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Maryland State Archives Baltimore City Directory, 1814-1815 msa_sc5923_1_1-0212 Enlarge and print image (439K) |
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shall propose or concur with amendments, as on
other bills.
II. Every bill which shall have passed the house
of representatives and the senate, shall, before it
become a law, be presented to the president of the
United States. If he approve, he shall sign it ; bu^
if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to that
bouse in which it shall have originated, who shall
enter the objections at large on their journal, and
proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsider-
ation, two thirds of that house shall agree to pass
the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objec-
tions, to the other house, by which it shall likewise
be reconsidered ; and, if approved by two thirds of
that house, it shaU become a law. But, in all such
cases, the votes of both houses shall be determined
by yeas and nays ; and the names of the persons
voting for and against the bill shall be entered on
the journal of each house respectively. If any bill
shall not be returned by the president within ten
days (Sundays excepted} after it shall have been
presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like
manner as if he had signed it, unless the congress,
by their adjournment, prevent its return ; in which
œase it shall not be a law.
IIIc Every order, resolu ion, or vote, to which
the concurrence of the senate and house of repre*
yentatives may be necessary (except on a question
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