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WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK.


                 A BOOK FOR ENROLLED BILLS TO BE KEPT BY EACH HOUSE.
   21. -It shall be the duty of the Chief Clerk of each House to keep a Senate
and Assem-
 bly book of enrolled bills in which shall be accurately minuted the exact
time at which each
 bill or resolution (indicating it by its number) was presented to the presiding
officer of each
 House for signature, and to the Governor for his approval. Such books shall
always be
 open for inspection, and shallhbe deposited with the Secretary of State,
to be preserved by
 him, at the close of the session. The books shall be substantially in the
following form:

                 SENATE BILLS PRESENTED FOR SIGNATURE AND APPROVAL.


                     Presented to Presi-                         Presented
to Gover-
                           dent.          Presented to Speaker.
                                                                        
nor.
    No. of Bill.
                     Date.      Hour.       Date.      Hour.      Date. 
    Hour.

     No. 1, S.      Feb. 14.    9, A. H.   Feb. 15.   10, A. M.  Feb. 15.
 2, P. m.

  And a like book for bills originating in the Assembly shall be kept by
the Chief Clerk
thereof.
                                     Of Claims.
                               ACCOUNTS TO BE VERIFIED.
  22.--No account presented shallhbe acted upon, unless verified by affidavit
of the person
in whose favor the same may be.
                     ALL PAPERS CLAIMING HONEY TO BE PRESERVED.
      .-All petitions, claims, bills, accounts, or demands asking for an
appropriation of
money, shall be preserved by the committee to whom the same may be referred
; and such
committee shall indorse on every such petition, claim, bill, account or demand,
whether
they report in favor of allowing or disallowing the same; and if in favor
of allowing a part
thereof, only-, then the sum so reported. After such committee shall have
reported upon
the same, such petition, claim, bill, account or demand, and every one of
them shall be
delivered to the Chief Clerk of the House to which the same was first presented,
to be filed
by such clerk, and delivered, at the close of the session, to the Secretary
of State.

                              CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES.
  23.--In Joint Committees, standing or select, the chairman of the Senate
Committee
shall be chairman of the Joint Committee.

                                 Joint Convention.
  24.--Whenever there shall be a Joint Convention of the two Houses, the
proceedings
shall be entered at length upon the journal of each House. The Lieutenant-Governor
or
President of the Senate shall preside over such Joint Convention, and the
Chief Clerk of the
Assembly shall act as Clerk thereof, assisted by the Chief Clerk of the Senate;
provided,
that the Lieutenant-Governor shall not act in said convention except as the
presiding officer,
and in no case shall have the right to give the casting vote.
                           CHANGING OR SUSPENDING RULES.
  25.--No joint rules of the two Houses shall be repealed, amended or suspended,
except
by a vote of at least two-thirds of each House.
  26.-The rules of parliamentary practice, comprised in Jefferson's Manual,
shall govern
the Joint Convention of the Senate and Assembly in all cases to which they
are applicable,
and in which they are not inconsistent with these rules and orders of the
Senate and
Assembly.
                                    ADJOURNMENT.
  27.--Neither House shall adjourn during any session thereof, without the
consent of the
5ther, for a longer period than three days.