Constitution of the United States, Jefferson's Manual, the Rules of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-third Congress and a Digest and Manual of the Rules and Practice of the House of Representatives of the United States (with an Appendix).1895 - 766 pages |
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Page 110
... decided that " a convenient time was to be under- stood . " ( 1580 , ) 1 Hats . , 99 , 100. Nor is the law so strict in point of time as to require the party to set out immediately on his return , but allows him time to settle his ...
... decided that " a convenient time was to be under- stood . " ( 1580 , ) 1 Hats . , 99 , 100. Nor is the law so strict in point of time as to require the party to set out immediately on his return , but allows him time to settle his ...
Page 124
... decided in the House , without returning into committee . 3 Grey , 130 . No previous question can be put in a committee ; nor can this committee adjourn as others may ; but if their business is unfinished , they rise , on a question ...
... decided in the House , without returning into committee . 3 Grey , 130 . No previous question can be put in a committee ; nor can this committee adjourn as others may ; but if their business is unfinished , they rise , on a question ...
Page 134
... decided without debate . Orders of the day may be discharged at any time , and a new one made for a different day . 3 Grey , 48 , 313 . When a session is drawing to a close , and the important bills are all brought in , the House , in ...
... decided without debate . Orders of the day may be discharged at any time , and a new one made for a different day . 3 Grey , 48 , 313 . When a session is drawing to a close , and the important bills are all brought in , the House , in ...
Page 136
... decided , he is still to be heard through . A call for adjournment , or for the order of the day , or for the question , by gentlemen from their seats , is not a motion . No motion can be made without rising and addressing the Chair ...
... decided , he is still to be heard through . A call for adjournment , or for the order of the day , or for the question , by gentlemen from their seats , is not a motion . No motion can be made without rising and addressing the Chair ...
Page 138
... decided that the bill shall be com- mitted , it may then be moved to be referred to Committee of the Whole House , or to a special committee . If the latter , the Speaker proceeds to name the committee . Any member also may name a ...
... decided that the bill shall be com- mitted , it may then be moved to be referred to Committee of the Whole House , or to a special committee . If the latter , the Speaker proceeds to name the committee . Any member also may name a ...
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Page 534 - 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 2 - May next, to take into consideration the situation of the United States; to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union...
Page 574 - Every person who having been summoned as a witness by the authority of either House of Congress to give testimony or to produce papers upon any matter under inquiry before either House...
Page 446 - ... that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Page 521 - Act, but the repeal of existing laws or modifications thereof embraced in this Act shall not affect any act done, or any right accruing or accrued, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil cause before...
Page 265 - No appropriation shall be reported in any general appropriation bill, or be in order as an amendment thereto, for any expenditure not previously authorized by law, unless in continuation of appropriations for such public works and objects as are already in progress.
Page 448 - 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 without debate; if there be no appeal, the decision of the chair shall be submitted to.
Page 6 - No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time ; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.
Page 367 - ... may call him 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 2 - Delaware, December 7, 1787 ; Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787 ; New Jersey, December 18, 1787 ; Georgia, January 2, 1788; Connecticut, January 9, 1788; Massachusetts, February 6, 1788; Maryland, April 28, 1788 ; South Carolina, May 23, 1788 ; New Hampshire, June...