Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-01-25

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Thursday = febsussy, \. D. 1871. and
the Pfesideot e the Senate shall be
their psso1ofne oGees. Two tellers
shall Be- peeSiously sppointed On the
part Of III Sooaie ard two On TIA psSt sf
the House II Representatives, 10 whom
shah Be h11ded = they IRE opened BY
the Presideot e The Senate oil the GER
ti6cates an Popers psrpostiag 10 be
certificates q electoral votes, which
certi6cates nd papers shall be opened
preseated ~ acted upon in the alpha
betieal ee15erof the States beginning
with the lei y a, and said tellers having
read TIL "a tie presence and hear:
ing Of tR. 10 houses shall make list
OF the votes = they shall sppear from
the said certificates, and the votes hav.
ing been ascertained and counted as in
this act provided, the result Of the same
sLall be delivered 10 the President of
the Senate. who shall thcreupon an
nounce the state Of the vote and the
names OF the persons, il any, elected,
which announcement shall be deemed
q sufficient declaration Of the persons
elected President and Vice-President
of the United States, and, together with
. list Of the votes, shall be entered on
the journals Of the two houses. Upoa
such reading Of any such certificate or
paper, when there shall be only one re-
turn from . State. the President of the
Senate shall call for objections, if any.
Every objection shall be made in writ
ing, and shall state clearly and concisely
and without argument the ground there
Of, and shall be signed by at least one
Senator and one member of the House
Of Representative before the same shall
be received. When all objections so
made to any, vote or paper from State
shall have been received and read, the
Senate shall thereupon withdraw and
such objections shall be submitted to the
Senate for its decision, and the Speaker Of
the House Of Representatives shall in
like manner submit such objections to the
House Of Representatives for its decis-
ion, and no electoral vote or votes from
any State from which but one return
has been received shall be rejected ex-
cept BY the affirmative vote Of the two
houses. When the two houses have
voted they shall Immediately again
meet, and the presiding officer shall
then announce the decision Of the ques-
ton submitted.
Sec. 2 That If more than one return.
or paper purporting to be return, from
State shall have been received BY the
President of the Senate, purporting to
be the certificates of electoral votes
given at the last preceding election for
President and Vice-President in such
State. unless they shall be duplicates OF
the same return, all such returns and
papers shall be opened by him in the
presence of the two houses when met
as aforesaid, and read by the tellers,
and all such returns and papers shall
thereupon be submitted 10 the judy
ment and decision, as to which is the
true and lawful electoral vote of such
State, Of a commission constituted as
Yollows, namely: During the session OF
each house on the Tuesday next pre-
ceeding the first Thursday in February.
1877, each house shall by viva voce
vote appoint FIVE of its members, who,
with the FIVE Associate Justices of the
Supreme Court Of the United States
to BE- ascertained as hereinafter pro-
vided, shall constitute a commission for
the decision of all questions upon or in
respect of such double returns named
in this section. On the Tuesday next
preceding the first Thursday in Febru.
ary, A. ID. 1877, or as soon thereafter
as may be, the Associate Justices al
the Supreme Court Of the United States
now assigned to the First, Third, Fig nth
and Ninth circuits shall select, in such
manner rs a majority Of them shall deem
fit, another Of the associate justices oil
said court, which FIVE persons shall be
members Of the said commission, and
the person longest in commission oil
said FIVE justices shall be the Presiden,
Of said commission. The members oil
said commission shall, respectively, take
and subscribe the following oath:
L., do solemnly swear Tor affirm rs the
case may bel that viii impartially examine and
consider all questions submitted to the commits
sion Of which am a member, and a true judg-
ment give thereon, agreeably TO the Constitution
and the laws. So help me God.
which oath shall be filed with the
Secretary Of the Senate. When the
commission. shallhave been thus orga-
nized il shall not be in the power oil
either house to dissolve the same or to
withdraw any Of its members, but IL
any such Senator or member shall die
or become physically unable to perform
the duties required by this act, the fact
of sucs death or physical inability shall
be by said commission. before il shall
proceed further, communicated to the
Senate or House Of Representatives. q.
the case may be, which body shall i'm
mediately and without debate proceed
by viva voce vote to Gil .he place %
vacated and Tie person 50 appointed
shall take and subscribe the oath here
inbefere prescribed and become mem
Der Of said commission. And in like
manner If any Of the said Justices Of the