Section 4.44 - Clerk to preside pending election of speaker; roll call. - Michigan Statutes

ORGANIZATION OF LEGISLATURE (EXCERPT)
Act 67 of 1877

4.44 Clerk to preside pending election of speaker; roll call.

Sec. 4.

It shall be the duty of the clerk of the next preceding house of representatives to call to order and preside over the house until a speaker, or speaker pro tempore, is elected, and he shall act as clerk of the house until his successor is elected; and in calling the roll of the house before the permanent organization thereof for any purpose whatever, he shall call all the names appearing upon the list delivered to him by the secretary of state, as provided in the first section of this act and he shall not call any other or different names.

History: 1877, Act 67, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877 ;-- How. 45 ;-- CL 1897, 7 ;-- CL 1915, 7 ;-- CL 1929, 8 ;-- CL 1948, 4.44