| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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