Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia

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Superintendent of Public Printing., 1887
 

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Page 79 - There shall be a joint committee on the library, to consist of three members on the part of the Senate and three on the part of the House of Representatives, to superintend and direct the expenditure of all moneys appropriated for the library, and to perform such other duties as are or may be directed by law.
Page 86 - That a committee of five, on the part of the House, and three on the part of the Senate, be appointed to inform the Hon.
Page 81 - An act to regulate the times and manner of holding elections for senators in congress...
Page 4 - ... 8. The Journal of the Senate shall be daily drawn up by the clerk, and shall be read the succeeding day; it shall be printed under the supervision of the clerk and delivered to the senators without delay. 9. The clerk of the Senate shall appoint a...
Page 49 - Shall there be a convention to revise the Constitution, and amend the same?"* shall be decided by the electors qualified to vote for members of the...
Page 9 - ... nor shall any motion for reconsideration be in order unless made on the same day on which the vote was taken, or within the two next days of the actual session of the senate thereafter.* Rule 20.] [1798, Jan.
Page 132 - Agent's printed reports: therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That a Committee of three on the part of the House, and two on the...
Page 9 - No petition of a private nature, having been once rejected, shall be acted on a second time, unless it be supported by new evidence; nor shall any such petition, after a third disallowance, be again acted on. The several clerks of committees shall keep alphabetical lists of all such petitions, specifying the session at which they were presented and the determination of the Senate thereon, and shall deliver the original petition to the Clerk of the Senate, to be preserved in his office.
Page 8 - When a question is pending, no motion shall be received but to adjourn, to pass by, for the pending question, for the previous question, to lie on the table, to postpone indefinitely, to adjourn the question to a different day, to commit or amend; which several motions shall have precedence In the order in which they are arranged.
Page 8 - No member shall speak more than twice on the same subject, without leave of the Senate ; nor more than once, until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken.

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