§ 12 TITLE ..2.-rzm , of and deliver to the ‘Pi·es‘ident of the__Senate,.nt the seat of pa g:;we¤·:nuumt, one of the certificates. L l · , w U Two. They shall forthwith forward by the post odicé to tht *01 .Pre=side1ltl of the Senate, at the seat ot government, one other sn of the Vcertihcatés. _ · .l , - 1 o _ H l [ _ l cz l Three. Theyashnll forthwith cause the other of the certm} {W c:~1te~s- to he delivered to the judge of that dlistxgct in whichthe g1 <~:let·torg shall assemble. h` (R. S, § 140; Oct. 19, 1888, ¢;·»1216, 5 1, ox
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YI2. ’T§me“»fo1• ttriasmission of cértilicgntes to President of to S~emtte.——The cértijiczatlvs and lists of votes for President and fe Vice President of the United States i11e¤t”ioned__in.thig. Qhziptegj sl shall forwartied, in; the mzmneii herein · provided, to the. President of the Senate forthwith afterthe second .Monday_iu St J:·1muu·y,_0x1 which the electofg shall givetheir totes. (Oct. .d4 19, 1$8s,.e. 1216, § 1, 25 Sugt, 613.). e * t S1 513, District judge’s list.—Whe1?1evcr la. certificate ot, votes. jx: »fmmo amy State lmélinot been received at the seat of gQ\’(!l‘!}_1H8ll[_ ti `_ ut: the fourth bllloaidayfof the.mmifl1lof Jztnuztry _-in -\\{lli(?l'l··tllt3llIT tri meeting shall have held, the- Secretary of? State shall,_sef1_d`r_01 ‘; a special qessgnxgerqto the hdistfictfjudge_,ixi,·whose-’ci1stody one SC certiécate of- the votes from that State has been lodged, arid, (ff sguéla judge shall forth_wit»h" umisxnit th;1tl_list;_to the seat of fil _,§GV(’I'i’1!HBHt.· (R, IS. §·_141»;`Oct. 19, 1888, c. 1216, -_§ 2, `25 01 Stat.’613.} ‘ l I el * . i, ir _ W 14, hA§sc~me_ offresident of .Se1iaté,5—¥In' case thefe shgll Ybe no President of the Senate at the seat of government on twlie P arrival of the pcr:§ous`?_lint1j}1sted-with tthe certificates of the tit votgsof theelectots, then sgch ~peroous, shall deliver suqh jccr- O] ’ tiliicates into the otlige of the Secretary 1 of State, to ¤e,sare1y“ Si kept, and delivered over as sootf as behto the President of ith the Senate. ( R. SQ § 143;)_ ·~ ll o . ’ _;F_$lt l. 15. Mileaggyofo messengers.-+Flach[__ofh>·thé persons appointed m by ,tl1elee·lectors,,to deliverthe certiticates, of votes toe-the` Presi- dem of the tSe1ia te shall be: allovsécd, onthe Helivcry of _ the list St himrustml to him, Z5 cents for every mllleofl- the"éstimat§d"d»iS§· tb mace, by the most usual rood, from the place of meeting of the etc electors,. to the Seat of; rgovernmeut of the United §tates. fl? 412. ls. é 144.) y l o e l· M = “T L ’” 16. . Forfeiturel for messeiagcfs neglect of ‘ dutyé-—Ei*ery} per- 01 ·sm1_wh0, having been nppoixxteti, pursuant t0_subdiv{sion·1 of sl sectiioni 11 of this title or to sectlozf 13 of, thiseetitle, to -de-’ S] live: the certmcétes of the votes of the electors to, thePreslden·f Yq of the Senate, and 11zivlxi,t;§'ncccptgd_ such appointment, shall neg, °£ lust itc perform theoservives required from him, shhll forfeit the .18
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17, Counting oociectoril Jvotes in Co~ngiess.+—C¢}ug·ress shall 01 be in sessiow on the second Wednescla-y Ln *Eebruary micceéd- tw i:1g_os·cry'meéting~~»0f the €]PCY01’S.” The Sexizite and House of, vc l{cpresg·ntati$·es__$hall meet iu, the Hall of thé~‘House of al wlcentatixies at the hour of one olgloclk ln th6_‘£ft€1'H(ZlO'[l orilthdt .S` day, amt theI’resident of the Senate éshalllbe their presiding H ollilser. Twoltellezas shall be-previou.sly_app0intedl on, the part p' of the Sgnateuxzd two on the part of the Home of Represents-, til _ tiws, to whom shall be handed, as they are 0pfmed_ by the Sh ‘ i’;j<e»:idc¤t obtlle Senate, all the eertiilcéteyaxad pépers purport- vt lm.; to be certificates oi the electoral lvom,-lwhlch lcertitjieates Oi , and papers shall be opened, presented, andtactedl upon. lh the .alphal.»eti¢;al m·dc1·_of the $tates, beginning with the letter A`;` H and said tellers, having than read the`same iu" the préseu · 17 and hhearim*;·0f the,tu*0'_V1I0uses, shall make a list of the votes- sa
as they ghull appear from the said oertmcates; and the votes ¤h
_ having fbc0l1..&st·ertalued and counted in the mmmet and ac-y ¤ yarding to the rules in this chapter pmvided,,·the··~r%ult,o£ the ” ` same shall he delivered· to the President of the Senate, who se small théregp0¤`eah¤1o_1tuce the state, of the vote, fwhlch an- to nouucement shall be deemed 1 5UmCi€BC declaration of the or
PR.ESIDE2\{T_ 20 ersons, if gray, ()l€Ql€(l"_`I)l‘QSl(]9Dt and- VicePx·esident of the nited States, aml, together withla liet of the votes, be entereei a the Joumnls of the two -Honees. Upon snob reading or env 1;-1} ,eertiiicete_ or paper, the President of the Senate stmt; In for objections, it any. Every objection shall be made in rlting,`and shall state clearly and eoneieely, end ’wl~thm1t ernment, the ground thereof, and shall be gxgnea by at least me Senetot and one Membet of the Honse of Repfesentntives éfore th·e’se_n1e shall be receiwied. all objeetioneso xnmle pony; vote O1`, paper from 8 Stilté Shall ilievebeen received and rad, {ll€¥_S€1l£lt€VSll&l] thereupon withdraw, end sneh·lobject_ionse tall be;sul5miAtted to the Serlatelfotfits `d€(§le1$i0D;p_8ll(]-`flllé peaker of the House of .Represen?mtiY€s s§g1l,lin like manner; gbmit such objectionsto the House of Repr&entatives for its ecision; ono no”_electoml_vote ..01*; votes from: any State which mll, have been regularly given by electors whose Appointment . as been lawfully pertifiéd to eccordingto seéfion -7 of- this tle from`whlchlgut·‘one return been recel_ved`sl1all be fiected, buf the two`Hotise$ feonem•1*e¤tly‘ may reject the vote r voteS when; they ag1€ee.that such vote of Goteehave not been; »_ regularly given by eleet0i‘§ Whose appointment has been l grtified;. ._I_f more than one ifétllfh of piper purporting to be return from a oestate shall have been recélved by the President E the vsemne, thoée votes, ond those billy,. SMH be l¢0mlt€€l` l;ich sl1al·l hgtve been regularly $ven by the eleétors who are — mwng. by the deterininatiou_ mentioned 6 of this tle to he've'_been`.e;$pointed, Flf the determination ln? said secon` provided for shall have Been mscle, or by such successors
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» ascertgined, aejteve been appointed tonll such vamney in ne mode pyovided by the laws of ·tl1e'St§te; but in mee there · tall arise the question which., of two or mo=rej,o£ snob State jthorlties determining What eleetors hate hem appointed, as entioned ln section 6 of this title, is thejlmwffnl. tribunal et lch State, the votes ·f€gl1l&lI‘IY given not .thooe·,eleeto:s,g and ioseonly, of such Stetenslmll be eotmted whom title as elec- ‘ nzs , the two Houseé, acting? .sepamtel,v·, shell concurrently stride is` supported°by· the decision of State so authored by its laws;‘ and in leuclx cesejoi more than one,retm·a re pape1·.·purpor.tingl to pe a return a State,. it there mall lmve‘ been _ no sdeh determination of the question in the tate ’;a£oreseid,¥ then those votes; and th0se<or1ly,‘shel`l‘»·be l hunted Qwhlchl the two Houses shall eoneurrently decide were . 1St» by, .leWful selectors appointed in gtceomettee with the ws joflthe Stete, unless two- Housw, actlélg S£P&1‘8¢¢l¥». null concurrently itlecide. such votes not to befthe lawful votes T the- Legellil, appointed electors ot. such State. Brit if th? vo Houses éhall disagree .i¤·i;·ep.m ot, the conntlngof such nntesgthen,. and in that .cese,: the votes of the electors Wh0?¢. jpointrnent shall have been certined bYthetexecntive—oflthe rate, l1lld€1’- the sealthereot, shall bei.eounted;‘ When tbeetwo Ouses have-voted, tl:ney__shall ixnxnedletely egeln meet, and the residing otilcer slmll then gtmonn the deeision_.of the queeons eubmittect No totes orope ;n any othef State nnll be acted upon nntll the objeeti previou_$ly made the ites or papers from any Stgte shall have been _¤¤a11y_, disposed _ ?.‘ (Feb.}, 1887, lc. 90, 5 4, 24 Stat.- 373.) · » _. _ 18. Prenervitiontof order in joint 1¤eeting,—~——While the fW0 onses shall be in rneetlng as provided. in sections 5.to. 7 end ' to 20, the President 10f”"the__Senate.shall' hayepower to pre- _ ?rve\\order·; and no denote shall the allowed gnat no oneetion nall be put by the presiding officer exeept to ékhct HGUSG on motion to withdraw._.Y(F6¥>·’3»`,18$7· °·‘ 90* i 5* Stat? 37%) ` - 19. Limit or debate in each `Houoe.—v—#~Whe¤ . the two r Houses ) rparnté to. decide upon- en objection tbetinay lnevetneen made the _¢0¤¤ti¤z of any electorel vote or votes-froxzn .eny;`S’tflt€,`. ·· other question nrlslné in the matter; éaéh S€¤¤,*0l’ and * \
