The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-01-14

retary of state of the Unlteu -tooint ut
soon ms practicable after tne tLa GER
the state department OF eacu u ~ be
| tificates hereinbefOre dlrecteu of state,
| transmitted TO the secretaf! rI.snoy,er
shall publish, in such puoiie aortifcates
as he shall designate, such .;og If con-
in full: and at the first llleetlns; n the
gress thereafter he snail trun S ~ full of
| two houses of congress copieeo d. so re-
ceiyed Heretofore ut the sl"''
| ment =, cos
Sec. 4. That congress shan W ~ Feb.
sion on the second WEDNESDAY Of the
ruary succeeding every llG I,lo If rep
electors. The senate ana hoI holI Of the
resentatiyes shall meet in the MAJ w. If
house of representatives at the hQ"t IL. y
/ O'clock in the afternoon on tlat ~ I'o
and the president of the senate sn" H. Il
their nresiding officer. Two telers en nf
he previously appointed on the par +Sa
tbe senate and two on the part VI LII
house of representatives, TO "jio H.. thp
| he handed, as they are opened oi 10.
nresident of the senate, all the celt ~.
Gates and papers purporuhs " W ,rbich
tificates of the electoral votes VIII M
certificates and papers shall be opGntLu'
presented and acted upon IN the uip PEI
heticol order of the. states, beginning VIZ VIZ
the letter A: and said teliers, HaN III
then read the same in the presence ui i.a
hearing of the two houses, shall lllnnr
n LIST of the votes as they Shali "ll't".
from the said certificates; ana tnc VI in
| having been ascertalned ana COM los
| the manner and according 10 inc tbo
in this act provided, the result VI :,o an
same shall be delivered TO the ples,uo an n.
of the senate, who shal thercIH;oI an.
| nOunce the state OF the vote, WhicH an.
nouncement shall be deemed suiilclen'
declaration of the persons, If any eitI.,
ed president and vice president OF u ,nt
United States. and, together WIN lS I
of the votes, be entered on the Journals
of the two houses. Upon such reaui .i,o
| of any such certificate or paper; t CIV,
president of the senate shall call lor
objections, if any. Every objection SIla 4n
be made in writing. and shaH s.a.o
clearly and concisely, and without argu-
ment. the ground thereof, and shall DC
signed by at least one senator ana one
member of the house of represcntn,II,,Nes
before the same shall be received. Wheli
all objections so made TO any vote OF
paper from state shall have been re-
ceived and read, the senate shall there
upon withdraw and such objections shal
be submitted to the senate for It's de,
| cision; and the speaker of the mousse vi
representatives shall. in like manner
submit such objections to the house ol
representatives for its decision; anu II,
| electoral vote or votes from any stat'
which shall have been regularly gwen by
electors whose appointment has been
| lawfully certified to according TO sectlol
3 of this act from which but one return
1 l,nn ln rnInptnI
the two houses concurrently may reject
the vote or votes when they agree that
such vote or. votes have not been so regu'
larry given by electors whose appoint
ment has been so certified. If more
than one return or paper purportingo to
be return from state shall have Been
received by the president of the senate,
| those votes. and those only. shall he
counted which shall have been regularly
| given by the electors who are 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 or by such sue
cessors or substitutes. in case of va
cancy in the board of electors so ascer-
tanned, as have been appointed TO fill such
vacancy in the mode provided by the laws
of the state, but in case there shall arise
the question which of two or more of
such state authorities determining what
electors have been appointed. rs men
toned in section of this act. is the law
full tribunal of such state. the votes reg
ularly given of those electors. and those
only. of such state shall he counted
whose title as electors the two house,
acting separately. shall cOncurrcntly de-
eide is supported bv the decision of such
state so authorized by its laws. and in
such case of more than one return or pa
per purporting to he a return from Il
state. if there shall have been no such
determination of the question in the state
aforesaid, then those votes. and those
only. shall be counted which thu two
houses shall cOncurrently decide were
cast by lawful electors appointed in ac-
cOrdance with the laws of the state. I'M
less the two houses. acting separately
shall concurrenty decide such votes not
to he the lawful votes of the legally ap-
pointed electors of such state. But if the
two houses shall disagree in respect OF
the counting of such votes. then, and in
that case, the votes of the electors whose
appointment shTll have been certified by
the executive of the state, under the sea
thereof. shall be counted. When the two
houses have voted. they shall immediate
ly again meet, and the presiding Officer
shall then announce the decision of the
questions submitted. No votes or paper.
from any other state shall be acted upon
until the objections previously made t.
the votes or papers from any state shall
have been finally disposed of.
Sec. ). That while the two house.
shall I've in meeting as provided in thi.
act, the president of the senate shall have
power TO preserve ORDER and no debate
snail he allowed and no question shall bt
put by the presiding officer eycept t,
either house on a motion to withdraw.
Sec. 6. That when the two houses sen
alatc to decide upon an objection tha
may have been made to the counting OF
any electoral vote or votes from an,
state. or other question arising in the
matter each senator and representative
may speak TO such objection or question
five minutes, and not more than once
but after such debate shall have lasted
two hours it shall he the duty of the nre.
siding officer of each house to nut tho
main question without further debate
Sec. I. That at such joint meeting of
thc TWO houses seats shall be provided
as follows; For the president of thc
senate. the. speakers chair: for the speak
cf' Immediately upon his left: the sen
, atorS in the body of the hail unon tbo
right of the presiding officer; for The rnn ON.
reScntativeS in the body of the haIl nnt
provided for the senators; for the tellers
secretary of the senate and clerk Of thc
mouse of representatives, at the CLERKS
desk; for the other officers of the two
houses, in front of the clerks desk and
Hpon, each side of the speakers platform
Such Jomt meeting shall not be dissolved
untll the count of electoral votes shall ho
completed and the result declared: on NJ