The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-01-26

f' wv " thc Joiut Soiuuilttce OI tDt
Y. .. Senate, on Thursday, to provid,
for counting the electoral vote:
A bill for regulating the counting o.
votes for president and vice president
and the decision Of questions arising
thereon. for the term commencing Marcel
4, Ammo Domini 1877:
BE II enacted by the senate and house
Of representatives Of the United State,
IN congress assembled: That the senate
and house OF Representatives shall meet
IN the hall Of the house Of Representa-.
tives at the hour Of 10 o'clock ante
meridian, on the first Thursday In Feb.
ruaIy, A. d.. 1877, and the president OF
the senate shall be the presiding officer.
Two tellers shall he previously appoint
Ell on The part Of The senate aud two on
the part OF the house OF representatives.
10 whom shall be handed, as they are
opened by the president Of the senate,
all the certificates aud papers pnrporting
TO be certificates. and the certificates and
papers shall be opened, presented and
acted upon in alphabetic order Of states.
with the letter A, and said
iellcrs having then read the same in the
presence and hearing OF the two houses
shail make = list Of the votes a. they
shall appear from said certificates, and
the votes having been ascerlained and
counted. as IN this act provided, the re-
suit Of the same shall be delivered 10 the
president Of the senate. who shall there
upon announce the stale Of the votes and
names Of the persons, II any elected,
which announcement shall be deemed 4
sufficient declaration Of the persons
elected president and vice president or
the United States, aud together with A
list oi votes. shall be entered on the
journals Of the two houses. Upon such
reading OF any such certificate or paper
when there shall be ouly one return
from state the president OF the senate
shall call for objections il any, and every
objection shall be made In writing and
shalt state clearly aud concisciy and
argument the ground thereof.
and shall be signed by AT least one sens-
Tor and one member OF the house OF rep
resenfativcs before the same shall he re-
,sived. When all objections SO made 10
my vote or paper from anv state shall
nave been received and read. the senate
hall thereupon Withdraw and such OBJ
ections shall be submitted 10 The senate
or is decision. and the speaker of The
'ouse of representatives shall In like
manner submit such objections 10 The
louse OF representatives for its decision.
md no electoral vote or votes from auvl
tate from which but one return has
'een received shall he objected fo except
~ the affirmative vote OF the two houses
Nhen the two houses have voted thcvI
hall Immediately sgain meet and The
rcsiiing officer shall then announce II
he decision Of the question submitted. Il
Sec. 2. That ii more than one return
Y paper purpurfln- 10 bc returns from
ny state shall have been received bv
he president Of tho senate purporting 10
e certificates Of electoral votes given NJ !
he last preceding election for president
nd vice president in such state. unless !
hey shall be duplicates OF tie same re- L
arm, all such returns and papers shalIIt
e opened BY him il the presence Of rhe
yo houses. when met as aforesaid. and
ead by the tcllers, and all such returns
nd papers shall thereupon be submitted !
the judgment and decision as 10 Ia
Ihich Is the trne and lawful electoral q
ole Of such state Of commission con- ID
ituted as follows, viz: During the Ii
'ssion Of each house. on the Tuesday n
ext preceding the fret Thursday in
1877. each house shall. bv
IVA vocE vote, appoint five OF III Il
enbcrs who, with the five associate !;
dges Of the supreme court OF the :,
nited States, 10 be asccrtained as here.
after provided. shall constitute a COM !
ission for the decision or all questions /,
,on or IN respect 10 such double re- \
rms named IN this section. On lie I
nesday next preceding the first Thurs ],
" IN February, 1877, or as soon there 4,
ter as may be, the associate justices or Il
g supreme court Of the United States \.
Nv assigned to the 1st, Sd, 8th and 9Th
rcuiis shall select In such manner AZ \
sjority OF them shall deem it, another ., q
the associate justices Of said court. !,
hich live persons shall be members Of =,
ID commission, aud the person longest !,
commission OF said five Justices shall \, i
president Of said commission. The :.
smbers Of said commission shall re- !,
ectively take and subscribe 10 the fol- -
wing oath: ~, -, do soIemplv !,
ear, or affirm, as the case may be, that ~
will impartially examine and consider 4.
questions submitted TO the commits :,
N, Of which i am member, and n -
70 judgment give thereon agrceably 10 !,
} constitution and the laws, so HELM \,
J God Which oath shall be filed 4.
III the secretary OF the senate. When Il,
J commission shall have been Thus or !"
nizcd Il shall not D. in the power OIL y,
her house to dissolve the same or 10 | 4,
thdraw any Of its members, but III any A.
n senator or member shall die or l,e- ~