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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 644-JUNE 25, 1948 MANNER OF VOTING §8. The electors shall vote for President and Vice President, respectively, in the manner directed by the Constitution. CERTIFICATES OF VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT § 9. The electors shall make and sign six certificates of all the votes given by them, each of which certificates shall contain two distinct lists, one of the votes for President and the other of the votes for Vice President, and shall annex to each of the certificates one of the lists of the electors which shall have been furnished to them by direction of the executive of the State. SEALING AND ENDORSING CERTIFICATES §10. The electors shall seal up the certificates so made by them, and certify upon each that the lists of all the votes of such State given for President, and of all the votes given for Vice President, are contained therein. DISPOSITION OF CERTIFICATES §11. The electors shall dispose of the certificates so made by them and the lists attached thereto in the following manner: First. They shall forthwith forward by registered mail one of the same to the President of the Senate at the seat of government. Second. Two of the same shall be delivered to the secretary of state of the State, one of which shall be held subject to the order of the President of the Senate, the other to be preserved by him for one year and shall be a part of the public records of his office and shall be open to public inspection. Third. On the day thereafter they shall forward by registered mail two of such certificates and lists to the Secretary of State at the seat of government, one of which shall be held subject to the order of the President of the Senate. The other shall be preserved by the Secre- tary of State for one year and shall be a part of the public records of his office and shall be open to public inspection. Fourth. They shall forthwith cause the other of the certificates and lists to be delivered to the judge of the district in which the electors shall have assembled. FAILURE OF CERTIFICATES OF ELECTORS TO REACH PRESIDENT OF SENATE OR SECRETARY OF STATE; DEMAND ON STATE FOR CERTIFICATE §12. When no certificate of vote and list mentioned in sections 9 prp. and 11 of this title from any State shall have been reecived by the President of the Senate or by the Secretary of State by the fourth Wednesday in December, after the meeting of the electors shall have been held, the President of the Senate or, if he be absent from the seat of government, the Secretary of State shall request, by the most expeditious method available, the secretary of state of the State to send up the certificate and list lodged with him by the electors of such State; and it shall be his duty upon receipt of such request immediately to transmit same by registered mail to the President of the Senate at the seat of government. SAME; DEMAND ON DISTRICT JUDGE FOR CERTIFICATE § 13. When no certificates of votes from any State shall have been received at the seat of government on the fourth Wednesday in December, after the meeting of the electors shall have been held, 674 [62 STAT.

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