Journal of the Senate of the State of Missouri

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Page 11 - Senate, on motion made and seconded to shut the doors of the Senate on the discussion of any business which may, in the opinion of a member, require secrecy, the President shall direct the gallery to be cleared ; and during the discussion of such motion the doors shall remain shut.
Page 9 - After a motion is stated by the President, or read by the clerk, it shall be deemed to be in possession of the house, but may be withdrawn at any time before a decision or amendment.
Page 160 - The powers of the government of the state of California shall be divided into three separate departments: The legislative, the executive, and judicial; and no person charged with the exercise of powers properly belonging to one of these departments shall exercise any functions appertaining to either of the others, except in the cases hereinafter expressly directed or permitted.
Page 12 - After a bill shall have passed both Houses it shall be duly enrolled on parchment, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, or the Secretary of the Senate, as the bill may have originated in the one or the other House, before it shall be presented to the President of the United States.
Page 9 - In their eighth rule (XXII), therefore, which declares that while a question is before the Senate no motion shall be received, unless it be for the previous question, or to postpone, commit, or amend the main question, the term postponement must be understood according to their- broad use of it, and not in its parliamentary sense.
Page 12 - States for his approbation, it being first endorsed on the back of the roll, certifying in which House the same originated ; which endorsement shall be signed...
Page 12 - After examination and report, each bill shall be signed in the respective Houses, first by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, then by the President of the Senate.
Page 12 - While bills are on their passage between the two Houses they shall be on paper, and under the signature of the Secretary or Clerk of each House respectively.
Page 9 - Speaker shall, or any member may, call to order; in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain; and the House shall, if appealed to decide on the case, but without debate.
Page 22 - The principal office of discount and deposit should be located at St. Louis, with capital sufficient to answer the demands of that portion of the community, and agencies established at such other points as the public convenience may require, in order that the necessary banking facilities may be afforded to the different portions of the State, carefully limiting the number within reasonable bounds. I feel it my duty to call your attention to the subject of the establishment of bank agencies within...

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