 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1820 - 490 pages
...shall be filled by elections of the people. Sue. 17. Each house shall appoint its own officers, and shall judge of the qualifications, elections, and returns, of its own members. A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn... | |
 | 1821 - 454 pages
...shall be filled by elections of the people. . Sec. \7. Each house shall appoint its own officers, and shall judge of the qualifications, elections, and returns of its own members. A majority ol each house shall constitute a quorum to do business! but a smaller number may adjourn... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - Constitutions - 1836 - 146 pages
...House shall choose its own officers. 11. Each House shall determine the rules of its proceedings, and judge of the qualifications, elections, and returns of its own members, and may, with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members elected, expel a member; but no member shall... | |
 | Missouri - 1837 - 394 pages
...as shall be filled by elections of the people. $ 17. Each house shall appoint its own officers, and shall judge of the qualifications, elections, and returns of its own members. A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business ; but a smaller number may adjourn... | |
 | Arkansas - Law - 1840 - 152 pages
...contempts, by fine not more than one hundred dollars, and imprisonment not more than five days ; that the council shall judge of the qualifications, elections, and returns of its own members, and determine all contested elections for such members; shall have power to punish any member for non-atlendarice... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1846 - 410 pages
...contested elections of senators and representatives. Each house shall appoint its own officers, and shall judge of the qualifications, elections and returns of its own members. A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn... | |
 | John Bigelow - Constitutions - 1848 - 538 pages
...contested elections of senators and representatives. Each house shall appoint its own officers, and shall judge of the qualifications, elections and returns of its own members. A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn... | |
 | Michigan. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional amendments - 1850 - 990 pages
...10. Each house shall choose its own okfleers, and shall determine the rules of- 4ts. proceedings, and judge o(f the qualifications, elections and returns of its own members; and may, with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members elected, expel a member; but no member shall... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 808 pages
...it is urged that, because of the following provisions quoted from section 20: "It shall be the sole judge of the qualifications, elections and returns of its own members," and "it may fill any vacancy in its membership" — the inference to be drawn is that it is a legislative... | |
 | Constitutions, State - 1855 - 576 pages
...officers ; and the senate shall, annually, choose a president, and its other officers ; each house shall judge of the qualifications, elections, and returns of its own members : but a contested election shall be determined in such manner as shall be directed by law. 15. A majority... | |
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... a quorum to do business ; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide. 
