Journal

A daily book; a book in which entries are made or events recorded from daytoday. In maritime law, the journal (otherwise called “log” or “log-book”’) is a book kept on every vessel, which contains a brief record of the eyents and occount of the weather, ete. In the system of double-entry book-keeping, the journal isa account-book into which are transcribed, daily or at other intervals, the items entered upon the day-book, for more convenient posting into the ledger. Inthe usage of legislative bodies, the journal is a daily record of th proceedings of either house. It is kept by the clerk, and in it are entered the appoint. ments and actions of committees, introduefion of bills, motions, votes, resolutions, ete, in the order of their occurrence.