Title: Manual of Legislative Practice and Order of Business, in the Legislature of the State of New Jersey (Classic Reprint)
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Date: 2018
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0260164445
ISBN 13: 9780260164445
Binding: HRD
Condition: New
Weight: 555 grams

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A practical guide to New Jersey's legislative process in 1836

This historical manual presents the legislative practice and order of business used in the state’s legislature, authored by Charles Sitgreaves. It captures how the Assembly and the Council operated, including rules, procedures, and the flow of work that guided daily lawmaking at the time.

This edition compiles constitutional provisions, procedural rules, and official directions that shaped debates, motions, and adjournments. It covers roles, duties, and the sequence of business for sessions, committees, and legislative bodies, offering a window into early state government and its orderly operations.

Learn how meetings were scheduled, how votes were recorded, and how bills moved from proposal to law.
See the rules governing members, the Speaker, the Secretary, and other officers.
Understand formal procedures for debate, order of business, and handling petitions, memorials, and reports.
Discover how the two houses interacted, including rules that applied to both the Assembly and the Council.

Ideal for readers of historical governance, parliamentary procedure, and New Jersey political history.

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