, 1877-02-25
DUDLEY'S BILLS.

1peG1ut 1tSpulcH 10 iHe lF12nHE.
WAsHtsGToS, Feb. 24.-The following IS the
text Of Mr.. Fields bill to allow the defeated
Presidential candidate to contest the questions
in The United States States Supreme Court
otherwise known as the Quo Warranto bill:
AN ACT to provide an c11cctunl remedy for q
wrongful intrusion into the office of President .,
Vice President Of the United States:
Be s"aett.i, By the re-, senste and House Of Rep
Congress- assembled as follows:
SECTION l. When any person usurp*, lntrndes
ta Office Of President or Vice % Presdcst Of tue
United States his title to the office md the title OF
any claim thereof ulny be tried and determined by
action IN the nature Of quo warranto is hereafter
provided.
SEC =, The action may be brought in any Circuit
Court Of the United States AGAINST Il person In
Office by ary person claiming title thereto.
SEC. :. The action must be brought in the name Of
the United States and of the claimant but the PROS
ccntton thereof shall be under the sole direction Of
asu.umons which the Court shall issue the fling
Of the complainant and which may he served IN
fcnaanl to answer the complaint within time fixed
BY the Cont. not exceeding forty days alter the
service Of thy summons, and tho complaint must
allcge that the claimant was duly elected and is
titled to TIE nice that the defendant il in posses
sion Of tho office without just title thereto: aud
ask that the defendant may nc excluded from tho
Office and the claimant placed In possession thereof.
SEC. l.: The defendant may answer the complaint
denying his own unlawful intrusion into The oticc,
Tins 1aa2 shall be tried By Jury. or by the Court
II n jury Trial be waived. But il there be no an-
s"eF the coart shall receive such evidence Of title
as may be offered by the clainant, and thcrcupon
make written finding OF the facts
!, ser. o. The following rulcs must be observed In
the conduct Of the action: Il. The finding OF the
iss,ic upon an answer shall be had at any time and
place within the United States, to be liked by the
Court having regard to the convenicncc OF the
parties 0nd witnesses; bnt it nlnst be commenced
within ninety days from the service Of tho sum
uDna.
Il. Snbpo,nas to attend and testify with or With
out papcsa may be served in any part Of the United
States AZ Processes shall issue in the name Of
t ths Tntsa and The afy sal be drawn from
G. The Court shall inquire whether the Electoral
votes purporting to come from State were east hy
1ns sr.sz daiy appq'nted " that State the
any such person was Ut the time OF his appoin t.
ent Ineligible, q At the time OF casting his vote
sts " e 1Ts Of the s Of The
evidence tending to show. tue forgery, falschood,
o. nvssidity OF any certificate OF any Governor or
reject the votes Of ali persons inclie;b1e 1T
tie time of their alleged appointment OF
,nearac,'at'd ,SsaIr s.c.a at the time Of casting
necessary to judgment Of the rights Of the
parties.
fnding Of the Court,
E; The Judgment may determine the right both
~ tue utttlluAut anQ OF the Claimant, only the
right OF the defendant justice shall require II
!hc dctendaut be a1jnd-ed not entitled to the Of
nce ne shah be excluded from It, and II the claim
ant shall H. adjudged entitled to it, he NAV i'm
mea'ately on taking sae required oath, enter upon
the execution Of the office.
r; IN all other respects than as herein pre-
ecEibed the proceedings in the action shall be con-
1ormabc to the proceedings in other civil cases in
the Circuit Court -
SEC T. Either party may appeal to the Supreme
court OF the United States within ten DAYS after
nelce 81 The Judgment, aud II such appeal be taken
the judgment slall not be executed until fte d.
cison upon the appeal.
SEC. Z. Tic action and all notions arruments.
and other proceedings therein shall hays nrece.
dcEce over all other Dasncs3 In the Sunremc Cnurf
and Circuit Court and II the Supreme conrt be NOT
IN session at The time OF the appeal it shall be int
lneuatcIy convened By the Chief Justice unon ten
days notice to each Of tae Judges
SEC = Ihe execution Of the Judgment may be |
enforced Us any proper writ issned to any Marshal
OF the United States.
THE PRESIDENTIAL. SUCCESSION,
!he following is the text OF Fields bill to pro-
Fldc ttr the Presidential succession in case t,f
non-elcction III President and Vicc-Prisident |
during the interval to next Sunday. It il !
entitled An act to amend the Revised Statutes |
CT flc limited States In respect to vacancies in /
the Offices OF President aud ice-Prcsdent": /
De <aae'ed, BY the Senate and House Of Renre-
sentativcsin Congress- assembled, That Sec IL Of
the ReEised Statutes OF the United States be !
amended 50 as to read as follows: ssWheuerer
br reason pf failure to complete the countinr
II the ELECTORAL votes for President and