The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-03-03
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES

February 2, 1S52.-Read twice, and referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
MIR. A. Johnson, on leave, introduced the fol.
lowing joint resolution:
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing amendments TO the constitution o.
the United States.
Resolred by the Senate and House of Repre-.
seatatires of the United States Of .4merica in
Congress assembled, t,oo-thirds Of both Houses
concurring, That the following amendments 10
the Constitution Of the United States be pro.
p sed to the legislatures of the several Slater,
which, when ratified by the legislatures Of three
fourths of the States, shall be valid to all in
tents and purposes as part of the ConstitU-
ton:
That hereafter, the President and Vice Pre-
sident of the United States shall be chosen by
the peaple of the respective States, in the man.
ner following: Each State shall be divided, by
the legislal ure thereof, into districts, equal in
number to the whole number of Senators and
Representatives to which such State may be
entitled in the Congress of the United States
the said districts to be composed of contiguous
territory, as to contain, as nearly as may be, an
equal number OF persons entitled to be repre-
scented under the constitution, and to be laid off
for the FIRST time, Immediately at er the ratfica-
ton OF this amendment, and afterwards, at the
portionment of representatives by the Congress
Of the United States that, on the first Thurs
day in August, in the year eighteen hundred
and ffty-sx and on the same day every Fourth
year thereafter, the citizens of each State who
possess the qualifications requisite for electors
of the most numerous branch Of the State leg
islatures shall meet within their respective dis
tricts, and vote for President and Vice Pres
dent Of the United States, one of whom at
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State with themselves; and the person recelv
ing the greatest number of votos for President
and the one receiving the greatest number Of
votes for Vice President in each district, shall
be holden 10 have received one vote which fact
shall be Immediately certified by the Governor
OF the State, tn each of the Senators in Con-
gress from such Stale, and to the President of
the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives. The Congress of the United
States shall be in session on the second Monday
in October, in the year eighteen hundred and
fifty six, and on the same day every fourth
year thereafter: aud the President OF the Sem
ate, in the presence OF the Senate and House of
Representatives, shall open all the certificates,
and the votes shall be counted The person
having the greatest number Of votes for Presi-
dent shall be President, if such number be
equal 10 majority of the whole number Of
votes given but if no person have such ma
jority, then second election shall be held on
the first Thursday in the month Of December
then next ensuing, between the two persons
having the highest numbers for the office of
President which second election shall be con-
ducted The result certified, and the votes count
ed, in the same manner as the first and the
person having the greatest number Of votes for
President shall be President. But, if the two
persons at the second election shall have re-
ceived an equal number of votes, then the per-
son who shall have received the greatest num-
Der Of votes in the greatest number Of States
shall be President. The person having the
greatest number of votes tor Vice President, at
he first election, shall be Vice President, If
uch number be equal to majority ofthe whole
lumber Of votes given: and if no person have
uch majority, then second election shall take
lace between the two persons having the high
81 numbers, on the same day that the second
lection is held for President and the person
ITO he continuedin our next.