Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1877-01-24

by said commission, before it shall
proceed further, communicated to
the Senate or House Of Representa-
tives, as the case may be, which body
shall Immediately and without de-
bate proceed by uira roce vote to fill
the place 80 vacated, and the person
80 appointed shall take and su5scribe
the oath iiereinbefore prescribed, and
become member of said commits
sion: and, In like manner, IL any of
said Justices of the Supreme Court
shall die or become physically inca
pable Of performing the duties re-
quired by this act, the other of said
justices, members Of the said COM
mission, shall Immediately appoint
another justice of said court mem
ber of said commission; and In such
appointments regard shall be had to
tho impartiality and freedom from
bias sought by the original appoint
,nents 10 said dcUInvSiissiuu VINO snaif-
thereupon Immediately take and
subscribe the oath hereinbefore pre-
| scribed, and become a member Of
said commission to fill the vacancy
co occasioned.
All the certificates and papers pur-
porting to be certificates Of the elec-
toral votes OF each State shall be
opened, In the alphabetical order Of
the States, rs provided in section one
OF this act; and when there shall be
more than ono such certificate or pa
per, rs the certificates and papers
from such State shall so be opened,
(excepting duplicates of the same re-
turn, they shall be read by the tell
ers, and thereupon the President Of
tho Senate shall call for objections, If
any. Every objection shall be made
In writing, and shall state clearly and
concisely, and without argument, the
ground thereof, aud shall be signed
by at least one Senator and one men,
ber Of the House of Representatives
before the same shall be received.
When all such objections so made to
any certificate, vote, or paper from a
State, shall have been received and
read, all such certificates, votes and
papers so objected to, and all papers
accompanying the same, together
with such objections, shall be forth
with submitted to said commission,
which shall proceed to consider the
same, with the same powers, if any,
now possessed for that purpose by
the two Houses actirg separately or
together, and, by q majority Of votes
decide whether any anil what votes
from such State are the votes provid-
cd for by tho Constitution Of the
United States, and how many and
what persons were duly appointed
electors in such State, and may
therein take into view such petitions,
depositions, and other papers, If any,
as shall, by the Constitution and now
existing law, be competent and per-
tincnt in such considerations; which
decision shall be made IL writing,
stating briefly tho ground thereof,
and signed by the members OF said
commissions agreeing therein; where
upon the two Houses shall again
meet, and such decision shall be read
and entered In the Journal of each
House, md tho counting Of the votes
shall proceed in conformity there
with, unless, upon objection made
thereto ia writing by at least five
Senators and five members Of the
House OF Representatives, the two
Houses shall separately concur in or
dering otherwise; in which case such
concurrent order shall govern. No
votes or papers from any other State
shall be acted upon until the objec.
tions previously made to the votes or
papers from any State shall have
been finally disposed Of.
SEC. 3. That while the two IIous.
es shall be In meeting, as provided
in this act, no debate shall beallowed
and no question shall bs put by the
presiding officer, except to either
House on n motion to Withdraw; aud
he shall havs power to preserve
order.
SEC. 4. That when the two Hous.
es separate to decide upon an objec-
tion that may have been made to the
counting Of any electoral vote or
votes from any State, or upon objec-
tion to report of said commission,
or other question arising under this
act, each Senator and Representa-
tive may speak to such objection or
question ten minutes, and not often
er than once; but after such debate
shall have lasted two hours, 1t shall
be the duty OF each House to put the
main question without further de-
bate.
SEC. 0. That at such joint meet
ing of the two Houses seats shall bo
provided as follows: For the Presi
dent OF tho Senate, the Speakers
chair; for the Speaker, Immediately
upon his left; the Senators in the
body of the hall upon the right Of the
presiding officer; for the Representa-
tives, in the body OF the hail not pro-
vided for the Senators; for the ,eliers,
Secretary OF the Senate, and Clerk OF
the House OF Representatives, at the
Clerks desk; for the other officers OF
the two Houses, In front OF the
Clerks desk and upon each side Of
the Speakers platform. Such joint
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