The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-10-10
AN ACT,

Supplementary TO tie ae5 ene! &c IN aq r.l.iue {, IL.
election Of Prciari and Yife-Ps1Sent Of 70. Unit
ca SfatGf and declaring tie officer 7vbo aH 90 a. Pc
Anf, Ia ef q Oaeaafi;s in .bs offices hob Of Pr1fea,
and Piee- Prejidert
BE ennt7ed BY tie Senate and Roaf1 OF Resyrsrf,-
Yfs q TIE United Slater q Aa1triea, CongyoG aa6l.
That whenever the amendment propo.ed during thu,
Preien eiiicn of Congrels the contribution o the
United states, respecting the manner of voting for
PRECEDENT and Vice-preiident Of the United sfa,es
ihall have been ratified by the Legislatures of three
tourths of the fevera ates the iecretary of aat a
forthwith caufe notification thereof to be made TO
the executive of every Aate, and hail ALTO cauie the
fame TO be publiihed, in at leaf one of the newira
pers printed in each itate in which the laws of the
United States are annually publilhed,- executive
authority OF each fate fal caufe Transcript of the
laid notification to be deliver ed the electors appcsit-
ed iorthat Ipoie, who ha frh thereafter meet in
inch fate, for the election of the PRECEDENT and Vice
Prehdent OF the United States and whenever the id
electors hali have received the id rancript of no.
tiication, or whenever they ihall meet more than
I'VE days iubiequent to the publication of the raticat
on OF the above mentioned amendment in one of
the newspapers Of the fate by the iecretar of fate
they HAL vote Tor Predent and Vice Predent Of the
United States, respectively, in the manner directed
by the above mentioned amendment and having made
and gned three certificates of Ill the votes Given bY
them each OF WIKI certificates iall contain two dh-
itinct lifts, one, of the given for Ptefient and
the other, OF the votes given for VcePreGdent thev
hall Zeal up the fad certificates, certifying on each
that Tits OF all the Of iuch Gate given for Pref
dent and OF all the of iuch ace given for Vice.
PRECEDENT is contained therein and hall caufe the d
certificates to be tranimitted and diipoied Of and in
every other refPec act in conformity with prov;fi-
ons of the act to witch this is supplement And e.
very other proviion of the act to which this is fun
Plenent, and which is virtually repealed by this
act, ihal extend and apply every election of Pre-
md -Drat1. e ~.
IN conformity to the above mentioned amendment to
the contribution of the United States.
-fHa qObsre.IS, the above mentioned amendment may
be ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the
hates, and thereupon become Immediately valid to all
intens and purpoies part of the contitution on a
day 10 near the day fixed by law for the meeting ot
the electors i'll the ieveral aates that the electors a
not in every tate be appred of the fad ratification
and may vote in manner longer conforinabe
with the contribution, amended, whereby feveral
ttates might be deprived of their vote in the eeio,
OF PRECEDENT and Vice-Preident for remedy where
of,
Sec. 2. Belt ayiJer enataea, That the eleaor, WIN
fha be appointed in each fate FOR the election of
Prelident and Vice-Prefdent of the United States
mall at every iuch election unles they iall have re-
eeived Transcript of the notification of the above
mentioned amendment to the contribution, or un!ef:
they mall meet more than five days fubfeqent to the
publication of the iad ratification by the Secretary Of
State ofthe newspapers of the fate vote for Pref
dent & Vice-Preident ofthe u S III the following man.
ner that isto fay: they avote fortwo perfons as Pre-
hdent and Vce-Preiident, in conformity with the r
lection OF the ieeoud article Of the contribution And
III other rePects act in conformity with the provi-
oIs OF the act towhichthis asa Implement; & they
mall hkeHiie vote for peron Predent & for one
Perion as Vce-Prefident, in conformity with the a.
bove mentioned s'lendment of the Conhituton and
IN other IeiPcs act in conformity with the proviG.
ons OF the irit fection Of this aS. But thee cetf
Gates only, Of given for PRECEDENT and VicePre
ildent ofthe United States, fhall be opened by the
prehdent OF the Senate, for the purpofe of being
counted which ihaU contain the iii or ills of votes p
ven IN conformity with the Contribution rs IN force on
the day fixed by law for the meeting fthe electors
by whom the faid votes fliall have been given
Sec. 3. dad be HClriber eaaG7sd, That whenever.
by the proviiions of the iecond fiction of this sa
1t hall be the duty Of the electors for any tate, to
vote IN conformity, both with the contribution and Of
the propoled amendment thereto the executive auho-
rity OF iuch rate fiall caufe fix lifts of the names Of
the electors Of the ate be made and certified and
to be delivered to the faid electors on or before the
day liked by law for them to meet and vote for
Preiident and Vice-Prefdent and the faid electors
iha encloe of the faid lifts in each of the oert-
Gates BY them made and fealed in conformity to IT,.
Provons of this act, and of the act to which this is
Implement.
NATHL MACON,
Sfcattr 9'fJs Hoyjt ofRr6yeEatatio..
JESSE FRANKLIN,
Pr5idf"f 'f6e Senate, pro-tenpore.
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