A Manual of Legislative Practice and Order of Business in Deliberative BodiesP. Hay, 1838 - 380 pages |
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... chosen an- nually by the citizens of the city of Philadelphia and of each county respectively on the second Tuesday of October . Sec . III . No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty - one years ...
... chosen an- nually by the citizens of the city of Philadelphia and of each county respectively on the second Tuesday of October . Sec . III . No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty - one years ...
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... chosen for three years by the citizens of Philadelphia and of the several counties at the same time , in the same manner , and at the same places where they shall vote for representatives . Sec . VI . The number of senators shall , at ...
... chosen for three years by the citizens of Philadelphia and of the several counties at the same time , in the same manner , and at the same places where they shall vote for representatives . Sec . VI . The number of senators shall , at ...
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... chosen , unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this State ; and no person elected as aforesaid , shall hold said office after he shall have removed from such district . Sec . IX . The ...
... chosen , unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this State ; and no person elected as aforesaid , shall hold said office after he shall have removed from such district . Sec . IX . The ...
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... chosen on the second Tuesday of October , by the citizens of the Commonwealth , at the places where they shall re- spectively vote for representatives . The returns of every election for Governor shall be sealed up and transmitted to ...
... chosen on the second Tuesday of October , by the citizens of the Commonwealth , at the places where they shall re- spectively vote for representatives . The returns of every election for Governor shall be sealed up and transmitted to ...
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... chosen Go- vernor by the joint vote of the members of both houses . Contested elections shall be determined by a committee to be selected from both houses of the Legislature , and formed and regulated in such manner as shall be directed ...
... chosen Go- vernor by the joint vote of the members of both houses . Contested elections shall be determined by a committee to be selected from both houses of the Legislature , and formed and regulated in such manner as shall be directed ...
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Page 32 - All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences ; no man can, of right, be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent ; no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience ; and no preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship.
Page 17 - ... 2 The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. 3 No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4 No capitation, or other direct tax, shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 20 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Page 13 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may, in their judgment, require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Page 32 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Page 33 - The printing presses shall be free to every person who undertakes to examine the proceedings of the Legislature, or any branch of government : and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man ; and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
Page 6 - Stephen Hopkins William Ellery CONNECTICUT Roger Sherman Samuel Huntington William Williams Oliver Wolcott NEW YORK William Floyd Philip Livingston Francis Lewis Lewis Morris NEW JERSEY Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark PENNSYLVANIA Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin...
Page 53 - 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 the ease.
Page 17 - The doors of each house and of committees of the whole shall be open, unless when the business shall be such as ought to be kept secret.
Page 18 - ... that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, with the objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered; and if approved by two-thirds of that House, it shall be a law; but, in such cases, the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays...