PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE LEGISLATURE, UNDER DIRECTION OF EDWARD M. JOHNSON, CLERK OF THE ASSEMBLY, 1872, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880 AND 1881. ALBANY: WEED, PARSONS & COMPANY PRINTERS. 1882. R PREFACE. The Clerk's Manual was first issued in 1855, by Hon. Richard U. Sherman, who had been Clerk of the House for five consecutive years. Under resolution it has been continued from year to year. The changes made from time to time in the rules of the House and Senate, also the change in the Constitution of the State in reference to the pay of members and in the law relative to the manner of payment, as well as the recent legislation in regard to the Clerk's department, all combined, have rendered necessary an entire revision of this work, to adapt it to the present condition of affairs. It contains an explanation of the mode of organizing the Assembly, the number and duties of the officers, the compensation of members and officers, and how they can draw the same; a form for the guidance of members in the transaction of the business of the House; the joint rules of the two Houses; the rules of the Senate and Assembly of the last session; also, Croswell's Manual. By direction of the Assembly of 1877 I have, with the assistance of Hon. J. W. Husted, ex-Speaker of the Assembly, prepared an "Appendix" to the Clerk's Manual, which contains a compilation of parliamentary law, as found in the works issued by the very best parliamentarians in this country, to which your attention is respectfully invited. It will be found that where authorities bear upon the rules of the Senate or Assembly, it is so indicated by reference to the "Appendix " under the appropriate heading. EDWARD M. JOHNSON, Clerk of the Assembly. ALBANY, December, 1881. |