The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-12-18
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Chap. l, Title 8, Of the Revised Statutes
Of the United States, relating to Presi.
dental elections, and to provide for and
regulate the counting OF the votes tor
President and Vice President, and the
decision Of questions arising thereon:
Be & enacted by he Senate and House q
Representatives Of The United States Of america,
IN Congress !Aasabied, That the Electors Of
President and Vice President shall be APP
pointed in each State on the first Tuesday
In October in every fourth year succeed
ing the election Of q President and Vice
President, and on the same day In October
whenever there shall be vacancy in both
the offices OF President and Vice President
declared and certified Us hereinafter pro-
yided; but no Senator, or Representing,
or person holding an Office OF trust or profit
under the United States shall be appointed
an Elector.
|. SEc2 Whenever there shall be q yacan.
cy In both the offices Of President and
Vice President occurring more than two
months next preceding the first Tuesday
OF any month Of October other than that
next preceding the expiration OF the term
OF office for which the President and Vice
President last in office were elected, the
Secretary OF State shall forthwith AUS q
notification thereof to be made to the Ex-
ecutive OF every State, and shall also cause
the same to be published In at least one OF
the newspapers printed in each State. The
notification shall specify that Electors OF
President and Vice President OF the United
States shall be appointed in the several
States on the first Tuesday in October then
next ensuing.
SEC. 8. The Electors Of each, State shall
meet and give their votes on the second
Monday in January next following their
appointment at such place in each State
rs the Legislature OF such State shall di-
rect.
SEC. !. Each State may provide by law
enacted prior TO the day in this act
named for the appointment OF the Elec:
tors, for the trial and determination Of
any controversy concerning the appoint:
ment OF Electors, before the time fixed
for the meeting OF the Electors, in any
manner it shall deem expedient. Every
such determination made pursuant to
such law so enacted before said day, aud
made prior to the said time OF meeting Of
the Electors, shall be conclusive evidence
OF the lawful title OF the Electors who
shall have been 50 determined to have
beer appointed, and shall govern in the
counting OF the Electoral votes, as provid-
ed in the Constitution and as hereinafter
regulated.
SEC. 5. It shall be the duty OF the Ex-
ecutiye Of Each State to cause three lists
of the names OF the Electors OF such State
duly aseertained to have been chosen to be
made and certified aud TO be delivered to
the Electors on or before the day on which
they are required by this act to meet.
Sec. 6. Congress shall be in session on
the second Monday in February succeed
Ing every meeting Of the Electors. The
Senate and House OF Representatives shall
meet in the Hall of the House Of Repre-
s~entatives at the hour Of l o'clock in the
afternoon on that day; and the President
OF the Senate shall be their presiding
officer. Two tellers shall be previously
appointed on the part OF the Senate, and
two on the part OF the House Of Repre-
sentatives, 10 whom shall be handed, as
they are opened by the President OF the
Senate, all the certificates and papers pur-
porting TO be certificates OF the Electoral
votes, which certificates and papers shall
be opened, presented and acted upon In
the alphabetical order OF the States, begin
ming with the letter A; and said tellers,
having then read the same in the presence
and hearing OF tho Two Houses, shall
make o list Of the votes as they shall ap-
pear from the said certificates and the
votes havingbeen ascertainedand counted
as in this act provided, the result OF the
same shall be delivered to the President
OF the Senate, who shall thpToupon
announce the state of the vote, and
the names Of the persons, II any,
elected, which announcement shan. be
deemed q sufficient declaration OF the per-
sons elected President and Vice President
OF the United States, and, together with o
list OF the votes, be entered on the Jour
nails OF the two Houses. Upon such read
ing Of any such certificate or paper the
President OF tho Senate shall call for OBJ
Iections, II any. Every objection shall be
made in writing, and shall state clearly
and concisely, and without argument, 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 oil objections so
made TO any vote on paper from Il State
shall have been received and read, the
Senate shall %thereupon withdraw, and
such objections shall be submitted TO the
Senate for Its d~eclslonI and the Speaker oil
the House OF Representatives shall in like
manner submit such objections to 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 DO rejected except by the
affirmative votes OF both Houses. II more
than n return or paper purporting TO be
q return from any State shall have been
received by the President OF the Senate,
those votes, and those only, shall be count.
ed which shall have been regularly given
By the Electors who are shown by the
evidence mentioned in Sec. 4 OF this
act to have been appointed, but in case
there shall arise the question which oil
two or more OF such State tribunals, deter
mining what Electors have been appoint
ed, as mentioned in Sec. 4of this act, is
the lawful tribunal OF such State, the votes
regularly given OF those Electors, and
those only, from such State, shall be count
ed whose title rs Electors,th two Houses,
acting separately, shall concurrently de.
eide Is supported by the decision OF the
tribunal Of such State so provided for by
It's Legislature, And In such case OF more
than one return, or paper purporttngto be
a return, from q State, II there shall have
been no such determination Of the State as
aforesaid, then those votes and those only
shall be counted which the two Houses,
acting separately, shall concurrently de-
eide 70 be tho lawful votes OF the legally
appointed Electors Of such State. When
the two Houses have voted they shall i'm
mediately again meet, and the presiding
officer shall then annouce the decision OF
the questions submitted. No vote or pa
pers from any other State shall be acted
upon until the objections previously made
to the votes or papers from any State shall
have been finally disposed oil. .
Sac. 7. That while the two Houses shall
be in meeting, IS provided in this act, no
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