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, Volumen2 |
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... to cool off from the excitement of the State elections , to resume their calmness ,
and to get rid of their feelings of dependence . He thought it would be better to fix
the elections in September , but he would not make any motion on the subject .
... to cool off from the excitement of the State elections , to resume their calmness ,
and to get rid of their feelings of dependence . He thought it would be better to fix
the elections in September , but he would not make any motion on the subject .
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The gentleman from Allegheny wished to make the State elections and the
Presidential elections still further apart , in order that there might be an
opportunity between them for party violence to cool down . He ( Mr. S. ) thought
there would be ...
The gentleman from Allegheny wished to make the State elections and the
Presidential elections still further apart , in order that there might be an
opportunity between them for party violence to cool down . He ( Mr. S. ) thought
there would be ...
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If his course suited his party , it was very well , but he should go for what he
thought right , come what may . There were , he thought , insuperable objections
to the proposition of the gentleman from Adams . Whatever day was agreed upon
, he ...
If his course suited his party , it was very well , but he should go for what he
thought right , come what may . There were , he thought , insuperable objections
to the proposition of the gentleman from Adams . Whatever day was agreed upon
, he ...
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He thought the best way of defeating the influence of the office - holders was to
have the General and the State elections on the same day , then the farmers of
the country would turn out en masse , and the consequence would be a full , fair ...
He thought the best way of defeating the influence of the office - holders was to
have the General and the State elections on the same day , then the farmers of
the country would turn out en masse , and the consequence would be a full , fair ...
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As an evidence of this he thought he need only refer to the fact that in the county
of Philadelphia the delegates to this Convention who were elected on the same
day with the electors of President , had eight hundred less of a majority than ...
As an evidence of this he thought he need only refer to the fact that in the county
of Philadelphia the delegates to this Convention who were elected on the same
day with the electors of President , had eight hundred less of a majority than ...
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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.