Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-10
THE ELECTORAA couNT
fnraau hU Hlna H0HRa.

Provisions of the Btll as Passed h>s.
 terday by the House.
 WASHINGTON, Dec 9.-The electoral couA+ 1 bill as passed by the House to-day directs
 that the electors of each State shall meet ana
 give their votes on the second Monday ln
 January following their appointment. The second section provides that if any State
 shall have provided bylaws enacted prior to the day fixed for the appointment of electors for it's final determination of any controversy
 concerning the appointment of all or any of
 the electors by judicial or other methods,
 and such determination shall have been made
 at least six days before the time fixed for the
 meeting of the electors, such determlnatlon
 shall be conclusive and shall govern in the
 counting of the electoral votes so far as the
 entertainment of the electors appointed by
 such State is concerned. Section prescrlbes
 the manner in which the electoral vote shall
 be counted and communicated to the Sec
 retary of State at Washington. Section
 prescribes the meeting of the Senate and
 House in the hall of the House on
 the second Wednesday in February succeed ing the electors meeting. After providing for the appointment of tellers and the read ing by them of the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes the bill continues: And the votes having been ascertained and counted in the manner and according to the rules in this | act provided the results of the same shall be delivered to the president of the Senate, who ! shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, which announcement shall be deemed oio 0f any, elected President and Vice President of | the United States, and together with list | of the votes shall be entered on the journals of the two houses. Upon such reading of | any such certificate or paper the president of | the Senate shall call for objections if any. Every objection shall be made in writing and | shall state clearly and concisely and without | argument the ground thereof and shall | be signed by at least one Senator and one member of the House of Representatives be- | fore the same shall be received. When all objections so made shall have been received | and read the Senate shall thereupon with | draw and such objections shall be submitted l to the Senate for it's decision, and the Speaker | of the House of Representatives shall in like | manner submit such objections to the House of Representatives for it's decisions and no | electoral vote or votes which shall have | been regularly given by electors whose ap- l pointment shall have been certified according l to the third section of this act from any | State from which but one return has been received shall be rejected. If more than one return or paper purporting to be return from State shall have been received by the l president of the Senate those votes and those only shall be counted which shall
 have been regularly given by the electors who are shown by the determination mentioned in section 2 of this act to have
 been appointed if the determination in the
 said section provided for shall have been
 made or by such successors or substitutes Tn
 case of @ vacancy in the board of electors 50
 ascertained as have been appointed to i'll
 such vacancy in the mode provided for
 by the laws of the State; but in
 case there shall arise the question } which of two or more of such State authorities determining which electors
 have been appointed as mentioned in section ! 3 of this act is the lawful tribunal of such
 State, the votes regularly given of those ! electors and those only, of such State shal be counted whose title as electors the two houses, acting separately, shall concurrentlJ decide as supported by the decision of th' ? State, so authorized by the law; and In sufn case of more than one return or paper pnr 8 porting to be a return from State if tnere 8 shall have been no such determlna ]. tion of the question in the 'ota1e l then those votes, and those only @ shall be counted which wsIs cast Dy eiector
 ! whose appointment shall have been oul.