Perhaps it was as broad as it could have been made, under the governor's call, which, by the provisions of the constitution fixed the subjects upon which only legislation could be enacted in special session.
A special session of the Illinois Legislature was called by the Governor in 1897.
That through the procurement of the gentleman here styled private prosecutor, who is a member of the Senate, a special session of this court was appointed for the trial of these offenders.
But does not everybody see and know, that it was matter of absolute necessity to have a special session of the court?
When or how could the prisoners have been tried without a special session?
As soon as the Federal Amendment passed, letters were sent to legislators asking them to agree to a call for a special session.
Women have taken so active a part and have been so generally accepted in the political life of the State that it caused scarcely a ripple of excitement when a special session of the Legislature was called by Governor Thomas E.
With this support in hand a committee of fifty women went to the State House and asked Governor Brough to call a special session.
It was unfortunate that the American Congress was about to adjourn, on March 4, and was reluctant to reassemble in special session, and also that the political passions to which we have referred were raging at so high a pitch.
The legislature of the Territory, under existing law, will not again convene for nearly two years, there being no authority for a special session.
On the coal strike consult the Autobiography, and Senate Reports, 58th Congress, special session, Document No.
Immediately after his succession to office, therefore, McKinley called a special session of Congress to legislate upon the chosen subject.
Hill thought that the railroads might survive, although the country would be ruined, and he predicted that Congress would shortly be called in special session to repeal the act.
I soon after returned by stage to Frederick, Maryland, to take my seat in the Senate, Congress having been convened to meet in special session on the 4th of July.
In 1911, he called Congress in special session to approve an agreement for a modification of the Payne-Aldrich rates with Canada.
This made currency legislation impossible, but the managers hoped that there would be a majority for a protective tariff when Congress met in special session, two weeks after the inauguration.
In Oregon the women agreed to raise the money to pay for a special session.
A special session of the Supreme Court was ordered by the legislature, for the trial of the prisoners, at Salem, in July.
Subsequently, a special session of the General Assembly authorized a referendum election on the calling of a constitutional convention.
Finally, after continuous postponement and more court judgments, in 1919 a special session of the West Virginia state legislature passed a law which provided for the payment of the sum due Virginia.
A special sessionof the Virginia legislature in 1944 attempted to exempt those persons from poll tax requirements but the judiciary nullified this measure as contrary to constitutional provision.
In August 1933, a special session of the Virginia legislature was held to select delegates for a special convention to vote on the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
It was at a special session of this Legislature that Lincoln first saw Stephen A.
So bad did business conditions become that the President called Congress to meet in special session in August to remedy matters.
Van Buren, who succeeded Jackson as President, called a special session of Congress; and the fourth installment of the surplus was withheld.
As soon as Harrison was inaugurated, a special sessionof Congress was called to undo the work of the Democrats.
President Roosevelt called a special session of the Senate after the fourth of March, when there would be nothing for the Senate to consider except the Colombian treaty and other executive matters.
For that purpose we must call a special session of our colleagues of the Council of Ancients, without informing them of the reason therefor," suggested Lemercier.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "special session" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
