The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-07

The rules and forms for the casting OF the
ballots of the Electoral Colleges under
the constitution and the laws.
SEC. 2. and be at further enacted,
THAI the e., cs"rs shall meet and gice|
their Uotes on the said first Wednesday,
IN December, at Satch place, IN each
State, as shall be directed By the legis-
ZataIre thereof; and she electors 10 each
State shall ma Ike and sign THREE cerfiii
Gates Of all the votes by them given, an
shall seal up The ssme, certifying, on
each, that Isl of the votes Of such
Estate, Tor President and Vlce-Pr, dent,
is centAint d therein, and shall, by writ
|ing,uudert h ir hands,nr under the hands
If a majority OF them, appoint a.persoB
to take charge Of, and deliver TO tue
President ot the Senate. at the seat q:
Governmenr, before the first Wednesday
in January ben next ensuing. one OF the
Sd d certificates, and said electors shall
forthwith forward, 10y the post>effce, to
1.-THE Presidents OF the Senate, at the
seat of Government, one o, her of the
Isaid certificates; ard shall, forthwith.
cause the other Of me said certificates TO
be delivered 10 the judge nt the district
in which the said electors shall assemble.
SEC. 3 and be 1t further enacted,
That Tie Executive aushori = of each
Staie stall cause three l3s OF the
names of the electors of such State
20 be made, and certified, and 10 be
delivered to the electors on or before the
sal first Wednesday II December; and
the saif electors shall annex one of the
SAID lists TO each If the lists Of tier
votes,
/ Sec s. A7ad be 1t further enacted
/. That if any person, appointed to deliver
! tue votes of the electors to the President
OF the Senate, shall, after accepting Of
: his appointment, neglect to perform the
services CURED ofhm by this act. he
v shall forfeit the sum of enc thousand
!. dollars.
: ApproUed. March I, 1892.
49, AN ACTto establish a uniform time for
r holding elections for electors of President and
= Vice Presid ent in all the States Of the Union.
, SEC. 1 Be 1t enacted By the Senate
and House of Representatives Of the
United States of AmericG in Congress
assembled, That the electors ofPresident
! and Vlce-President shall be appointed
: in each State on the Tuesday next sitter
: the first Monday in the month of Nov
ember of the year in which they are to
be appointed. P1'o0tded, That each
State may by law provide for the filing
any vacancy or vacancies which NAV
occur in its college of electors when such
: college meets to give Its electoral
vote. and 2oroUideG. also, when any
, State shall have held an election for the
purpose of choosing electors, and shall
fail to make choice on the day afOre-
said, then the electors may be appointed
on subsequent day in such manner as
; the State shall by law provide.
Approce1, January %, 1845.
These are the requirements or the lave
of March 1, 1892, and of January 20,
: 1645, respecting the manner in which the
votes of the electoral colleges shall be
cast. They arc practically the rule of
the Constitution, as follows:
The Governor, or executive authority
/. of State, ia the usual legal form, shall
furnish the presidential electors of the
IState, on or before the first Wednesday
I'm December following the November
election at which they were chosen.
THREE certificates, under the seal Of the
State. of their appointment as electors, in
form like the following:
I(Form Of Governors certificate of appointment
of EectOrs.)
State or Commonwealth of--
Pursuant to Laws of the United States,
passed on the frat day of March, one
Thousand seven hundred and ninety-two'
and on the twenty-third day of January,
one Thousand eight hundred and forty
Ave, -,
Governor of -, do hereby certify
that
i (Here follow the names OF Electors.)
have been chosen Electors of President
and Vice>President OF the United States,
on TIE part of this State, sgreeably toI
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