Constitution of the United States of America: With the Amendments Thereto: to which are Added Jefferson's Manual of Parliamentary Practice, and the Standing Rules and Orders for Conducting Business in the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States ...J.B. Steedman, printer, 1859 - 254 páginas |
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... and Orders for Conducting Business in the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States ... United States. Congress. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . 1 CONSTITUTION . WE , the people of the United States Privilege.
... and Orders for Conducting Business in the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States ... United States. Congress. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . 1 CONSTITUTION . WE , the people of the United States Privilege.
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... Privileges . cept treason , felony and breach of the peace , be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective houses , and in going to and returning from the same ; and for any speech or debate in ...
... Privileges . cept treason , felony and breach of the peace , be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective houses , and in going to and returning from the same ; and for any speech or debate in ...
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... privilege of the writ of habeas corpus Habeas corpus . shall not be suspended , unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may re- quire it . post facto laws . No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall ...
... privilege of the writ of habeas corpus Habeas corpus . shall not be suspended , unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may re- quire it . post facto laws . No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall ...
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... Privileges of citi . zenship . all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States . A person charged in any State with treason , Fugitives from " justice to be de- felony , or other crime , who shall flee from justice ...
... Privileges of citi . zenship . all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States . A person charged in any State with treason , Fugitives from " justice to be de- felony , or other crime , who shall flee from justice ...
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... 11 1 7 10 1 7 10 1 7 10 8 11 Capitation tax , apportionment of ... 1 9 13 Census , or enumeration , to be made every ten years ... 1 2 6 Citizens of each State shall be entitled to the privileges 3 Privileged questions.
... 11 1 7 10 1 7 10 1 7 10 8 11 Capitation tax , apportionment of ... 1 9 13 Census , or enumeration , to be made every ten years ... 1 2 6 Citizens of each State shall be entitled to the privileges 3 Privileged questions.
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Página 32 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Página 25 - ... Representatives elected ; that the electors should meet on the day fixed for the election of the President, and should transmit their votes certified, signed, sealed, and directed as the Constitution requires, to the Secretary of the United States in Congress assembled; that the Senators and Representatives should convene at the time and place assigned ; that the Senators should appoint a president of the Senate, for the sole purpose of receiving, opening, and counting the votes for President;...
Página 25 - That it is the opinion of this convention, that as soon as the conventions of nine states shall have ratified this constitution, the United States in Congress assembled, should fix a day on which electors should be appointed by the states which shall have ratified the same...
Página 44 - 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.
Página 226 - 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 re-consideration thereof...
Página 31 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice...
Página 52 - And whether these forms be in all cases the most rational or not, is really not of so great importance. It is much more material that there should be a rule to go by, than what that rule is; that there may be a uniformity of proceeding in business, not subject to the caprice of the Speaker, or captiousness of the members. It is very material that order, decency, and regularity be preserved in a dignified public body.
Página 27 - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered and those which may be reserved...
Página 228 - BILLS. [Every bill shall receive three readings previous to its being passed; and the President shall give notice at each whether it be first, second, or third; which readings shall be on three different days, unless the Senate unanimously direct otherwise.
Página 27 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view, that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each State in the convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude than might have been otherwise expected...