Manual Constitution of the United States ... with ... Amendments ... Jefferson's Manual ... and the Standing Rules and Orders for Conducting Business in the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States1863 - Parliamentary practice - 252 pages |
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Page 21
... moved to the State having jurisdiction of the crime . be delivered up . No person held to service or labor in one Fugitive slaves to State , under the laws thereof , escaping into another , shall , in consequence of any law or reg ...
... moved to the State having jurisdiction of the crime . be delivered up . No person held to service or labor in one Fugitive slaves to State , under the laws thereof , escaping into another , shall , in consequence of any law or reg ...
Page 59
... moved in parliament during the debate and preparation of a bill , were breaches of privilege ; 2 Nalson , 743 ; and in 1783 , De- cember 17 , it was declared a breach of fundamental privileges , & c . , to report any opinion or ...
... moved in parliament during the debate and preparation of a bill , were breaches of privilege ; 2 Nalson , 743 ; and in 1783 , De- cember 17 , it was declared a breach of fundamental privileges , & c . , to report any opinion or ...
Page 69
... moved or put , or debated while they are there . Hats , 108. Sometimes the questions are previously set- led in writing before the witness enters .. Ib . , 106 , 107 ; 8 Frey , 64. The questions asked must be entered in the urnals . 3 ...
... moved or put , or debated while they are there . Hats , 108. Sometimes the questions are previously set- led in writing before the witness enters .. Ib . , 106 , 107 ; 8 Frey , 64. The questions asked must be entered in the urnals . 3 ...
Page 70
... moved to take up a particular matter to the prejudice of others having priority of right to thei attention in the general order of business . [ In Senate , the bills and other papers which are in posses sion of the house , and in a ...
... moved to take up a particular matter to the prejudice of others having priority of right to thei attention in the general order of business . [ In Senate , the bills and other papers which are in posses sion of the house , and in a ...
Page 72
... moved at any time when no question is before the house . Such are origi- nal motions and reports on bills . Such are bills from the other house , which are received at all times , and receive their first reading as soon as the question ...
... moved at any time when no question is before the house . Such are origi- nal motions and reports on bills . Such are bills from the other house , which are received at all times , and receive their first reading as soon as the question ...
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Page 67 - If any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgress the rules of the House, the Speaker shall, or any member may, call to order ; in which case, the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain ; and the House shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate : if there be no appeal, the decision of the Chair shall be submitted to.
Page 25 - States, with a request that it might " be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the. recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification.
Page 173 - Speaker shall, or any member may call to order ; in which case, the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain ; and the House shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate :* if there be no appeal, the decision of the Chair shall be submitted to. If the decision be in favor of the member called to order, he shall be at liberty to proceed ; if otherwise...
Page 25 - That it is the opinion of this convention, that as soon as the conventions of nine states shall have ratified this constitution, the United States in Congress assembled, should fix a day on which electors should be appointed by the states which shall have ratified the same...
Page 157 - 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 44 - 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 121 - Act, given jurisdiction, concurrent with the court of claims, to hear and determine all claims founded upon the constitution of the United States or any law of congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an executive department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the government of the United States...
Page 28 - That the said report with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same be transmitted to the several legislatures in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each state by the people thereof in conformity to the resolves of the convention made and provided in that case.
Page 31 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice...
Page 172 - When any member is about to speak in debate, or deliver any matter to the House, he shall rise from his seat, and respectfully address himself to "Mr. Speaker," and shall confine himself to the question under debate, and avoid personality, 21.