Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session - 50th Congress, 2nd Session, Volume 1 |
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... Resolved , That the Clerk inform the Senate that a quorum of the House of Representatives has appeared , and that the House is ready to proceed to business . Resolved , That a committee of three be appointed on the part of the House to ...
... Resolved , That the Clerk inform the Senate that a quorum of the House of Representatives has appeared , and that the House is ready to proceed to business . Resolved , That a committee of three be appointed on the part of the House to ...
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... Resolved , That the last resolution of this House in relation to the drawing of seats by members be rescinded , and that the Clerk of the House on to - morrow , after the reading of the Journal , place in a box the name of each member ...
... Resolved , That the last resolution of this House in relation to the drawing of seats by members be rescinded , and that the Clerk of the House on to - morrow , after the reading of the Journal , place in a box the name of each member ...
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... Resolved , That the Committee on the Ninth Census be instructed to inquire into and report upon the justice of the complaints respecting the accuracy of the recent enumeration of the people , and whether the reliability of the basis of ...
... Resolved , That the Committee on the Ninth Census be instructed to inquire into and report upon the justice of the complaints respecting the accuracy of the recent enumeration of the people , and whether the reliability of the basis of ...
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... Resolved , That the Secretary of War be , and is hereby , directed to furnish to the House of Representatives , at his earliest convenience , the annual report for the year 1870 of the Chief of Engineers upon harbor and river ...
... Resolved , That the Secretary of War be , and is hereby , directed to furnish to the House of Representatives , at his earliest convenience , the annual report for the year 1870 of the Chief of Engineers upon harbor and river ...
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... Resolved , That so much of the annual message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the present session , together with the accompanying documents , as relates to the public finances and taxation , to ...
... Resolved , That so much of the annual message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the present session , together with the accompanying documents , as relates to the public finances and taxation , to ...
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accordingly read act granting Alexander H Amasa Cobb amendment Anthony A. C. Rogers Arnell Benjamin F bill H. R. Boyd Winchester Butler C. B. Darrall C. C. Bowen Caleb N Charles H Charles Pomeroy Clerk request Committee Daniel Darwin Phelps Dawes Edward Degener Eliakim H engrossed and read following titles Frank Morey George George W Ginery Twichell granting a pension Hale Sypher Henry House H. R. Isaac J. P. Newsham Jacob Benton Jasper Packard John F John P. C. Shanks joint resolution Joseph H Lawrence Getz Legrand W Lewis McKenzie Martin Welker Moore motion Negley Orange Ferriss Ordered Orestes Cleveland Patrick Hamill Peter Porter Sheldon praying R. T. W. Duke Randolph Strickland read a third read the third relief reported request the concurrence Samuel Hooper Sempronius H Senate therein Sidney Clarke Smith Stephen Sanford Stevenson Archer T. W. McNeely unanimous consent voting William H William Loughridge William Mungen yeas
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Page 538 - 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 539 - Pacific coast as shall be presented or may come in question and be referred to them by the House, and to report their opinion thereon, together with such propositions relative thereto as to them shall seem, expedient.
Page 527 - If a member be called to order for words spoken in debate, the person calling him to order shall repeat the words excepted to, and they shall be taken down in writing at the clerk's table ; and no member shall be held to answer, or be subject to the censure of the house, for words spoken in debate, if any other member has spoken, or other business has intervened, after the words spoken, and before exception to them shall have been taken.
Page 522 - It shall be the duty of the Clerk to make, and cause to be printed and delivered to each member, at the commencement of every session of Congress, a list of the reports which it is the duty of any officer or Department of the Government to make to Congress; referring to the act or resolution, and page of the volume of the Laws or Journal in which it may be contained; and placing under the name of each officer the list of reports required of him to be made, and the time when the report may be expected.
Page 533 - Upon bills committed to a Committee of the Whole House, the bill shall be first read throughout by the Clerk, and then again read and debated by clauses, leaving the preamble to be last considered; the body of the bill shall not be defaced or interlined; but all amendments, noting the page...
Page 531 - It shall be the duty of the Committee on Naval Affairs to take into consideration all matters which concern the naval establishment, and which shall be referred to them by the House, and to report their opinion thereupon; and also to report, from time to time, such measures as may contribute to economy and accountability in the said establishment.
Page 543 - ... Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives, at the Clerk's desk; for the other officers of the two Houses, in front of the Clerk's desk and upon each side of the Speaker's platform.
Page 533 - And it shall be, moreover, the duty of the said committees to report, from time to time, whether any, and what, retrenchment can be made in the expenditures of the several departments, without detriment to the public service; whether any, and what, abuses at any time exist in the failure to enforce the payment of moneys which may be due to the United States from public defaulters or others; and to report, from time to time...
Page 526 - Bills of the House and from the Senate, on the Speaker's table, on their engrossment, or on being ordered to a third reading, to be taken up and considered in the order of time in which they passed to a second reading. The messages, communications, and bills on his table having been disposed of, the Speaker shall then proceed to call the orders of the day.— Srptcmber 14.
Page 543 - Senate shall thereupon withdraw, and said question shall be submitted to that body for its decision; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall, in like manner, submit said question to the House of Representatives for its decision; and no question shall be decided affirmatively, and no vote objected to shall be counted, except by the concurrent votes of the two Houses...