The Young American: A Civic ReaderMaynard, Merrill & Company, 1897 - 244 páginas |
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... legislature . As every bill has to be debated and voted on by two different sets of men , it can seldom be passed through both bodies in too great a hurry for some one to find out its faults . So we are much less likely to get eareless ...
... legislature . As every bill has to be debated and voted on by two different sets of men , it can seldom be passed through both bodies in too great a hurry for some one to find out its faults . So we are much less likely to get eareless ...
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... legislature is sometimes called of two houses . by some special name - in Illinois it is the general assem- bly - but usually it is simply the legislature . The upper house is always called the senate , like the upper house of congress ...
... legislature is sometimes called of two houses . by some special name - in Illinois it is the general assem- bly - but usually it is simply the legislature . The upper house is always called the senate , like the upper house of congress ...
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... legislature is a double body , like congress and the state legislatures . In others there is but one house . Often the members are chosen from the wards . In the city of Chicago , for ex- ample , the " common council " consists of sixty ...
... legislature is a double body , like congress and the state legislatures . In others there is but one house . Often the members are chosen from the wards . In the city of Chicago , for ex- ample , the " common council " consists of sixty ...
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OUR COUNTRY | 29 |
LAWS AND THEIR MAKERS | 36 |
WHAT WE MEAN BY GOVERNMENT | 43 |
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