, 1877-01-27

! emmy swear tor aiilrn as the case may
beO tha: l will impnrtially examine and
consider all questions submitted to III.
commission of which l am member,
and true Judgment given thereon,
agreeable TO the constitution and laws,
so help me God :" which oath shall hu
filed with the secretary of the Senate
When the commission shall have been
thus organized it shall not be in tho
power Of either House TO dissolve the
same or to withdraw any Ofits members;
but if any such Senator or member shall
die, Or become physically unable to per
form the duties required by this act, the
fact of such death or physical inability
shall be, by said commission, before it
shall proceed further, communicated to
the Senate or House Of Representatives,
as the case may be, which body shall
Immediately and without debate pro
cced by rirn roce vote to fill the place
SO vacated, and the person so appointed
shall take and subscribe the oath herein.
before prescribed anil become member
Of said commission. And in like man.
ner, if any of the said Justices of the
| Supreme Court shall die or become
physically incapable of performing the
duties required by this act, the other o.,
said justices, members of said commits
sion, shall Immediately appoint another
justice of said court, II member of such
commission, and in such appointments
regard shall be had to the impnrtiality
and freedom fir M bias sought by the
original appointments 10 said commits.
sion, who shall thtreupon Immediately
take and subscribe the oath bcreinbeforc
prescribed, and become member of
said commission tn till the vacancies SD
occasioned, All the certificates and pu-
pers purporting to be certificates of cleo
toral votes OF each State shall he opened
in alphabetical order OF States as pro-
yided 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 State shall be opened,
excepting duplicates of the same return.
they shall be read hy the tellers, and
thcreupon the President of the Senate
shall call for objections, If any. Obiec
tions shall he made in writing, and shall
state clearly and cOncisrly, without ar
gument, the ground thereof, and shall
be signed by al least one Senator and
one member Of the House of Representa-.
tives before the same shull be received.
When all such objections 80 made to any
certificate, vote or paper from n State
shall have been received and read, alN
such certificates, votes AMI papers 80 oh.
jected 10, and all papers accompanying
the sane, Together with such objections,
shall be forthwith submitted to such
commission--wbich shall proceed to con.
slider the same with the same powers. il
any, now possessed for that purpose hy
the two houses acting separately, or to.
gether, and by u majority of votes, de
eide whether any, and what votes from
such States are the votes provided tor
by the Constitution of the United States,
and how many, and what persons were
duly appointed electors in such State, and
may therein take into view such petit
tions, depOsitions and other papers, il
any, as shall by the Constitution and
now existing law, be competent and per-
tinent in such consideration, which de
cision shall be made in writing, stating
briefly the ground theTesf, and signed
by the members of said commission
agreeing thereto ThereuDOn the two
Houses shall again meet, and such decis-
ion shall be read and entered on the
journals Of each House, and the counting
Of the votes shall proceed in conformity
herewith, unless upon objection made
thereto in writing by at least five senat-
ors and Ave members Of the House of
Representatives, the two Houses shall
separately concur in ordering it otheI-
wise, in which case such concurrent or.
der shall govern. No votes or papers
/
from other States shall be acted upon
until objections previously made to the