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RULE IV
DUTIES OF THE CLERKS
Section 1. The Chief Clerk shall
have general charge and supervision,
under the direction of the Speaker
and the Administrative Officer, over
the general secretarial and clerical
work of the House. He shall attest
all Writs, Warrants and Subpoenas
issued by order of the House, and
shall certify to the passage of bills
and resolutions, noting thereon the
date of their passage and the vote
by which they were passed, if by
record vote. He shall also note on
the originals of bills and resolutions
all pertinent information regarding
the action thereon by the House.
Section 2. The Chief Clerk shall
issue all warrants and vouchers of
whatever character, except warrants
or vouchers issued by the Committee
on House Administration, and he
shall keep accurate accounts with all
members and employees of the House.
Section 3. The Chief Clerk shall
provide each member, officer and
employee of the House with an
identification card, which shall be
signed by the Speaker and the Chief
Clerk, showing membership or service
in the House of Representatives. For
members, such cards shall show the
name of the member and the years of
the current biennium for which he
was elected. The cost of the cards
shall be paid out of the Contingent
Expense Fund of the House.
Section 4. The Chief Clerk shall
number in their order of filing, with
a separate sequence for each, all bills,
joint resolutions, concurrent resolu-
tions, and simple resolutions.
Section 5. All petitions presented
by members of the House shall be
filed with the Chief Clerk, and re-
ferred by the Speaker to the com-
mittee considering the question to
which they relate.
Section 6. All messages from the
House to the Senate shall be trans-
mitted by the Chief Clerk, or his rep-
resentative, over the signature of the
Chief Clerk.
Section 7. The Chief Clerk shall

transmit to the Senate typewritten
copies of all amendments to Senate
bills exactly as adopted by the House.
In case an amendment as substituted
is adopted, the Chief Clerk shall trans-
mit the substitute as an original
amendment.
Section 8. The Chief Clerk shall
notify the Speaker in writing when
the Senate refuses to concur in House
amendments to a bill or resolution
and asks for a conference committee.
Such notice shall contain a list of the
names of the Senate conferees.
Section 9. Reports of select com-
mittees shall be filed with the Chief
Clerk and printed in the Journal or
otherwise made available to mem-
bers of the House as directed by the
Speaker. Reports of Standing Com-
mittees shall be listed in the Journal.
Section 10. On the day the Chief
Clerk numbers a bill relating to a
conservation and reclamation district
created under Section 59 of Article
16, Constitution of Texas, he shall
send two copies of the bill, with two
copies of the notice of intention to
introduce the bill, to the Governor,
if the bill is one to:
(1) Create a particular conserva-
tion and reclamation district; or
(2) Amend the act of a particular
conservation and reclamation district
to:
(a) Add additional land to the Dist-
rict; or
(b) Alter the taxing authority of
the District; or
(c) Alter the authority of the Dist-
rict with respect to issuing bonds;
or
(d) Alter the qualifications or
terms of office of the members of
the governing body of the District.
Section 11. Not later than thirty
days after the close of each session,
each of the various clerks of the
House, except the Journal Clerk, shall
file with the Chief Clerk all reports,
records, bills, papers, and other docu-
ments remaining in their hands, and
all such material shall in turn be
filed by the Chief Clerk with the
Secretary of State, unless otherwise
provided by law or dictated by cus-
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