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GENERAL RULES,
Rules defining the several duties of the Secretaries, Clerics, Offi-
cers and Employees of the Convention.
GENERAL RULES.
1st. All Clerks, Officers and Employees shall be prompt in
their attendance at each opening of the Convention, and shall
remain at their several posts during the entire sitting of the
Convention, ready to render any service in accordance with their
several duties.
2d. No Clerk, Officer or Employee shall be absent at any
time during the sittings of the Convention, unless by permission
of the President, nor absent himself from the service of the
Convention unless by permission asked (in writing) and
obtained from the Convention during its sitting.
3d. Upon proper information and just complaint, the Presi-
dent is authorized to suspend any Clerk, Officer or Employee,
and shall report the fact to the Convention at its then or next
sitting.
THE SECRETARY
Shall keep a correct record of the proceedings and the busi-
ness of the Convention, and shall have the same printed in
Journal form.
Shall (under Rule 4th) submit a proof copy of the same to
the President for examination and correction.
Shall (under Rule 2d) read to the Convention the Journal
of Proceedings.
Shall (under Rule 18th) arrange every morning all Resolu-
tions which have been read once and are entitled to a second
reading, all Reports and other matter which have been read
once or twice, and are entitled to a second or third reading,
and place the same agreeably to seniority, on the Presidents
table.
Shall certify and endorse with the date all Orders, Resolu-
tions, Reports, or matter which has passed the Convention.
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Shall call the roll each day at the opening of the Conven-
tion, read all Orders, Resolutions, Reports, and other matter
when handed him by the President.
THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS
Shall attend the Convention during its sittings, to aid in
the enforcement of order, under the direction of the President,
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