5-1-31 - Duties of secretary and clerk. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 5-1-31. Duties of secretary and clerk.
 

The secretary of the senate and clerk of the house of representatives shall keep a correct journal of the proceedings of their respective houses, and, on each day, shall read over the journal of the preceding day to their respective houses. They shall number, file and preserve in its proper order, each bill, resolution, memorial or other paper introduced in their respective houses, and carefully engross and enroll all bills, resolutions, memorials and other papers that may be ordered to be engrossed or enrolled. They shall promptly and faithfully discharge all the duties incident to their respective offices. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1857, ch. 5, art. 4; 1871, § 334; 1880, § 177; 1892, § 2659; 1906, § 3019; Hemingway's 1917, § 5407; 1930, § 5342; 1942, § 3339; Laws,  1931, ch. 7; Laws, 1983, ch. 329, § 2, eff from and after passage (approved March 9, 1983).