 | John Chauncey Pease, John Milton Niles - Connecticut - 1819 - 496 pages
...House shall constitute a quorum to do business ; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members, in such...under such penalties as each House may prescribe. § 9. Each House shall keep a journal of its own proceedings, and publish' the same when required by... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - Constitutions - 1836 - 146 pages
...penalties as each House may provide. Each House shall choose its own officers. 11. Each House shall determine the rules of its proceedings, and judge...the qualifications, elections, and returns of its own members, and may, with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members elected, expel a member;... | |
 | Ontario - Law - 1838 - 206 pages
...furt/ier enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the j' - ™™nSHSieiuoM. said Common Council shall determine the rules of its proceedings, and judge...qualifications, elections and returns of its Members. rr.rteinn-.oinnom.tohe XXXIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all ^"j'lakll.efl.w">™^"... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature - Michigan - 1841 - 266 pages
...with jealous caution to meet cases precisely like the one in issue, declares that "each house shall determine the rules of its proceedings, and judge...of the qualifications, elections and returns of its own members." Your committee cannot conceive how that provision of the constitution can be enforced,... | |
 | New Jersey - Session laws - 1842 - 1396 pages
...attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties, as each house may provide. 3. Each house shall choose its own officers, determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behaviour, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, may expel a member.... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1846 - 410 pages
...attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each house may provide. 3. Each house shall choose its own officers, determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two-thirds, may expel a member.... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1876 - 650 pages
...language showing that some other tribunal is assigned that function. Sec. 14 of art V declares that " each house shall choose its own officers, determine the rules of its proceedings, judge of the qualifications, election and return of its members, and may, with the concurrence of two-thirds... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 752 pages
...position. Our State Constitution, in reference to the Legislature, £fc. 4i Art. o, declares that: "each house shall choose its own officers, determine the rules of its proceedings, judge of the •qualifications, election and return of its members," etc. To our mind, it is clear... | |
 | Jonathan French - United States - 1847 - 506 pages
...attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each house may provide. 3. Each house shall choose its own officers, determine the rules of its proceeding, punish its members for disorderly behaviour, and, with the concurrence of twothirds, may... | |
 | John Bigelow - Constitutions - 1848 - 538 pages
...house shall constitute a quorum to do business ; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members in such...under such penalties, as each house may prescribe. 8. Each house shall determine the rules of its own proceedings, punish members for disorderly conduct,... | |
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A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each house may prescribe. Sec. 9. Each house shall... 
