DUTIES.
Q. What are some of the duties of the members of the assembly?
I. To take the oath of office. Art. XII., Sec. I Const.
II. To organize by electing their presiding officer, who is called
the speaker; and who must be one of their number.
III. To elect also the other officers, viz: a Clerk, Sergeant-at-
Arms, Door-Keeper, and two assistant Door-Keepers; persons not
members of their body.
IV. To have co-ordinate jurisdiction with the Senate in the
enactment of laws.
V. To prefer charges against officers for misconduct in office;
which is called impeachment.
ORGANIZATION.
Q. Who calls the Assembly to order for the purpose of
organization?
A. The Clerk of the last Assembly.
Q. Who furnishes the Clerk with an official list of the members
elect?
A. The Secretary of State
Q. By whom is the oath of office administered?
A Usually by the Secretary of State. The oath may, however, be
taken previously, before any Justice of the Supreme Court,
Attorney-General, the Lieutenant Governor, any Judge of a County
Court, the Mayor or Recorder of any city, or the Clerk of any
county or Court of Record. The oath whenever taken must be duly
subscribed, certified, and filed in the office of the Secretary of
State. Members who are absent at the organization, may be sworn by
the Speaker, if they have not previously taken the oath.
Q. By whom are the other officers appointed?
A.
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