WHEREAS the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly will be absent from the Legislative Assembly for the period August 15, 2013, to August 14, 2014;

AND WHEREAS Section 54. (1) of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act provides that the Clerk shall be appointed by the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories on the recommendation of the Board of Management approved by motion of the Legislative Assembly;

AND WHEREAS the Board of Management has recommended the appointment of an acting Clerk of the Legislative Assembly;

NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Monfwi, that Ms. Colette Langlois be appointed Acting Clerk of the Legislative Assembly for the period August 15, 2013, to August 14, 2014, by the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories as recommended by the Board of Management of the Legislative Assembly.