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2007 Minnesota Statutes
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3.05 ORGANIZATION.
At noon of the day appointed for convening the legislature, the members shall meet in their
respective chambers. The lieutenant governor shall call the senate to order and the secretary of
state, the house of representatives. In the absence of either officer, the oldest member present shall
act in the officer's place. The person so acting shall appoint, from the members present, a clerk pro
tem, who shall call the legislative districts in the order of their numbers. As each is called, the
persons claiming to be members from each shall present their certificates to be filed. All whose
certificates are so presented shall then stand and be sworn.
History: (28) RL s 13; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
At noon of the day appointed for convening the legislature, the members shall meet in their
respective chambers. The lieutenant governor shall call the senate to order and the secretary of
state, the house of representatives. In the absence of either officer, the oldest member present shall
act in the officer's place. The person so acting shall appoint, from the members present, a clerk pro
tem, who shall call the legislative districts in the order of their numbers. As each is called, the
persons claiming to be members from each shall present their certificates to be filed. All whose
certificates are so presented shall then stand and be sworn.
History: (28) RL s 13; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
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