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Constitution of the United States of America; 3d Sess. 42d Cong
Constitution of the United States of America 3d Sess 42d Cong Author:United States General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1872 Original Publisher: Gov't print. off. Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you c... more »an select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 8 AGENTS FOR CLAIMS -- AGRICULTURE, COM. ON -- AMENDMENT. when takes And upon the arrival of the clay and hour thus fixed, 1 '" or the hour of 12 o'clock m. of the 4th of March of each alternate year, when, by the usage, the last session of a Congress terminates, the Speaker (either on or without motion) pronounces the House adjourned sine die. -- Journals,!, 28, p. 1362; 1,33..1345; 1,35,.1148; 2,32, p. 431; 3, 34, p. 691; 2, 35, p. 625. AGENTS FOR CLAIMS. (See Claim Agents.) AGRICULTURE, COMMITTEE ON. when nppjJ. There shall be appointed at the commencement of each tor. Congress a Committee on Agriculture, to consist of nine members. -- Rule 74. Duties of. [No duties are assigned to the Committee on Agricul ture by the rules.] AMENDMENT. Precedence of When a question is under debate, no motion shall be recejved nt fa adjourn, to lie on the table, for the previous question, to postpone to a day certain, to commit or amend, to postpone indefinitely; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which tlwy are arranged. -- Rule 42. o A motion to strike out the enacting words of a bill out enactmg word. takes precedence of a motion to amend. -- Rule 123. -- (See Enacting Words, Motion To Strike Out.) when in order A bill cannot be amended on the first reading. -- Man- to a bilL rial, p. 87. [Indeed, it has become the settled practice of the House not to receive an amendment to a House bill except when the question is on its engrossment, and to a Senate bill except when the question is on ordering it to a third reading.] prevton" queŁ i...« less