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Hinds' Precedents: Volume I

Hinds' Precedents, Volume I (Chapters 1-27)
Chapter
Document Title
File Size and Format
INTRODUCTION TEXT 30K
PDF 54K
Chapter I THE MEETING OF CONGRESS TEXT 35K
PDF 69K
Chapter II THE CLERK'S ROLL OF THE MEMBERS-ELECT TEXT 153K
PDF 158K
Chapter III THE PRESIDING OFFICER AT ORGANIZATION TEXT 34K
PDF 69K
Chapter IV PROCEDURE AND POWERS OF THE MEMBERS-ELECT IN ORGANIZATION TEXT 77K
PDF 105K
Chapter V THE OATH TEXT 96K
PDF 122K
Chapter VI THE OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE AND THEIR ELECTION TEXT 149K
PDF 167K
Chapter VII REMOVAL OF OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE TEXT 21K
PDF 60K
Chapter VIII THE ELECTORS AND APPORTIONMENT TEXT 153K
PDF 154K
Chapter IX ELECTORATES INCAPACITATED GENERALLY TEXT 361K
PDF 313K
Chapter X ELECTORATES DISTRACTED BY CIVIL WAR TEXT 184K
PDF 184K
Chapter XI ELECTORATES IN RECONSTRUCTION TEXT 111K
PDF 126K
Chapter XII ELECTORATES IN NEW STATES AND TERRITORIES TEXT 67K
PDF 95K
Chapter XIII THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE MEMBER TEXT 197K
PDF 48K
Chapter XIV THE OATH AS RELATED TO QUALIFICATIONS TEXT 232K
PDF 215K
Chapter XV POLYGAMY AND OTHER CRIMES AS DISQUALIFICATIONS TEXT 482K
PDF 383K
Chapter XVI INCOMPATIBLE OFFICES TEXT 189K
PDF 182K
Chapter XVII TIME, PLACES, AND MANNER OF ELECTION TEXT 170K
PDF 168K
Chapter XVIII CREDENTIALS AND PRIMA FACIE TITLE TEXT 362K
PDF 311K
Chapter XIX IRREGULAR CREDENTIALS TEXT 96K
PDF 120K
Chapter XX CONFLICTING CREDENTIALS TEXT 199K
PDF 192K
Chapter XXI THE HOUSE THE JUDGE OF CONTESTED ELECTIONS TEXT 103K
PDF 123K
Chapter XXII PLEADINGS IN CONTESTED ELECTIONS TEXT 151K
PDF 156K
Chapter XXIII TESTIMONY IN CONTESTED ELECTIONS TEXT 163K
PDF 162K
Chapter XXIV ABATEMENT OF ELECTION CONTESTS TEXT 116K
PDF 129K
Chapter XXV GENERAL ELECTION CASES, 1789 TO 1940 TEXT 139K
PDF 154K
Chapter XXVI GENERAL ELECTION CASES, 1840 TO 1850 TEXT 177K
PDF 178K
Chapter XXVII GENERAL ELECTION CASES, 1850 TO 1860 TEXT 127K
PDF 144K