Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-11-20

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The Etsclorst Vole~- When 10 DO Cast
~ and Counted.
z The Electors chosen TO cast the votes
Of the several States for President and
Vice President, are required by law TO
meet on The 1rst Wednesday Of December,
At such place ia each State ~ the Legi-la-
ture thereof may have directed, and there
to give the number of electoral votes al
lowed TO the Ssates they. respectivey rep,
resent. liz III 5 10Y
~. The law governing In this matter ID
found in an act Of !, Congress, approved
March I, i7p2, from whchwe copy the
,.l1src, 2, And &c, u fs,rJIsr srasfsdi,
that the electors shall meet and give their
votes,on the 6rst, "Wednesday OF December.
NJ suoh place 10 each State, as. shalt be
directed by the Legislature thereof; aud
the electors IN each State shall make. and
sign three certificates Of all The votes by
them given, and shall seal up, the same,
certifying on each, that list OF the voters
of such State, for President and Vice
President, is contained therein, and shall
by writing, under their hands, or under
the hands of majority OF them, appoint
person 10 take charge Of, aud deliver TO
the President Of the Seaate, Al the seat
Of Gosernmeni, before the krst Monday
In Janvprnthen next eqsaiQGrazGE
said certificates, aud the 6tef8rs -
forthwith forward, blythe post Office to
the President Of the senate, at the seat
Of Government, one OF the said ceriiii-
Gates; and shall, forthwith cause the 9TH
er Of said certificates 10 be delivered to
the Judge Of that district In which said
electors shall assemble" at~if -
"SEc. 3. And Be IL frfAer enacfed
That the Executive authority Of each
State shall cause three lets Of The names
of the electors Of such Slate to be made
aud certified aud 10 be delivered TO the
electors, on or before the said hrst' Wed
nesday In December; and the said cleo
sors shall annex Que OF the said lists 10
each OF the, said lists OF their votes.va 81
"Src B. Ahd Dc Il Further eneetesi
That Congress shall be 10 session on the
second Wednesday in February, obe
Thousand seven hundred and ninety three
and on the second "Wednesday o. febfn.
AIRY succeeding every meeting Of the elec
tors, aud the said certificates, Or 50 many
Of them as shall have been received, shall
then be opened, the votes counted, and
the persons who shall oil the Offices Of
President and Vice President nscertpined
and declared, agreeably tothse Ccnstitu.
hon." ~"- w.
Some dosbis we learn, are entertained
by portion, at least, OF the Indiana
electors az TO the day on which they should
meet and east their votes, inasmuch rs
the State statute q Gavin 4 tlord, page
soy J names the FIRST Monday instead Of
the first Wednesday Of December as the
date Of their meeting, but a eimtion Of
the siain,e viii show that there is really
no conflict between IL Hna ihe.sct OF Con-
gress. we.quote the following section Of
the statute:
"Sgc 8. Such electors shall assemble
in tue Chamber Of the House OF Repre-.
sentutives, on the FIRST Monday Of Deccm
Der, or such other day as may be tLred by
CONGRESS to elect such President and Vice
President. ut the hosr OF ten o'clock A.
NJ, and the Governor shall, then and
there, deliver to the electors present q
certificate OF the names OF all the electors,
and il any elector fail to appear before
eleven in the morning Of said day, the
electors present shall, by ballot, by ma
jority Of all present, gil such vacancy;
which election shall be forthwith certified
by a majority Of the electors, to the Gov
ernor, who shall Immediately notify such
person of his election
"SEc. 10 Such electors when so as.
sembed, and such vacancies as so filled
shall then and Mere proceed to vote by
ballot, for President aud Vice President
of the United States, and perform the
duties required by the Constitution and
laws of the United States .....-,
II there were conflict between the
State statute and the act Of Congress, the
latter would govern in this case, bui
there is none, as the time fixed by the
-Siate.is only be observed in the absence
of an act Of Congress naming different
day. ess4 sBs sa.s
In 1860 aud 1864 the electors for this
State met in the Hall of the House OF
Representatives, on the first Wednesday
OF December at the hour fixed by the stat.
ute of the State, and there cast the thir-
teen electoral votes of Indiana for Abra-
ham Lincoln, in conformity with the pop
ular vote ct the preceding elections. =,
Ii may be worth while for each elector
to rememb Der that it won't do to get up too
late on the morning of December I'd, nor
to delay starting for the capital 50 long
as to make the time of his arrival uncer-
tain, because if he fails to be in attend
ance by eleven o'clock A. NJ. Of that day,
he will miss the opportunity of casting
an electoral vote for Grant and Colfax, as
we'll as the emoluments appertaining aud
belonging to the Office Of Eleotor, to wit;
FIVE dollars by way of salary, and mileage
at the rate of TWENTY-FIVE cents for every
mile travelled in coming to and returning
from the seat Of Government.-lJo Journal