Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-12-25

manber following: a majority Of the whole
number OF Senators and Representatives
present, and voting, being necessary 70 .
choice III there be two or more persons each
of whom have the highest number OF elscto'
raj votes. given at The second meeting,each
one Of them shall be chosen; II there De
only one person, having the highest mum
Der of Electoral votes, less than ma)otl'
", one Of the persons who have one OF the
two highest numbers of votes, shall De
chosen: whenever more than two persons
shall be eleg,ble by the JOINT meeting ana
no choice shall be made on the first ballot,
the number shall be reduced, by dropping
those who shall receive the smallest nun.-
her of votes, until no more than two re
main, one of whom shall be chosen; II two
persons shall receive an equal nu,noer OF
votes. being each one Doiety OF the whole
number given, he who had the h'gbest
number Of Electoral votes, given at the
second meeting, shall be the President;
and il they had an equal number OF votes
at such second meeting, be who had the
highest number of Electoral votes given at
The first meeting shall be the President;
and ,f,they had an equal number of Elec-
toral votes gwen at the first meeting also,
then the Senators 4 Representatives shall
ballot until one OF them is chosen.
The person having the highest number
of votes az Vice President, given al the
FIRST meeting Of the electors, shall be the
Vice President, ii such number be ma
jorily of the whole number OF electors APP
pointed, and it no person have such ma
ioriy, and President shall not have been
chosen at ouch first meeting. the same pro.
ceedings shall be had for The choice OF a
Vice President as are prescribed tor The
choice of President; but it, al the hrst
meeting of the electors, a. President shall
have been chosen, g. Vice President shall
not have been chosen. then, from The per.
sons having the two highest numbers on the
list. the Senate shall choose the Vice Pre-
sident; quorum for the purpose shall con,
sist Of two thirds OF tie whole number OF
Senators; aod majority Of the number
present, and voting, shall be necessary to
q choice
The Congress may, by law, fix the day
for appointing electors for President and
Vice President. and the drys for giving
their votes the first and second time.
which days shall be the same throughout
the UDiied States and The day tor giving
their votes the first time, shall be not less
than ten. nor more than twenty days from
the day fixed tor the appointment OF cleo
tors.
The Legislature OF each state shall have
power TO appoint the places OF holding e
lecrions for the appointment Of electors,
to prescribe the manner Of voting, and TO
provide for the appointment of proper
persons to conduct sucl, elections, with
authority to declare, de6nitively, the re.
suit thereof; but the. Congress may, ny
law, make or alter such regulations, and
may also lay of into districts, for appoint.
ing Electors. any State, the Legislature
whereof shall have failed to lay of the
same as herein directed
This resolution was twice read. and re-
ferred to Committee OF the Whole on the
State OF the Union
Mr. M'Duffie, from the same Committee,
also reported the following:
Resolved, &c That the following a.
mendmeni 10 the Constitution of The U.
States be proposed to the Legislatures Of
the several states, which, when ratified by
three .four,hs thereof, shall be part OF said
Cons, tuition:
For the purpose Of elscting represen-
,atives in Congress, each state shall be d.
v,ded, by The Legislature thereof, into as
many districts as will equal the number OF
representatives 10 which such Stale nay
he entitled in Congress, and each dis.
trict shall be composed Of contiguous or
conie rminous territory, and contain, as
nearly as may be conveniently, the mum.
Der of persons which entities the state 10 a
representative in Congress, according TO
the apporionmeDt which districts, when
laid off, shall not be altered until alter
another census shall be taken, Each of
the said districts shall elect one represen
tative to Congress and the times, places.
and manner OF holding the elections in the
said districts shall be prescribed by the
Legislatures of the states respectively y;
but the Congress may, at any time, by
law, makelor alter such regulations
This resolve was also twice read, and
committed.
Mr.. Livingston, of Louisiana, offered
the following. which lies one day OF
course:
Re,oipsd, That the Secretary Of the
Treasury be directed TO report what pro.
gress bias been made in erecting light
houses on the Dry Toriugas, and at or
near Cape Florida. and tina, he also report
whether the security of The navigation OF
The Gulf Stream between Florida and the
Bahama Banks, does no, require the erec-
ton OF light houses. or Beacons, or the
placing Of huoys or floating lights on sowe
ether places on or near the coast OF Flori-
da
Resolved, Tia, the President Of the U.
States. Sc requested to negotiate with the
government OF Great Britain, for a Cession
OF so much land on the island of Abaco, al
or near the Hole in the Wall !; aud On such
other place within the acknowledged do
minion OF that town on the Islands, Keys,