Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: To Propose Amendments to the Constitution, Commenced ... at Harrisburg, on the Second Day of May, 1837, Volumen2Packer, Barrett, and Parke, 1837 |
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... motion which was also laid on the table : That the committee to whom was refered the first article of the Constitution , be discharged from the further consideration of the following resolution , and that the same be refered to the ...
... motion which was also laid on the table : That the committee to whom was refered the first article of the Constitution , be discharged from the further consideration of the following resolution , and that the same be refered to the ...
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... motion to extend the time to the first Tuesday in November , he deemed it necessary to submit a few remarks , giving his reasons for introducing this proposition . He confessed he had been led to make this change in consequence of the ...
... motion to extend the time to the first Tuesday in November , he deemed it necessary to submit a few remarks , giving his reasons for introducing this proposition . He confessed he had been led to make this change in consequence of the ...
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... motion at present , but had merely called the attention of the delegates from that city to the subject . Mr. FORWARD remarked , that such motion could be made on second reading , if it was deemed necessary . He would PENNSYLVANIA ...
... motion at present , but had merely called the attention of the delegates from that city to the subject . Mr. FORWARD remarked , that such motion could be made on second reading , if it was deemed necessary . He would PENNSYLVANIA ...
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... motion of the gentleman from Franklin was out of order , so that an appeal might be taken . Mr. Read then appealed from the decision . The Chair then put the question on the appeal . The Chair had decided that the second section had ...
... motion of the gentleman from Franklin was out of order , so that an appeal might be taken . Mr. Read then appealed from the decision . The Chair then put the question on the appeal . The Chair had decided that the second section had ...
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... motion was decided in the affirmative - ayes 59 , nays 44 . The question then recuring on the amendment , reported by the com- mittee , which is as follows : SECT . 2. The Representatives shall be chosen annually by the citizens of the ...
... motion was decided in the affirmative - ayes 59 , nays 44 . The question then recuring on the amendment , reported by the com- mittee , which is as follows : SECT . 2. The Representatives shall be chosen annually by the citizens of the ...
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Página 249 - The returns of every election for Governor shall be sealed up, and transmitted to the...
Página 232 - No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office of profit under this state, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such term, except such offices as may be filled by elections by the people.
Página 164 - Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member, but not a second time for the same cause ; and shall have all other powers necessary for a branch of the legislature of a free and independent State.
Página 188 - If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law...
Página 445 - Whenever the office of governor shall become vacant by death, resignation, removal from office or otherwise, the president of the senate shall exercise the office of governor until another governor shall be duly qualified...
Página 269 - No member of Congress, or person holding any office under the United States or this State, shall exercise the office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor.
Página 164 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish them weekly, except such parts as may require secrecy: And the yeas and nays of the members, on any question, shall, at the desire of any two of them, be entered oti the journals.
Página 176 - Every bill which shall have passed both houses shall be presented to the Governor; if he approve he shall sign it, but if he shall not approve he shall return it with his objections to the house in which it shall have originated, which house shall enter the objections at large upon their journal, and proceed to reconsider it.
Página 341 - No person shall be appointed to any office within any county, who shall not have been a citizen and inhabitant therein, one year next before his appointment...
Página 162 - ... unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this State, and shall have paid a State or county tax.