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Rh waiving their right to attend until the next session, and their alternates shall be summoned without delay.

If there shall be no quorum to organise either of the Houses or to continue their labours, once organised, the alternates shall be ordered to present themselves as soon as possible for the purpose of taking office until the expiration of the thirty days herein-before mentioned.

Art. 64. No Representative or Senator who shall fail to attend any daily session without proper cause or without previous permission of the respective House, shall be entitled to the compensation corresponding to the day on which he shall have been absent.

Art. 65. The Congress shall meet on the first day of September of each year in regular session for the consideration of the following matters:

I. To audit the accounts of the previous year which shall be submitted to the House of Representatives not later than ten days after the opening of the session. The audit shall not be confined to determining whether the expenditures do or do not conform with the respective items in the Budget, but shall comprise an examination of the exactness of, and authorisation for, payments made thereunder, and of any liability arising from such payments.

No other secret items shall be permitted than