The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-04-03

voted for as president and vice presi-
dent
4. AS soon DIS practicable after re-
ceiving the certificates as aforesaid, the
secretary of state shall publish them
in full in such newspapers as he shall
Designate and at the first meeting of
Congress thereafter he shall transmit
to each house copy III full of each
certificate received.
.. The counting of the votes will
take place, as heretofore. on the second
Wednesday in February following the
meeting Of the electors. At one o'clock
in the afternoon the senate and house
of representatives meet III the hall of
the house of representatives, and the
president of the senate takes the chair.
Two tellers shall be previously APP
pointed on the part of the senate and
two on the part of the house of repre-
sentatives. to whom shall be handed, as
they are opened by the president of the
senate, all the certificates and papers
purporting to the certificates of the
electoral votes, which certificates and
papers shall be opened, presented, and
acted upon in the alphabetical order of
the states, beginning with the letter A;
and said teliers, having then
read the same in the presence
and hearing of the two houses.
shall make Il list of the votes as
they shall appear from the said certifi-
Gates; and the votes having been as
certaiDed and counted in the manner
and according to the rules in this act
provided the result of the same shall
be delivered to the president Of the
senate, who shall thereupon announce
the state of the vote, which announce
ment shall be deemed sufficieet decla-
ration of the persons, if any. elected
president and vice president of the
United States, and together with list
of the votes be entered on the journals
of the two houses"
6. Upon the reading of each certi
cate the president of the senate asks
whether there be any objections to it.
Objections must be made in writing.
and must state clearly and concisely,
and without argument, the ground
thereof. To entitle it to considera-
ton, the objection must be signed by
at least one senator and one represen-
tative
When all the objections to any paper
have been received and read the senate
withdraws, and the two houses proceed
separately TO consider them.
If from any one state but one set of
electors are certified, and the certif-
cation has been done as prescribed in
section three, the certificate cannot he
rejec ted But if not properly certified
the two houses acting concurrently-
may reject the vote or votes when
they agree that such vote or votes have
not been so regularly given by those
whose appointment has been so certi-
fed
If more than one return has been re-
ceived from any state, those votes only
shall he counted which have been de-
termined as provided in section two
If two or more returns appear, each
certified by authorities claiming to be
the lawful tribunal of the state, the
vote shall be counted which the Two
houses, acting separately, concurrent
y decide is supported by the decision of
such state so authorized by its laws"
If more than one return comes in
from any state no determination such
as prescribed in section two having
been made, the two houses concurrent
ly decide which, if any of the votes
shall be counted. If in such a case the
houses disagree, the votes of those
electors shall be counted whose ap-
pointment shall have been certified by
the executive of the state
When the case in question has been
disposed Of the joint session is resumed
and the counting continued.
Z. In the joint meeting, the presi-
| dent of the senate has authority to
| preserve order, No debate is allowed.
and no question can be put, except to
either house on a motion to withdraw. .
3. When discussing an objection, in
separate session, no member can speak
more than once, and then for not
longer than five minutes The entire
time for discussion is limited to two
hours.
8. Provision is made for the seating
of every one entitled to seat on the
floor of the house, and the act declares
that such joint meeting shall not be
dissolved until the count of electoral
votes shall be completed and the result
declared
Sometime after the passage of the
law it was discovered that a strange
omission had been made By the old
law, the electors in each state were re-
quired to appoint a messenger to take
one of the certificates of votes cast,