The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-20
COUNTING THE ELECTORAL VOTE.
Full Text Of the Bill.

vice-prcsident, and the decision of ques-
tons arising therein for the terms com.
meucing March 4, 1877.
BE it enacted That the senate and
house of representatives shall meet in the
hall Of the house OF representatives at the
hour Of 1 o'clock post meridian, on the
first Thursday in February, A. d. 1877,
and the president Of the senate shall be
their presiding officer. Two tellers shall
be previously appointed on the Part of the
senate and two N the part of the house of
representatives, to- whom shall be handed
as they are opened by the president of the
senate all the certificates and papers pur-
porting to be certificates of electoral votes,
which certificates and papers shall be
opened, presented and acted upon in
the alphabetical order Of the states, begin
ming with the letter A; and said %tellers,
having then read the same in the presence
and hearing OF the two houses, shall make
o lit Of the votes rs they shall appear from
the sid certificates; and, the votes having
been ascertained and counted as il this act
provided, the result Of the same shall he
delivered to the president of the senate,
who shall thercup1n announce the state OF
the vote and the names OF the persons, if
any, elected, which announcement shall be
deemed a sufficient declaration Of the per-
sons elected president and vice-pTeslGCnt Of
the United States, and together with a list
| OF the votes be entered on the journals of
the two houses.
Upon such reading of any such certif-
cate or paper, when there snail lie only one
return from a state, the president Of the
senate shall call for objections, il any.
Every objection shall be made in writing,
and shall state clearly and concisely and
without argument the ground thereof, and
shall be signed by at least one senator and
one member OF the house Of Representa-
tives before the same shall be read. When
ell the objections so made to any vote or
paper from a state snail have been received
and read, the scnstG shall thereupon with
draw, ana such objections shall be submit
ted TO the senate for its decision, and the
speaker of the house of representatives
shall in Ike manner submit such OBJ
~jections to the house of Representatives
for its decision. And no electoral vote or
votes from any state from which but one
return has been received shall be rejected,
except " TUG anu nattNU NO. OF DOtn
houses, When the W houses nave vOted,
they shall Immediately again meet, and the
presiding officer shall then announce the
decision of the question submitted.
Section 2-That, if more than one return
or paper purporting TO be a return from a
state shall have been received by the presi-
dent Of the senate purpofting to be the GER
t~iticates of electoral votes given at the last
preceding election for president anu vice
president in such state (uDless they ehall be
duplicates of the same return all such re-
turns aud papers shall be opened by him in
es afnresoid, md read Inv the tcllers. and
ali s,,nh roturre ond noDars ebelI tboro,non
eH..ai - a. ilS,an. 81 5aaii;oa
be submitted 10 the judgment anu OCCASION
as to which is the true and lawful electoral
vote of euch state. of n commission consti-
go % SrlIou,s ro,nai,r Dnr;n0 ,Lo COS
sion of each house on ibo Tuesday rcyt
nraceding the first Thursdav in Fchrnarv
fae- oor6 ho,se ebaii hv silva 1,oc1 vnto az
noin1f Gvo of its momhers Who win Tie
ave oesociate i-nsticoe Of the snnremo court
Of tbo Irn;ted States IN bo osrertoired nc
boraino f,or rroyidod eboli cors,ituta a
commission Tor the decision Of nil nnes.
800 'n"n or N rfennct nf euch donhla re-
$50 onnoJ IN ,hio %ooc,ior
IN the Tneedav neyt nrecedipr tbe frat
ThrrsJav in Febyrarv A II 1877 or os
aaon ,boyonfar 10 nav 10 thn associato
i]ustiooa ~ tho ernrrme CONT of the ITniIed
S,o,os nom, oosirncd 10 tIn Gret third
oinhtb IA ,;nth circ,its eLau eaIect l., encb
90 roioritv Of them ebelI dcon,
g.. "~nnHos oe ,bo ossocia,o i~1s,icoo ~ soiJ
~, ~htob fTo norso,s ebSaII 10 r,ombrrs
oT eaid cnmmie.iop and Tho nrrsora Ionrcst
~ onr,noiHst ~ nf said Fva ire,ic9s ehoIi NO
III nra1i1'r ~ eril c,mn,jsqion h
rnor,ho1e of soid commiseinn eLolI ,osrec.
.inaI'. ,otn "rS srhsnrjbo tho f]ollo ninr
ononI'y' u.s.
Jan" 49,
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and consider ali questions submitted 10 the
commission OF which | AN a member, and u
true 1GdginehG GlEe Irefson, nsree99iS 10 inc
u,I -l1 ~" 60 - ~.
WhlcH oasu snA!l pe hleu WIN 'Ao seo-
reIaiy oi tno sehaIc. Hoo
Wheh INC coihIllssiou hhait na'o peeh
thus organized II snall nor DC III Tue power
Oh elIher hou9e ~ uIssoiNc tuo Saule' VI W
Withdraw any oil us emDeTS put IL any
u senator or hleulpet sun.I uIe' u pc
cohe PnyslGHlly unaple " PsIfoIih tne uu-
tieS required ny i'le aGt, t1o iaGl o. such
uealn o. physlCai lnaoiLitS snail De 10y sun
commlssion, pGiole ~ sue pioDeeu luttnet,
commuhichtcu W .ho son"le ot noroG y,
iePtesentst'!es, a. ny o"'e LiAy ~ nhlSl
Douy slhil lniheulu'eIy' anu WlthoeI ~
ns'e' proceou ny viva Voc 1ole " III tnc
pace 50 NaCateI' "uu tAG Pcison ~ up
pointeu shaIl laNe anu tuDsciluG INC o"'n
herelnDefore prescIlOee' ana become "
member OF sald couIhlss'0n' Anu ~ 4lHe
manner, II any OF ealu Jusllces OF the sn-
preme court snail dle, or become pnyslcally
incapable OF performing lne uu'ies rcqulleu
Dy thls ACT, the olher OF said JGstices' mem
oeis Oh tng sala cImmlsslon, sha'. ihmeul