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beginning and end of each session. 2. In the States which have woman suffrage, may women vote for representatives? 3. It is not required by law that a representative shall reside in the district that he represents, but it is an established custom. What are its advantages and disadvantages? Compare with the English practice. Bryce, American Commonwealth, I, Chapter 19. 4. Are the States which allow women the right to vote justified in the enactment of their suffrage laws? 5. Ought Section 2, Amendment XIV, to be enforced? Rev. of R's, 22:273-275, 653, 654; 24:649-651; Forum, 31:225-230; 32:460-465; N. Am. Rev., 168:285-296; 170:785-801; 175:534-543; Outlook, 69:751. 6. State the points of likeness and of difference between the House of Representatives and the House of Commons. N. Am. Rev., 170:78-86. 7. Give the number of representatives to which your State is entitled. Was the number increased in the last apportionment? How large is your Congressional district? Population? 8. Compare the area of your district with that of other districts in your State; also with the population of other districts. Compare the number of votes cast for representative in your district with the number cast in districts of other States in different sections of the country. How do you account for the variation? See New York World Almanac. 9. Some interesting facts connected with the apportionment of 1901 are given in the Forum, 30:568-577. 10. For the Reapportionment Law of 1901, see Outlook, 67:136. 11. For accounts of the methods by which a census is taken, see American Census Methods, Forum, 30:109-119. Census of 1910, Rev. of R's, 41:589-596; 404, 405. 12. Who are some of the best-known representatives and senators? For what reasons are they noted? 13. Who are the senators from your State? When was each elected? 14. Give the names of the speaker and of the president _pro tempore_. 15. Would you have voted for the Seventeenth Amendment? See Outlook, 67:559-604; 73:277-285; 386-392. For other references, see James and Sanford, Government in State and Nation, p. 137. CHAPTER VIII. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE SEPARATE HOUSES. I. IMPEACHMENT. Article II, Section 4. _The President, Vice-President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors._ Article I, Section 2, Clause 5. _
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