Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-11
TIE ELECTION OF A SENATOR OF
THE UNITED STATES.

In order that all the readers of the Morn
ING APPEAL may be informed as to the man
ner of electing Senators in Congress we here
with reproduce the Congressional Act of July
%, 1866
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That thu
Legislature of each State which shall be
chosen next preceding the expiration of the
time for which any Senator elected to
represent said State in Congress, shall, on the
second Tuesday after the meeting and organ-
cation thereof, proceed to elect Senator in
Congress ia the place of such Senator going
out of office, iii the following manner Each
house shall openly, by viva voce of each
member present, name one person for Senator
IN Congress from said State, and the name of
the person so veted for, who shall have II
majority of the whole number of votes cast
in each house, shall be entered on the journal
of each house by the clerk or secretary there
of but if either house shall fail to give such
| majority to any person on SAID day, that fact
shall be entered on the journal. At twelve
clock, meridian, of the day following that
on which proceedings are required to take
| place, aforesaid, the members of the two
! houses shall convene in joint assembly, and
| the journal of each house shall then be read
and if the same person shall have received a
| majority of all the votes in each house, such
person shall be declared duly elected Senator
TO represent said State in the Congress of the
| United States but if tho same person shall
not have received ma rriry OF the votes III
each house, or if either house shall have failed
to take proceedings as required by this AcI,
| the joint assembly shall then proceed to
" rf her
| present, a person for the purpose aforesaid,
| and the person having the ma gritty of all the
| votes of the said Joint assembly, a ma Jouty
| of all the members elected to both houses
being present and voting, shall be declared
| duly elected aud in case no person shall re-
| ceive such ma orIty on the first day, the
joint assembly shall meet at twelve U clock,
meridian, of each succeeding day during the
session of the Legislature, and take at least
one vote, until Senator shall be elected.
| SEC. ? And be it further enacted. That
| whenever, on the meeting OF the Legislature
| of any State, vacancy shall exist i'll the rep
resentation of such State in the Senate of the
| United States, said Legislature shall proceed,
on the second Tuesday after the commence
| ment and organization of its session, to elect
| a person to fill such vacancy, in the manner
hereinbefore provided for the election of 4
| Senator for full term; and if a vacancy
| shall happen during the session of the Legis
| lature, then on the second Tuesday after the
| Legislature shall have been organized and
shall have notice of such vacancy
SEC. g. And be it further enacted, That
it shall be the duty of the Governor of the
State from which any Senator shall have been
! chosen as aforesaid, to certify his election,
under the seal of the State, to the President
Of the Senate of the United States, which
| certificate shall be conntersigucd by the Sec
rotary of the State