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). |
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Scob . , 31 , 33 ; 2 Hats . , 166 , 168 ; Hale Parl . , 133 . No person is to use
indecent language against the proceedings of the House ; no prior determination
of which is to be reflected on by any member , unless he means to conclude with
a ...
Scob . , 31 , 33 ; 2 Hats . , 166 , 168 ; Hale Parl . , 133 . No person is to use
indecent language against the proceedings of the House ; no prior determination
of which is to be reflected on by any member , unless he means to conclude with
a ...
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2 Hats . , 119 , 121 ; 6 Grey , 368 . ' No member is to come into the House with his
head covered , nor to remove from one place to another with his hat on , nor is to
put on his hat in coming in or removing , until he be set down in his place .
2 Hats . , 119 , 121 ; 6 Grey , 368 . ' No member is to come into the House with his
head covered , nor to remove from one place to another with his hat on , nor is to
put on his hat in coming in or removing , until he be set down in his place .
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Divers expedients are used to correct the effects of this rule ; as , by passing an
explanatory act , if anything has been omitted or ill expressed , 3 Hats . , 278 , or
an act to enforce , and make more effectual an act , & c . , or to rectify mistakes in
...
Divers expedients are used to correct the effects of this rule ; as , by passing an
explanatory act , if anything has been omitted or ill expressed , 3 Hats . , 278 , or
an act to enforce , and make more effectual an act , & c . , or to rectify mistakes in
...
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3 Hats . , 226 . So the Commons say , “ an adherence is never delivered at a free
conference , which implies debate . ” 10 Grey , 137 . And on another occasion the
Lords made it an objection that the Commons had asked a free conference ...
3 Hats . , 226 . So the Commons say , “ an adherence is never delivered at a free
conference , which implies debate . ” 10 Grey , 137 . And on another occasion the
Lords made it an objection that the Commons had asked a free conference ...
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2 Hats . , 85 . In both Houses of Congress , all questions whereon the yeas and
nays are desired by one - fifth of the members present , whether decided
affirmarively or negatively , must be entered in the journals . Const . , I , 5 . The
first order ...
2 Hats . , 85 . In both Houses of Congress , all questions whereon the yeas and
nays are desired by one - fifth of the members present , whether decided
affirmarively or negatively , must be entered in the journals . Const . , I , 5 . The
first order ...
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Page 532 - 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 572 - 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 444 - ... 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 519 - 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 446 - 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...
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| Title | 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). |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rules |
| Published | 1895 |
| Length | 766 pages |
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