A Congressional Manual; Or, Outline of the Order of Business: In the House of Representatives of the United States. With Copious IndexesPeter Hay & Company, printers, 1841 - 447 pages |
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... taken up in the se- cond , ( after the first six days of the session , ) in the same manner as if an adjournment had not taken place , Business , priority of , local and private , C. Call of the House . A call of the house after ...
... taken up in the se- cond , ( after the first six days of the session , ) in the same manner as if an adjournment had not taken place , Business , priority of , local and private , C. Call of the House . A call of the house after ...
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... taken from the boxes and counted . The choice of speaker is always made by ballot ; and the tellers read aloud the names of the per- sons voted for , so that the members may all , if they desire , distinctly hear and count the tickets ...
... taken from the boxes and counted . The choice of speaker is always made by ballot ; and the tellers read aloud the names of the per- sons voted for , so that the members may all , if they desire , distinctly hear and count the tickets ...
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... taken the preceding oath , the clerk calls over the names of the gentlemen alphabetically , who come up to the chair as called , when the speaker administers to them the requisite qualification . * This is done in compliance with the ...
... taken the preceding oath , the clerk calls over the names of the gentlemen alphabetically , who come up to the chair as called , when the speaker administers to them the requisite qualification . * This is done in compliance with the ...
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... taken the requisite oath , some gentleman then rises and informs the speaker , That Mr.- from the state of has arriv ed , and is prepared to enter upon his duties . The speaker invites the gentleman to step near the chair , where he ...
... taken the requisite oath , some gentleman then rises and informs the speaker , That Mr.- from the state of has arriv ed , and is prepared to enter upon his duties . The speaker invites the gentleman to step near the chair , where he ...
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... taken to have them voted on imme- diately . It seems to be an act of great propriety to give such bills a preference . 5th . Bills of the house and from the senate , on the speaker's table , on their engrossment , or on being ordered to ...
... taken to have them voted on imme- diately . It seems to be an act of great propriety to give such bills a preference . 5th . Bills of the house and from the senate , on the speaker's table , on their engrossment , or on being ordered to ...
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Page 215 - United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and together with the vice-president, chosen for the same term, be elected as follows : 2. Each State shall appoint...
Page 218 - United States whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law. But the Congress may, by law, vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 213 - ... 2 The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. 3 No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4 No capitation, or other direct tax, shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 209 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may, in their judgment, require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Page 181 - Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and Disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of Honour, Trust or Profit under the United States : but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
Page 203 - Stephen Hopkins William Ellery CONNECTICUT Roger Sherman Samuel Huntington William Williams Oliver Wolcott NEW YORK William Floyd Philip Livingston Francis Lewis Lewis Morris NEW JERSEY Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark PENNSYLVANIA Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin...
Page 14 - 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 201 - We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind — enemies in war, in peace friends.
Page 13 - RECONSIDERATION. [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 reconsideration thereof; but no motion for the reconsideration of any vote shall be in order after a bill, resolution, message, report, amendment, or motion upon which the vote was taken shall have gone out of the possession of the Senate...
Page 208 - Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honour, trust or profit under the United States; but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law.