Word: quorums
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...HUNT, Secretary.HASTY PUDDING CLUB.- Election of officers postponed on account of no quorum. There will be another meeting Wednesday, March 19, at 7.30 p. m. Every member must be present...
...action is contrary to the constitution of the United States. (a) A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum. (b) Each house [not the presiding officer] is to determine the rules of its proceedings-Constitution, article 1, section...
...action is contrary to the accepted principles of parliamentary law: (a) No business can be transacted if the attention of the house is called to the fact that a quorum is not present.- Lalors Cyclopaedia of Political Science, III, 88. (b) The fact of a quorum or of no quorum is settled by the record-Smith's Manual, 455; House Journal, 1st session, 44th congress, p. 1078. (c) The constitutional idea of a quorum implies not the visible presence, but the judgment and voted of the members-Thomas B. Reed in Congressional Record, vol X., part...
...action is contrary to the best interests of the country. (a) It is unwarranted, dangerous, and the foundation of legislative frauds-Decision of Speaker Blaine, Congressional Record 43, volume 3, part 3. p. 1734. (b) If the speaker can declare a quorum present when the roll call shows the contrary, he can declare a bill passed when the roll call shows the contrary-Nation, February...