Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of 1829-1830: To which are Subjoined, the New Constitution of Virginia, and the Votes of the People ... |
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... Committee , consist- ing of one member from each Senatorial District , and then to refer the third , fourth and ... Legislative Department ; another for what per- tains to the Judiciary ; and another Committee for what pertains to ...
... Committee , consist- ing of one member from each Senatorial District , and then to refer the third , fourth and ... Legislative Department ; another for what per- tains to the Judiciary ; and another Committee for what pertains to ...
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... Legislative nor Judicial , and then , Sir , what is this body itself to be doing ? It must stand with arms folded , until the Committees , or some one Committee , give it some- thing to do . Its faculties all suspended , it must meet ...
... Legislative nor Judicial , and then , Sir , what is this body itself to be doing ? It must stand with arms folded , until the Committees , or some one Committee , give it some- thing to do . Its faculties all suspended , it must meet ...
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... Legislative part of it ; other thirteen to examine the Executive portion of it ; other thirteen to examine the Judicial portion of it ; and so on ; piece by piece , through half a dozen different Committees . It is vain to reply , that ...
... Legislative part of it ; other thirteen to examine the Executive portion of it ; other thirteen to examine the Judicial portion of it ; and so on ; piece by piece , through half a dozen different Committees . It is vain to reply , that ...
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... Committee , of which the gentleman speaks as if they must be idle . There are , for example , some principles laid ... Legislative Committee , a proposition is reported to reduce the number of members in the House of Delegates , the same ...
... Committee , of which the gentleman speaks as if they must be idle . There are , for example , some principles laid ... Legislative Committee , a proposition is reported to reduce the number of members in the House of Delegates , the same ...
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... Committee from all parts of the State ; he believed the same principle would be found to apply to all the other ... Legislative Department , he saw no need of reporting on it by a separate Committee . As there was nothing geographical in ...
... Committee from all parts of the State ; he believed the same principle would be found to apply to all the other ... Legislative Department , he saw no need of reporting on it by a separate Committee . As there was nothing geographical in ...
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