The Senate and House of Representatives shall also, at the same time, each for itself elect a reading clerk and a sergeant at arms. Should a vacancy occur in the sergeant at arms while the General Assembly is not in session, the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House is authorized to appoint for their respective Houses a sergeant at arms until the convening of the next General Assembly. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 85, in the first sentence, substituted "reading clerk and a sergeant at arms" for "reading clerk, a sergeant at arms, and an assistant sergeant at arms"; and in the second sentence, deleted "or assistant sergeant at arms" following "sergeant at arms" in two places, and substituted "President of the Senate" for "Lieutenant Governor".
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