The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-04-11
ELECTION OF PRESIDENT.
Full Text of the New Bill Prescribing the
Manner of Procedure.


IBy telegraph to the Disratch.l
WASHINGTON. ID. c., April 10.-The fol-
lowing is the text OF The substitute report
cd 10 the House to-day from the Presiden-
tial-Law Committee for bills relating to
the election Of President and Vice-Presi-
dent:
Section /. That the electors OF each State
shall meet and give their votes on the sec.
ond Monday IN December next following
their appointment, at such place in each
State as the Legislature OF such State shall
direct.
2. That 1t shall be the duty of the Exec
utiye OF each Statc TO cause these lists Of
names Of the electors OF such State duly
ascertained, according to the law OF the
state. to have been chosen, to be made and
certified, and to be delivered as soon as
may be after such determination shall be
had to electors and before the day on which
they are required lg the law to meet.
3. That Congress shall be in session on
the second Tuesday In January succeed
ing each meeting OF the electors. and the
Senate and House OF Representatives shall
meet in the hall Of the House OF Repre-
sentatives at the hour Of 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 conveu-
tion. Two tellers shall be previously ap-
pointed on the part of the Senate and two
on the part OF the House OF Repre-
sentatives, to whom shall be handed
rs they are opened by the Presi-
dent OF the Senate all certificates and
papers purporting to be certificates OF cleo
toral votes, which certificates and papers
shall be opened, pressed, and acted upon
in the Alphabetical order Of States, begin
ming with the State OF Alabama. and said
tellerS having then read the same in the
presence and hearing Of the joint conven-
Iion shall make a lis, OF the votes as they
appear from said certificates, and the votes
having been aSccrtained and counted by the
tellers, the result shall be delivered to
the presiding officer Of the joint
convention, who shall thereupon an
nouuce the state OF the vote and the
names of the persons, IL any. elected Pre-
sldent and Vice-Presldent OF the United
States: and said announcement, together
with the list OF votes, shall be entered on
the Journals OF the Senate and House OF
Representatives and the presiding officer
OF the joint convention shall rs soon as
may be notify said persons OF their election
to said offices OF President and Vice-Presi-
dent; and if on the call of States no obiec-
ton is made TO the return, then the vote
thereof shall be counted and added to
the list OF States whose votes are
determined. But in the case objection
has been made a. hereinafter pro-
vided. then said returns shall he lmd
aside to be proceeded with in the same
manner as hereinafter provided for in the
case OF 4 double return OF votes from the
States. All objections TO the counting OF
the vote OF any State shall be made in
writing and signed by at least three men,
bers Of the joint convention before the call
of said States; said objection to be placed
in the hands of the presiding officer Of said
joint convention, who shall present the
same on the call OF States. II more
than one return, or paper purporting
10 be a return from State, shall have been
received by the President of the Senate,
then and in that case the presiding officer
OF the Joint convention shall submit TO the
members thereof 10 determine as 10 which
is the proper return, and three hours shall
be allowed for debate; and the joint con-
Vention shall then proceed TO vote per
capita, commencing with the state OF Ala
bama, and these votes shall be counted and
added to the list Of votes already aScer-
tained, Of which c majority OF the joint
convention shall determine to have been
contained In the proper and legal return.
Section 4 of the substitute, after pre-
scrl5ing the manner in which seats for the
members of the joint convention shall be
arranged, continues: Such joint cOnyen-
ton shall not be dissolved until the count
of the electoral vote shall be completed
and the result declared, ond no recess shall
be taken for longer time than one calen-
dar day, and on the reG:sembling OF the
joint convention on the Saturday after the
first meeting, should the cour. and the
declaration Of votes not have been pre-
viousIy made and announced. no further
or other recess shall be had until the count
Of the electoral votes shall be completed
and the result declared.