Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-01
THE ELECTORAL BILL.
Full Text of the Bill as il Passed the
Senate.

Full Text of tho Bill as il Passed I
Senate.
Judge Edmunds bill regulating t
manner of the election of president a,
! vice-president of the United States, viii,
passed the senate recently, is as follow
A bill to amend sundry provisions of ch,
ter one, title three, of the Revised st
utes OF the United States, relating
presidential elections, and TO provide (,
and regulate the counting Of the vot.
for president and vice-president, and Il
Z. decistea Of Questions arising thereon.
BE y enacted W TIE senate and AssAse
Representatives Of the United States of Amer
ca, IN congress assembled. That the election
of president and vice-president shall be q,
pointed in each state on the first Tuesda
in October in every fourth year succeedin
the election of president and vice pre- siden
and on the same day in October, wheneye
there shall be vacancy in both the office
of president and vice.president, declare
and certified as hereinafter provided but n
senator or representative or person holdin
States shall be appointed an elector.
Section 2. Whenever there shall be
vacancy in both the Offices of president an
vice.president, occurring more than tw
months next preceding the first Tuesday il
any month of October than that next pre
ceding the expiration of the term of offic
! for which the president and vice.presiden
last in office we're elected, the secretary O
state shah forthwith cause a notification
thereof to be made to the executive of ever,
state, and shall also cause the same to b,
published in at least one OF the newspaper
printed in each state. The notification
shall specify the electors of president anc
vice president of the United States shall b,
appointed in the several states on the frs
tuesday in October the next ensuing.
Section 8. The electors of each state shal
meet and give their votes upon the second
Monday III January next following thei,
appointment, at such place in each state a,
the Legislature of such state shall direct.
Section 4. Each state may provide, by
law enacted prior to the day in this &C,
named for the appointmen ut of the electors
for the trial and determination OF any con.
troversy concerning the appointment of
electors, beftre the time fixed for the meet
ing of the electors, in any manner it shall
deem expedient. Every such determination
fore said day, and made prior to the said
time of meeting of the electors, shall be COD.
elusive evidence of the lawful title Of the
electors who shall have been so determined
to have been app pinted, and shall govern
in the counting OF the electoral votes, az
provided in the constitution, and as here
matter regulated.
Section 5. 1t 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
to have been chosen to be made
and certified, and to be delivered to the
electors on or before the day on which they
are required by this act to meet.
Section 6. Congress shall he in session on
the second Monday in February succeeding
every meeting OF the electors. The senate
and house of representatives shall meet in
the hall OF the house of representatives Mt
the hour of one o'clock iu the afternoon on
that day sndsthe 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 representatives, to whom shall be hand.
ed rs 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 erder of the states, beginning
with the lettor A j; and said tellers having
hearing of the two houses. shall make a list
Of the votes as they shall appear from the
said certificates; and the votes having been
and counted as in this act pro.
vided, the result of the same shall be deliv-
cred to the president of the senate, who
shall thereupon announce the state of the
vote and the names of the persons. il any.
elected, which announcement shall be deem.
ed a sufficient declaration of the persons
elected president and vice.presidept of the
United States, and, together with A list Of
he votes, be entered on the iournals Of the
.wo houses. Upon such reading of any such
certificate or paper, the president Of the
senate shall cali for objections. ii anv
Every objection shall be made in writing.
and shall state clearly and concisely. and
Without argument, the ground thereof. and
hall be signed by at least one senator and
me member of the house of representatiyes
before the same shall be received When
III objections SO made to any vote or naner
rom a state shall have been received and
cad. the senate shall thereupon withdraw
md such objections shall be sub.
nitted to the senate for its de.
house of representatives shall in like man.
Ter submit such objections to the house Of
for its decision. ana na
electoral vote or votes from auy state from
which but one return has been received
hall be rejected except by the Affirmative
rotes of both houses. II more than one re-.
urn. or papers purporting to be a return.
rom A state shalt have been received bv the
president of the senate. those votes. and
hose nnlv shall he connted wb,"h .hsli
nave been regularly given by the electors
who are shown by the evidence mentioned
IN section 4 of this act to have been an.
pointed; but in case there shall arise the
question which OF two or more of such state
tribunals determining what electors have
been appointed, as mentioned in section 4
,f this act, is the lawful tribunal of such
state, the votes regularly given of those
electors, and those only, from such state
,hall be counted whose title as electors the
.wo houses, acting separately, shall concur.
rently decide is supported by the decision
If the tribunal of such state 10 provided for
BY its legislature, And in such case of
more than one return, or paper purport,nr
% be return, from a state. il there shail
nave been no such determ;nation Of the
question in the st te as aforesaid, then
hnao votoc op1 $hoen out,, h.u NJ