Constitution of the United States, Jefferson's Manual, the Rules of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-third Congress and a Digest and Manual of the Rules and Practice of the House of Representatives of the United States (with an Appendix).1895 - 766 pages |
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... JAMES M'HENRY , DANL CARROLL DAN : OF ST . THOS . JENIFER , Virginia . JAMES MADISON , Jr , JOHN BLAIR , WM . BLOUNT , HU . WILLIAMSON . J. RUTLEDGE , CHARLES PINCKNEY , WILLIAM FEW , Attest : North Carolina . RICH'D DOBBS SPAIGHT ...
... JAMES M'HENRY , DANL CARROLL DAN : OF ST . THOS . JENIFER , Virginia . JAMES MADISON , Jr , JOHN BLAIR , WM . BLOUNT , HU . WILLIAMSON . J. RUTLEDGE , CHARLES PINCKNEY , WILLIAM FEW , Attest : North Carolina . RICH'D DOBBS SPAIGHT ...
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... James I , 1621 ; 2 Rapin , No. 54 , pp . 211 , 212. But this is restrained to things done in the House in a parliamentary 1 Rush . , 663. For he is not to have privilege contra morem parliamentarium , to exceed the bounds and limits of ...
... James I , 1621 ; 2 Rapin , No. 54 , pp . 211 , 212. But this is restrained to things done in the House in a parliamentary 1 Rush . , 663. For he is not to have privilege contra morem parliamentarium , to exceed the bounds and limits of ...
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... James Penny to resume his surrendered contract for keeping the House restaurant , and be allowed to sell small beer and malt liquors , $ 200 to be paid by him for the privileges , was referred to the Committee on Rules . The following ...
... James Penny to resume his surrendered contract for keeping the House restaurant , and be allowed to sell small beer and malt liquors , $ 200 to be paid by him for the privileges , was referred to the Committee on Rules . The following ...
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... James H. Peck , to answer to said impeachment . " The House , then , on motion , appointed a committee of five " to prepare and report to the House articles of impeachment against James H. Peck , district judge of the United States for ...
... James H. Peck , to answer to said impeachment . " The House , then , on motion , appointed a committee of five " to prepare and report to the House articles of impeachment against James H. Peck , district judge of the United States for ...
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... James H. Peck , judge , etc. , in the Senate Chamber , which chamber was pre- pared with accommodations for the reception of the House of Representatives ( p , 717 ) . Thereupon the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole ...
... James H. Peck , judge , etc. , in the Senate Chamber , which chamber was pre- pared with accommodations for the reception of the House of Representatives ( p , 717 ) . Thereupon the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole ...
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Page 534 - 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 2 - May next, to take into consideration the situation of the United States; to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union...
Page 574 - Every person who having been summoned as a witness by the authority of either House of Congress to give testimony or to produce papers upon any matter under inquiry before either House...
Page 446 - ... that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Page 521 - Act, but the repeal of existing laws or modifications thereof embraced in this Act shall not affect any act done, or any right accruing or accrued, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil cause before...
Page 265 - No appropriation shall be reported in any general appropriation bill, or be in order as an amendment thereto, for any expenditure not previously authorized by law, unless in continuation of appropriations for such public works and objects as are already in progress.
Page 448 - 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 without debate; if there be no appeal, the decision of the chair shall be submitted to.
Page 6 - 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 367 - ... may call him 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 decision of the chair shall be submitted to.
Page 2 - Delaware, December 7, 1787 ; Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787 ; New Jersey, December 18, 1787 ; Georgia, January 2, 1788; Connecticut, January 9, 1788; Massachusetts, February 6, 1788; Maryland, April 28, 1788 ; South Carolina, May 23, 1788 ; New Hampshire, June...