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Page 244 - Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying conference report : The Senate amendment struck out all of the House bill after the enacting clause and inserted a substitute text.
Page 170 - COUPEE RAPIDES RED RIVER RICHLAND SABINE ST. BERNARD ST. CHARLES ST. HELENA ST. JAMES ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ST. LANDRY ST. MARTIN ST. MARY ST. TAMMANY...
Page 222 - June 30, 1936, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 20, 41, 45, 57, and 86.
Page 200 - The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amendment was concurred in. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed.
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Page 200 - An Act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii...
Page 243 - Indian health care, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the...
Page 201 - On page 2, line 13, after the word "pound", insert the words "except rice cleaned for use in the manufacture of canned foods", so as to read: Rloe, cleaned, 2 cents per pound, except rice cleaned for use in the manufacture of canned foods. The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The amendment was agreed to.
Page 192 - The question was taken; and (twothirds having voted in favor thereof) the rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed.