The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-07-29

when ratiOed by the Legislatures of
of the several States. OF,
by Conventions in three-fourths there.
of, as the ono or the other mode of
ratiticatiOnlmay be proposed by Con-
greSS, provided no amendments which
may be made prior to the year 1908,
shall in any manner affect the Ist and
I'd clauses in the 9th section of the
Ist Article, and no State without its
consent, shall be deprived of its euuaI
suffrage in the Senate thereofJF
ReSoZred By the Senate and House of
Representatives. Of the United States of
america IN Congress assembled, two
thirds of both houses concurring, that
the following amendment to the Con-
of the United States be pro
posed to the Legislatures of the seve-
raj States, which, when ratified by
the Legislatures of thFee-fourths,
shall be valid to all intents and pur-
poses as parts of the Constitution
That hereafter the President and Vice
President of the United States sha IL
be chosen for the term of six years by
the people of the respective States in
the manner following: Each State
will be divided by the Legislature
thereof into districts equal in number
to the whole number of Senators and
r Representative to which such States
may be entitled in the Congress of the
United States, said districts to be
composed of contiguous territory, and
to contain. as Dearly as NAV be an
equal number of persons entitled TO
representation under the Constitution.
and TO be laid off for the first time
Immediately after the ratification of
this amendment, that on the first
Thursday in August, and on the same
day in every sixth year thereafter the
citizens of each State, who possess the
qualifications requisite for electors of
the most numerous branch of State
Legislatures, shall meet within their
respective districts and vote for a
President and Vice President of the
United States, and the peIsen receiv-
ing the greatest number votes for
President and the one receiving the
greatest humber of votes for Vice
President in each district; shall be
holden to have received one vote.
which fact shall be certified by the
Government of the State to each of
the Senators in Congress from such
State, and to the President of the
Senate and 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 1S--, and on the same day
every sixth year thereafter; and the
President of the Senate, in presence
of the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives, shall open all certificates, and
the votes shall then be counted. The
person having the greatest number OF
votes for President shall be President,
if such number be equal to majority
of the whole number of votes given
but If no person have such a majority
then a second election shall be held
on the first Thursday in the month OF
December next ensuing between the
persons having the two highest num-
Der for the Office of President, which
second election shall be conducted and
the result certified and the votes
counted in the same manner as in the
first, and the person having the great
est number of votes for the President
shall be President, but if two or more
persons shall receive the greatest and
an equal. number at the second elec.
ton then the person who shall receive
the greatest number of votes in the
greatest number of States shall be
President. The person having the
greatest number of votes for Vice
President at the Presidential election
shall be Vice President, if such num-
Der shall be equal to a majority of the
Whole number oil votes given, and il
no person have such majority then q
second election shall take place be
tween the persons having the two
highest numbers on the same day thai
the election is held for President, and
the person having the highest mum bel
of votes for Vice President shall be
Vice President; but if there should
happen to be an equality of the vote;
between persons so voted for at the
second election, then the person hav
ing the greatest number of votes IN
she greatest number of States shall be
Vice President; but when a second
election shall be necessary in case o.
the Vice President and not nee
essary in case of the President /; theI
the Senate shall choose a Vice Presi
dent from the persons having the two
highest numbers on the first election
as Is now prescribed in the COhstitrs
tiOn, provided that after the ratIfica
tion OF this amendment to the COnSti
tuition the President and Vice Presi
dent shall hold their offices respective
ly for the term of six years, and tina
no President or Vice President shall
be eligible for reelection for q secOnC
term, .-.r, --.t I.s f-. ..-r r- .
SEC. 2. AJld be IL further reS0LUed-
That article 2, sectien l. paragraph Z
of the Constitution of the Unitet
States shall be amended so as to reaC
| as follows: "In case of the remoVa
of the President from office, or OF hi
death, resignation or inability to dis
| charge the powers and duties of tn
| said office, the same shall devOlve ol
the Vice President; and in case of tn
| death, removal, resignation or ina
| bility both Of the President and Vic
| President, the powers and duties O
| said Office shall devolve on the Secre
| tary of State for the time being, ant
| after this officer, in case of vacancy il
| that or other departments, and in tn
order in whldh they are named /; Ol
the Secretary of the Treasury, on tn
Secretary of War, on the Secretary Q
the Navy, on the Secretary of the In
terror, on the Postmaster General, Ol
| the Attorney General, and such off
/ GERS on whom the powers and dutie
of the President shall deYOlve in aC
! cordance with the foregoing provi
sions, shall then act as President uu
! til the disability shall be remoued. O
a President shall be elected, az is o
may be provided by law. -. .....
| SEC. 3. A9lG be G further g,e8OEUeCl-
That Article 1, Section 8, be amends
so as to read as follows: The Senate {
the United States shall be compose
of two Senators from each State ehO
sen by the persons qualified to vot
for the most numerous branch of tn
Legislature thereof, for six years, an
each Senator shall have one vote. .
SEC. 4. Ind be IL further enacted
That Article 3, Section 4, be amende
to read as follows: Article 3, Section
The juuicial power. of the Unite
States shall be invested in one 81
preme Court and in such iuferiC
courts as the Congress from time t
time may ordain, and establish tn
judges of both the Supreme end Inf
Fior Courts shall hold their Office dI
ring the term of twelve Years, aIl
shall at stated times receive for the
services a compensation Which sha
not be diminished during the cnntir
aation in Office. And it shall be II
duty-o the President of the Unite
States, within twelve months, aft
the ratification of this amendment t
three -fOurths Of all the States, as prt
Vided by the Constitution, of the Tn