The Nation: Its Rulers and InstitutionsNew-world publishing Company, 1872 - 498 sider |
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... called a government , it was certainly inadequate to the wants of a people who had just become independent ; and who needed a stronger bond of union than that which had held them together during the struggle for liberty , when a common ...
... called a government , it was certainly inadequate to the wants of a people who had just become independent ; and who needed a stronger bond of union than that which had held them together during the struggle for liberty , when a common ...
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... called ; the Senate and House of Representatives . * Both assemble at the same time , in Washington , on the first Monday of December in each year , for the transaction of business . The meeting at this time is called the regular ...
... called ; the Senate and House of Representatives . * Both assemble at the same time , in Washington , on the first Monday of December in each year , for the transaction of business . The meeting at this time is called the regular ...
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... called bills , ) excepting those for raising revenue , may originate either in the Senate or the House ; yet much the larger number of bills do originate in the House , because it has about three times the number of members which the ...
... called bills , ) excepting those for raising revenue , may originate either in the Senate or the House ; yet much the larger number of bills do originate in the House , because it has about three times the number of members which the ...
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... called an executive ses- sion . A vote of approval by a majority , gives the con- sent of this body ; not so , however , when they vote upon the ratification of a treaty ; for in this case the Constitution requires an affirmative vote ...
... called an executive ses- sion . A vote of approval by a majority , gives the con- sent of this body ; not so , however , when they vote upon the ratification of a treaty ; for in this case the Constitution requires an affirmative vote ...
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... called " The Speaker . " He is chosen by the votes of the members , at the beginning of each Congress , which lasts two years . Consequently he holds his office two years . The Clerk of the House is also elected by its mem- bers , as ...
... called " The Speaker . " He is chosen by the votes of the members , at the beginning of each Congress , which lasts two years . Consequently he holds his office two years . The Clerk of the House is also elected by its mem- bers , as ...
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The Nation: Its Rulers and Institutions; Or, Outlines of the Government Anson Willis Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1871 |
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Side 187 - 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.
Side 396 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the State remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Side 184 - I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have neither sought nor accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States...
Side 426 - 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 and line, shall be duly entered by the Clerk on a separate paper, as the same shall be agreed to by the Committee, and so reported to the House. After report, the bill shall again be subject to be debated and...
Side 255 - Institution, to be composed of the Vice-President, the Chief Justice of the United States, and three members of the Senate and three members of the House of Representatives...
Side 419 - When any member is about to speak in debate, or deliver any matter to the House, he shall rise from his seat, and respectfully address himself to "Mr. Speaker," and shall confine himself to the question under debate, and avoid personality.
Side 64 - States, who shall be sworn, or affirmed, to a faithful execution of his office; whose duty it shall be to prosecute and conduct all suits in the Supreme Court, in which the United States shall be concerned, and to give his advice and opinion upon questions of law, when required by the President of the United States, or when requested by the heads of any of the departments, touching any matters that may concern their departments, and shall receive such compensation for his services, as shall by law...
Side 430 - All incidental questions of order arising after a motion is made for the previous question, and pending such motion, shall be decided, whether on appeal or otherwise, without debate.
Side 431 - After six days from the commencement of a second or subsequent session of any Congress, all bills, resolutions, and reports, which originated in the House, and at the close of the next preceding session remained undetermined, shall be resumed and acted on, in the same manner as if an adjournment had not taken place.
Side 169 - ... degree of west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia, as above mentioned...