 | E. H. Loughery - 1897 - 260 sider
...shall be lost, except on a question of adjournment. 7. All committees ana the chairmen of the same shall be appointed by the Speaker, unless otherwise...directed by the House, in which case they shall be elected by the House; and if, upon such vote, the number required shall not be elected by a majority... | |
 | William Alexander Taylor, Aubrey Clarence Taylor - 1899 - 476 sider
...House. 5. Any member may call for a statement of the question, which the Speaker may give sitting. 6. All committees shall be appointed by the Speaker,...which case they shall be appointed by ballot, and the person or persons having the greatest number of votes shall be considered as duly appointed, unless... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1901 - 524 sider
...rule of the House, that all committees shall be appointed by the speaker, unless otherwise especially directed by the House, in which case they shall be...required shall not be elected by a majority of the votes uiveii, the House shall proceed to a second ballot, in which a plurality of votes shall prevail; and... | |
 | 1894 - 356 sider
...proceeding, so that January 13, 1790 it was ordered "that hereafter it be a standing rule of the House that all committees shall be appointed by the Speaker unless...House in which case they shall be appointed by ballot, "t However, these committees were only special committees, whose existence was dependent in every case... | |
 | Texas. Legislature - 1903 - 206 sider
...day's proceedings before the same shall be printed. 9. All committees and the chairmen of the same shall be appointed by the Speaker, unless otherwise...directed by the House, in which case they shall be elected; and if, upon such vote, the number required shall not be elected by a majority of the votes... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1879 - 456 sider
...the Journal." — Rule 32. [But that portion of the Journal is never read in the House.] PLURALITY. "All committees shall be appointed by the Speaker,...ballot, in which a plurality of votes shall prevail," &c.—Rule 67, p. 118. • [This is the only case, under the rules, where a plurality of votes may... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1877 - 528 sider
...business to be acted on shall be decided without debate. — February 21, 1803. OP COMMITTEES. 67. All committees shall be appointed by the Speaker,...they shall be appointed by ballot ;* and if upon such ballotthe number required shall not be elected byamajority of the votes given, the House shall proceed... | |
 | 1905 - 624 sider
...of members shall be called alphabetically, except that the Speaker shall be called last. RULB XXXV. All committees shall be appointed by the Speaker,...which case they shall be appointed by ballot, and a plurality of votes shall prevail. RULE XXXVI. At the beginning of every Congress standing committees... | |
 | 1918 - 464 sider
...committees shall be appointed by the President, unless otherwise specially directed by the Synod — in which case they shall be appointed by ballot —...upon such ballot, the number required shall not be selected by a majority of the votes cast, the Synod shall proceed to a second ballot ; and in case... | |
 | Texas. Legislature - 1921 - 386 sider
...otherwise specifically directed by the House, in which case they shall be elected ; and if, upon such vote, the number required shall not be elected by a majority...the votes given, the House shall proceed to a second vote in which a plurality shall prevail ; and in case a greater number than that required to compose... | |
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All committees shall be appointed by the Speaker, unless otherwise specially directed by the House, in which case they shall be appointed by ballot ; and if, upon such ballot, the number required shall not be elected by a majority of the votes given,... 
