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Buckland Printing Company, 1903 - Lowell (Mass.)
 

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Page 14 - The previous question shall be in this form, " Shall the main question be now put ?'' It shall only be admitted when demanded by a majority of the members present, and...
Page 15 - When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received but : To adjourn; To lay on the table ; For the previous question ; To postpone to a day certain; To commit, refer or recommit; To postpone indefinitely.
Page 15 - ... to order; in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain ; and the house shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate ; if there be no appeal the decision of the chair shall be submitted to.
Page 44 - Possession of any pistol, machine gun, or sawed-off shotgun upon which any such mark shall have been changed, altered, removed, or obliterated shall be prima facie evidence that the possessor has changed, altered, removed, or obliterated the same within the District of Columbia...
Page 11 - ... conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more- than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Page 15 - Speaker shall, or any member may, call to order ; in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain, and the House...
Page 7 - ... to appoint all necessary engineers, surveyors, clerks, and other officers, including a police force to act in such parks ; to define the powers and duties of such officers and fix the amount of their compensation ; and generally to do all acts needful for the proper execution of the powers and duties granted to or imposed upon...
Page 16 - No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.
Page 69 - Physiology and Hygiene, which, in both divisions of the subject, shall include special instruction as to the effects of alcoholic drinks, stimulants, and narcotics on the human system...
Page 18 - All papers addressed to the Council shall be presented by the President or by a member in his place, and shall be read by the...

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