Manual of Legislative Practice and Order of Business, in the Legislature of the State of New JerseyB. Davenport, 1836 - 365 pages |
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... election to fill such vacancies . The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers ; and shall have the sole power of impeachment . SECTION III . The Senate of the United States shall be com- posed of two ...
... election to fill such vacancies . The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers ; and shall have the sole power of impeachment . SECTION III . The Senate of the United States shall be com- posed of two ...
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... elections for Senators and Representatives , shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof ; but the Congress may at any time , hy law , make or alter such regulations , except as to the places of choosing Senators . ever ...
... elections for Senators and Representatives , shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof ; but the Congress may at any time , hy law , make or alter such regulations , except as to the places of choosing Senators . ever ...
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... elections , returns , and qualifications , of its own members ; and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business : but a smaller number may ad- journ from day to day , and may be authorized to compel the attendance of ...
... elections , returns , and qualifications , of its own members ; and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business : but a smaller number may ad- journ from day to day , and may be authorized to compel the attendance of ...
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... election of the President , and should transmit their votes , cer- tified , signed , sealed , and directed , as the Con- stitution requires , to the Secretary of the United States , in Congress assembled ; that the Senators and ...
... election of the President , and should transmit their votes , cer- tified , signed , sealed , and directed , as the Con- stitution requires , to the Secretary of the United States , in Congress assembled ; that the Senators and ...
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... elections of Senators and Re- presentatives , except as to place of choosing Senators shall assemble once every year may provide for cases of removal 27 27 1 9 18 1 1 19 1 4 12 1 4 13 23 of President and Vice President 2 1 may determine ...
... elections of Senators and Re- presentatives , except as to place of choosing Senators shall assemble once every year may provide for cases of removal 27 27 1 9 18 1 1 19 1 4 12 1 4 13 23 of President and Vice President 2 1 may determine ...
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Page 14 - To establish post offices and post roads; To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries; To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court; To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and...
Page 34 - 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 28 - American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each State in the convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude than might have been otherwise expected...
Page 29 - ... consulted, the consequences might have been particularly disagreeable or injurious to others; that it is liable to as few exceptions as could reasonably have been expected, we hope and believe; that it may promote the lasting welfare of that country so dear to us all, and secure her freedom and happiness, is our most ardent wish.
Page 84 - If any member, in speaking, or otherwise, transgress the rules of the House, the 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, but without debate; if there be no appeal, the derision of the Chair shall be submitted to.
Page 54 - 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 30 - September, did resolve unanimously that the said report with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same be transmitted to the several legislatures, in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, in conformity to the resolves of the Convention, made and provided in that case...
Page 33 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice...
Page 10 - The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators.
Page 22 - 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...