The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-10

fixed for the appointment of electors, for ita
final determination of any controversy concern
ing the appointment of ali or any of the electors
of such State. by judicial or other methods or
procedures, and such determination shall have
been made at least six days before the time fxed
for the meeting of the electors, such determine.
tion shall be conclusive, and shall govern in the
counting of the electoral votes, so far as the
ascertalnment of the electors appointed by such
State is concerned.
Section 3 prescrbes the manner in which
the electoral vote of each State shall be certified
and communicated to the Secretary of State at
Washington.
Section provides for the meeting OF the
Senate and House in the hall Of the House, on
the second Wednesday in February succeeding
the meeting of the electors. After providing for
the appointment of tellers and the reading by
them of the certificates and papers purporting
TO be certificates of the electoral votes. the bill
continues:
And the votes having been aseertained and counted
in the and according the rules in this act
provided, the result of the shall be delivered to
the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon
nounce the state of the vote. which announcement
shall be deemed sufficient declaration of the persons
if any elected President and Vice-president of the
United States, and, together with list of the votes
be entered in the journals of the two houses. Upon
such reading of any such ceI tiicate paper. the
President of the Senate shall call for objections.
any: Every objection shall be made in writing, and
shall state clearly and coneisey and without argu
ment, the ground thereof and shall be signed by st
least one Senator and member of the House Of
Representatives before the same shall be received.
When all objections so made to any vote paper
from State shall have been received and read tho
Senate shall thereupon withdraw, aud such objec
ons shall be submitted TO the Senate for its decision
and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
shall III like submit such objections to the
House of for its decision and no cleo
toral vote votes which shall have been regularly given
by electors whose appointment shall have been cert
fed according to the third section of this act from
any State from which but return has been received
shall be rejected If more than return paper
porting to be return from State shall have been
received by the President of the Senate those votes,
and those only, shall be counted which shall have
been regularly given by the electors who shown
by the determination mentioned in Section of this
act to have been appointed if the determination in
said section provided for shall have been made by
such successors substitutes, in of vacancy
in the board of electors ascerained have been
appointed to fill such vacancy the mode provided
by the laws of the State but in there shall arise
the question of two more State authorities deter
mining what electors have been appointed, as men
toned IN Section OF this act is the lawful tribunal
of such State, the votes regularly given of those
electors, and those only. of such State shall be
counted whose title as electors the two
houses, acting separately, shall concurrently
decide is supported by the decision Of such State
authorized by its laws and in such of more than
State, if there shall have been such determination
of the question in the State aforesaid then those
votes, and those only, shall be counted which were
cast by electors whose appointment shall have been
duly certified under the seal of the State by the
tive thereof in accordance with the laws Of the State
unless the two houses acting separately shall
renty decide such votes not be the lawful votes
of the legayapponted electors of such State. Wien
the two houses have voted, they shall Immediately
meet again, and the presiding officer shall then
nounce the decision of the questions submitted. No
votes papers from any other State shall be acted
upon until the objections previously made to the
votes papers from any State shall have been finally
disposed of.
Section gives the President of the Senate
power TO preserve order
Section limits to two hours the debate which
shall be had on any question after the two
houses shall have separated.
Section provides that the joint meeting shall
not be dissolved until the count of electoral votes
shall be completed and the result declared, and
prohibits either house from taking recess be-
yoEd the next calendar day. IN case the count
ing of the electoral votes shall not have been
completed before the fifth calendar day after
the first meeting of the two houses. no further
recess shall be taken by either house.