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Members and smaller
Members of the Irish Volunteers — led by schoolteacher and barrister Pádraig ( Patrick ) Pearse, joined by the smaller Irish Citizen Army of James Connolly, along with 200 members of Cumann na mBan — seized key locations in Dublin and proclaimed the Irish Republic independent of Britain.
Members of municipal senates ( curiales or decuriones ) are charged with the responsibility of collecting taxes and paying arrears ; smaller landowners are held responsible for providing recruits for the Roman army and with keeping wastelands under cultivation.
Members of two more language groups, the Coast Miwok from present Sonoma County and Patwin from present Napa and Solano counties, moved down to Mission San Jose in the 1812-1818 period, but in smaller numbers than the Yokuts.
Members also meet in smaller " field service groups ", often at private homes, prior to engaging in organized door-to-door preaching.
Members will also receive for wear on casual clothing a lapel pin, appearing as a smaller enamel Dogwood flower capped by a crown.
# Members may join together in smaller or larger groups on any basis of locality or subject.
Members will also receive for wear on casual clothing a lapel pin, appearing as a smaller version of the Medal of Merit.
Members also formed smaller groups, with different tasks in the community and the responsibility of looking after each other's welfare.
Members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ( NAIA ), a separate athletics governing body whose members are primarily smaller institutions, regularly play matches against NCAA teams.
Members of religious orders will often wear a " Brother's Collar " or " Brothers Collarette " which is very similar to a typical clerical collar, but revealing a noticeably smaller amount of the white band.
Members who participated for less than two years tended to still be taking medication and living below the poverty level with smaller social networks.
Members of the violin family are the easiest to identify in this way: with the violin corresponding to the soprano, the viola to the alto, violoncello to the tenor, and bass to the bass ranges of the human voice ( historically, the violin family was made in more than just these 4 sizes: there were originally several sizes of violas, as well as instruments smaller than the modern violin, for example ).

Members and chamber
As each House has the authority to expel its own members without involving the other chamber, expulsion has been the method used for removing Members of Congress.
Members of the larger chamber usually serve for terms of two years.
Members of the House of Lords, however their membership comes about, are members of a legislative chamber which is part of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
** In the United Kingdom: Members of Parliament who are not Privy Councillors of the United Kingdom when being referred to in the chamber of the House of Commons.
The king marched with his guards into the chamber of the House of Commons chamber only to find that the Five Members had fled.
The Senate does not originate most legislation ( although a small fraction of government bills are introduced in the Senate and Senators may introduce private members ' bills in the same way as MPs ) but acts as a chamber of revision almost always passing legislation approved by the House of Commons, made up of Members of Parliament ( MPs ) who are elected.
At the State Opening of Parliament, Members of Parliament were summoned from the nearby House of Commons chamber by Black Rod, a royal official who would " command the members on behalf of His Excellency to attend him in the chamber of peers ".
Most other factions, although against the move by these five Members, stayed in the chamber.
In that case the bells are rung throughout Parliament House summoning Senators or Members to the chamber.
Members of one of the two legislative chambers would be elected by the people ; members of that chamber would then elect the second chamber from nominations submitted by state legislatures.
The business of the Canadian House of Commons ground to a halt for three weeks because the Opposition refused to respond to the bell summoning Members of Parliament to come to the chamber to vote.
Members vote by inserting a plastic voting card, which doubles as a photo ID, into terminals located on the backs of seats in the House chamber.
Members of the General Assembly, regardless of chamber, serve two-year terms ; there are no term limits imposed on them.
Members are limited to serving no more than 8 years in either chamber but the term limit is consecutive not lifetime.
At the state opening of the Irish parliament Members of Parliament were summoned to the House of Lords from the House of Commons chamber by Black Rod, a royal official who would " command the members on behalf of His Excellency to attend him in the chamber of peers " Sessions were formally opened by the Speech from the Throne by the Lord Lieutenant, who sat on the throne beneath a canopy of crimson velvet.
Members of Parliament wept openly in the House chamber as they spoke of their memories of Greg Wilton and their grief about his departure.
Members of Parliament however are not obliged to be seated and can stand in the chamber ( but not at the seats, as this may be mistaken for the member seeking the call ).
Members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery surround politicians as they exit the chamber.
There was, for a time, a chamber ensemble drawn from the principal members, The English Concert Chamber Ensemble, which released a few recordings as ' Members of The English Concert ' or using their individual names.

Members and represent
The Parliament is currently composed of 754 Members of the European Parliament, who represent the second largest democratic electorate in the world ( after the Parliament of India ) and the largest trans-national democratic electorate in the world ( 375 million eligible voters in 2009 ).
Members are elected for four-year terms under an additional members system, where 40 AMs represent geographical constituencies elected by the plurality system, and 20 AMs from five electoral regions using the d ' Hondt method of proportional representation.
Members of the House of Commons are elected in general elections and by-elections to represent constituencies by the first-past-the-post system of election, and may remain Members until Parliament is dissolved, which must occur within five years of the last general election, as laid down in the Parliament Act 1911.
Members of the Congress of Deputies, as can be implied from its name, are called diputados ( deputies ), impliying that they are elected to act in the name and on behalf of the people they represent.
Members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame represent many of the world's great talents.
12 additional Members are also elected by the General Assembly into the Executive Committee and 5 further members are co-opted into the Executive Board in order to represent regions of the world or areas of expertise that were not part of the Executive Committee following the elections.
The second are agents, brokers, and other professionals who support the Members, underwrite the risks and represent outside customers ( for example, individuals and companies seeking insurance or insurance companies seeking reinsurance ).
The Rātana Independent Members of Parliament were the first to represent a political party in which most party members were Māori.
The words " Wisdom, Justice, Compassion, Integrity " are woven into thistles at the head of the mace to represent the aspirations of the Scottish people for the Members of their Parliament.
In 1624 a resolution was passed that Members of Parliament were given a trust to represent their constituencies and therefore were not at liberty to resign them.
The Scottish Parliament is a unicameral legislature comprising 129 Members, 73 of whom represent individual constituencies and are elected on a first past the post system ; 56 are elected in eight different electoral regions by the additional member system, serving for a four year period.
It will encourage, promote and develop the role and practice of the Paralegal and represent the best interests of its Members.
Annual Members ' Meetings elect the nearly 4000 delegates who represent the union in workplaces.
The townspeople instead elect Town Meeting Members by precinct to represent them and to vote on the issues for them much like a town council.
I am not all that keen on a coalition in Cardiff, but we are where we are, and we have to work in the current political climate for the benefit of the people whom we represent, whether we are Members of Parliament, Assembly Members or members of local authorities ".
# To have Members of Parliament who will, with the right of a free vote, represent the interests of their constituents as long as that vote is not in contradiction to the general philosophy of the Party.
Members of the Scouting Movement wear scarfs as part of their uniform, with different colours and logos to represent their scout group.
Louis Kahn designed the entire Jatiyo Sangsad complex, which includes lawns, lake and residences for the Members of the Parliament ( MPs ). The architect ’ s key design philosophy was to represent Bangladeshi culture and heritage, while at the same time optimizing the use of space.
Members of this genus represent no interest to commercial fisheries.
Members of the MSS represent all academic disciplines across campus, and historically has been open to all students via audition.
It should be noted however that although Members of the Commission are allocated between member-states they do not represent their states ; instead they are supposed to act in European interests.
Members nearly always represent one of the three main political parties of the province, the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, Liberal Party of Nova Scotia, and Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.

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