New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19
Senate
Committee.
TEXT OF THE COMPROMISE BILL.
House
Committee.


pr to provide for and requisite counting OF votes for
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Be It enacted he Senate aud House Of Representatives.
al he Fi-i salies OF AHericc in Congress dsss"bied
q,t the senate and House Of Representatives. shall meet
IN the hall OF the House Repr sentatives at The hour
Of O'Clock p. m, FIRST Thursday IL February A.
d. 1877 and Tie President OF the Senate "hni be- thelf
presilng officer. Two tclers shall DE previously NJ
ponted Oh the part of 5he senate aud two ON The part o
tie House Oi Representatives, to whom shall be handed
"a they are opened by The President OF the Senate the
certificates ana papers purporting to Inc cerlhcHes OF
electoral votes which certificates and papers sail De
opeued presented and acted upon in tire alphabetical.
orer @; she state. beginning with the letter a, md SAID
teler having then read the same IN the presence ana
hearing CT the two houses snail make list Of thc votes A.
they shall appear from the said certcates ana the 7otes
having been tanned and counted as in this act pro-
yjdqd the result Of the shall lie delivered to the
President Of the Senate. who shall thereupon ali
pouuce the state Of the and tie Of tCc per-
SOILS, II any, elected, which announcement shall be
deemed sufficient declaration OF the persons elected
President and yicePresdcnt Of the United states, and
together with lst Of tho votes shall be entered on the
Journals OF the two houses Upon such reading Of any
such certificate paper when there shall DE only one
return from n state Ito President of the Senate shall
call for objections if any Every objection shall be made
IN writing and shall state clearly and cOnclscy and
without argument the ground thereof and shall be
signed b. az least Senator and one member OF the
House of Representatives before the sane shall be re-
ociyed When all objections so made to any vote or
Dapcr from state shall have been received and read
the Senate shall thcrcupon withdraw ald such Obec
lions shall 30 submitted 10 the senate Tor ls decision
,"d ,bn sneaker OF the House OF Representatives shall
in like u.aIner submit such objections 10 the ouse Of
Representatives Of It's d,csi0n, and no electoral vote or
votes any state from which but Que return has
o..n received hall be rejected except 10y te Affirmative
zoe of the two houses When the two h0HscS have
voted they shall immediately again meet. nd the pre-
sizing officer saali then announce the decision OF the
question submitted.
THE COMMISSION AND IT'S POWERS
SEC 3 That if than return or paper purport
ing to be return State shall have been received
bv te President of the Senate. purporting
ttcates OF electoral given at the las: preceding
election for President and VicePresdent in such State,
unless they shall be duplicates OF the same returns, al
such returns and papers sAah be opened by him
in the presence Of the two houses, when met
"a aforesaid, and read by the tellers, aud all
such returns aud papers shall thereupon be sub
ntted the Judgment and decision as to which
the true ana lawful electoral vote of such State Of
commission constituted "a follows. namely: During the
session of each the Tuesday next preceding the
first Thursday In February, 1877 each house saal by
r poce vote appoint five OF s members who, with the
Ave Associate Justices of the Supreme Court OF the
United states To be ascertaned hereinafter provided,
sha cons tute commission for the discussion Of all
questions upon III respect of such double returns
named in this section On the Tuesday next preceding
the first Thursday in February. A. d.. 1s77,
thereafter may be- the Associate Justices OF the
prcme Court of United STATES assigned to the
First Third, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits shall select in
such manner as majority of them shall deem t another
of the Associate Justices Of said court which 1--WE
sons shall I've members Of the said commission and the
person longest in commission Of said five Justices shall
be- the president of said commission Members OF said
commission shall respectively take and subscribe the fol-
lowing OATH
10 .olef Nv n nm. IA he cagP m
be, that | Will mpartiaily examine and consider all
Uestinns aubnIitted 10 the commission OF which am a
member and judgment give thereon agreeaDly 10
the Constitution ana the laws, SO help me God
Which oath shall be died with the Secretary Of the Sen
ate When the commission shall have been thus organized
shall not be the power Of either house to dissolve the
same or to Withdraw any OF its members, but II any such
senator or member shall die become physically unable
10 perform the duties required by this the fact Of such
death physical inability shall DO by said cOinisson
before il sha further, communicated to the Sem
ate or House OF Representatives, the case may be-
which body shall Immediately and without debate pro-
coed by cUa roee fill the place vacated and the
person so appointed shall take and subscribe the
oath herenbefore prescribed. and become
member Of said commission And in like manner. II any
of said Justices OF the Supreme Court shall die become
physically incapable OF performing the duties required by
this act the other OF said Justices members OF the said
commission snail Immediately appoint another Justice Of
said court member Of said commission aud ia such af
pOntments regard shall be had To the npariity and
freedom from bias sought by the original appointments
IN said commission, who shall theTeupOn immediately
49, aud rbe 10 tho oath herenbefore prescribed
and becOme a member OF said commission 20 I'LL the
vacancy 50 accustomed
All the certificates and papers purporting TO be
certificates electoral OF each STATE shall he
onened i'm alphabetical order of the States
yiied of this act, and when there shall e
more such certificate or paper a. the certificates
or Dsuars from such State snail be opened excepting
dnlcate OF the returnl they shall be cad by the
teers and thereupon the President OF the SENATE shn
call for Obectons If any. Every objection shall be made
in writing and shall state clearly aud concscly Gnd
without argument. the ground thereof. and ahal Do