Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-06-04
[published MAY 3. 1871
PSI. S. /


CHAPTER476
AN ACT to prescribe the number and duties of
the legislative employees fixing their c0mpensa.
ton and providing for the printing OF all
bills memorials Joint resolutions and the
journals of each house,
The people OF the state Of Wisconsin represented
in senate and assembly do enact as follows.
Section |. The officers of the senate other
| than the president eX of1cio and president pro
tempore, shall be one chief clerk. one assistant
clerk. one journal clerk, one boOkkeeper two
clerk, one enrolling clerk, ore custodian of the
enrolling room. one clerk of the judiciary com.
mittee, one clerk OF the joint committee ON
claims, one printing page, one sergeant
alarms one assistant sergeant t-arms one post
master, one assistant postmaster one document
clerk, one document room attendant, four door
keepers, one gallery attendant who shall act as
committee room attendant two attendants one
| janitor, one custodian for committee rooms one
| night Waterman and nine messengers. The OF.
| tlcers OF the assembly, other than the speaker,
shall be chief clerk, one assistant chief clerk
/ one journal clerk. one assistant journal clerk,
/ one bookkeeper, one assistant hookkeeper, two
proof readers. two copy holders, one index clerk,
one stationery clerk, one enrolling clerk, one
custodian of the enrolling room one clerk Of the
judiciary committee one printing page, one ser
geant alarms one assistant sergeant at arms
| one postmaster, one assistant postmaster four
/ door keepers, two gallery attendants who shall
act as committee room atteudt nts one general
attendant tor the assembly chamber who shall
| act as policeman one document clerk one doeu-
ment room attendant, one porter who shall act
| as Mushroom attendant one night Waterman,
two custodians for committee rooms and eleven
| messengers. After the legislature has been in
session thirty days the chief clerks of the senate
| and assembly may.amploy two COMMUNICATIVE
one assistant index clerk one assistant enrolling
clerk, one ruling clerk one proof reader one
copy hOlder,and thecommtteeson engrossed and
enrolled bills OF the senate and assembly and
/ the committee on bills on the third reading in
the assemblyshali have power 10 appoint aelerk,
| should the good OF the service demand It The
chief clerks of the senate and assemblys
| hall appoint their OWE assistants for
! cause or for the cessation of the work
which made their employment necessary. aud
/ upon extraordinary occasions there may be en-.
| pioyed in each house in addition TO those named
not to exceed four general clerks The chief
clerks OF the senate and assembly may also en-
/ ploy such coutsts rs the proper and expeditions
| transaction OF the business OF their departments
may require. Additional clerks for committees
may be employed upon extraordinary occasions
therefor, but then only upon joint resolutions OF
4 the two houses. The messengers may be assigned
! for attendance upon committees when necessary.
! The sergeant at. arms of each house shall an
! point and have full charge of the employees IN
! his department aud shall have iull authority to
discharge any employees who are found unquali-
| fled and unfit for the service assigned to Them,
ana employ competent persons III their place
Section The chief clerks OF the senate and
assembly shall receive salary of eight bund rcd
dollars each for every regular session
and ten dollars per diem for each special session
and fifty dollars for opening each session which
| shall be in full for ali services rendered The
| other officers and employees shall receive
/ pay per diem as follows The
| keeper. assistant bookkeeper aud sergeants-
alarms five dollars each The index clerks
pro0ireaders, enrolling clerks, the assistant ser
| geant'at-arms, posimaste rs, document-roOm
clerks clerk Of j0iut committees on Chains and
clerks of judiciary committees Of each house.
| four dollars each, all other committee clerks.
! three dollars and fifty ceuts eachthe messengers
| two dollars each, all other clerks and employee
| three dollars each. The copysts shall be paid
one dollar per day from the date OF their en-
| plOyment, and fifteen cents per folio for en-.
rolling and ten cents per "folie" for other COPY
ing the term folio meaning one hundred
words full count and only on accepted work,
the compensation OF such clerks or employees to
date from the time that they prescribe TO the
oath of flee and enter upon the discharge OF
their duties such oath Of office TO be filed with
the secretary Of state
eection 3. All bills memo rials, Joint resolu
tions and the Journals of the two houses shall
be printed 10y the state printer. The proof read
ers shall carefully read the proof of all bills
memorials and JOINT resolutions before they are
finally printed When such proof Is read and
revised, the state printer shah furnish two hun
dred and fifty copies OF each, in form aud size
as is now provided by law. Que copy OF such
bill memorial and joint resolution. shall be
folded and endorsed on the back and referred to
the appropriate committee with the original
bill. memorial or Joint resolution. N an amend
ment shall be made 10 the bill, memorial or Joint
resolution. 1t shall be carefully inserted By the
proof readers with pen and ink with fun en-.
whenever any such printed copy OF any bill
memorial or joint resolution, shall be 10 fair and
legible form, II shall be reported back as the EN-
crossed bill. The state printer shall furnish the
senate and assembly with TWO hundred and Il fly
proO,-sheets of the proceedings of each house
printed on tinted PRINT paper for examination
and correction, and after the proof has been
carefully read aud ali errors eliminated five
hundred copies Of the journals shall be printed
OF size and torn as now prescribed by law Of
which ten copies shall be upon bond paper lie
shall also PRINT on good book paper and bind tn
halt binding, with sheep backs and corners five
hundred copies Of the journals Of each house Of
the legislature as now prescribed by law five OF
the copies printed Oh bond paper as aforesaid
shall be furnished 70 the chefclerk OF the senate
AID FIVE copies 70 the chief clerk OF the assembly
who shall preserve them until the close Of the
session. After the index shall have been COM /
pleted the CHIEF clerk OF the senate ana chief
CLERK 81 She assembly shall each cause one copy
Of the journal and index Of the house OF which |
he Is such officer printed On bond papcr 70 be
bound and letttrsd properly and shall attach |
thereto ms certificate ln writing that the same
lz the journal OF such house and snail deliver The
same 70 the secretary Of state. to be de- /
posted in lis Office. which printed Journals |
shall be the official records of the legislature. |
The compensation ii the state printer for the |
printing Of bills memorials joint resolutions |
aud the journals shall be as now provided by |