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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 may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner, and under such penalties, as each house may provide. "
The History of Polk County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its ... - Page 222
1880 - 1037 pages
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An Introduction to the Constitutional Law of the United States: Especially ...

John Norton Pomeroy - Constitutional law - 1868 - 588 pages
...qualifications of its own members. A majority of each shall be a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members. See Art. I. Sec. V. § 1. The power given to the Senate and to the House of Representatives,...
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Tile Constitution of the State of South Carolina.

1868 - 50 pages
...; and a majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business ; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as may be provided by law. SECTION 15. Each House...
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Manual of the corporation of the city of new york

1869 - 1024 pages
...shall require secrecy. The majority of each shall be a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members. Each Board shall appoint a President from its own body ; shall choose its Clerk and other...
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Laws, Joint Resolutions, and Memorials, Passed at the ... Session of the ...

Nebraska - Session laws - 1869 - 392 pages
...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 compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties HS each house may provide. SEC. 8. The Senate shall...
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The Alabama Manual and Statistical Register for 1869

Joseph Hodgson - Agriculture - 1869 - 222 pages
...SEC. 7. A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide. SEC. 8. Bach house may...
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Laws Passed by the ... Legislature of the State of Texas

Texas - Law - 1870 - 840 pages
...The majority of the town council shall constitute a quorum to do business ; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as they may prescribe. The town council may determine...
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Session Laws

Washington (State) - Session laws - 1871 - 282 pages
...the board a majority of the trustees shall constitute a quorum to do business, a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as the board, previously, by ordinance, may have prescribed....
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Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama

Alabama - Law - 1871 - 412 pages
...qualified. § 7. A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide. § 8. Each house may determine...
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The Political Code of the State of California, Volume 2

California - California - 1872 - 732 pages
...the members of the Common Quorum. Council constitutes a quorum to do business; but a less number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as the Council may, by ordinance, prescribe. NOTE.—...
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The General Statutes of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ...

Rhode Island - Law - 1872 - 796 pages
...of its members ; and a majority shall constitute a quorum to do business ; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner, and under such penalties, as may be prescribed by such house or by law. The...
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