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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States by a resolution of Congress passed on the 5th of March , 1794 , at the first
session of the Third Congress ; and on the 8th of January , 1798 , at the second
session of the Fifth Congress , it was declared by the President , in a message to
...
States by a resolution of Congress passed on the 5th of March , 1794 , at the first
session of the Third Congress ; and on the 8th of January , 1798 , at the second
session of the Fifth Congress , it was declared by the President , in a message to
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CI . Page 14 1 4 9 - 3 31 11 Assumption of the debt or obligations incurred in aid
of rebellion or insurrection against the United States . Provisions against the . (
Amendments ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed .
CI . Page 14 1 4 9 - 3 31 11 Assumption of the debt or obligations incurred in aid
of rebellion or insurrection against the United States . Provisions against the . (
Amendments ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed .
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To prevent bills from being passed by surprise , the House , by a standing order ,
directs that they shall not be put on their passage before a fixed hour , naming
one at which the house is commonly full . Hakew . , 153 . The usage of the
Senate ...
To prevent bills from being passed by surprise , the House , by a standing order ,
directs that they shall not be put on their passage before a fixed hour , naming
one at which the house is commonly full . Hakew . , 153 . The usage of the
Senate ...
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A bill passed by the two Houses before the appointment of a Committee on
Enrolled Bills is enrolled by the Clerk or Secretary and presented directly to the
Speaker for his signature ; - Journal , 1 , 52 , p . 17 ; the report of a committee
being a ...
A bill passed by the two Houses before the appointment of a Committee on
Enrolled Bills is enrolled by the Clerk or Secretary and presented directly to the
Speaker for his signature ; - Journal , 1 , 52 , p . 17 ; the report of a committee
being a ...
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The enactment of the said revision is not to affect or repeal any act of Congress
passed since the 1st day of December , one thousand eight hundred and seventy
- three , and all acts passed since that date are to have full effect as if passed ...
The enactment of the said revision is not to affect or repeal any act of Congress
passed since the 1st day of December , one thousand eight hundred and seventy
- three , and all acts passed since that date are to have full effect as if passed ...
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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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