The deputies are expected to notify the clerk of any interference by members or others with their duties, and of all improper approaches or requests made to them by any person. They are not to exhibit to any person any bill or other document in their possession without leave of the clerk.
Perfect courtesy must at all times be maintained towards members, reporters, associate deputies, and all who have business to transact with the department; but interference with legislation cannot be allowed under any circumstances.
_To Members, Officers and Reporters_--It is especially requested that no member, officer or reporter will interrupt the assistant clerk while engaged in keeping the journal. “No journal, record, account or paper,” of any kind may be taken from the desk, unless by express permission of the clerk.
_Sergeant-at-Arms_--This officer is the executive officer of the House. He has charge of the chambers and appurtenant conveniences of the House. He controls the police regulations, attends to the warming of the chambers, serves the subpœnas and warrants of the House, announces messages from the Governor and from the Senate, provides rooms for committees, receives from the Secretary of State all public documents ordered or coming in due course, and distributes the same through the post-office, or otherwise, to members and officers entitled thereto. He is to organize his department with such system that each of his subordinates shall know his precise duties, and he is to see that each performs his duty promptly, thoroughly and courteously. He is required to keep the chamber open from 8 o’clock A. M. to 10 o’clock P. M.
He should have the printed bills and other documents in his possession so classified and arranged that he can at once answer any call upon him for them.
His assistant assists him generally in the discharge of his duties, and takes his place when he is absent.
_The Door Keeper_ attends to the principal door; opens and closes it for the entry and exit of all persons; maintains order in the lobby and vestibule; sees that visitors are seated, and that the regulations of the House, in his department, are strictly enforced.
_The Assistant Door Keepers_, each at their respective stations, are to discharge the same duties as the principal door keeper. They must be in attendance as well during the recess as the sessions of the House to keep out intruders and maintain order.