Debates of the Convention to Amend the Constitution of Pennsylvania: Convened at Harrisburg, November 12, 1872, Adjourned, November 27, to Meet at Philadelphia, January 7, 1873, Volume 1B. Singerly, state printer, 1873 - Constitutional conventions |
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... objection to the resolution I offered before was , that the committee to be appointed was to be an even number , and therefore , according to parliamentary usage , did not give the ma- jority of the committee to the majority of the ...
... objection to the resolution I offered before was , that the committee to be appointed was to be an even number , and therefore , according to parliamentary usage , did not give the ma- jority of the committee to the majority of the ...
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... like this , will require considera- ble labor , considerable examination , and it will be utterly impossible for any com- mittee to make that examination and re- Mr. DARLINGYON'S amendment was not to the objection that it 32 DEBATES OF THE.
... like this , will require considera- ble labor , considerable examination , and it will be utterly impossible for any com- mittee to make that examination and re- Mr. DARLINGYON'S amendment was not to the objection that it 32 DEBATES OF THE.
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... objection that it does not apply to agreed to . The PRESIDENT . The Chair does not be accomplished ,. ported . The gentleman's resolution is simply the resolution of the gentleman following ; simply that they are to name the number of ...
... objection that it does not apply to agreed to . The PRESIDENT . The Chair does not be accomplished ,. ported . The gentleman's resolution is simply the resolution of the gentleman following ; simply that they are to name the number of ...
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... objection to it . The PRESIDENT . It can be easily post- poned until to - morrow . Mr. LAWRENCE . I have no objections to the resolution . The resolution was read a second time . Mr. MANN . I move to amend , by striking out the words ...
... objection to it . The PRESIDENT . It can be easily post- poned until to - morrow . Mr. LAWRENCE . I have no objections to the resolution . The resolution was read a second time . Mr. MANN . I move to amend , by striking out the words ...
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... objection to printing . this book of Constitutions , but I presume that there are also other things that will have to be printed . Mr. HENRY W. SMITH . The Conven- tion is certainly as compètent to decide the simple question proposed by ...
... objection to printing . this book of Constitutions , but I presume that there are also other things that will have to be printed . Mr. HENRY W. SMITH . The Conven- tion is certainly as compètent to decide the simple question proposed by ...
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