The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-06-25
STATE LAWS.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,.
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No. i.
AN ACT directing the mode of choosing
Electors of President and Vice President
of the United States.
SEC. !. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives IN General Court assembled,
and By the authority of the same, That the Sc
lcctmen Of the several towns and districts in
this Common wealth shall notify, in the, manner
prescribed by law for notifying town meetings,
the inhabitants thereof duly qualified to vote
for Representatives to the General Court Of
this Commonwealth, to assemble on the first
Monday of November next, and give in their
votes for the number of Electors of President
and Vice President, to which this Common
wealth may then be entitled, which Electors
shall be qualified according to the Constitution
of the United States. And the names of all the
Electors to be then chosen, shall be written or
printed on each ticket or ballot and every such
ticket or ballot shall contain the name of at least
one inhabitant of each of the several Congress
sional Districts into which this Commonwealth
is divided and against the name of each per-
son on every such ticket shall be designated
the Congressional District to which he belongs.
And the Selectmen shall preside at such meet
ings, and shall in open town meeting receive,
sort, count and declare the votes given in, and
the same shall be recorded by the Town and
District Clerks respectively, and exact lists
thereof shall be made and certified by MAORI
ty of the Selectmen, and the Clerk, who shall
deliver the same sealed to the Sheriff of the
County in which such elections shall be held,
within three days next after the day of such
election, and the said Sheriff shall transmit the
same to the office of the Secretary of this Com
monwealth within ten days thereafter, or the
Selectmen or Clerk may themselves transmit
the same to the Office of the said Secretary,
within thirteen days after the day of such cleo
ton And all votes, not so returned, shall be
rejected; and the Governor and Council shall
open and examine the said returns and count
the votes, and the Governor shall forthwith
transmit to each person who shall have receiv.
cd majority of the votes so returned certii.
cate of his election.
SEC. 2. Be 1t further enacted, That in the
city of Boston the said election shall be holden
and the returns thereof made in conformity with
the directions and provisions of " an act estab
fishing the City of Boston, and the acts sup
Elementary thereto. Prooided, That such cleo
tions shall be holden, and the returns Thereof
by the Mayor and Aldermen Of said city, be
made at and within the times herein before pre-
scribed.
SRo. 3. Be IL further enacted, That the Elec
tors, so chosen, shall convene at the State
House, in the said city of Boston, on tho Tues
day next preceding the first Wednesday of De
cembor next, at three of the clock in the after
noon; and in case of the death or absence o
any Elector so chosen, or in case the wholt
number of Electors, to which this Common
wealth may then BIO entitled, shall from any
cause be deficient the Electors then present
or a majority Of them, shall forthwith elect
from the citizens of this Commonwealth SC
many persons as shall supply such deficiency
And on the said first Wednesday Of December
all the said Electors convened as aforesaid shall
vote by ballot for one person for President. and
one person for Vice President of the United
States, ono of whom, at least, shall not be an
inhabitant Of this Commonwealth /" they shall