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| - Hut the practice in Congress has been, that the Clerk rends off the names of such persons as he has entered upon a roll, made up from newspapers, &.B. as members returned to the House, and if a qiiormn appears to be present, bo so pronounces; whereupon they proceed to elect their Speaker, which, being done, the oath to suppurt the consli-tiition, is administered to him, hy the oldest member of tho
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