Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-02-15
Electors of President and Vice President shall then be

Electors of President and Vice President shall then be
counted" f
shall be in session ON the second "Wednesday in February
1893 and on the second Wednesday February succeeding
every meeting Of the Electors and the certificates OF the Elec
many of them shall have been received shall theI
be opened the counted and the persons who shall fiji
the Offices Of and Vice President asceaned and de
ekured, agreeably to the Constitution.
On the - Of January ultimo the Houses appointed
Joint committee and report mode Of examining
the for President and Vice President, and Of notifying
| the persons elected of their election.
On the report of that committee the two Houses to TIM
| following resolution
Resolved That the two Houses viii assemble the chamber
the House OF Representatives Wednesday, the 18th da,
of February ls45, IL o'clock and the President Of the
Senate shall be presiding officer that be appointed
Teller the part Of the Senate and two the part OF the
House of Representatives make list Of the they shall
be declared the result shall be declared the President
elected to the two Houses aforesaid which shall be
deemed declaration of the persons elected President and
Vice President Of the United States and together with list Of
votes, be entered the journals OF the two Houses
RoBERr J. WALKER Senator from the State of MISSISSIPPI
| p, appointed Teller on the part OF the Senate.
EDaUSD BURKE, Representative from the State OF New
Hampshire and JonN P. KEsSKDr Representative from the
State of Maryland appointed Teers on the part OF e
House of Representatives.
AT ~ o'clock to-day the following order was moved by Mr.
BRODHEAD, and adopted by the House
Ordered That the Clerk inform the Senate that the House
in onenne the and counting the OF the Eec
Of President and Vice President OF the United States
The CLERK Of the House having delivered said message to
the Senate, and having returned
The senate entered the Hall of the House in the following
order The in 'front.' then the President OF
the Senate with the Secretary his left with page bear
ing morocco covered box, containing the certificates OF the
votes of the Electors then the Senators, two and two.
The Senate the south door of the Rotundo by
the of the House of Representatives, who
conducted the procession the Hall and down the broad
aisle The President of the Senate received by the
Speaker steps Of the platform which his seat
ed who conducted him to his the presiding officer of
the joint meetnghe Speaker taking seat at his left The
Secretary of the Senate seated at the right end OF the
table of the Clerk of the House the Clerk at the opposite
end The Teers took the Clerk table, in front Of
the presiding ofcerMr. WALxEn, the Teller the part Of
the Senate the CENTRE and Mr. BunKE and Mr. JoHN r.
KENNEDY, Teers the part Of the House, his right
and left.
The SergeantaArms Of the Senate occupied the
right and below the President Of the Senate the Sergeant
Arms of the House occupying corresponding position ON
the left Of the Speaker
The Senators prepared for them in the large
circular in front of the Clerks table.
When the Senate entered the Hall the Speaker and mem
bers and remained standing until the Senate seated
The ladies' gallery filed almost exclusively with ladies'
and could contain all, large number had to be
commodated in the gentemens gallery. The entire galleries
were densely filled with spectators
The joint meeting being organized, the presiding ofhcer
he President Of the Senate and announced the
pose for which the Houses Of Congress had assembled in
joint meeting
he then proceeded TO break the seals OF the envelopes IN
which the of the Electors enclosed commencing
with the State Of Mane and, having merely broken the
SEAL he and handed the paper to the Telers saying
dep 10 you, gentlemen 1sLers, the potes of the Elc-
TORS Of the Stale Of Maine for President and Vice President
of The United States, that the may be counted"
The ceremony observed by the President of the
Senate in opening and delivering the Teers the votes Of
the Electors of all the States.
The supercrpion the envelope and the certificate Of
the of the Electors with every paper contained within
the same read throughout by or other Of the Tel
es taking alternately the Teller the part Of the Senate
having commenced with the State of Maine.
The Tees having read counted, and made duplicate s
being found agree they delivered the President
the Senate by whom they read to the joint meeting, and
follows:
List Of Votes for President and Vice President of the United