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" The doors of each House, and of Committees of the Whole, shall be kept open, except in such cases as, in the opinion of the House, require secrecy. "
Niles' National Register - Page 51
1821
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The Debates of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Maryland, Volume 1

Maryland. Constitutional Convention, William Blair Lord, Henry Martyn Parkhurst - Constitutional conventions - 1864 - 744 pages
...attendance ,of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each House may prescribe. Sec. 12. The doors of each House and of Committees of the Whole shall be open except when the business is such as ought to be kept -secret. Sec. 13. Each House shall keep a...
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Journal

Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives - Illinois - 1865 - 772 pages
...be transacted, citing article 3, section 19 of the Constitution, which is in the following woras : "The doors of each House, and of committees of the whole, shall be kept open, except in such cases as in the opinion of the House require secresy." It being a fact that the House had not...
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Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, at the First ..., Part 3

United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Reconstruction, United States. Congress - History - 1866 - 834 pages
...at ,the desire of any fiye members. SEC. 17. The door of each house, when in session or in committee of the whole, shall be kept open, except in cases...may require secrecy ; and each house may punish by tine and imprisonment any person, not a member, who shall be guilty of disrespect to the house by any...
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Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, at the First ..., Part 3

United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Reconstruction, United States. Congress - History - 1866 - 838 pages
...at the desire of any five members. SEC. 17. The door of each house, when in session or in committee of the whole, shall be kept open, except in cases...which may require secrecy ; and each house may punish bv fine and imprisonment any person, not a member, who shall be guilty of disrespect to the house by...
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Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, at ..., Volume 24, Parts 1-4

United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Reconstruction - Freed persons - 1866 - 836 pages
...five members. SEC. 17. The door of each house, when in session or in committee of the whole, slmll bo kept open, except in cases which may require secrecy ; and each house may punish by fine aud imprisonment any person, not a member, who shall be guilty of disrespect to tlie house by any disorderly...
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Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, at the First ..., Part 3

United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Reconstruction, United States. Congress - History - 1866 - 834 pages
...journal of their proceedings, except such parts as may require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays upon any question shall be entered on the journal at the desire of any five members. SEC. 17. The door of each house, when in session or in committee of the whole, shall...
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Constitution of the State of New York: Adopted in 1846 : with a Comparative ...

New York (State) - Constitution - 1867 - 254 pages
...journal of their proceedings, exuept such parts as may require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays upon any question shall be entered on the journal at the desire of any five members. Ark., 86 (nearly similar) Md., 252. — Each House shall keep a journal of its own proceedings,...
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NEW YORK CONVENTION MANUAL,

FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 pages
...of the members on any question shall, at the desire of any member, be entered on the journal. § 9. The doors of each House, and of committees of the whole, shall be open, unless when the business is such as ought to be kept secret. § 10. Neither House shall, without...
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Introduction to the Constitutional Law of the United States

John Norton Pomeroy - Constitutional law - 1868 - 570 pages
...requires any remark, except that giving one fifth of the members present the power to demand that the yeas and nays on any question shall be entered on the journal. This regulation, simple in itself, is most important and salutary. It is a safeguard against the acts...
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Journal of the Proceedings of the Convention of Delegates Elected by the ...

Tennessee - History - 1870 - 468 pages
...members on any question, shall, at the. request of any five of them, be entered on the Journal. Sec. 22. The doors of each House, and of Committees of the Whole, shall be kept open, unless when the business shall be such as ought to be kept secret. 141 elected after the ratification...
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