The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-01-26
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a BlIL TO provide for and regulate the count
iI.g OI vO es for President anu Vice President
and the decision oI questions arising thereon
fOr the terln commencing March 1. \. d., 1871
De cIactod by the Seadte and HOuse Of Ropreslt
tdtirts ~ the Uaittd StdttS u -iRertcd COHgTte,
asscsn0ttd hat The SeIiate House Ol Rs,,r,.
seBIlIlyes shall meet III the Hail the House o
Representatives at the hour OF IL o'clock po,t
uIerldian on The first Thursday i'll February A
d. IS77 and the President OF e Senaie shall bt
the prtsiuiIIe officer. Two telers shall be prtyi
ouSiy appointed on the part Ol the SeIate and
two ON lne part OF the House OF RI personalities
To whom shall DC handed, as they are opened Dy
the President OF the Senate, all the ,ertihcJltes
ami .tpsIS purIuTluS 10 De certificates OI eector
al votes, Which cerlinc. tcS anu paPer> shall be
opened, Presented ana acted upon III the al plla-
DcJiCl order OI the StIte>, beginning wlth the let
/ ter \ And s.iiI- ilvrS having then read the
| same in the presence and hearing OF the twO
Houses shall make Il isl OI NoIes they snail APP
per irUm said certificates, III The Votes having
4 oeen ascertiiIed ano counted ia this ACT pro-
vided, the icsult OF the same shall he delivered
to the President OF the Senate. who shall, there
upon. announce the state OF the vote and the
name OF the persons, if aly elected, which an
nouncement shall be deemed a sufhtieut decla-
ration OF persons elected President and Vice Pres
ident of the United States, and. together with a
list of the votes shall be entered on the journals
| of the two Houses. Upon such reading of any
such certificate or Paper. when there shall be
only one return from State the President OF the
Seuate shall call for objections If any. Every OBJ
lection shall be made In writing, and shall state
clearly anu eonclusively, and without argument
the ground thereof, and shall be signcd by least
one senator and enc member OF The House /
Representatives before the sIme shall be recei ed
when adj objections 10 made to any vote or
paper from the Safe shall have been received and
read, the senate shall, thereupUn, withdraw and
such objections submitted to The Senate tor its
decision, and the Speaker of the House Of Repre-
sentdtIves SHALL in like manner submit such OBJ
JectiOnS 10 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 objected To except by the affirmative
vote OF the two Houses.
'.When the two houses hare voted. they shall
Immediately again meet. and the PRESIDING, Officer
shall thea announce the decision OF the question
submitted.
SEC. = That if more than one return on pa-
per. purportirs to be return from n State sli al
nave been received by the President of the Senate
purportS To be certificates of the Electoral votes
given at the Last preceding election for President
and Vice President in such State, unless they shall
be du plcates OF the 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 pa-
pers shall thereupOn be submitted to the iuds-
ment and decision AS TO VIII ch is the true ami
lawful Electoral vote OF such state of u commits
sion, constituted as follows, namely: During the
sion OF each House the Tuesday next pre-
ceding the first Thursday in February 1871 each
House shall by rirn rOce vote, appoint five of its
IN .mbers who, with five Associate Justices of the
supreme Court of the United States, to be ascer
iained as hereinafter provided shall constitute
commission for the decision Of all questsons upon
or in respe OF such double returns named in this
section
-On the Tuesday next preceding the first
Thursday in February, 4. ID. lS77. or as soDn
thereafter may be, the Associate Justices of the
Supreme Court of the United States now assign-
Ell TO the first. third, eighth and ninth circuits
shSli select, in such MANNER as the majority oi
them shall deem iii, another of the Associate Jus
tees OF said Court, which five persons shall De
members OF said Commission, and the person
longest in Commission OF said five Justices hall
be President OF said Commission. Members OF
said Commission shall respectively take and sub
scribe 10 the following oath: i, blank, do sol
emmy swearOr aliirIn. rs the case mar be- that |
viii impIrtially examine and consider all ques-
tiJns submitted to the Commission, OF which / am
a member, and true Judgment give. thereon,
Igree.lbly TO the Constitution ana Laws, 50 hulp
me God Which oath shall be filed with the See
rotary OF the Senate. When the Commission snail
have been thus organized, II shall mol be in the
power of either House 10 dissolve the sIme, or to
withdraw any OF its members. but ii any such
Senator member shall die or become physic lily
unable to perform the duties required by thisaci,
the TACT Ol such death or physical inability shall
DC, by said Commission before II shall prOceeu |
further communicated TO the Senate or house ui
as the case may be. which body
shall. immediately. and without debate. prOece4 |
Oy viva yOce vote, 10 NIL the Place vacated. anu
the person 80 appointed shall take and suiJscri1e
10 the oath herein above prescribed. and OecOmc
l memoero OF said committee. In Ike manner, |
any OF said Justices OF the supreme Court shul |
die, or become physically incapable OF perform |
ing the duties required by this act, the other o; |
said Justices, members OF said Commission, shall |
i member y. said Commission, and III such ap Il
pOintmengs regards shall be made t. iEpdriiAltt /
and freedom from biss sought by the Oi.inal ap
pOiHtmenis To SIi Commission who shall. there
upon. immeiAtely take and subSc iDe the uat-
herein before p-e=scribcd and become member O.
iid Commission 10 MI the vacancy s. occISiOiIe,.
All certificates and paper puTpOrin, be certl--
.e..ies OF the Electoral vUfs q eaeh State shal
Dc opened in the alphabetical order OF ST tas a.
provided in section one. OF this act, and when
there shall ee p,o.e than one such certificate O;
paper, as the certificates AMI papers from such
State shaH SO be epeisSd, excepting duplicates o.
the same return. They shall be read by tellers,
and thereupon the President oi The Senate shal |
call for oojec1ors- II ans. Every Objection zh-ll
be mIie. and shall state c,Gt-iy ErI coiicissi l
yns yit-oCt a-gdEcui, The ground rheseOf. un,.
sh2l te S-,nsd .: at least one Sen tor ana |
nenhe. Df t.s <I0use OF Representatives belOr. |
the sane shall lie EsCrsysS- When ali such OF |
;ecuons so made 70 any certificate. vote or papei
from 81 l. shall lave been feeeivt.a .ulS read
AZ sch certificates, votes and papers 50 o6jecieC
q. GkS as4 IaPers accompanying the same IT,
sether with ss1l Objections, shall he forthWit
submitted TO said C5iihnissioil. whieh shall pro |
!. ed 30 consider the SAINT WITH the sarae poEers |
II any now possessed for that purpose by the two
Houses acting separately or together, and by a
majority of votes decide whether any, or what