The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1860-12-06
Duties of the Electors.

the contamination OF the election Vlrtual-
ly made by the people on the 9th OF No
vsmber. we give for the benefit Of Presi
dental electors. the following provisions
Of the Constitution, with the laws Of this
State, prescribing the duties OF those OIL
GERS. Care should be taken that no in
fOrmality occurs. in any States, affording
a pretext for cavilling or dilatOry discus
sion when the Congressional canvass Of
the votes shall take place.
So much of the 6rstartIcle of the twelfth
sect ion CT the amendments 10 the
Constitution of the United States as re-
lates to this subject, is ss follows:
The Electors shall meet in their re-
spective States. and vote by ballot fol
President and Vice. President, one oi
whom, at least shall not be an inhabitan'
of the sams Stats with themselves; they
shall name in their ballots the person
voted for as President ard in distinct bal
lots the person voted for as Vice .Presi-
dent; and they shall make distinct lists
of all persons voted for as President, and
Of the number Of votes for each-whicl
lists they shall sign and certify, aud trans
nit, sealed, to the seat of Government Of
the United States, directed to the Presi'
dent of The Senate.
The following sections Of chapter Al ol
the Revised Statutes of OHIO, define the
duties of the Electors chosen for this
State:
SEC. 6. That the Electors wLo sha!
be chosen as aforesaid shall, at twelve
O'Clock on the day which is or may he
directed by the Congress Of the United
States, meet at the seat of government o.
this State. and shall then and there per-
form the duties enjoned upon them by
the Constitution and laws Of the United
States.
SEC. 8, That each Elector Of the Pres
ident and Vice President Of the United
States shall, before the hour of twelve
o'clock, on the day next preceding
the day fixed by the law Of Congress tc
elect President and Vice. President o.
the United States. give notice to the Gov
ernor tba. he is at the seat ofgovernmenI
and ready, at the proper time, TO perform
the duties of an Eector and the Governor
shall forthwith d-lver to the electors
present certificate OF all the names ot
the Electors; and if. on examination there
Of, it should he found, that one or more
of SAID Electors are absent, and shall fail
to appear before nine o'clock in the MORN
ing Of the day Of election of President
and Vice President. as aforesaid, the cleo
tors then present shall Immediately pro-
ceed to elect, by ballot, in tho presence
of the Governo Or. a persons to fill such va
caucy or vancancies as may have occur
red through the non attendance Of one or
mole Of the Electors.
SEC, 0. That il more than the numbar
Of persons required to ill the vacancy or
vacancies, as aforesaid, shall have the
greatest aud an equal number of votes,
then tho election Of those havi:,g such
equal and highest number Of votes shall
be determined by lot to be drawn by the
Governor, in The presence Of the electors
attending otherwise be or they. to the
number required, having the greatest nun
Der of votes, shall DO considered elected
to Gil such vacancy or vacancies.
| SEC. 10. That Immediately after such
choice is made. the names Of person oil
persons 50 chosen. shall forthwith be GER
tilted to tho Governor by the Electors
making such choice, and the Governor
shall cause immediate notice, in writing
10 be given to each and every one of the
Electors chosen to 'fl suih vacancy ol
vacancies, as aforesaid; and the said per
son or persons so elected and notified, snc
not the person or persons in whose plac,
he or they shall have been chosen, shall
be Electors, and shall meet with the 9th
or Electors Of the same time and place
and then and there discharge all anC
singular the duties enjoined on him o.
them, as Electors AS aforesaid, by thu
Constitution and laws OF the United States
and Of this State. -..
The time for the meeting Of the Elec
tors, as tixe ! by Congress, q Stat. 239,
is the first Wednesday in Dscember-thi
year. tho fifth day of that month. b.
the laws of this State; consequently, al
the Electors are required to meet at Co
lumbus, before 12 o'clock on Tuesday
next, and TO be prepared to Gil the vacan
oies occasioned by absence. ifsuch Their
shall be, on the forenoon Of Wednesday
The Congressional statute requires mes
senger to be appointed by tho Electors
by whom the certified results Of their bal
iolings shall be transmitted to tho Presi
dent Of the Senate ofthe United States
A duplicate copy is to be forwarded b.
mail. The certificates, thus forwarded
under seal) from the Several States. will
be opened aud canvassed by the two Hous
es ofCOngress. in joint convention, on tn,
second Wednesday in February.
A Conversative Opinion from Georgi,
.. Newspaper.
The Augusta Chronicle strongly op
poses the proposition introduced ipto tn,