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amendment appointed Bagley bill H. R. Burchard C. S. Blackburn Caldwell Charles C. B. Walker Charles H cheap telegraphy Committee on Invalid Congress election electoral votes Fernando Wood following titles Franklin Landers George G George W granting a pension Greenbury L Harris Haywood Y Hewitt Holman House H. R. House of Representatives Invalid Pensions Jacob Turney James H Jere Haralson Jesse John D. C. Atkins John H John Reilly joint resolution Joseph Kasson Knott latter motion Lucien Lucius Q. C. Lamar motion to reconsider motion was agreed moved to reconsider Nathan numbered o'clock Ordered petition of citizens Philip Post-Office and Post-Roads President and Vice-President printed read twice reconsider be laid reconsider the vote referred relief Robert Samuel Samuel F Senate similar import Sobieski Ross Speaker thereon Thomas Townsend unanimous consent United Vance vote last taken Wallace William A. J. Sparks William H William H. H. Stowell
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Page 183 - Resolved, That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Page 333 - And furthermore, that the said principal officer shall conduct the business of the said department in such manner as the President of the United States shall, from time to time, order or instruct.
Page 623 - June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and for prior years, and for other purposes," having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 24, 25, 31, 35, 36, 37, and 61.
Page 310 - 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 of Representatives before the same shall be received.
Page 713 - No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.
Page 729 - When a message shall be sent from the senate to the house of representatives, it shall be announced at the door of the house by the doorkeeper, and shall be respectfully communicated to the chair, by the person by whom it may be sent.
Page 311 - Senate, all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes, which certificates and papers shall be opened, presented, and acted upon in the alphabetical order of the States...
Page 310 - ... the result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote...
Page 709 - House shall have adjourned on the preceding day ; shall immediately call the members to order ; and, on the appearance of a quorum, shall cause the Journal of the preceding day to be read.
Page 721 - ... supported by sufficient vouchers, establishing their justness both as to their character and amount; Whether such claims have been discharged out of funds appropriated therefor, and whether all moneys have been disbursed in conformity with appropriation laws; and Whether any, and what, provisions are necessary to be adopted to provide more perfectly for the proper application of the public moneys, and to secure the government from demands unjust in their character or extravagant in their amount.