Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-01-25
The Bill.

~ Tic AOusc VI Representatives ~ tIAc AOuI VI
- o'clock post meridian, on the first Thurs
day Of February, A..D. 1877, and the Presi-
dent OF the Senate shall be the pres siding OFF,
Ger. Two tellers shall be previously appoint
ed on the part of the Senate and two on 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 purporting to he certificates Of the
electoral vote, which certificates and papers
shall be opened, presented and acted upon in
alphabetical order OF the States, beginning
with "A' Of said letters. Having then read
the same, the tellers, III the presence and
hearing OF the two houses, shall make list Of
votes as they shall appear from the said GER
tifcates, and the votes having been ascertain
cd and counted, as in this act provided, the
result of the same shall he delivered to the
President OF the Senate, who shall thereupon
OF the persons, if any, elected, which an
n0uncement shall be deemed a sufficient dec
laration OF the persons elected President and
Vice President of the United States, and to.
gether with list OF the votes, 80 entered Oh
the journals of the two houses. Upon such
reading Of any such certificates or papers,
when there shall be only one return from q
objections. Ii any, every objection shall be
made in writing, and shall state clearly and
conclusively, and without argument, the
ground thereof, and shall I've signed by at
least one Senator and one Member Of the
House of Representatives before the same
shall be received. When all objections SO
made to any vote or paper from the State shall
have been received and read. the Sem
ate shall thereupon withdraw, and such
objections shall be submitted to the
Senate tor its decision, and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives shall lin like manner
submit such objections to the House OF Repre-
sentatves for its decision, and nc electoral vote
or votes from any State from which but one
return has been received shall he objected to,
except 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 de-
cision Of the questions submitted ; that il
more than one return or paper purpOrting to
Ike returned from any State shall have been
received by the President OF the Senate, p,,r-
porting to be certificates of electoral votes
given at the last preceding election for Pres
ident and Vice President in such State, then
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 to the judgment and decision az
to which is the true and lawiulIelectoral vote o1
such State, of o committee constituted, as
follow5-namely: During the session OF such
house, on the Tuesday next preceding the
first Thursday in February, 1877, each house
shall, by viva voca vote, appoint five Of its
of the Supreme Court OF the United States, to
be ascertained as hereinafter provided, shall
constitute committee for the decision of all
questions upon or in respect Of such double
returns named in this section. On the Tues.
day next preceding the first Thursday in Feb
ruary, A. D! 1877, or sa soon thereafter as may
be, the Associate Justices of the Supreme
the first, third, eighth and ninth circuits
shall select, in such manner a. the majority
Of them shall deem fit, another OF the Asso
ciste Justices of said Court, which five per.
sons shall be members OF said Commission
and the person longest in commission of said
five Justices shall be President OF said Com.
mission. The members OF said Commission
shall respectively take and subscribe the tol
lowing oath: ID do solemnly swear or affirm
anime and consider all questions submitted
to the Commission of which am a member
and true judgment give thereon, agreeably
to the constitution and laws, 80 help me God
which oath shall be filed with the Secretary
of State.
When it shall have.been thus organized,
shall not be i'll the power Of either house 4
dissolve the same or to withdraw any OF it
members, but if any such Senator or membc.
shall die, or become physically unable to per
form the duties required by this act, the fac
OF such death or ply sical inability shall be By
said Commission before it shall proceed further
communicated to the Senate or House of Rep
resentatives as the case may be, which body
shall Immediately and without debate, proceed
by viva voce vote to fill the place so vacated
and the person 40 appointed shall take ant
prescribe the oath herein before prescribed
and become member Of said commission
and in like manner if any Of said Justices Q
the Supreme Court shall die or become physi
caily incapable Of performing the duties re-
quired by this act, the others Of said justices
members Of said Commission, shall immedi
ately appoint another Justice of said Court
member Of said commission, and in such ap
pointlnents regard shall be bad to the i'm
partiality and freedom from bias sought by th.
original appointment to said commission, VIII
shall thereupon Immediately take and sub
scribe the oath hereinbefore subscribed, ant
become member Of said Commission to I'll
the vacancy occasioned. All certificates IN,
papers purporting to be certificates ofthe elect
oral votes Of each State shall be opened In al
phabetical order of the States, a. provided !,
! Sec. Of this act, and when there shall b
moro than one such certificate or papers, a