Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America: Introduced to Congress from the 69th Congress, 2d Session, Through the 87th Congress, 2d Session, December 6, 1926, to January 3, 1963 |
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... Cali- fornia , and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary . 467.-H.J. Res . 421 : Providing for the initiative of legislative measures by electors . January 3 , 1936. Introduced by Mr. Lemke , of North Da- kota , and referred to the ...
... Cali- fornia , and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary . 467.-H.J. Res . 421 : Providing for the initiative of legislative measures by electors . January 3 , 1936. Introduced by Mr. Lemke , of North Da- kota , and referred to the ...
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... Cali- fornia , and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary . 648.-H.J. Res . 514 : Representatives in Congress , fix the term of office at 4 years . November 22 , 1937. Introduced by Mr. Taylor , of Colo- rado , and referred to the ...
... Cali- fornia , and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary . 648.-H.J. Res . 514 : Representatives in Congress , fix the term of office at 4 years . November 22 , 1937. Introduced by Mr. Taylor , of Colo- rado , and referred to the ...
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... Cali- fornia , and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary . 742.-H.J. Res . 155 : Incomes from governmental securities , taxing . February 7 , 1939. Introduced by Mr. Kean , of New Jersey , and referred to the Committee on the ...
... Cali- fornia , and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary . 742.-H.J. Res . 155 : Incomes from governmental securities , taxing . February 7 , 1939. Introduced by Mr. Kean , of New Jersey , and referred to the Committee on the ...
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... Cali- fornia , and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary . 812.-H.J. Res . 337 : Sex disqualification , removal . July 22 , 1942. Introduced by Miss Sumner , of Illinois , and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary . 813.-H.J. ...
... Cali- fornia , and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary . 812.-H.J. Res . 337 : Sex disqualification , removal . July 22 , 1942. Introduced by Miss Sumner , of Illinois , and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary . 813.-H.J. ...
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... Cali- fornia , and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary . 866.-H.J. Res . 64 : Treaties , method of ratification . January 21 , 1943. Introduced by Mr. Hagen , of Minne- sota , and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary . 867 ...
... Cali- fornia , and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary . 866.-H.J. Res . 64 : Treaties , method of ratification . January 21 , 1943. Introduced by Mr. Hagen , of Minne- sota , and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary . 867 ...
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Page 234 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 238 - ... vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
Page 240 - Section 3 If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President...
Page 240 - President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly...
Page 240 - SECTION 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.
Page 238 - SEC. 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Page 240 - The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
Page 238 - Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. Sec. 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Page 244 - Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, two-thirds of both houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the constitution of the United States...
Page 245 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both houses concurring), That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...