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in article 189, be entitled to vote only in the first instance onsuch resolution or on any other matter during such proceedingsbut not in the case of an equality of votes.Article 186 Salaries and allowances of the Speaker and DeputySpeaker and the Chairman and Deputy ChairmanThere shall be paid to the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker ofthe Legislative Assembly, and to the Chairman and the DeputyChairman of the Legislative Council, such salaries andallowances as may be respectively fixed by the Legislature ofthe State by law and, until provision in that behalf is so made,such salaries and allowances as are allowances as arespecified in the Second Schedule.Article 187 Secretariat of State Legislature(1) The House or each House of the Legislature of a state shallhave a separate secretarial staff:Provided that nothing in this clause shall, in the case of theLegislature of a State having a Legislative Council, beconstrued as preventing the creation of posts common to bothHouses of such Legislature.(2) The Legislature of a State may by law regulate therecruitment, and the conditions of service of persons appointed,to the secretarial staff of the House or Houses of theLegislature of the State.(3) Until provisions made by the Legislature of the State underclause (2), the Governor may, after consultation with theSpeaker of the Legislative Assembly or the Chairman of theLegislative Council, as the case may be, make rules regulatingthe recruitment, and the conditions of service of personsappointed, to the secretarial staff of the Assembly or theCouncil, and any rules so made shall have effect subject to theprovisions of any law made under the said clause.Article 188 Oath or affirmation by membersEvery member of the Legislative Assembly or the LegislativeCouncil of a State shall, before taking his seat, make andsubscribe before the Governor, or some person appointed inthat behalf by him, an oath or affirmation according to the formset out for the purpose in the Third Schedule.Article 189 Voting in Houses, power of Houses to actnotwithstanding vacancies and quorum(1) Save as otherwise provided in this Constitution, allquestions at any sitting of a House of the Legislature of a Stateshall be determined by a majority of votes of the memberspresent and voting, other than the Speaker of Chairman, orperson acting as such.The Speaker or Chairman, or person acting as such, shall notvote in the first instance, but shall have and exercise a castingvote in the case of an equality of votes.(2) A House of the Legislature of a State shall have power toact notwithstanding any vacancy in the membership thereof,and any proceedings in the Legislature of a State shall be validnotwithstanding that it is discovered subsequently that someperson who was not entitled so to do sat or voted or otherwise