Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-02-03


the 1st, Sd, 4th and 9th circuits shall
select, i'll such manner rs a majority
of them shall deem fit, another ofthe
Associate Justices of said court, which
five persons shall be members of said
commission; and the person longest in
commission Of said five Justices shall
be the president Of said commission.
The members of said commission shall
respectively take and subscribe the
following oath: 'I,
do solcmnly swear Cor affirm as the
case may bc,l that will impartially
examine and consider all questions
submitted to the commission Of which
| am member, and q true judgment
give thereon, agreeable to the con-
81 uaion and the laws: SO help me
God Which oath shall be filed
with the Secretary of the Senate.
When the commission shall have been
thus organized, it shall not be in the
power Of either house to dissolve the
same, or 10 withdraw any of its mem
bcrs; but fany such Senator or mem
Der shall die or become physically
urallc to perform the duties required
by this act, the fact Of such death or
physical inability shall be by sail
commission, before it shall proceed
further, communicated to the Senate
or House ofRcprcscntatives, as the
case may he. which body shall i'm
mc'liatcly and without debate pro-
cccd by rirn roicc vote to fill the place
50 vacated; and the person SO appoin-
ted shall lake and subscribe the oath
hercinbefore prescribed, and become
member Of said commission; and in
like manner if any Of said justices Of
the Supreme Court shall die or be.
come physically incapable Of perform
ing the duties required by this act, the
other Of said Justices m embcrs Of the
commission shall Immediately ap-
point another Justice of said court q
member of said commission; and in
such appointments regard shall b.
had TO The inpartiality aad freedom
from bias sought by the original ap-
pointments of said commission, who
shall thcreupon Immediately take and
subscribe the oath hereinbefore pre-
scribcd and become member of said
commission, to fill the vacancy occa-
stoned. All the certificates and
papers purporting to be ce: tifcates of
the electoral votes of each State shall
be opened III the alphabetical order
of the States, as provided iii section ..
one of this act; and where there shall
be more than one such certificate or
paper, as the certificates and papers
from such State Shall be opened, ex-
cepting duplicates Of the same return,
they shall be real by the tc:lers; and
.thereupon the President of the Sen
ate shall call for objections, if any.
Every objection Shall be made in
writing, and shall state clearly and
conciseIy and without argument the
ground thereof, an shalt b. ,ne,l
by at least one Senator and one mem
bcr of ,he House Of Representatives
before the same shall be received.
When all such objections so made to
any certificate, vote or paper from II
State shall have been received and q
read, all such certificates. votes and
papers SO objected TO and papers nc
companying the same, together with
such objections, shall be forthwith
submitted to said commission, which
shall pr occcd to consider the same,
with the same powers, if any, now
possessed for that purpose by the two
houses acting separately or together
and by majority of votes decide
whether any md what votes from
such State are the votes provided for
by the constitution Of the United
States, and how many and what per
sons were duly appointed electors in
such State; anil may therein take into
view such petitions, dispositions and
other papers, if any, as shall by the
constitution and now existing laws be
competent and pertinent in such con-
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