Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-01-29
Eighteenth Congress.
SATURDAY, JAN. "a,
Tho Senate did not cit to-day.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The o sr laid before the House
the annual report Of the tonnage, sc.
of the United States.
Mr. Livingston submitted the follow
which he proposes, when the SUBJ
isct sh Ill come up, to offer a. an a.
mendn sns to the proposed amendment
Of the Constitution of the u. States:
THAT the following amendment of
the Constitution OF the United States,
be proposed to the Legislatures Of the
several states; which, when ratified
by three-fourths thereof, shall be a
part of the said constitution.
That, foe the purpose Of elscting .
President and Vice President of tho
United States, each stats shall be di-
vided, ~ the legislature thereof, into a
number Of districts equal to the whole
number of Ssustors and representa-
tives to which such state may DO enti-
tied in the Congress of the United
States. Each district shall be com.
posed, as nearly as may be-, of con.
tigaous territory, and shall contain q
nu nber OF persons entitled to vote as
nearly equal as circumstances will per-
init.
And on sueh days a. Congress shah
determine, which days shall be the
same throughout the United States,
the citizens of each state, who may be
qualified to vote for a Representative
in Congress, shall meet at such placer.
within their respective districts, as the
legislature Of each state shall appoint,
and, In such o a. such legisls-
tass shall direct, shall vote for q
person to be President, aud for another
person to be Vice President, and, also,
for one other to be On Elector.
AL the votes 50 given. in each dis
srict, shall be cauvassed and counted
by sush persona, and in suoh manner.
and as such place. a. the legislature Of
the state may direct. And the votes
given for each candidate shall DO sd-
ded together, and the persons having
ssveraliy the greatest Bumber Of votes
~ President, Vice President, and E.
lector, shail DO considered a. entitled
to tho vote Of such district for the said
Offices, respectively; but if two or
moro persons have an eqdai namber OF
votes for tho Same office, then the per.
o O appointed to count aud canva
the said votes, or tho major part Of
such persons, shall decide which of the
persons having such equality Of votes
shall be entitled to tho Office, and shaA
certify the same accordingly. TriPli-
cato certificates of the whole number
of votes given for each candidate. shall
be made out and transmitted, in such
manner a. Congress shall direct, to tho
seat Of government Of the U. States.
The President Of tho Senate, in the
presence Of tho House Of Representa-.
tives, shall open all the certificates. &
the votes shall then DO counted, each
distrie, being entitled to q vote, and
the person having the greatest nunbsr
OF such votes for President. shall be
the President, if such number be a ma
jority of the whole number Of electoral
districts within the United States; and
if no person have such majority. then
che Presiden t Of the Senate shall, by
proclamation, declare ouch to be the
fact. and shall also declare the names
of the two persons having the greatest
number Of volss for President, and
shall order the electors, chosen as a.
f~oresaid, in each state, to assemble in
such state at time not less than thirty
five, nor more than forty-fve days, AZ
ter the publication Of such proclams-
ton. And the said Electors shall on
such day, meet at sush place, in each
state, a. shall have been previously de.
signated by tho Legislature of such
state; and shall then, by ballot, choose
one Of the two persons having the
greatest number of district votes to be
President, and they shall make three
lists Of the ballots so given, which lists
they shall certify and sign. and shail
transmit it ssalsd to the seal Of the Go.
vesnmeut Of the United States, direct
Cd to the President of the Senate: and
che President of the Senate shAll, in
the presence Of the Senate and House
Of Representatives, open oil the certi>
6cases and the votes shallthen be oount-
cd; and the one of the two persons mon.
toned in the proclamation of the Pro.
sideot of the Senate as having the
greatest number of votes of the electo.
raj districts. who shall hsve the greatest
number Of votes of the electors 90 70.
turned. shall be president; but, If the
said two persons have an equal number
OF votes Of the electors, then the enc of
the two who had the greatest number |