Year: 1879

idsnt of the Senate shall immediately declare the
suit


IL during the progress of the count there appear
TWO or more apparently legal certificates from any
State certifying different results the count shall
be Immediately suspended. and the Senate and
the House shall retire to their respective cham
bers. and at once. without debate by yea and nay
votes. decide which certificates shall be legally
counted. II both houses agree as to which is the
legal the votes OF the State shall be counted.
If they disagree the count shall be again sus-
pended and both Senators and Representatives shall
repair to the Senate Chamber. and. without debate
decide by majority vote which certificate is legal;
and if or the certificates shall receive ma
jorty of such vote then the two conflicting returns
which received the two highest numbers OF votes
shall at in like manner be voted upon
again. and the receiving the majority vote shall
DO announced to the joint house as the legal one.
In the event of equal number Of votes for each of
the two conflicting returns ,then one-half Of the
electoral votes of said State shall be counted in
cordance with the tenor Of eac Of such conflicting
returns. Provided If after the appointment OF
electors for President and Vice President In any
State contest shall arise to who are the legal
electors and the Supreme Court of said State shall
determine such contest before the joint assembling
of the two houses. provided in this act. and shall
under the seal of said court certify the decision
thereof to the President of the Senate. then such
decision shall be hnl and the certificate thus
tanned to be the legal shall then be accepted and
as such counted.


The bill further Divides that there shall be NO
adjournment of the joint assembly until all of the
votes have been counted and the result announced.
EDUCATION IN THE ARMY-REpoRr OF GENERAL


A. MD. M'cooK.


Brevet Major General A. Med. McCook in charge
Of education in the army has submitted to Secre-
tary Ramsey consolidated report OF the post
schools for the month Of October. 1879 The report
shows that at number of posts there no teach
ers. 1t being almost impossible to procure them
under the present system. General McCook
will recommend that proper number
of teachers be enlisted with the rank and
pay of con,missary sergeants. and that these
teachers will also be required to do the duty Of post
Librarians and have tho and preservation of the
libraries and of the property and literature sent to
posts. The greatest difficulty in army education is
in procuring sufficient number Of enlisted men of
required intel igence teach for the rate of pay
now allowed, which is the pay of private SOL
dier. with a per diem extra Of thirty-hve cents
when teaching. These teschers assigned to
companies at the different posts. and should the
company to which they are assigned be ordered to


field duty change OF station the teacher goes with
it ana the school broken up till another teacher
can be obtained. The enlistment Of proper num-
Der OF teachers. as General McCook recommends.
would remove this difficulty It is rather curious
fact that At the Western posts. where schools arc
maintained. there alarge number of children in
attendance. there being often no school accommo-
dations outside of those furnished by the army.


The recapituiation of General McCooks report for
October shows the following attendance Enlisted
men. 692 children of enlisted men, 797; children Of
officers. 1853; children Of civilians. 207 total chill
dren 1172 total attendance during September 1879.
1,8A3-a gain of 21.


TREASURY wArCH1RN IN UNIFORM.


In accordance with order recently made by the
Secretary Of the Treasury the watchmen of that de-
partment appeared in uniform to-day.