Thomson's manual of Pacific Northwest finance

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Identifikator:: 1838857176

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-229226

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Thomson's manual of Pacific Northwest finance

Place of publication:: Seattle

Publisher:: Thomson's Statistical Service

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: XXX, 487 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Section VI. Public utilities

Collection:: Economics Books

116 THE DOMINION PARLIAMENT. Senators. The mace is placed on the table and prayers are read. New members present their certificates of appoint- ment and take the oath of allegiance’. The House then adjourns until the hour when the Governor-General is to be present. At the appointed time the Governor-General takes his seat and the Speaker directs the Usher of the Black Rod to summon the Commons. The Commons attend with their Speaker and the Governor-General reads the Speech. COBRA After the Commons have returned to their chamber and Speech. the Governor-General has retired, a bill is introduced pro forma® and the Speaker reports the speech, which is then usually ordered to be taken into account on the following lay. All the members present are then appointed a com- mittee to consider the orders and customs of the House and privileges of Parliament. To this committee is referred every matter affecting the privileges of the House or of its members. The procedure followed on the consideration of the address was up to 1870 similar to that adopted in the Commons, but in that year the custom of moving the address directly without any previous resolution was introduced and has since been followed. The address being agreed to is ordered to be presented by those Senators who are Privy Councillors. 4. QUORUM. By Sections 35 and 48 of the British North America Act, 1867, it is provided that at least 15 Senators and 50 Members of the House of Commons, including the Speaker, are necessary to constitute a meeting of the Senate and of the House of Commons respectively. In the Senate if, 30 minutes after the Speaker takes the chair, there is not a quorum, he adjourns the House until the 1 3. N. A. A. 1867, s. 128.

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