| James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1893 - 756 str.
...; but this worked so ill that in January 1790 the following rule was passed : — "All commit, tees 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.1 Not only does he, at the beginning... | |
| 1894 - 356 str.
...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. "t However, these committees were only special committees, whose existence was dependent in every case... | |
| 1894 - 362 str.
...proceeding, so that January 13, 1790 it was ordered "that hereafter it bs a standing rule of the House that all committees shall be appointed by the Speaker unless...in which case they shall be appointed by ballot."! However, these committees were only special committees, whose existence was dependent in every case... | |
| Ephraim Douglass Adams - 1894 - 72 str.
...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) - 1896 - 576 str.
...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 - 1897 - 1432 str.
...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 - 1899 - 476 str.
...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 - 1899 - 548 str.
...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 - 1901 - 524 str.
...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... | |
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