All costs and expenses of proceedings, including the necessary expenses of any officer in executing any writ or process of either house or of a joint meeting, and all witness fees, shall be paid:

(1) By the party charged, if so adjudged, and payment may be enforced by execution; or

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 21.220

  • Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
  • Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

(2) Out of the contingent fund of the house in which the proceedings are held; or

(3) In case of a joint meeting out of the contingent funds of both houses as the houses by concurrent resolution provide.

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