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13.] XXVII. A Secretary, a Recording and Enrolling Clerk shall be appointed by ballot, to hold their places during the pleasure of the Council. They shall take an oath for the true and faithful discharge of their respective duties in office. The Secretary shall keep a correct journal of the daily proceedings, and perform such other duties as shall appertain to him as Secretary. He shall let no journal, records, accounts or papers, be taken from the table or out of his custody, other than by the regular mode of business of the Council; and if any papers in his charge shall be missing, he shall make report to the President, that it may be inquired into. It shall be the duty of the recording clerk, to record the journal of proceedings agreeably to the original furnished him by the Secretary. It shall be the duty of the enrolling clerk to transcribe, copy, and enrol bills. The secretary and clerks, in the discharge of their duties, shall be subject to the direction of the President or Council.

XXVIII. A Sergeant-at-arms, Doorkeeper, Messenger and assistant Messenger shall be appointed by ballot to hold their offices during the pleasure of the Council, whose duty it shall be to attend the Council during its sitting and to execute the commands of the President and Council from time to time. They shall take an oath, truly and faithfully to discharge their respective duties in office.

XXIX. When a message shall be sent from the Governor to the Council, it shall be communicated to the chair, by the person by whom it may be sent.

XXX. No person shall be elected to any office created by these rules, unless he shall receive a majority of the whole number of votes given by the members of the Legislative Council.

XXXI. When nominations shall be made in writing by the Governor of the Territory, to the Council, a future day shall be assigned, unless the Council unanimously direct otherwise, for taking them into consideration.

XXXII. It shall be the duty of the members and officers of the Council to keep all information or remarks, touching or concerning the character or qualifications of any person nominated by the Governor to office, inviolably secret; also the proceedings and business of the Council when in executive session.

XXXIII. Before acting on confidential or executive business, the Council shall be cleared, by direction of the President, of all persons except the Secretary and Sergeant-at-arms.

XXXIV. The proceedings of the Council, when they shall act in their executive capacity, shall be kept in separate and distinct books, and no part of the executive Journal shall be published but by special order.

XXXV. No member or officer of the Council shall be permitted to read the newspapers within the bar of the Council, while the Council is in session.