...Heprescntat ¡ves, the decision does not rest with the district commander, but with the House, which is the judge of the election returns and qualifications of its own members ; but as regards the State officers, all who are disqualified under the third section of the amendment...

...own body; shall choose its Clerk and other officers; determine tho rules of its own proceedings; he the judge of the election returns and qualifications of its own members; keep a journal of it! proceedings and have power to direct special elections to fill ite own vacancies;...

...of its own representatives. In that clause of the federal constitution which prescribes that " each house shall be the judge of the election returns and qualifications of its own members, " it had there5 tofore found an ample safeguard for the protection of the rights and interests of its...

...C., p. 1512, sec. 59, and p. 1510, sec. 49.] SEC. 88. Rights, duties, etc., of council. The council shall be the judge of the election, returns, and qualifications of its own members, and shall determine the rule of its proceedings and keep a journal thereof, and may compel the attendance...

...Constitution, which provides that " each House shall determine the ri'les of its own proceedings, and be the judge of the election returns and qualifications of its own members." This provision invests the House with full power over the subject, and authorizes it to go back of...

...power of each branch to provide against by refusing such admission. Each by the Constitution is made the judge of the election returns and qualifications of its own members. No other department can interfere with it. Ita decision concludes all others. The only corrective, when...

...observed in the senate? Anim-iT. The senate say they did observe the constitution. Answer. The senate is the judge of the election, returns, and qualifications of its own members. Qiuslion. In the same sense, the house was the judge of the election and qualification of its own members...

...observed in the senate ? Answer. The senate say they did observe the constitution. Answer. The seriate is the judge of the election, returns, and qualifications of its own members. Question. In the same sense, the house was the judge of the election and qualification of its own members?...

...There being no further amendments to section 5, section 6 was next read, as follows : SEO. 6. Each House shall be the judge of the election, returns, and qualifications, of its own members; a majority 01 all the members elected to each House shall be ",uoi inn to do business, but a less number...

...to the office? By the seventh section of chapter 446, Laws of 1857, the law provides that the board shall "be the judge of the election, returns and qualifications of its own members." Now it, is sought by the case put in evidence, to test the right of a member of the board of aldermen,...