The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-04-17
Counting the Vote.

WASHINGTON, April 1O.-The follow
ing is the text of the substitute reported
to the House to-day from the presiden
tial law committee for the bills relating
to the election of President and Vice.
President:
SECTION /. That the electors of each
State shall meet and give their votes on
the second Monday in December next
following their appointment, at such
place in each State as the Legislature of
such State shall direct.
SEC. 2 That it shall be the duty of
The Executive OF each State to cause
these lists of names Of the electors of
such State, duly ascertaiued according to
the law of the State, to have been cho-
sen, to be made and certified, and to be
delivered as soon as may be after such
determination shall be had to the electors,
and before tie day Gu which they are re-
quired Ivy law to meet.
SEC. 8. That Congress shall be in ses-
sion the second Tuesday in January sue
ceeding each meeting of the electors.
The Senate and House of Representa-
tivcs shall meet in the Hall of the House
of Representatives at the hour of one
o'clock in the afternoon on that day in
Joint convention, and the President of
the Senate shall be the presiding officer
of said joint convention. Two tellers
shall be permanently, appointed on the
part of The Senate and two on the part
of the House of Representatives,, to
whom shall be handed, as they are open.
ed by the President Of the Senate. al!
the certificates and paper purporting to be
certificates of electoral votes, which Ger
ti6cates and papers shall be opened,
presented, and acted upon in the alpha
betical order of the States, beginning
with the State of Alabama, and said tel
lers having then read the same in the
presence and hearing of the joint con-
ven,ion, shall make list of the votes as
they appear from said certificates and
the votes having been ascertained and
counted by the lellers the result shall be
delivered to the presiding officer of the
Joint convention, who shall, thereupon
announce the state of the vote, and the
names of the persons, if any, elected
President and Vice. President of the
United States, and said announcement,
together with the list Of the votes, shall
be entered on the journals of the Senate
and the House OF Representatives, and
the presiding officer of the join, conven.
ton shall, AS soon as may be, notify said
persons of their election to said Offices Of
President AID Vice President. And if
on the call OF the States, no objection is
made to the return, then the votes there
of shall be counted and added to the list
of States whose votes are determined (;
but in case objection has been made, as
hereinafter provided, then said return
shall be laid aside, to he proceeded with
in the same manner as il hereinafter
provided for in case of the doubtful re-
turn of votes from State. All objec'
tions TO the counting of the vote of any
State shall be made in writing, and
signed by at least three members of the
Joint convention before the call Of said
States, said objection to he placed in the
hands of the presiding officer Of said
int convention, who shall present the
same on the call of the State. Ii more
than one return or paper, purpOrtlng to
be a return, from Stale shall have been
received by the President OF the Senate,
then and in that case, the presiding oiii-
Ger Of the joint convention shalt submit
to the members thereof 10 determine as
TO which is the proper return, and three
hours shall be allowed for debate, and
the joint convention shall then proceed
to vote per capita, commencing with the
State of Alabama, and these votes shall
be counted and added to the list of votes
already ascertained, Of which majority
of the Joint convention sha! determine
to have been contained in the proper
aud legal return.
Section four, Of the substitute. after
prescribing the manner in which tie
seats for members Of the joint convcu'
tion shall be arranged continues:
Such Joint convention shall not be
dissolved until the count OF the electoral
vote shall be completed and the result
declared, and no recess shall be taken for
a longer time than one calendar day, aud
on the reassembing of the joint c"nvep'
tion on Saturday alter the fist meeting
should the count and declaration of the
votes not have been previously made aad
announced, no further or other recess
shall he had until the count OF the cleo
toral votes shall be completed and the
result declared.