RALEIGH — Chelsea Lawson learned about the innerworkings of state government by serving as a page during the recent short session of the N.C. General Assembly.

She spent a week in the House of Representatives fulfilling that role, which includes assisting legislators and their staffs while also learning about North Carolina’s governmental structure.

Lawson, whose parents are Dennis and Cathy Lawson of Pilot Mountain, was sponsored by Rep. Bryan Holloway of Stokes County.

For decades, the state House has relied on the services of pages, who help deliver bills and amendments for representatives during daily legislative sessions and committee meetings. They also lend a hand in the offices of individual lawmakers and run errands around the Legislature.

Speaker of the House Joe Hackney, of Chatham County, appoints the pages and introduces each to members and citizens in the House gallery at the start of every week during a Monday night session.