Senate Manual: Containing the Standing Rules and Orders of the United States Senate, the Constitution of the United States, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, the Ordinance of 1787, Jefferson's Manual, EtcU.S. Government Printing Office, 1896 - 563 pages |
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... joint resolution shall be committed or amended until it shall have been twice read , after which it may be re- ferred to a committee ; bills and joint resolutions introduced on leave , and bills and joint resolutions from the House of ...
... joint resolution shall be committed or amended until it shall have been twice read , after which it may be re- ferred to a committee ; bills and joint resolutions introduced on leave , and bills and joint resolutions from the House of ...
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... COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE . 1. All bills and joint resolutions which shall have received two readings shall first be considered by the Senate as in Com- mittee of the Whole , after which they shall be reported to the Senate ; and any ...
... COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE . 1. All bills and joint resolutions which shall have received two readings shall first be considered by the Senate as in Com- mittee of the Whole , after which they shall be reported to the Senate ; and any ...
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... Committee on Agriculture and Forestry , to consist of nine Senators . A Committee on Appropriations , to consist of ... joint resolutions before they go out of the possession of the Senate . A Committee on Enrolled Bills , to consist of ...
... Committee on Agriculture and Forestry , to consist of nine Senators . A Committee on Appropriations , to consist of ... joint resolutions before they go out of the possession of the Senate . A Committee on Enrolled Bills , to consist of ...
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... Committee on Enrolled Bills , to consist of three Senators , which shall have power to act jointly with the same commit- tee of the House of Representatives , and which , or some one of which , shall examine all bills or joint ...
... Committee on Enrolled Bills , to consist of three Senators , which shall have power to act jointly with the same commit- tee of the House of Representatives , and which , or some one of which , shall examine all bills or joint ...
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... joint resolutions , and other resolutions which may be communicated to the House , or in which its con- currence may ... Committee on Printing . When a mo- tion is made to commit with instructions , it shall be in order to add thereto a ...
... joint resolutions , and other resolutions which may be communicated to the House , or in which its con- currence may ... Committee on Printing . When a mo- tion is made to commit with instructions , it shall be in order to add thereto a ...
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Page 420 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 399 - No state without the Consent of the united states in congress assembled, shall send any embassy to, or receive any embassy from, or enter into any conference, agreement, alliance or treaty with any King prince or state; nor shall any person holding any office of profit or trust under the united states, or any of them, accept of any present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince, or foreign state; nor shall the united states in congress assembled, or any of them, grant...
Page 417 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared that no law ought ever to be made or have force in the said Territory that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect private contracts, or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Page 406 - Canada, acceding to this confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this union ; but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine, states.
Page 400 - Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury which shall be supplied by the several states in proportion to the value of all land within each state, granted to or surveyed for any person as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall, from time to time, direct and appoint.
Page 398 - FREEDOM of speech and debate in congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any Court, or place out of Congress...
Page 398 - States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State. ARTICLE V. For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct...
Page 397 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Page 397 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, (paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted,) shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States...
Page 384 - ... of the United States, and no clerk or employee of any department, branch or bureau of the executive, judicial, or military or naval service of the United States, shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political purpose whatever, from any officer, clerk, or employee of the United States...