CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS-^AN. 7, 1997 111 STAT. 2703 JOINT SESSION—ELECTORAL COLLEGE Jan. i, 1997 [S. Con. Res. 1] Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring). That the two Houses of Congress shall meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Thursday, the 9th day of January 1997, at 1 o'clock post meridian, pursuant to the requirements of the Constitution and laws relating to the election of the President and Vice President of the United States, and the President of the Senate shall be their Presiding Officer; that two tellers shall be previously appointed by the President of the Senate on the part of the Senate and two by the Speaker on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates and papers purporting to be 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 tellers, having then read the same in the presence and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a list of the votes as they shall appear from the said certificates; and the votes having been ascertained and counted in the manner and according to the rules by law 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 announcement shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected President and Vice President of the United States, and, together with a list of the votes, be entered on the Journals of the two Houses. Agreed to January 7, 1997. PRESIDENTL^iL INAUGURATION—JOINT Jan. 7, 1997 COMMITTEE AND CEREMONIES ts. con. Res. 2] Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That effective from January 3, 1997, the joint committee created by Senate Concurrent Resolution 47 of the One Hundred Fourth Congress, to make the necessary arrangements for the inauguration, is hereby continued with the same power and authority. SEC. 2. That effective from January 3, 1997, the provisions of Senate Concurrent Resolution 48 of the One Hundred Fourth Congress, to authorize the rotunda of the United States Capitol to be used in connection with the proceedings and ceremonies for the inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice President of the United States, and for other purposes, are hereby continued with the same power and authority. Agreed to January 7, 1997. ADJOURNMENT—SENATE AND HOUSE OF Jan. 7, 1997 REPRESENTATIVES [s.Con.Res.3] Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring). That when the Senate recesses or adjourns on Thursday,
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