§ 45. Contents of printed volumes of session laws. The volumes of the session laws shall contain:

1. A statement of the names and residences of the governor, lieutenant-governor, senators and members of assembly, the presiding officers and the respective secretary or clerk of each house in office during each session.

2. The laws, and concurrent resolutions proposing amendments to the constitution of the state and concurrent resolutions proposing or ratifying amendments to the constitution of the United States, passed at each session.

3. Amendments to the state constitution, approved and ratified by the people at the last preceding general election.

4. Tables showing the laws and parts thereof amended or repealed by such laws.

5. Indexes of the laws and concurrent resolutions contained in such volumes.

6. Such other matters as are required by law to be contained in such volumes.

Such laws, concurrent resolutions, tables, indexes and other matters so required to be printed shall be prepared for printing under the direction of and by experienced persons employed by the temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly, who shall fix the compensation and approve necessary expenses of such employees within amounts appropriated therefor. Suitable references to existing general or consolidated laws, codes, or special or local laws may be made in footnotes or otherwise. Each volume printed for the state shall contain a certificate of the temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly that it was printed pursuant to the provisions of this section and section forty-four of this chapter and is in compliance with the provisions thereof.