672 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 644 --JUNE 25, 1948 [62 STAT. [CHAPTER 644] AN ACT June 26, 1948 [H. R. 6412] To codify and enact into law Title 3 of the United States Code, entitled "The [Public Law 771] President" . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Title 3, U.cS. Code. United States of America in Congress assembled, That Title 3 of the Codification and en- actment into positive United States Code, entitled "The President" is codified and enacted law into positive law and may be cited as "3 U. S. d., § - ", as follows: TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT Chap. Sec. I n fra. 1. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES -- --- -- - - --- --- --- --- --- --- -- 1 Post,p. 678. 2. OFFICE AND COMPENSATION OF PRESIDENT - -___ -- -- --- -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- 101 Post, p. 679. 3. PROTECTION OF THE PRESIDENT; THE WHITE HOUSE POLICE-------------- 201 CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES Sec. 1. Time of appointing electors. 2. Failure to make choice on prescribed day. 3. Number of electors. 4. Vacancies in electoral college. 5. Determination of controversy as to appointment of electors. 6. Credentials of electors; transmission to Secretary of State and to Congress; public inspection. 7. Meeting and vote of electors. 8. Manner of voting. 9. Certificates of votes for President and Vice President 10. Sealing and endorsing certificates. 11. Disposition of certificates. 12. Failure of certificates of electors to reach President of Senate or Secretary of State; demand on State for certificate. 13. Same; demand on district judge for certificate. 14. Forfeiture for messenger's neglect of duty. 15. Counting electoral votes in Congress. 16. Same; seats for officers and Members of two Houses in joint meeting. 17. Same; limit of debate in each House. 18. Same; parliamentary procedure at joint meeting. 19. Vacancy In offices of both Presildent and Vice President; officers elegible to act. 20. Resignation or refusal of office. CHAPTER 1-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES TIME OF APPOINTING ELECTORS § 1. The electors of President and Vice President shall be appointed, in each State, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in every fourth year succeeding every election of a President and Vice President. FAILURE TO MAKE CHOICE ON PRESCRIBED DAY § 2. Whenever any State has held an election for the purpose of choosing electors, and has failed to make a choice on the day prescribed by law, the electors may be appointed on a subsequent day in such a manner as the legislature of such State may direct. NUMBER OF ELECTORS § 3. The number of electors shall be equal to the number of Senators and Representatives to which the several States are by law entitled at the time when the President and Vice President to be chosen come into office; except, that where no apportionment of Representatives has been made after any enumeration, at the time of choosing electors,
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