44th Congress > Senate > Vote 357

Date: 1876-12-08

Result: 50-4

Vote Subject Matter: Miscellaneous Policy / Internal Organization

Sponsor: MERRIMON, Augustus Summerfield (D-NC)

Description: TO DECIDE AN APPEAL FROM THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR, MADE DURING DEBATE ON S.J.RES. 10, A RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE DECISION HELD THAT SINCE THERE WERE NO JOINT RULES, NOW IN FORCE UNDER THE 52 RULE OF SENATE, WHICH PRESCRIBED THAT AT A SECOND ON SUBSEQUENT SESSION OF A CONGRESS BUSINESS UNDETERMINED AT THE CLOSE OF NEXT PRECEDING SESSION BE RESUMED AS IF NO ADJOURNMENT HAD TAKEN PLACE, THEREFORE, THE MOTION TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION OF THE ABOVE RESOLUTION IS IN ORDER. (P. 109)

Original source documents: Congressional Record vol. 5-1, p. 109; Senate Journal vol. 44-2, p. 36;

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