First Lessons in Civil Government: Including a Comprehensive View of the Government of the State of New-York, and an Abstract of the Laws, Showing the Rights, Duties, and Responsibilities of Citizens in the Civil and Domestic Relations : with an Outline of the Government of the United States, Adapted to the Capacities of Children and Youth, and Designed for the Use of Schools |
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... amended before its second reading . After it has been twice read , and fully discussed and amended , it is proposed to read it on a given day the third time . § 8. When the vote of the house is to be taken upon a bill , the speaker or ...
... amended before its second reading . After it has been twice read , and fully discussed and amended , it is proposed to read it on a given day the third time . § 8. When the vote of the house is to be taken upon a bill , the speaker or ...
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... amended by that house , it is in either case sent back to the house from which it was received . Some bills are sent several times from one house to the other , with amendments , before they are agreed to by both . If both nouses do not ...
... amended by that house , it is in either case sent back to the house from which it was received . Some bills are sent several times from one house to the other , with amendments , before they are agreed to by both . If both nouses do not ...
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... amended or wholly rejected . § 14. But it may , and sometimes does happen , that errors are committed by both houses . In order therefore to guard still more effectually against the enactment of bad laws , it was provided that the ...
... amended or wholly rejected . § 14. But it may , and sometimes does happen , that errors are committed by both houses . In order therefore to guard still more effectually against the enactment of bad laws , it was provided that the ...
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... amendments , and then to get the proposed amendments ratified , either by the legislatures of three - fourths of the states , or by conventions in three - fourths of them , is very dif . = ficult . This is right . If the constitution ...
... amendments , and then to get the proposed amendments ratified , either by the legislatures of three - fourths of the states , or by conventions in three - fourths of them , is very dif . = ficult . This is right . If the constitution ...
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... amended by the other . SEC . 9. The members of the legislature shall receive for their services , a compensation to be ascertained by law , and paid out of the public treasury ; but no increase of the compensation shall take effect ...
... amended by the other . SEC . 9. The members of the legislature shall receive for their services , a compensation to be ascertained by law , and paid out of the public treasury ; but no increase of the compensation shall take effect ...
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