Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session - 50th Congress, 2nd Session, Volume 2 |
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Albert G amendment Benjamin Stanton bill H. R. Brabson Burton Craige Charles Delano Charles H Committee Cydnor Cyrus Aldrich Daniel desired by one-fifth Dwight Loomis E. P. Walton Edward Joy Morris Ellihu following titles Francis Garnett Gartrell George Green Adams Harrison G Henry Holland Duell Horace Maynard House adjourn House H. R. Jabez L. M. Curry James Buffinton James H John Cochrane John F John L. N. Stratton John McQueen John W. H. Underwood John Woodruff Kellogg William latter motion Leach Lindley Lee Lucius Martin Butterfield McKee Dunn Millson motion to reconsider motion was agreed motion was disagreed nays being desired Pending pension petition reconsider be laid relief resolution Robert Hatton Robert Mallory Samuel Schuyler Colfax Speaker Sydenham Moore taken be reconsidered Tappan Thomas A. R. Nelson Thomas Ruffin unanimous consent vote last taken Whole House William Helmick William N. H. Smith William Vandever Williamson R. W. Cobb
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Page 1244 - If any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgress the rules of the House, the 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, but without debate : if there be no appeal, the decision of the Chair shall be submitted to.
Page 1237 - He shall preserve order and decorum; may speak to points of order in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose; and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the House by any two members — April 1, 1789; on which appeal no member shall speak more than once, unless by leave of the House.
Page 1260 - After a bill shall have been thus signed in each house, it shall be presented, by the said committee, to the President of the United States, for his approbation, (it being first endorsed on the back of the roll, certifying in which house the same originated ; which endorsement shall be signed by the Secretary or Clerk, as the case may be, of the House in which the same did originate,) and shall be entered on the journal of each house.
Page 1247 - Claims to take into consideration all such petitions and matters or things touching claims and demands originating in the revolutionary war, or arising therefrom, as shall be presented, or shall or may come in question, and be referred to them by the House; and to report their opinion thereupon, together with such propositions for relief therein as to them shall seem expedient.
Page 1248 - It shall be the duty of the Committee on Military Affairs to take into consideration all subjects relating to the military establishment and public defence which may be referred to them by the House, and to report their opinion thereupon; and also to report, from time to time, such measures as may contribute to economy and accountability in the said establishment.
Page 1256 - 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 1246 - It shall be the duty of the Committee of Elections to examine and report upon the certificates of election, or other credentials, of the members returned to serve in this House ; and to take into their consideration all such petitions and other matters touching elections and returns as shall or may be presented or come into question, and be referred to them by the House.
Page 1251 - Upon bills committed to a Committee of the W-hole 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...
Page 1242 - ... on the same or succeeding day, to move for the reconsideration thereof, and such motion shall take precedence of all other questions except the consideration of a...
Page 1247 - It shall be the duty of the Committee on Commerce to take into consideration all such petitions and matters or things touching the commerce of the United States as shall be presented, or shall or may come into question, and be referred to them by the House ; and to report, from time to time, their opinion thereon.