Rules Consisting of Special Rules of the Senate: The Joint Rules of the Two Houses and Such Provisions of the Constitution as Relate to the Organization, Power, Privileges, Proceedings, and Duties of the SenateW.A. Harris, 1859 - 65 pages |
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... REPRESENTATIVES . [ 3 Feb. , 1801 . 46. - Messages shall be sent to the House of Repre- sentatives by the Secretary ... senators , senators elect , and judges of the Supreme Court . [ 17 March , 1853-23 January , 1854-24 January , 1854-6 ...
... REPRESENTATIVES . [ 3 Feb. , 1801 . 46. - Messages shall be sent to the House of Repre- sentatives by the Secretary ... senators , senators elect , and judges of the Supreme Court . [ 17 March , 1853-23 January , 1854-24 January , 1854-6 ...
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... Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers ; and shall have the sole Power of Impeach- ment . SECTION 3. The Senate of the United States shall be com- posed of two Senators from each State , chosen by the Legis- lature ...
... Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers ; and shall have the sole Power of Impeach- ment . SECTION 3. The Senate of the United States shall be com- posed of two Senators from each State , chosen by the Legis- lature ...
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... Senators and Representatives , shall be pre- scribed in each State by the Legislature thereof ; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regu- lations , except as to the places of chusing Senators . 2The Congress shall ...
... Senators and Representatives , shall be pre- scribed in each State by the Legislature thereof ; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regu- lations , except as to the places of chusing Senators . 2The Congress shall ...
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... Senate United States. Congress. Senate. a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day , and may be authorized to compel ... Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services , to be ascertained by Law , and paid ...
... Senate United States. Congress. Senate. a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day , and may be authorized to compel ... Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services , to be ascertained by Law , and paid ...
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... Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress : but no Senator or Representative , or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States , shall be appointed an Elector . [ The Electors ...
... Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress : but no Senator or Representative , or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States , shall be appointed an Elector . [ The Electors ...
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Page 39 - 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 42 - The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood or Forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted. ARTICLE IV. SECTION 1. Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the Public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State.
Page 41 - President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. ARTICLE III Section 1. The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good...
Page 34 - 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 7 - WHEN a question has been once made and carried in the affirmative or negative, it shall be in order for any member of the majority to move for the re-consideration thereof...
Page 44 - ... any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. ARTICLE VI. 1. All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before...
Page 9 - BILLS. [Every bill shall receive three readings previous to its being passed; and the President shall give notice at each whether it be first, second, or third; which readings shall be on three different days, unless the Senate unanimously direct otherwise.
Page 44 - When a message shall be sent from the Senate to the House of Representatives, it shall be announced at the door of the House by the doorkeeper, and shall be respectfully communicated to the chair, by the person by whom it may be sent.
Page 38 - No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States ; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
Page 34 - Rule 27.] [In the appointment of the standing committees, the senate will proceed, by ballot, severally to appoint the chairman of each committee, and then, by one ballot, the other members necessary to complete the same...