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" ... Each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members ; and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the... "
Manual of the Constitution of the United States of America - Page 4
by Timothy Farrar - 1867 - 532 pages
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The American Citizen's Manual of Reference: Being a Comprehensive Historical ...

United States - 1840 - 128 pages
...to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties, as each house may provide. 2. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behaviour, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds,...
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A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States: Containing a ...

Joseph Story - Constitutional law - 1840 - 394 pages
...to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties, as each House may provide. 2. Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds,...
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Digest of Cases Decided and Reported in the Supreme Court of the State of ...

Philip Phillips - Law reports, digests, etc - 1840 - 412 pages
...authorized to com- "* trecand house pel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide. 2. Each house may determine the rule of its proceedings, Rules, punish its members for disorderly behaviour, and,with the concurrence...
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A Congressional Manual; Or, Outline of the Order of Business: In the House ...

Joel Barlow Sutherland - 1841 - 530 pages
...day, and may be authorised to compel the attendance of the absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties, as each house may provide. 2. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behaviour, and, with the concurrence of twothirds,...
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The Political Text Book: Containing the Declaration of Independence, with ...

Edward Currier - United States - 1841 - 474 pages
...to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties, as each house may provide. 2. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds...
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Digest of the Laws of Virginia: Which are of a Permanent Character ..., Volume 1

Joseph Tate - Law - 1841 - 992 pages
...to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide. 2. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behaviour, and with the concurrence of two thirds,...
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The Revised Statutes of the State of Maine, Passed October 22, 1840: To ...

Maine - Law - 1841 - 922 pages
...may be authorized to compel the Adjournments, attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each house may provide. 2. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish Rules and orits members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence...
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The True Republican: Containing the Inaugural Addresses, Together with the ...

Presidents - 1841 - 460 pages
...to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties, as each house may provide. 2. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two-thirds,...
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Addresses and Messages of the Presidents of the United States from ...

United States. President - Presidents - 1842 - 794 pages
...day to day, and may be awhorized to compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and uno«r such penalties as each House may provide. 2. Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disordtrly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds,...
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Rules and Orders ... for the Political Year, 1842

Maine. Legislature. Senate - Parliamentary practice - 1842 - 130 pages
...to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each house may provide. 2. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two thirds...
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