The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-25

sentatives announced that the House
is now ready to attend the Senate in
the chamber of the Housed in opening
the certificates and counting the votes
/ of the electors of the several States in
the choice Of President and Vice
President of the United States -not to
participate in the count,nor to perform
any active function in the count, but
j to ATTEND" with the Senate and wit
ness the opening and counting the
votes for President and Vice President
of the United States. ~ IN suaa.s
! Hence, the President of the Senate, i'll
the presence of the two Houses, assist
ed by tellers respectively appointed by
them, opened and counted the votes,
and announced as the result of his
j. count, that James Madison had been
chosen President and Elbridge Gerry
/ Vice-President Of the United States.
Subsequently, under resolution of the
i Senate he made out and signed" the
following certifcate:, sea9
g"Be it ksooaOaa, That the Senate and
! House of Representatives Of the United
] States of America, being convened in
the city of Washington, On the second
Wednesday of February, in the year Of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirteen, the underwritten, Pqesi-
dent of the Senate pro tempore, did, in
i the presence of the said Senate and
| House of Representatives, open all the
certificates and count all the uoteS of
| the electors for a President and Vice
j President of the United States; where
\ upon it appeared that James Madison,
of Virginia, had majority of the votes
1 of the electors as President, and
\ Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts, had
} a majority Of the votes of the electors
as Vice-President by all which it
! appears that James Madison, of Vir-
1 ginia, has been duly elected President,
} and Elbridge Gerry, Of Massachusetts,
| has been duly elected Vice-President
} OF the United States, agreeably to the
j Constitution. ea3.''
!, "1n witness whereof / have herewith
J, set my hand and caused the seal of the
{ Senate to be affixed, this - day of
4 February, 1918. }2'92 DIS --.'-e r Cd
CIVILIAN III. CRAWFORD"
q At the EIGHTH COUNT (February ~,
II 1910 of the electoral votes of the sever
7 al States, in the Senate, Gas the; result
) of an agreement of joint committee
adopted by the two Houses, IA message
) was received from the House of Repre-
| sentatives Informing the Senate that
) the House is now ready to attend the
E Senate, in the Representatives. cham
: Der, and proceed in opening the
certificates and counting the votes of
the electors of the several States for
President and Vioe-President."
| Not to participate in the count nor
to perform any active function in the
count but to attend with the Senate
; and witness the opening and counting
the votes by president of the Senate,
; for President and Vice-PreSident of the
/ United States. -~
l Hence, the President of the Senate,
in the presence Of the two Houses
assisted by tellers respectively appoint
ed by them, opened and counted the
votes, and announced as the result of
his count that James Monroe had been
elected President, and Daniel d. Tomp-
kins Vice-President of the United
States.
subsequently,, under resolution of
the Senate, he ''made out and signed"
the following certificate:
"Be it kfaoa0aa, That the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the United
States of America, being convened in
the city of Washington on the second
Wednesday in Februry, i'll the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventeen, the underWritten, Pres
ide1at Of the Senate pro tempore did, in
the presence of the said Senate and
House of Representatives open all the
certificates and count all the Uotes of
1 the electors for President and Vice
! President of the United States: where
s1pon it appeared that James Monroe,
0f Virginia, had majority of the
electors as President, and Daniel D.
Tempkins, of New York, had a major
! ity of the votes of the electors as Vice
President. By all of which it appears
that James Monroe, Of Virginia, has
been duly elected President, and Daniel
| ID. Tosnpkins, of New York, has been,
| duly elected Vice-President Of the
United States, agreeably to the Con-
stitution.
an witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand this - day of Feb
ruary, one thousand eight hundred and
seventeen. sa" at
John GAILLARD"
AT this count objection was made to
the count of the votes of Indiana by|
Mr.. Taylor, of New York, member
of the House, on the ground
that at the date of her vote she
had not been admitted as a State intoi
the Union, whereupon, the two Houses
separated. In the House, after some
debate, the resolutions OH the subject
were indefinitely postponed. The Senate
took no action on the matter. Thel(
latter body returned to the chamber of +
the House, and the President of the S
Senate, in the presence of the two /
Houses, counting the votes of Indiana, II
concluded the count. e Ia
n