Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-08-12
From the Baltimore Sun.
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
The Manner OF Filling tho Presidential
Once In Every Contingency.

Ecery Precision Of the Constitution Of the
United States and the amendments thereto,
and Of the Acts of Congress applicable 10
the Election ofthe President and Vice Presi-
dent of the United States; also, the Prooi-
sioas of the Constitution Of Maryland and
the acts of the General Assembly reiatiUe 10
the Choice Of Presidential Electors IN th's
State, dc.
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED sTATEs-ART II.
Sec. l. The executive power shall be vested
in a President of the United States of America.
He shall hold his Office during the term of four
years, and, together with the Vice President,
chosen for the same term, be elected as follows:
Sec 2. Each State shall appoint, in such
manner as the Legislature thereof may direct,
a number Of electors equal to the whole num-
Der of Senators and Representatives to which
the State may be entitled in the Congress; but
no Senator or Representative, or person hold
ing an office Of trust or profit under the United
States shall be appointed an elector.
Sec. 3. y [See amendment below, art.
l2l
Sec. 4. The Congress may determine the
time Of choosing the electors, and the day on
which they shall give their votes; which day
shall be the same throughout the United States.
Sec. 5. No person except natural born
citizen shall be eligible to the Office
of President; neither shall any person be eligi-
BILE to that office who shall not have attained
to the age of thirty-fve years, and been four
teen years resident of the United States.
Sec 6. In case of the removal of the Presi
dent from Office, or of his death, resignation,
or inability to discharge the powers and duties
of the said Office, the same shall devolve on
the Vice President; and the Congress may by
law provide for the case Of removal, death,
resignation, or inability both Of the President
and Vice President, declaring what officer shall
then act as President; and such officer shall
then act accordingly until the disability be re.
moved or President shall be elected.
AMENDMENT TO THE coNsrITuTIoN--ART. XII.
Proposed by twothirds of both Houses Of
Congress, by resolution of October, 1903, aud
ratified by the Legislature of three-fourths of
the States, before September, 1904, in accord
ance with article 9Th Of the Constitution.
Sec L. The Electors shall meet in their re-
spective States, and vote by ballot, for Pres-
dent and Vice President, one of whom, at least,
shall not be an inhabitant of the same State
with themselves they shall name in their bal.
lots the person voted for as President, and in
distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice
President and they shall make distinct lists of
all persons voted for as President, and of all
persons voted for as Vice President, and of the
number Of votes for each, which list they shall
sign and certify, aud transmit sealed to the
seat of government OF the United States, di-
rected to the President OF the Senate; the
President of the Senate shall, in the presence
of the Senate and House of Representatives
open all the certificates, and the votes shall
then be couuted; the person having the greatest
r. "a, ha1I ha h.
ident, if such number be majority Of the
whole number of Electors appointed ard if
no person have such majority, then from the
persons having the highest numbers, not ex-
ceeding three, on the list voted tor as President
the House of Representatives shall choose i'm.
mediately by ballot the President. But in
choosing the President, the votes shall be taken
by States, the Representation from each State
having one vote; quorum for this purpose
shall consist of member or members from two
thirds of the States, and majority of all the
States shall be necessary to choice. And if
the House Of Representatives shall not choose
President whenever the right of, choice shall
devove upon them, before the fourth day of
March next following, then the Vice President
shall act as President, as In the case Of the
death or other constitutional disability of the
President.
Sec. 2. The person having the greatest num-
Der of votes as Vice President shall be the Vice
President, il such number be majority Of the
whole number OF electors appointed; and if no
person have a majority, then from the ttco
highest numbers on the list the Senate shall
choose the Vice President; quorum for the
purpose shall consist OF twohirds Of the whole
number Of Senators, and a majority of the
whole number shall be necessary TO choice
Sec. 3. But no person constitutionally inell.
gible to the Office of President shall be eligible
10 that of Vice President of the United States.
ACTS OF CONGRESS.
IN Act 10 establish uniform time for holding
elections for electors Of President and Vict
President of the United States az all the
States of The Union-Passed January 49,
lS45-ch. l.
The electors of President and Vice Presi.
dent shall be appointed in each State, on the
Tuesday neat after the first Monday in The
month of Norember of the year in which they
are to be appointed provided that each State
may by law provide for the filling of any va.
cancy or vacancies which may occur in its
college of electors, when such college meets to
give its electoral vote; aud provided also
when any State shall have held an election fol-
the purpose Of choosing electors, and shall fail
to make choice on the day aforesaid, then
the electors may be appointed on a subse
auent day, in such manner as the State shall
by law provide.
An act relating to the election Of President
and Vice President fMe United &ates ana
declaring The officer oho shall act as Presi
dent IN cases Of Uacancies IN the offices boil
of President and Wee Presidcnt.--Passed
March l, 1892, CHI. 8.
Section l. y y Electors shall be
appointed in each State for the election o.
President and Vice President of the United
States, Y which electors shall
be equal to the number of Senators and Rep
resentatives to which the several States may BY
law be entitled at the time when the President
and Vice President thus to be chosen should
come into Office; provided alaoays, that where
no apportionment of representatives shall have
been made after any enumeration at the time
of choosing electors, then the number Of cleo
tors shall be according to the existing appor
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