Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-11-07
Whole number 296
No.o,co,,, to ~ ohn,oa NO

Necessary to choice l49
The provisions of the Constitution of
the United States, with reference to the
election of President and Vice President,
are as follows: ....# .-
l., The executive power shall be YES
ted in 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 fol, the same
term, be elected as follows: .t,
e. Each Stale shall appoint, in such
manner as the Legislature thereof may di-
rect, a number of Electors, equal to the
whole number of Senators and Represen-
atives to which the State may be entitled
in the Congress; but no Senator or Repre-
sentative, or person holding an office of
trust or profit under the United States,
shall be appointed an Elector.
L., The Electors shall meet in their re-
spective States, and vote by ballot for Pres
ident and Vice President, one of whom, at
least, shall not be an inhabitantof the same
State with themselves; they shall name in
their ballots the person voted for as Presi-
dent, and in distinct ballots the person vo-
ted for as Vice President, and they shall
make distinct lists of all persons voted fol
as President, and of all persons voted fol
as Vice President, and of the number Of
votes for each; which list they shall sign
and certify, and transmit sealed, to the
seat of the Governmento of the United State
directed to the President Of the Senate
the President of the Senate shall, in pres
ence of the Senate and House Of Represen
tatives, open all the certificates, and thu
votes shall then be counted; the person
having the greatest number Of votes 70
President shall be the President, if sucl
number be majorityof the whole numbet
of electors appointed; and if no persoi
have such majority, then, from the per
sons having the highest numbers, not ex
> ceeding three, on the list of those voted 10
as President, the House of Representative
shall choose Immediately, by ballot, tn
President But choosing the Presiden
thevotes shall be taken by States, the rep
resentation from each State having on
{ vote; quorum FOR this purpose shall con
sist of a member or members of two-third
:. of the States, and a majority of all tn
. States shall benecessary to choice. An
!, if the House of Representatives shall M
choose a President whenever the right {
choice shall deyolve upon them, before IL
\ fourth day Of March next following, the
o the Vice President shall act as Presiden
as in the case of the death or other const
/, tutional disability of the President,
b Q. The person having the greatest nun
III Der of votes as Vice President shall be Il
I Vice President, if such number be M
IN iority of the whole number of electors a.
pointed; and if no person have majorit
then from the two highest numbers on Il
rt list, the Senate shall choose the Vice Pre-
: ident; aqu6rum for the purpose shall co
:. sist of two thirds of the whole number
IT, Senators, and amgority ofthe whole nun
= : ber shall he necessary to choice. gra
y 8. But no person constitutionally in
ligible TO the office OF President, shall
9, eligible to that Of Vice President of t
10 United States. N a., ss,I q,rr..'
: Byan Act of Congress approved on t
). 1st,of March 1899, it is provided that t
T. ELECTORS shall meet and give their votes
h the first, Wednesday in December in eve
q fourth year, Dec. 3, 1856, } and ma
~ three certified lists thereof; one of viii
~ lists Is to be transmitted by special mt
ali ali seHger to tho President of the Senate
q. g. sSVashingl lons 1nclber by mail; and t
ef Ithiyi 70 Be deposited with the Judge
u, lthe District C01tls Ifthe vote Of any St
y VI Should not hare been received at the seal
dil gopefumebe on OF before the first Wedn
po- dan ii g8dliasY, Jan. Z, 1879 it is ma
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