| Ephraim Douglass Adams - Finance - 1894 - 72 pages
...proceeding, so that January 13, 1790 it was ordered " that hereafter it be a standing rule of the House that all committees shall be appointed by the Speaker unless...House in which case they shall be appointed by ballot, "f However, these committees were only special committees, whose existence was dependent in every case... | |
| James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - United States - 1896 - 576 pages
...by ballot ; but this worked so ill that in January 1790 the following rule was passed : • — - " All committees shall be appointed by the Speaker unless otherwise specially directed by the House." This rule has been re-adopted by each successive Congress since then. Not only does he, at the beginning... | |
| Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives - Illinois - 1897 - 1432 pages
...business. And such order of business shall not be changed except bv a twothird's vote. COMMITTEES. 13. All committees shall be appointed by the Speaker, unless otherwise specially directed by the House. The following standing committees shall be appointed by the Speaker, •with leave to report by bill... | |
| William Alexander Taylor, Aubrey Clarence Taylor - Ohio - 1899 - 476 pages
...House. 5. Any member may call for a statement of the question, which the Speaker may give sitting. 6. All committees shall be appointed by the Speaker,...which case they shall be appointed by ballot, and the person or persons having the greatest number of votes shall be considered as duly appointed, unless... | |
| Gamaliel Bradford - Democracy - 1899 - 548 pages
...satisfactory proof of its impracticability, and in January, 1790, the present rule was adopted, that "all committees shall be appointed by the Speaker,...unless otherwise specially directed by the House." * To English-speaking peoples the word 'Speaker' suggests two great officials — the presiding officers... | |
| Benson John Lossing - United States - 1901 - 524 pages
...rule of the House, that all committees shall be appointed by the speaker, unless otherwise especially directed by the House, in which case they shall be...required shall not be elected by a majority of the votes uiveii, the House shall proceed to a second ballot, in which a plurality of votes shall prevail; and... | |
| Woodrow Wilson - Executive power - 1901 - 374 pages
...satisfactory proof of its impracticability, and in January, 1790, the present rule was adopted : that " All committees shall be appointed by the Speaker, unless otherwise specially directed by the House." The rules of one House of Representatives are not, however, necessarily the rules of the next. No rule... | |
| Nevada. Legislature - 1903 - 1352 pages
...of five members. 23. A Committee on State Prison and Insane Asylum, to consist of three members. 70. All committees shall be appointed by the Speaker, unless otherwise specially directed by the House. DUTIES OP СОЛШ1ТТЕЕ8. 71. It shall be the duty of the Committee on Elections Dntieeot to examine... | |
| Connecticut. Board of Finance and Control - Budget - 1903 - 1150 pages
...and report facts, with their opinion thereon. 21. All committees, except committees of conference, shall be appointed by the Speaker, unless otherwise specially directed by the House, and the member first named shall be chairman. 22. No member shall serve on any committee while considering... | |
| Confederate States of America - 1905 - 624 pages
...of members shall be called alphabetically, except that the Speaker shall be called last. RULB XXXV. All committees shall be appointed by the Speaker,...which case they shall be appointed by ballot, and a plurality of votes shall prevail. RULE XXXVI. At the beginning of every Congress standing committees... | |
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