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7137. QUORUM, Constitution of.—[further continued].

A majority of either
house shall be a quorum, * * * but any smaller
proportion which from time to time shall be
thought expedient by the respective houses,
shall be sufficient to call for, and to punish,
their non-attending members, and to adjourn
themselves for any time not exceeding one
week.—
Proposed Constitution for Virginia. Washington ed. viii, 444. Ford ed., iii, 324.
(1783)