The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-29

be Ivy Salu COMMISSION pClOTc II SHuI'
proceed, further communicated to the
Senate or 10 the House Of Rep
rcsontatiyes as tho case may be,
which shall Immediately and without
debate proceed by vird rOcc vote 10
ill The place SO vacated, and tho person
so appointed shall take and subscribe
tho oath hcreinbeforc prescribed and
become n member Of said commission
and IL like mannerif any Of said JUS
tees Of tho Supreme Court shall die or
become physically incapable of pcrfOr.
ming the duties required by this act,
tho other Of said Justices, members Of
suid commission, shall immediately
appoint another Justice of sud court a
member Of said commission, who shall
thereupon Immediately take and sub.
scribe to tho oath hcTeinbcforc pre-.
scribed aud become o member Of said
commission to fill the vacancy SO occa-
stoned. AL the certificates and papers
purporting to DO certificates Of the
electoral votes Of each State shall be
opened in the alphabetical order Of the
States, as provided in section l Of this
act, and when there shall bc more than
one such certificate or paper, Us the
certificates and papers from such State
shall so DO opeued. excepting dupli.
Gates Of the same return they shall be
read by tellers, and thcreupon the
President Of tho Senate shall call for
objections, If any. Every objection
shal! be nIpdc in writing, and shall
state clearly and couCiscly aud without
argument, tho ground thereof, and
shall DO signed by at lcEst one Senator
and ono member Of the House Of Rep.
rescataIivcs before the same shull DO
received. When any such objections
50 made to any certificate, vote or pa
per from a Slate shall hove been re.
ccived and read. all such certificates,
votes aud papers so objected to, md ali
papers accompanying. the same. 10.
ge'her with such objections, shall be
submitted TO suid commission, which
shall proceed to consider tho same
with the same powers Us auy now pos.
scsscd for that purpose by the two
houses acting separately or together,
and bya majority Of the votes decide
wherthCr any and what yores from
such State arc tho votes provided for
by the Constitution of the United
States, aud how many ami what por-
soas werO duly appointed electors in
such Stalo, aud may therein take iu,o
view srch petitions, depositsons aud
other papers, il any, shall by tho Con-
.titutiou and now existing law, be
competent and pertinent in such con.
glieru,iOn, which decision shall be
made in Writing, stating briefly tue
ground thereof. aud signed by the
members Of said commission agreeing
therein, whercupOu the two Houses
shall ugaiu meet and such decisions
.lall be read aud entered in the jour-
ual Of each House, and the counting Of
the votes shall proceed in conformity
herewith, unless upon objection thereto
in writing by ut least tiue Senators and
Eve members Of the House of Repre-.
sentalivcS, tho two lIou'es shall sep.
aratcly CONCUR in ordering otherwise,
in which case such concurrent order
shall govern 20 votes, or the pnpors
from any other State shall be acted up.
on until the objections previously made
to tho votes or papers from any State
shall have fiaally been disposed Of.
SEC 8. That while the Two houses
shall DO in meeting, rs provided in this
net, no tebate shall be allowed, and no
question shaIi be put by the presiding
officer, except TO either house. Of mo.
ton 10 withdraw, and he shall have
power TO preserve order.
SEC. T. That when the two houses
sepCratc to decide upon an objection
that may have been nude to tho con.
trary Of any electoral vote or votes
from any State or upon obiecit.a.a.- 10 a
report Of said coupaSissi0a Or o:Ler
question a arising under this act, each
Senator aud Representative may speak
to such objection or question ten min.
utes, aud not ofsoncr than twice, but
after such debate shall have lastee two
hours it shall DO the duty Of each llouss
to put tho main question without fur.
ther debate.
SEC. 5.-That at such joint meeting
Of tho two hours seats shall be provided
as follows: For tho P resident Of the
scnote, tho Speakar's chair: for the
SOeakcr Immediately upon bis left ;
tho Senators in tho body Of the hall
upon tho right Of tho presiding officer !,
ior tho Representatives in the body Of
tho hall not provided for tho Senators:
Of the Teller. the Secretary Of tho
Scantc and Clerk Of the House of Rep
res, NATIVE at the Clerks dOsk, and for
the other officers Of the two houses, in
+ ont Of tho clerks desk aud upon eash
sile Of the speakers platform. Such
join; meeting shall not be dissolved
until the count Of tho electoral votes
shall be completed and tho result de-
cIarcJ, mud no recess shall be taken
untess the question shall have arisen
in regard to counting any such votes,
or otherwise, under this act, in which
case it shall DO competent for either
House acting separately. in the man.
ncr herein provided, to direct a recess
Of such House not beyond the next
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