The Litchfield County post., 1828-06-26

shall Do given at least five days previous to said meeting, by posting notice thereof, on the sign posts in such towns, and in such other places as they may deem neces- Sary.
 SEC. 3. That the Town-C Clerk and Se- lect-meB in the several towns are hereby authorized, if they deem it expedient, to designate the person who shall preside at such meetings of the electors; but in case no presiding officer is selected by the town clerk and select men, the electors shall choose the presiding officer, in which choice the town clerk, or in his ab- Sence, the eldert select man, shall pre- side.
 SEC. 4. That the electors present at such meeting shall be called upon by the presiding officer, to bring in their ballots for electors of President and Vice Presi- dent of the United States and each cleo tor present may thereupon deliver to said presiding officer, his vote or suffrage for a number of persons, not exceeding the whole number of the Senators and Repre- sentativcs 70 which this State shall be en- titled in the Congress ofthe United States, whom he would choose electors for this State, of President and Vice President of the United States, with their names writ ten on one piece of paper.
 SEC. 4. That the presiding officer, as- sisted by the town clerk and select men, shall count the votes, and declare them in the public meeting of the electors and shall also make duplicate fists of the elec- tors of President and Vice President ofthe United States one of which lists of votes shall be sealed up. by the presiding officer, directed to the Secretary of State, and re- turned to him, or to the Sheriff of the county in which the town is situ ated, with in ten days after such meeting, and the other within three days after such me citing, shall be delivered to the town clerk; and each sheriff receiving said votes, shall, within fifteen days after said meeting, re- turn the same, or cause them to be return ed to the Secretary of this State; which votes saall be counted by the Secretary, Treasurer, & Comptroller, ,on the Wednes- day next succeeding the third Monday of November next, and on every succeeding fourth year thereafter, on the Wednesday next succeeding the third Monday of No- vember |; and the persons equal in number to the whole number of Senators and Rep- resentatives to which this State shall be entitled in the Congress of the United States, having the greatest number of votes, shall be by them declared to be appointed Electors of President and Vice President of the United States and in case of an e. .qui-vote, the Secretary, Treasurer, and Comptroller, shall determine by lot, from the persons having such equal number of votes, the person or persons chosen and shall publish the names of the persons so chosen and appointed in two newspapers printed in the city of Hartford and shall immediately thereon, notify by mail, the persons so chosen, of their appointment.
 SEC. 5. That the said Electors shall meet at Hartford on the first Wednesday of December next ,and on every successive fourth year thereafter, ,on the first Wednes- day of December, on the business of their said appointment and proceed therein, as required by the laws and Constitution of the United States.
 SEC. 0. That the presiding officers in the meetings ofthe Electors.in the respec- tive towns of this State for the choice of Electors of President and Vice President, shall make out the certificates of the votes and proceedings of the electors in such towns, according to the form hereafter prescribed, that is to say, "At meeting of the Electors in the town of legal ly warned and held on the first Monday of November. A. D. the following persons received the number of votes an- nexed to their names respectively, for E. lectors of President and Vice President of the United States.
 NAMES. Nnmberef Votes in ,cords
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