Ala. Code § 29-1-16
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Section 29-1-16 Papers and Documents of Legislature - How Filed and Arranged
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(a) The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives must, within 10 days after the adjournment of each session, assort all papers and documents of their respective houses relating to the unfinished business of the session and arrange them in files, as follows:
(1) All petitions, with the accompanying documents, shall be arranged and filed in alphabetical order, tied up in convenient packages with a label on each showing the character of the documents and the session to which they relate.
(2) All bills rejected on the third reading must be arranged, filed and labeled in like order; also bills which were not reported favorably from a standing committee; the labels in each case showing the disposition of the bills.
(3) All communications from the Governor, Auditor, Director of the Department of Finance, Treasurer or other officer or person, which have been received during the session, and not entered at length on the journals, must be arranged, filed and labeled in separate packages, showing from what department, officer or person the same were received.
(4) Special reports from standing and select committees must be arranged, filed and labeled in like manner.
(b) Any other papers or documents, not included under any of the foregoing heads, must be arranged, filed and labeled as miscellaneous papers, the labels showing the session to which they belong and, as near as practicable, the character of the papers; and, in every instance, to which house of the Legislature they belong.
(1) All petitions, with the accompanying documents, shall be arranged and filed in alphabetical order, tied up in convenient packages with a label on each showing the character of the documents and the session to which they relate.
(2) All bills rejected on the third reading must be arranged, filed and labeled in like order; also bills which were not reported favorably from a standing committee; the labels in each case showing the disposition of the bills.
(3) All communications from the Governor, Auditor, Director of the Department of Finance, Treasurer or other officer or person, which have been received during the session, and not entered at length on the journals, must be arranged, filed and labeled in separate packages, showing from what department, officer or person the same were received.
(4) Special reports from standing and select committees must be arranged, filed and labeled in like manner.
(b) Any other papers or documents, not included under any of the foregoing heads, must be arranged, filed and labeled as miscellaneous papers, the labels showing the session to which they belong and, as near as practicable, the character of the papers; and, in every instance, to which house of the Legislature they belong.
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