Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume 104

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Eagle Graphics, Legislative Printers., 1883
 

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Página 897 - I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.
Página 732 - ... situated, a description thereof sufficiently accurate for identification, with a statement of the purpose for which the same were taken...
Página 379 - ... a majority of the senators and two-thirds of the members of the house of representatives present and voting thereon, such proposed amendment or amendment« shall be entered on the journals of the two houses, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the general court then next to be chosen...
Página 689 - ... shall have the force of a law : but in all such cases, the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays ; and the names of the persons voting for or against the said bill or resolve, shall be entered upon the public records of the Commonwealth.
Página 841 - House may join, be appointed to wait upon His Excellency the Governor, and inform him that the two...
Página 884 - All incidental questions of order arising after a motion is made for the previous question and pending such motion, shall be decided, whether on appeal or otherwise, without debate.
Página 877 - Petitions, memorials, and other papers addressed to the House, shall be presented by the Speaker, or by a member in his place...
Página 882 - When a motion for reconsideration is decided, that decision shall not be reconsidered, and no question shall be twice reconsidered ; nor shall any vote be reconsidered upon either of the following motions : — to adjourn, to lay on the table, to take from the table ; or, for the previous question.
Página 888 - The rules of parliamentary practice, comprised in Jefferson's Manual, shall govern the House in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the House, and joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Página 875 - The Clerk shall retain bills and other papers, in reference to which any member has a right to move a reconsideration (except petitions, enacted bills, orders of inquiry and orders of notice) , until the right of reconsideration has expired : provided, that the operation of this Rule shall be suspended during the last week of the session.

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