A Congressional Manual; Or, Outline of the Order of Business: In the House of Representatives of the United States. With Copious IndexesPeter Hay & Company, printers, 1841 - 447 páginas |
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... usually hap- pens , that a quorum of the members attend and enter upon their duties on that day . The members meet in their respective cham- bers at 12 o'clock , meridian . Those who arrive first at the opening of any first session of ...
... usually hap- pens , that a quorum of the members attend and enter upon their duties on that day . The members meet in their respective cham- bers at 12 o'clock , meridian . Those who arrive first at the opening of any first session of ...
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... usually for the full term . Yet the old senators may change to places left vacant by gentlemen whose term of service expired , and who are not re - elected . The new senators can take their choice of such seats as are vacant , in the ...
... usually for the full term . Yet the old senators may change to places left vacant by gentlemen whose term of service expired , and who are not re - elected . The new senators can take their choice of such seats as are vacant , in the ...
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... usually happens that the speaker is elected on the first ballot ; but if not , the boxes are again carried round , and the count continued by the tellers till a majority of the whole number of the votes polled have been received by some ...
... usually happens that the speaker is elected on the first ballot ; but if not , the boxes are again carried round , and the count continued by the tellers till a majority of the whole number of the votes polled have been received by some ...
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... usually required to be done on the first day of meeting , some gentleman rises and says , " Mr. Speaker , -I move that , till otherwise ordered , the daily hour to which the house shall be adjourned , shall be 12 o'clock me- ridian ...
... usually required to be done on the first day of meeting , some gentleman rises and says , " Mr. Speaker , -I move that , till otherwise ordered , the daily hour to which the house shall be adjourned , shall be 12 o'clock me- ridian ...
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... usually reads a printed copy , as the message is printed confidentially before it is trans- mitted to either house , so that it may be sent by express over the country with the greatest dis- patch . Members , one day before its delivery ...
... usually reads a printed copy , as the message is printed confidentially before it is trans- mitted to either house , so that it may be sent by express over the country with the greatest dis- patch . Members , one day before its delivery ...
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A Congressional Manual; Or, Outline of the Order of Business: In the House ... Thomas Jefferson,Joel Barlow Sutherland Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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Página 13 - United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and together with the vice-president, chosen for the same term, be elected as follows : 2. Each State shall appoint...
Página 16 - 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.
Página 14 - 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...
Página 11 - ... 2 The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. 3 No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4 No capitation, or other direct tax, shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Página 222 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
Página 4 - Legislature. 2. No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. 3. Representatives and direct taxes...
Página 209 - Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and Disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of Honour, 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.
Página xii - 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.
Página 37 - RECONSIDERATION. [When a question has been once made and carried in the affirmative or negative, it shall be in order for any member of the majority to move for the reconsideration thereof; but no motion for the reconsideration of any vote shall be in order after a bill, resolution, message, report, amendment, or motion upon which the vote was taken shall have gone out of the possession of the Senate...