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" Each house shall be the judge of the election,, returns, and qualifications of its own members... "
Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session - Page 639
by United States. Congress. House - 1883
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The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History ..., Volume 8

English poetry - 1788 - 708 pages
...ft Monday in December, unlefs they (hall by law appoint a different day. SeCt. 5. Each houfe (lull be the judge of the election?, returns, and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each (hall conllitute a quorum to do bufmefs ; but a fmallcr number may adjourn from...
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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the ..., Volume 1

John Bouvier - Anglo-Norman dialect - 1843 - 752 pages
...consider the privileges and powers of the two houses, both aggregately and separately. Each house is made the judge of the election, returns, and qualifications of its own members. Art. 1, s. 5. As each house acts in these cases in a judicial character, its decisions, like the decisions...
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The Governmental Instructor, Or, A Brief and Comprehensive View of the ...

J. B. Shurtleff - United States - 1846 - 210 pages
...where does congress meet? How can an extra session be called ? POWERS OF EACH HOUSE. Each house is the judge of the election returns, and qualifications of its own members. This power must be lodged somewhere, or the halls of congress would be liable to be filled with impostors....
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Journal of the Convention to Form a Constitution for the State of Wisconsin ...

Wisconsin. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1848 - 698 pages
...districts which they represent, and shall have resided at least one year in the state. Sec. 7. Eacli house shall be the judge of the election 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...
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Documents of the Senate of the State of New York, Volume 3

New York (State). Legislature. Senate - Government publications - 1851 - 1004 pages
...Senate is derived from the 10th section, of the 3d article of the Constitution, which declares that each house "shall be the judge of the election, returns and qualifications of its own members." This clause, in the opinion of the undersigned, applies only to cases where some person has been declared...
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The Ohio Journal of Education, Volume 3

Education - 1854 - 424 pages
...township, according to the provisions contained in section 22. 5. Each township board of education must be the judge of the election, returns, and qualifications of its own members; but should they improperly refuse to allow the clerk of a board of local directors to take his seat...
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An Act to Amend the Charter of the City of New York, Passed April 2, 1849 ...

New York (N.Y.) - 1852 - 26 pages
...own body ; shall choose its clerk and other officers ; determine the rules of its own proceedings; be the judge of the election returns and qualifications of its, own mem2 bers ; keep a journal of its proceedings, and have power to direct special elections to fill its...
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History of the United States: From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present ...

Marcius Willson - United States - 1854 - 442 pages
...in December, unless they shall, by law, appoint a different day. SECTION V. First Clause. — Each house shall be the judge of the election, 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...
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History of the United States: From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present ...

Marcius Willson - Mexico - 1855 - 516 pages
...Mon.daj in December, unless they shall, by law, appoint a different day SECTION V. First Clause. — Each house shall be the judge of the election returns, and qualifications of its own members, and a majorit* of each shall constitute a quorum' to do business ; but a smallei number may adjourn...
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Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin

State Historical Society of Wisconsin - Wisconsin - 1928 - 1000 pages
...districts which they represent and shall have resided at least one year in the state. "Section 7. Each house shall be the judge of the election 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...
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