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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 281 Joint Assembly to receive the Governor and other distinguished guests.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, January 28, 2012 Agreed to by the Senate, January 28, 2012

 

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly shall meet this day at 2:30 p.m. in a joint commemorative session to receive the Governor of Virginia and other distinguished guests, and that the rules for the government of the House of Delegates and the Senate, when convened in joint assembly for such purpose, shall be as follows:

1. At the hour fixed for the meeting of the Joint Assembly, the Senators, accompanied by the President and the Clerk of the Senate, shall proceed to the Hall of the House of Burgesses and shall be received by the Delegates standing. Appropriate seats shall be assigned to the Senators. The Speaker of the House of Delegates shall assign an appropriate seat for the President of the Senate.

2. The Speaker of the House of Delegates shall be President of the Joint Assembly. In case it shall be necessary for the Speaker to vacate the Chair, his place shall be taken by the President of the Senate, or, in his absence, by such member of the Joint Assembly as the President of the Joint Assembly may designate.

3. The Clerk of the House of Delegates shall be Clerk of the Joint Assembly and shall be assisted by the Clerk of the Senate. The Clerk of the Joint Assembly shall enter the proceedings of the Joint Assembly in the Journal of the House and shall certify a copy of the same to the Clerk of the Senate, who shall enter the same in the Journal of the Senate.

4. The Rules of the House of Delegates, as far as applicable, shall be the rules of the Joint Assembly.

5. In calling the roll of the Joint Assembly, the names of the Senators shall be called in alphabetical order, then the names of the Delegates in like order, except that the name of the Speaker of the House shall be called last.

6. When the Joint Assembly adjourns, the Senators, accompanied by the President and the Clerk of the Senate, shall return to their chamber, and the business of the House shall be continued in the same order as at the time of the entrance of the Senators.