliamentary Practices and the Course of Business in the Framing of StatutesHoughton Mifflin, 1922 - 628 pages |
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... Congress , like every other legislative body , lacks the sense of proportion . It ... House of Commons is by far the most pressing and urgent political ques im of ... Representatives , sh ke his obeisance as abo ate , alone , shall rise ...
... Congress , like every other legislative body , lacks the sense of proportion . It ... House of Commons is by far the most pressing and urgent political ques im of ... Representatives , sh ke his obeisance as abo ate , alone , shall rise ...
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... House of Representatives to take his seat on the Supreme Bench of the United States . " Cheered , indeed , by your kind- ness , " he said , " I have been able , in controversies marked with peculiar political zeal , to appreciate the ...
... House of Representatives to take his seat on the Supreme Bench of the United States . " Cheered , indeed , by your kind- ness , " he said , " I have been able , in controversies marked with peculiar political zeal , to appreciate the ...
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... House of Commons , only three , dealing with finance , date from before 1832 ... House of Representa- tives for 1762-63 may be read : " We shall at all times ... Representatives , then four years on the bench , and after that reporter to ...
... House of Commons , only three , dealing with finance , date from before 1832 ... House of Representa- tives for 1762-63 may be read : " We shall at all times ... Representatives , then four years on the bench , and after that reporter to ...
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... House of Representatives at Wash- ington when the Speaker informed him that his time had ex- pired . To a member asking under what rule there was a limita- tion of time for debate , Speaker Carlisle replied : " The Chair has frequently ...
... House of Representatives at Wash- ington when the Speaker informed him that his time had ex- pired . To a member asking under what rule there was a limita- tion of time for debate , Speaker Carlisle replied : " The Chair has frequently ...
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... House of Representatives adopt its own rules has been followed . The Federal Constitution says " each House may de- termine the rules of its proceedings . " The State Constitutions usually say " shall " rather than " may , " and what ...
... House of Representatives adopt its own rules has been followed . The Federal Constitution says " each House may de- termine the rules of its proceedings . " The State Constitutions usually say " shall " rather than " may , " and what ...
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Page 432 - If the member be called to order for words spoken, the exceptionable words shall immediately be taken down in writing, that the president may be better enabled to judge of the matter.
Page 544 - No act shall be passed which shall provide that any existing law, or any part thereof, shall be made or deemed a part of said act, or which shall enact that any existing law, or part thereof, shall be applicable, except by inserting it in such act.
Page 312 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Page 538 - To avoid Improper Influences which may result from Intermixing In one and the same act such things as have no proper relation to each other, every law shall embrace but one object, and that shall be expressed In the title.
Page 520 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Page 316 - The freedom of deliberation, speech and debate, in either house of the legislature, is so essential to the rights of the people, that it cannot be the foundation of any accusation or prosecution, action or complaint, in any other court or place whatsoever.
Page 313 - Parliament: and that in the handling and proceeding of those businesses every member of the House of Parliament hath and of right ought to have freedom of speech to propound, treat, reason and bring to conclusion the same...
Page 359 - A member who has a personal or private interest in any measure or bill proposed or pending before the general assembly, shall disclose the fact to the house of which he is a member, and shall not vote thereon.
Page 333 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Page 5 - Mr. Onslow, the ablest among the speakers of the house of commons, used to say "It was a maxim he had often heard when he was a young man, from old and experienced members, that nothing tended more to throw power into the hands of the administration, and those who acted with the majority of the house of commons...