Journal of the Senate of the State of Connecticut

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State of Connecticut., 1903

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Page 1238 - O MAY I JOIN THE CHOIR INVISIBLE" Longum illud tempus, quum non era, magis me movet, quam hoc exiguum. — Cicero, Ad Att., xii: 18. O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence: live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self, In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 762 - As men, whose intentions require no concealment, generally employ the words which most directly and aptly express the ideas they intend to convey, the enlightened patriots who framed our constitution, and the people who adopted it, must be understood to have employed words in their natural sense, and to have intended what they have said.
Page 1060 - Fifth, to insure any person against bodily injury or death by accident, or any person, firm or corporation against loss or damage on account of the bodily injury or death by accident of any person for which' loss or damage said person, firm or corporation is responsible.
Page 1066 - Each member shall be appointed for a term of three years from the date when the appointment shall take effect, except those first appointed, who shall serve as follows : one for one year, two for two years, and two for three years from the date...
Page 52 - 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, 21.
Page 96 - State to represent said State in the Senate of the United States for the term of six years, beginning on the fourth day of March...
Page 1240 - That a committee consisting of one senator and two representatives be appointed to wait upon His Excellency the Governor, and inform him that the Senate and...
Page 1059 - The following is the resolution : Resolved by this Assembly : That the Comptroller be and he hereby is authorized and directed to draw his order on the Treasurer in favor of...
Page 53 - Journals of each house respectively."] [By the 16th and 17th rules of the Senate, when the yeas and nays shall be called for by one-fifth of the members present, each member called upon shall, unless for special reasons he be excused by the Senate, declare, openly and without debate, his assent or dissent to the question. In taking the yeas and nays, and upon the call of the house, the names of the members shall be taken alphabetically...
Page 761 - If the bill shall not be returned by the Governor within three days, Sundays excepted, after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it; unless the General Assembly, by their adjournment, prevents its return; in which case it shall not be a law.

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