The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-01-26

oath shall be filed with the Secre,
tary of tho Senate. When the
commission shall have thus or.
ganized, it shall not be in the
power of either House to dissolve
the same, or to withdraw any OF
its members, but if any such Sen
ator or member shall die, or be-
come physically unable 10 per
form the services required by this
act, the fact of such death or
4 physical inability shall be, by said
commission before it shall pro-
ceed further, communicated to
the Senate or House of Repre-
sentatives, as the case may be,
which body shall Immediately
and without debate, proceed by
viira rOce to fill the place so vaca-
ted, and the person so appointed
shall take and subscribe to the
oath herein before subscribed,
and become a member of said JUS
tices of the Supreme Court shall
die, or become physically incapa-
BILE of performing the duties re-
duired by this act, the other of
said Justices, members Of the
said commission, shall immedi-
ately appoint another Justice OF
said Court member of said com
mission, and in such appointment
regard shall be had to the impair
tiallty and freedom from bias
sought by the original appoint
ments to said commission, who
shall thereupon Immediately take
and subscribe to the oath herein
before prescribed and become a
member of said commission to fill
the vacancy so occasioned.
All the certificates and papers
purporting to be certificates of
the Electoral votes of each State
shall be opened in the alphabet
ical order of the States, as provi-
ded in section one OF this act, and
when there shall be more than
one such Certificate or paper, as
the certificates and papers from
such States, they shall be opened. |
excepting duplicates of the same |
return. They shall be read by |
the tellers, and thercupon the |
President of the Senate shall call |
for objections, if there be any. |
Every objection shall he made in |
writing, and shall state clearly |
and concisely, and without argu-
ment, the ground thereof, and |
shall be signed by at least one
Senator and one member of the
House of Representatives before
the same shall be received. When
all such objections made to any
Certificate, vote or paper from a
State shall have been received
and read, and all such GER
tifcates, votes and papers accom-
panying the same, together with
such objections shall be forth
with submitted to said commits
sion, which shall proceed to con-
slider the same with the same
powers, if any, now possessed for
that purpose by the two House
acting separately or together,
and by amajority of votes decide
whether any and what votes
from such States are the votes
provided by the Constitution 0:
the United States, and how many
and what persons were duly ap
pointed 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 exist
ing laws, be competent and per-
tinent in such consideration,
which decision shall be made in
writing, stating briefly the ground
thereof and signed by the mem
bers of said commission agreeing
therein, whereupon the two Hou-
ses shall again meet and such de-
cision shall be read and entered
into the journals of each House,
and the counting of the votes
shall proceedin conformity there
with unless the objection made to
in writing by at least five Sena-
tors and five members of the {
House of Representatives. The ,
two Houses shall separately con-
cur in ordering otherwise, in
which case such concurrent order
shall govern. No votes or papers {
from other States shall be acted [
upon until the objections pre-
made to The votes or pa
pers from any State shall have
been finally disposed of.
SEC. 3. That while the two Hou-
ses shall be in meeting, as provi-
1ed in this act, no debate shall
be allowed and no question shall
be put by the presiding officer,
except to either House on motion 8
to withdraw, and he shall have r
power to preserve order.
SEC. 4. That when the two Hou-
ses separate to decide upon an OBJ
lection that may have been made
to the counting OF any Electoral !
vote or votes from any State or 1
upon objection to the report Of Z
said commission, or other ques- :
ton arising under this act, each 7
Senator and Representatives may
speak to such objection or ques. 7
ton ten minutes, and not oftener
than once; but after such debate 4
shall have lasted two hours il 6