San Juan Record | 1937-05-20 | Page 12 | Congress' First Sitting

CONGRESS FIRST SITTING T IP HERE were two reasons why L the constitution framers provided for such a long lapse of time between election of a congress and its first sitting the chief reason was that the framers believed it unwise to have legislators take office soon after election because of the danger of hasty action it was felt that time should be allowed for the heat of the contest to cool the secondary reason was that considerable sid erable time was required tor for members to travel from distant parts