The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-01-29
Counting the Votes fnr President
and Vice President.

Thursday list BY the joint committee
of tho Senate and House of Rcpresen-
ta,ivss, providing for counting the
electoral vote Of the II members
composing the committee, all recon-
mendcd its passage except Senator
Morton. The bill will no doubt pass,
and will tend in great measure to
aIlay the excitement growing out Of the
Presidential muddlc.
4 Bill to provide for ard regulate the
counting Of the votes for President
and Vice President aud the decision
Of questions arising thcreFI ON, for
the term commencing Aiarch 4th,
Ammo Doniui 1877.
Be il enacteti by The .Haotc and
House of Representatives. Of The United
States If Anlcricd in Congress As.
srmLttd, That tho Senate aud House
Of Representatives. shall meet in the
hall OF the House of Representatives ut
the hour Of l o'clock past mercdiau,
IN tho first Thursday in July, a. b..
1877, aud that the President Of the
Senate, shall be tho presiding officer
Two te!lers shall be previously oppOin.
ted on part OF the Senate and two on
tho purt OF the House Of Representa-.
tivCs, to whom shall bG handed, rs
they are opened by the President Of
tho Senate, md the certificates and pa
pcrs purPOrting to be certificates OF the
electoral vote, which certificates and
papers shall be opened. presented und
acted upon in ALPHABETICAL order Of the
States. beginning with the letter A,
aud said telless, having then read the
same in tho presence aud hearing Of
the two houses. shall make Il list Of the
votes MS they shaI! appear from said
certificates, aud the vote having been
asccr.aincd and counted rs III this net
provided, tho result Of the same shall
DO delivered to tho President Of the
Senate who shlll thereupon announce
tho state Of The vote apd the names of
the persons, il any. elected. which an.
nouncemcnt shall b. dccncd sufficient
declaration Of the persons elected Pres.
idcnt and Vivc President Of tho United
States, and, together with list Of the
70 cs, DO entered upon tue Journals Of
both houses. Upon such reading Of
any such certificate or paper. When
there shall be only ouo return from u
State, the President Of the Senate shall
call for tho objection, If there are any
Every objection shall be made in w.i.
ting and shall state clearly and con.
cisely, and without argument, the
ground for cbjcc,iug, and shall be
signed by at least one Senator aud one
nicu,ber Of the House of Representa-.
tivcs before the SAME shall DO received.
When all objections so made to any
v1;c or paper from tho State shall huve
been received aud read, the Seunte
shall theroupon withdraw. and such
objections tholl DO submitted to the
Senate Tor its decision, anu the Spea.
ker OF the House Of Representatives
shall i'll like manner submit such Oh.
jeetions to the House of Representa-
lives for ils,|dCcisiOn, and no electoral
vote gT| votes FROM any State from
which but one return has been recsiy-
ed shall DO objected to cept by an
affirmative vote Of tho two houses
When tho two houses have voted they
shall immediately again inset, and the
presiding officer shall then announce
the decision Of the question submitted,
SEC. 2 That if more than one return,
or paper purpOrting to be u return from
Stutr, shall have been received by
the President Of the Senate, purpor.
ting to DO certificates Of electoral votes
given Mt the last proceeding election
Tor President and Vice President 10
such StatO. unless they shall lie iupli-
Gates Of tho sa!nc returns, oil such re.
turns aud papers shall be opened by
him in the presence Of the two houses
who met as Aforesaid, and be read by
the tellers, auI I'LL such returns ard pa.
pcrs shall IhCrcuPOn be submIttcl to
tho judgement and decision, us to which
is tho true and lawful electoral vote o..
such State, Of u commission, constiiu.
ted as follows, namely: During the
session of each House. on tho Tuesday
next preceding the first Thursday in
February, 1877, Each House shall, by
vira rOce vote, appoint Eve of its mem.
bcrs, who, with five associate justices
Of tho Supreme Court of the United
States, to b. asccrtNiuol as herinAttcr
provided, shall constitute q commission
for The decision Of ali questions upon,
or in respect Of such double return
named in this section. On the Tues.
day next proceeding the first Thursday
in February A. D. 1877, or Us soon
thereafter as mas be, tho associate Jus.
tees Of said Court, which five persons
shall b. members of said commission
unl the person longest in commission
Of said five Justices shall DO President
Of said commission shall respectfully
take and subscribe the following oath.
" T., do solemnIy swear [or affirm.
US the case may be. that will Impair
TALLY examine and consider all quss-
lions submitted to the commission OF
Which | an a member. and true judg.
ment given thereon agreeable to the
and laws. So help me
God" Which oath shall 10 filed with
hs Secretary of tho Senate. When
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