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So the motion to strike out prevailed. The fourth section being read which is as follows, to wit: And be it further enacted, &c., That the managers and superintendents of said elections at the court houses and the various election precincts in each county in this State, or a majority of them, on the day after the election shall meet together at the court houses in their respective counties and then and there count, compare and add together the returns to them produced by the superintendents of the precinct elections of the county and return and certify the same and the result thereof within twenty days thereafter to the Governor, agreeably to the election laws now of force in this State, and thereupon it shall be the duty of the Governor, for the time being, within five days after the expiration of said twenty days, together with the Secretary of State, to count and add up the votes from the several counties in each judicial district or circuit or such of them as may have made returns for each person separately, and immdeiately thereafter issue his proclamation declaring the person having a majority of votes of the whole number of votes polled