South Carolina Code 2-3-130. Appointment of other officers and employees of the Senate
(1) By the presiding officer of the Senate the secretary to the president, the secretary between sessions, the pages, the postmistress, a telephone page, three doorkeepers and a keeper of the president’s office;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 2-3-130
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
(2) By the clerk of the Senate an assistant clerk, the general desk clerks, the bill clerks, the journal clerks, the general committee clerks, the committee sergeant, the amendment clerks, the assistant amendment clerks, the attendants and the laborers;
(3) By the chairman of the finance committee two stenographers, a clerk and a keeper of the finance committee room;
(4) By the chairman of the judiciary committee the stenographers and a keeper of the judiciary committee room; and
(5) By the chairman of other committees the general committee stenographers as specified in the general appropriation bill.