3. To make out all certificates of per diem and mileage, ready for the signa ture of the Speaker and Clerk.

4. To prepare the message to be delivered to the other House, and when not otherwise occupied, to help the Journal Clerk in the performance of his duties.

THE ENGROSSING CLERK.-It is his special duty:

1. To engross all bills ordered to a third reading which the rules require to be engrossed, properly placing all amendments adopted prior to the order of their engrossment.

2. By the direction of the Chief or Journal Clerk to perform any necessary service appertaining to the duties of the other deputies.

THE ENROLLING CLERK.-It is his special duty:

To make clear, legible copies of all bills which have been concurred in, without erasure or interlineations.

GENERAL REGULATIONS.

1. Each deputy when not occupied in the performance of his own special duties, is to render such assistance to the Clerk and his associate deputies as may be in his power, or as the pressure of duties in a particular department may render necessary.

2. The deputies are expected to notify the Chief Clerk of any interference with their duties, and of all improper approaches or requests made to them by any person. They are not to exhibit to any person any bill or other document in their possession without leave of the Chief Clerk.

Perfect courtesy must at all times be maintained toward members, reporters, associate deputies, and all who have business to transact with the department, but interference with legislation cannot be allowed under any circumstances.

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS.-This officer is executive officer of the House. He has charge of the Post Office and other appurtenant conveniences of the Assembly. He controls the police regulations, attends to the warming of the chambers, serves the subpoenas and warrants of the Assembly, announces messages from the Governor and from the Senate, provides rooms for committees, receives from the Superintendent of Public Property all public documents ordered or coming in due course, and distributes the same through the Post Office, or otherwise, to meto bers and officers entitled thereto, and keeps the pay roll of the employes in his department. He is to organize his department with such system that each of his subordinates shall know his precise duties, and he is to see that each performs his duty promptly, thoroughly and courteously. He is required to keep the chamber open from 8 o'clock A. M. to 11 o'clock P. M.

He should have the printed bills and other documents in his possession so classified and arranged that he can at once answer any call upon him for them. His assistant assists him generally in the discharge of his duties, and takes his place when he is absent.

The POSTMASTER attends to the receipt and delivery of all mail matter coming to members and officers of the Assembly. Each member has a box in the Post Office of the Assembly corresponding with the number of his seat, in which his mail matter is deposited, and the Postmaster must, by himself or assistant, be at his post from 8 o'clock A. M., until 10 o'clock P. M., and until the adjourn ment of the Assembly for the day. He receives and forwards all mail matter deposited in his office by members or officers, in time to be mailed from the Mad ison Post Office. He is to prominently post in the cloak and hat room (which is the members' side of the Post Office), a notice of the hours of closing the Assembly mails. He is entitled to the exclusive use of the Post Office, and no one ought to be admitted thereto except the Sergeant-at-Arms and the Speaker.

The ASSISTANT POSTMASTER brings the mail to and from the Madison Post Office, and assists the Postmaster generally in his duties.

The DOORKEEPERS attend to the principal door; open and close it for the entry and exit of all persons; maintain order in the lobby and vestibule; see that visitors are seated and that the regulations of the House in their departments are strictly enforced.

The assistant sergeant-at-arms, postmaster, porter, watchman, doorkeepers, and gallery, committee-room and washroom attendants are appointed by the Sergeant-at-Arms, and are responsible to him.

DUTIES OF MESSENGERS.

1. To be in attendance from 8 o'clock A. M. until 10 o'clock P. M. every day (Sunday excepted), whether the Assembly is in session or not.

2. To receive the journals and printed bills from the Sergeant-at-Arms, and arrange them in order on the file of each member.

3. Not to leave the Chamber during the morning hour, or absent themselves from the session of the House during an entire day, except upon leave of the Speaker, Clerk or Sergeant-at-Arms.

4. During the morning hour to take the positions assigned to them by the Clerk, and, standing up, so as to see and be seen, hold themselves in readiness to bring all bills, resolutions, etc., from the several members to the Clerk when presented.

5. After the expiration of the morning hour, when not engaged in filing bills, etc., for the members they have in charge, to answer promptly any call, and render assistance to any member requiring it.

6. To refrain from throwing any paper balls, darts, or other missiles; to move lightly across the chamber and demean themselves respectfully towards every member and officer of the House.

Process of Passing Bills.

Some diversity of practice exists herein, but the ordinary method in the Assembly, as an illustration, is as follows:

A member having prepared a bill and endorsed the title thereof, together with his name upon the back of it, rises to his feet, at such time as the introduction of bills is under order and says: "Mr. Speaker:" If recognized the Speaker responds: "The gentleman from The member announces : "I ask leave to introduce a bill." The bill is then sent to the Chief Clerk by a messenger. The Clerk then reads the title of the bill and the Speaker announces : "First reading of the bill."

The Clerk again reads the bill by its title, and the Speaker announces : "Second reading of the bill.” And refers the same to some standing or select com mittee, as seems to him appropriate, unless special reference is made by request of the member introducing the bill. The bill is, in due course of time, reported back to the Assembly by the committee, when it is placed in the order: "Bills ready for engrossment and third reading." Under this order of business, the question put by the Speaker is as follows: "Shall this bill be engrossed and read a third time?" If decided affirmatively, the bill is sent by the Chief Clerk tc the Engrossing Clerk for engrossment. When correctly engrossed and compared by the Comparing Clerks, it is delivered by the Engrossing Clerk to the committee on Engrossed Bills, who compare the engrossed bill with the original bill and amendments, if any, and cause any errors which they may find to be corrected. When found correct, or made so, the committee report them to the House as correctly engrossed, and then referred to the committee on Bills on their Third Reading and when reported by that committee the original is filed with the Chief Clerk, and the engrossed bill goes into the order of "Bills ready for a third reading." When under this order of business, the bill, unless it appropriates money, is read by its title; if it appropriates money, at length, when the Speaker says as follows:

"This bill having been read three several times, the question is, shall the bil pass?" If the bill passes. it is taken to the Senate with a message announcing its passage by the Assembly, and asking the concurrence of the Senate therein If the Senate concurs the bill is returned to the Assembly and is sent to the En rolling Clerk, who makes a copy thereof, as is elsewhere described. When en rolled it goes to the committee on Enrolled Bills, who compare it with the en grossed bill. When found or made correct, they report the bill to the Assembly as correctly enrolled. The engrossed bill is filed with the Chief Clerk. The en rolled bill is then endorsed by the Chief Clerk, as having originated in the As sembly, for the information of the Governor, in case he vetoes it; then it is signed by the Speaker and sent to the President of the Senate for his signature thereto. It is then sent by the Chief Clerk of the Assembly to the Governor for his approval. The Governor, if he approves the bill, informs the House in which it originated of the fact and that he has deposited it with the Secretary of State. If he vetoes the bill, information of the fact is given to the House in like man ner, whereupon, the question shall be, "Shall the bill pass, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" The vote shall be taken by ayes and noes, and shall be lost, unless two-thirds of the members present vote in favor of the pass age of the bill, over the Governor's veto. Concurrence of the Senate by a twothirds majority of the Senators present is necessary.

This is the ordinary process of a bill through all of its stages until it becomes a law.

A bill of great interest or importance, or one which is warmly contested, may, by reason of majority or minority reports, special orders, re-commitments, amendments, substitutes, committees of conference, and various other parliamentary process, pass through a vast variety of stages not before enumerated.

Senate bills going into the Assembly, after passing the Senate, are read twice by title and then referred to the appropriate committee. After being reported to the House by the committee, the question shall be: "Shall this bill be ordered to a third reading?" unless there be an amendment offered to the same, which shall be acted upon before the bill is ordered to a third reading. If it is decided affirmatively and the bill passes in the order of "Bills on third reading," and when read in that order, the question is, "shall the bill be concurred in?" If con curred in, the bill is returned to the Senate with a message informing it of that fact. If an amendment be adopted to a bill, the Senate is so informed by message, and the amendmeat transmitted with the bill to the Senate. The ques tion is, "Shall the Senate concur in the amendment adopted by the Assembly to the bill?

If it is desired to hasten the passage of a bill, it is done by motion as follows: I move to suspend all rules which will interfere with the immediate consideration of bill No. If this motion prevails, which requires an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members present, the question will be put on passage of the bill, and if passed, will go at once to the Senate.

or general laws, designating the same, and also the subject, object or purpose of the section of the chapter repealed; and in the body of every bill, the full title of the act repealed, shall be recited at length).