Senate Manual Containing The Standing Rules And Orders Of The United States Senate Etc

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Excerpt from Senate Manual: Containing the Standing Rules and Orders of the United States Senate, the Constitution of the United States, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, the Ordinance of 1787, Jefferson's Manual, Etc 1. In the absence of the Vice-President, the Senate shall choose a President pro tempore. [jefferson's Manual, sec. IX. 2. In the absence of the Vice-President, and pending the election of a President pro tempore, the Secretary of the Senate, or in his absence the Chief Clerk, shall perform the duties of the Chair. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. IX. 3. The President pro tempore shall have the right to name in open Senate, or, if absent, in writing, a Senator to perform the duties of the Chair; but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment, except by unanimous consent. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. IX. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.