Electoral Count of 1877: Proceedings of the Electoral Commission and of the Two Houses of Congress in Joint Meeting Relative to the Count of Electoral Votes Cast December 6, 1876, for the Presidential Term Commencing March 4, 1877U.S. Government Printing Office, 1877 - 1087 páginas |
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... statement or opening should proceed without read- ing the papers . If it is desired I will direct that they shall be read , though I understand the reading will consume some time . If that is not desired , the statement of the case will ...
... statement or opening should proceed without read- ing the papers . If it is desired I will direct that they shall be read , though I understand the reading will consume some time . If that is not desired , the statement of the case will ...
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... statement without making that preliminary suggestion . Mr. Commissioner STRONG . Mr. President , it seems to me that the rules which we have adopted place the objectors in precisely the same position that counsel are placed in who open ...
... statement without making that preliminary suggestion . Mr. Commissioner STRONG . Mr. President , it seems to me that the rules which we have adopted place the objectors in precisely the same position that counsel are placed in who open ...
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... statement . The PRESIDENT . The question before the Commission is whether a delay until three o'clock shall be granted to the objectors on the other side . The motion was agreed to . Mr. Commissioner MILLER . Now I move that the ...
... statement . The PRESIDENT . The question before the Commission is whether a delay until three o'clock shall be granted to the objectors on the other side . The motion was agreed to . Mr. Commissioner MILLER . Now I move that the ...
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... statement of what seemed to me to be desira- ble matter in the nature of evidence to be laid before this Commis- sion - as distinct , and as succinct , and as brief , and as explanatory and intelligible a statement as , by the utmost ...
... statement of what seemed to me to be desira- ble matter in the nature of evidence to be laid before this Commis- sion - as distinct , and as succinct , and as brief , and as explanatory and intelligible a statement as , by the utmost ...
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... statement the question arises what powers have the Houses ; what may the Houses , not by main force , but what may they constitutionally receive as testimony , and that question is for us to decide ; for whatever they may ...
... statement the question arises what powers have the Houses ; what may the Houses , not by main force , but what may they constitutionally receive as testimony , and that question is for us to decide ; for whatever they may ...
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Página 664 - ... submitted. No votes or papers from any other State shall be acted upon until the objections previously made to the votes or papers from any State shall have been finally disposed of.
Página 497 - In the government of this commonwealth, the Legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them; the executive shall never exercise the Legislative and judicial powers, or either of them; the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them; to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Página 497 - The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.
Página 5 - Hall not provided for the Senators; for the tellers, 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. Such joint meeting shall not be dissolved until the count of electoral votes shall be completed and the result declared...
Página 198 - And the said oaths or affirmations shall be taken and subscribed by the governor, lieutenant-governor, and councillors, before the president of the senate, in the presence of the two houses of...
Página 4 - Senate and two on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate...
Página 4 - Upon such reading of any such certificate or paper, the President of the Senate shall call for objections, if any. Every objection shall be made in writing, and shall state clearly and concisely, and without argument, the ground thereof, and shall be signed by at least one senator and one member of the House 464 of Representatives before the same shall be received.