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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... printed confidentially before delivery , not seen by members till read in the House , Mileage , duty of the committee on , remarks concerning , Motion , to lie on the table , N. Newspapers , members supplied with three daily , 0 . Oath ...
... printed confidentially before delivery , not seen by members till read in the House , Mileage , duty of the committee on , remarks concerning , Motion , to lie on the table , N. Newspapers , members supplied with three daily , 0 . Oath ...
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... printed copy , as the message is printed confidentially before it is trans- mitted to either house , so that it may be sent by express over the country with the greatest dis- patch . Members , one day before its delivery to occasions ...
... printed copy , as the message is printed confidentially before it is trans- mitted to either house , so that it may be sent by express over the country with the greatest dis- patch . Members , one day before its delivery to occasions ...
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... printed for the use of the members . Usually ten thousand are printed . They are scattered into every corner of the United States by the members , which , by the way , is well calculated to give the people of the nation a pretty fair ...
... printed for the use of the members . Usually ten thousand are printed . They are scattered into every corner of the United States by the members , which , by the way , is well calculated to give the people of the nation a pretty fair ...
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... printed ; in this case , the speak . er rises and puts the question on printing , as its printing is not a matter of course . Sometimes the reading of the memorial is called for , but in most instances it is referred without reading ...
... printed ; in this case , the speak . er rises and puts the question on printing , as its printing is not a matter of course . Sometimes the reading of the memorial is called for , but in most instances it is referred without reading ...
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... printed , and laid on the tables of members , when they can examine it at their leisure . If the bill should , however , be of such a character as re- quires the immediate rejection of it by the house , the question of consideration can ...
... printed , and laid on the tables of members , when they can examine it at their leisure . If the bill should , however , be of such a character as re- quires the immediate rejection of it by the house , the question of consideration can ...
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26th Congress adjourn affirmative agreed appointed Aycrigg ayes ballot bers chair stand chairman clerk committed conference congress constitution debate decision disagree District of Columbia Dromgoole duty election engrossed entitled Grey Hakew Hats house of representatives insert January John P. B. Maxwell John Quincy Adams Journal judgment laid main question majority members present ment mittee motion to reconsider negative passed pending petition Petrikin Philemon Dickerson point of order postpone precedence president previous question private bills proceed proposed proposition ques question of order question was moved question was put quorum read a third received referred Resolved rule says Scob secretary senate serjeant-at-arms session sideration sion slavery speaker decided strike taken thereon third reading Thomas Jones Yorke tion took an appeal two-thirds Union United vote Whereupon whole house William William Cost Johnson William Halsted words yeas and nays
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Page 13 - 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 16 - 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 14 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Page 11 - ... 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 222 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
Page 4 - Legislature. 2. No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. 3. Representatives and direct taxes...
Page 209 - 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 xii - 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 37 - 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...