Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont

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Vermont. General Assembly. Senate, 1879
 

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Page 356 - And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
Page 163 - Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be, and hereby are, requested to use their best endeavors...
Page 27 - When a bill or resolution, which shall have passed in one house, is rejected in the other, notice thereof shall be given to the house in which the same shall have passed.
Page 15 - I will not propose or assent to any Bill, Vote or Resolution, which shall appear to me injurious to the People, nor do or consent to any Act or Thing whatever, that shall have a Tendency to lessen or abridge their Rights and Privileges as declared in the Constitution of this State...
Page 16 - If the member be called to order for words spoken, the exceptionable words shall immediately be taken down in writing, that the president may be better enabled to judge of the matter.
Page 18 - Every bill and joint resolution shall receive three readings previous to its passage, which readings shall be on three different days, unless the Senate unanimously direct otherwise; and the Presiding Officer shall give notice at each reading whether it be the first, second, or third: Provided, That the first or second reading of each bill be by title only, unless the Senate in any case shall otherwise order.
Page 19 - When the reading of a paper is called for, and the same is objected to by any member, it shall be determined by a vote of the House.
Page 26 - In every case of an amendment of a bill agreed to in one house, and dissented to in the other, if either house shall request a conference, and appoint a committee...
Page 27 - Each House shall transmit to the other all papers on which any bill or resolution shall be founded.
Page 338 - The committee to whom was referred that part of the Governor's Message which relates to the amendments proposed by the General Assembly of Louisiana and Missouri, to the Constitution of the United States, have given to the subject their serious consideration...

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