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 374 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Szss. H. C11. 90. 1887. the alphabetical order of the States, beginning with the letter A; and said tellers, having then read the same in the presence aud hearing of the two Houses, shall make a list of tho votes as they shall appear from the said certificates; and tho votes having been ascertained and counted in the manner and according to tho rules in this act provided, tho result of tho same shall be delivered to tho President of tho Senate, who Announcement shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, which announcement °f "°*°· shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons, if amy, elected President and Vicc·President of the United States, and, together with . a list of the votes, be entered on the Journals of tho two Houses. Upon objpmou to be such reading of any such certificate or paper, the Presidaut of the Seu- “* "¤*i¤8· atc shall call for objections, if any. Every objection shall be made in writing, and shall state clearly and concisely, and without argument, the ground thereof, and shall be signed by at least one Senator and one , D9¢i¤i¤¤¤ ¤¤ ¤l>· Member of the House of Representatives before tho same shall be ro- -l°?*‘°"“· ccived. When all objections so made to any vote or paper from a State shall have been received and 1;08d,th0 Senate shall thereupon withdraw, and such objections shall be submitted to the Senate for its decision; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall, in like manner, subsmgis mums. mit such objections to the House of Represon tativos for its decision; and l no electoral vow or votes from any State which sh all have been regularly given by electors whose appointment has been lawfully certified to according to section three of this act from which but one mturn has been received shall be rejected, but the two Houses ooncnrrontly may reject   thé vote or votes when they agree that such vote or votes have not been C°¤i¤¤¤¤8 F9- so regularly given by electors whose appointment has been so carti- °““‘°· tied. If more than one return or paper purporting to be a. return from a State shall have been roccivcd by the President of the Senate, those votes, and those only, shall be counted which shall have been regu- _ larly given by thesclcctors who are shown by tho determination mentioncd in section two of this act to have been appointed, if the determination in said section provided for shall have been made, or by such successors or substitutes, in cass of a vacancy in the board of electors so ascertained, as have been appointed to tlll such vacancy in the mode provided by tho laws of the State; but in case there shall arise the question which of two or more of such State authorities determining what electors have been appointed, as mentioned in section two of this act, is the lawful tribunal of such State, the votes regularly given of those electors, and those only, of such State shall be counted whose title as electors tho two Houses, acting separately, shall concurrently decide i supported by the decision of such State so authorized by its laws; and iu such casa of more than one return or paper purporting to be u return from a State, if there shall have been 110 such determination of tho question in the State aforesaid, than those votes, and those only, shall bo counted which the two Houses shall concurrently decide were cast by lawful electors appointed in accordance with the laws of the State, uuless tlm two Houses, acting separately, shall concurrently decide such votes not to be the lawful votes of the legally appointed electors of such State. But if the two Houses shall disagree in respect of the counting of such votes, then, and in that case, the votes of the electors whose appointment shall have been certified by the Executive of the State, Announcement under the seal thereof, shall be counted. When the two Houses have cf decision. voted, they shall immediately again meet, and the presiding officcr shall then announce the decision of the questions submitted. No votes or papers from any other State shall be acted upon until the objections previously made to the votes or papers from any State shall have been finally disposed of. President ofSeu- S20. 5. That: while the two Houses shall be in meeting as provided · ::3;** P*'°¤°"° in this act the President of the Senate shall have power to preserve Nmgmm mom order ; and no debate shall be allowed and no question shall be pus by sa, the presiding ofllccr except to either House on a._motiou to withdraw.