The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-06-27
TIL: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT

AN ACT
supplementary to The aI, entitled IN al y,iatiq,s
TO bs fle4i0~ Of P,-ejfdent and T7ce Prefdent of
f0e onifea Stafej, ard declaring tie officer
sobo /6AH al as PRECEDENT, in CAFE Of zGean-
Ger IN fbe oDffeI IF Frefdeut and Piee P,sf-
Re ifrna3e6 By tie Senate and Home ofRebre-
~ Enfati4,es Of tie United STATE of I,neriea,
ia CoHgT1eiJ a9e,nbied, That whenever the amend.
fnent propofed during the preient FELTON, OF congress
10 the contribution of the United States refpeeng the
manner OF voting for the PRECEDENT and Vice Predent
OF the United States al have been ratified BY he L.
gatures OF three fourhs Of the feveral aes the See
cretary of fate halforthwth caufe modification
OF to be made TO the executive of every Fate and ha
ALTO cauie the fame to be pbhed in at leaf one Of the
newspapers printed in each ate in which the laws of
the United Rates are annually pubhed The execu-
tive authority OF each fate fall cau trapcript Of
the laid notification to be deveS to the electors ap.
pointed Tor that purpofe who hall frff thereafter
meet IN fuch fate for the election of Ptedept and
Vioe-Prefident of the United States and whenever
the laid electors a have received the fad trancrpt
OF notihcatlon or whenever they fhal meet more than
nve days 5iequent TO the publication Of the raticati-
on OF the above mentioned amendment in one OF the
newspapers of the fate by the Secretary of fate they
ihal vote tor Proficient and VicePredent of the Unit
ed States respectively In the manner dreed By the a.
Dove mentioned amendment and having made and
gned three certificates of all the votes iyen by Them,
iiffs
one OF the votes given for PRECEDENT and the other of
the votes given for Vice PRECEDENT; they fhal ta NO
the lad certificates certifying each that Tits of all
the votes OF iuch fate vsadenf Is contained fhefe
votes 2Iveauie the iad certificates to be tranfnired
anqdiipoied Of and in every other refpe6f a in cob
formity with the provons Of the ae which this
Implement And every other proviion of til. act to
which this Implement, and which is not virtually
repealed By this act, ha extend and apply every
lseion Of Prefdent and Vice PRECEDENT Of the United
States, made in conformity to the above mentioned
amendment to the contribution of the United States
And whereas the above mentioned amendment may
be ratified by the Legislatures of tlree fourths OF the
rates, and thereupon become immediately Valid to all
ntents and purpofes, part sthe contribution on
day 10 near the day fixed by law for the meeting Of
the electors in the feveral Gates that the electors al
not IN every fate be apprzed of the ad notifications
and may vote III manner no longer conforms Bic with
the contribution, amended; Whereby ieveral ftates
might be deprived of their in the election of
Preildent and Vice-Preideht; for remedy whereof
Sec. 2. Be il further enacted That the
electors who hal be appointed in each fate for the e.
lection oil Predent and Vice-Prefident of the Unit
ed States, iha at every fuch election anefs they ia
have received trahfcrpt Of the notification of the ra-
hhcation OF the above mentioned amendment 20 the
contribution, unlefs they faIl meet more than ivs
days fubequent to the publication of the faid racat~
on by the Secretary OF fate, in Of the newpapers
OF the itate vote for PRECEDENT and Vce-Predent Of
the United States in the following Manner that is to
fay they ihall for two perfons as Prefdent and
Vice-PreIdent, in conformity with the frit feion of
the econd article Of the Contribution. And in other
repects ACT in conformity witi the provions OF the
act to which this ACT is Implement and they fhall
iikewiie vote for perfon Prsdent and for ore
Peron as Vice-Preident, in conformity with the above
mentioned amendment of the contribution and in o.
ther rePeets ACT in conformity with the pfovfions of
the firt ecion of this a But thofe certificates only
OF votes gve for Prede6t and Vice-Prefident of the
United States, fhal be opened by the Predent of the
Senate, for the purPoe Of being counted which fal
contain the lii or lifts of votes given in conformity with
the contribution, as in force the day fixed by law for
the meeting Of the electors, by whom the faid votes
ihall have been given.
Sec. 8. AadbeH further enat7ed, That when-
ever, by the provons of the fecond eclon Of this a
iha be the duty of the electors for any fate to vote
in conformity, both with the contribution, and of the
proPoed amendment thereto the executive authority
of fuoh Gate !hal cauie fix lifts OF the names o the cleo
tors of the fate to be made and certified and IN BE deli
vered to the iaid electors before The day xebV
law for them to and for PRECEDENT and Vice
Preident and the aid electors iha ercole one of the
laid lifts III each Of the certificates by them made and
fealed in conformity the proyions Of this and of
the act to which this aa is Implement.
NATHL. MACON,
Speaker oftbe HogF otRebte/entatf7eS.
JESSE FRANKLIN,
PySfdent Of the Senate ero.fs01toye.
March &c, 1904.