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Constitution of the United States with the amendments thereto, to which are added Jefferson's manual of parliamentary practice the joint rules in ... of the 43rd. Congress and a digest thereof - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879* edition. Excerpt: ...Journal, pp. 1433, 1434. It is the practice for committees to appoint subcommittees to make investigations, and in such case no member of the committee, as a matter of right, can take for examination papers referred to a subcommittee.--Cong. Globe, 1, 39, p. 4019. 'A committee cannot receive a petition but through the House."--Manual, p. 60. " Members having petitions and memorials to present may hand them to the Clerk, indorsing the same with their names, and'the reference or disposition to be made thereof; and such petitions and memorials shall be entered on the Journal, subject to the control and direction of the Speaker."--Rule 131, p. 135. This is the only mode of presenting a petition for reference now recognized by the rules. The rule, however, is construed to authorize the withdrawal of old papers from the flies, for the purpose of reference to the appropriate committee. In this connection it is deemed proper to call attention to that portion of the foregoing rule which requires that the name of the member and that of the committee shall be indorsed upon the paper to be referred. "The Clerk may deliver the bill to any member of the committee, but it is usual to deliver it to him who is first named."--Manual, p. 69. In the House of Representatives, the long-settled practice has been, where the committee have a regular place of meeting, as is the case with all standing committees, for the Clerk to take to the committee-room and deposit there all matters referred to said committee, and either make an entry of the same in the docket of the committee or leave them with the clerk; and when they have no committee-room, as is the case with some of the select committees, to deliver the matter referred to the chairman. It is not competent for the...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1150340843
- ISBN 13 9781150340840
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages142
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