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... sections 3 and 4 will become effective immediately upon the ratification of the amend- ment , and sections 1 and 2 will become effective on the 30th day of November of the year following the year in which the 8 AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION.
... sections 3 and 4 will become effective immediately upon the ratification of the amend- ment , and sections 1 and 2 will become effective on the 30th day of November of the year following the year in which the 8 AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION.
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... ment , the ground thereof , and shall be signed by at least one Senator and one Member of the House of Representatives before the same shall be received . When all objections so made to any vote or paper from a State shall have been ...
... ment , the ground thereof , and shall be signed by at least one Senator and one Member of the House of Representatives before the same shall be received . When all objections so made to any vote or paper from a State shall have been ...
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... ment . " I have sympathy with the people to whom it refers . I ask you to apply it to yourselves . From this point of view would not you feel much better if you did not have to come back to legislate for a constituency after you had ...
... ment . " I have sympathy with the people to whom it refers . I ask you to apply it to yourselves . From this point of view would not you feel much better if you did not have to come back to legislate for a constituency after you had ...
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... March 4 , chaos would prevail . The amend- ment known as the Norris amendment was greatly changed . All sorts of contingencies might arise . If we are to have another amendment relating to the AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION 17.
... March 4 , chaos would prevail . The amend- ment known as the Norris amendment was greatly changed . All sorts of contingencies might arise . If we are to have another amendment relating to the AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION 17.
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... ment is that it would be the thing that would , perhaps , enable us to get legislation before Congress . I believe that more than anything else we need to convince the people of the country of the necessity of some sort of control ...
... ment is that it would be the thing that would , perhaps , enable us to get legislation before Congress . I believe that more than anything else we need to convince the people of the country of the necessity of some sort of control ...
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Page 10 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 1 - Section 4 The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them...
Page 1 - If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President...
Page 12 - A ; and said tellers, having then read the same in the presence and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a list of the votes as they shall appear from the said certificates ; and the votes having been ascertained and counted in the manner and according to the rules in this act provided, the result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate...
Page 3 - ... the duty, necessity, or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers, either of specific individuals or of officers generally, of the Government of the United States...
Page 3 - Any person violating any provision of this section may be tried and punished, either in the district in which the unlawful matter or publication was mailed or to which it was carried by mail for delivery, according to the direction thereon, or in which it was caused to be delivered by mail to the person to whom it was addressed.
Page 9 - The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Page 20 - ... it shall be the duty of any district attorney of the United States to whom the commission may apply to institute in the proper court and to prosecute under the direction of the attorney general of the United States...