Show TILE COUNT BILL THE tem bill regulating the electoral count for president of the united states which has been passed by congress is designed to forestall any such disreputable business as was indulged in by the eight to seven commission and to secure to the country a peaceable solution of any difficulty may arise in case of a dispute as to the presidential election following isa is a summary of the measure as amended by the house and agreed to by the senate the bill directs that the electors of each state shall meet and give their vutes on the second monday in january following their appointment section 2 provides tuat li if any state shall have provided by laws enacted prior to the day fixed for the appointment jentof ot electors for its final nation of any controversy concerning the appointment of all or any of the electors of such state by judicial or other methods or procedures durea and such determination shall have been made at least six days before the time fixed for the meeting ol of the electors determination shall be conclusive and shall govern in 14 the counting of the electoral votes so tor fax as the ascertainment of the electors appointed by state is concerned section 3 prescribes the manner in which the electoral vote of each state shall be certified and communicated secretary of state at al washington section 4 prescribes the meeting of the senate and house in the hall hail of the house on the second wednesday la in february succeeding the meeting of the electors providing 1 I for the appointment of tellers and tte the reading by them ol 01 the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of tile the electoral electo ial votes the bill continues and the votes having deen been ascertained and aad counted in the manner and according to the rules in this act provided the result of 0 the same shall be delivered to the president of the senate who shall thereupon announce the state ot the vote which announcement shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons if any elected president and vice president of the united states and together with a list ot of the votes tie be entered on the journals of the two houses uon such reading of any such certificate or paper the president deuL of the cenate shall hhall call for objections it if any every objection shall be made in writing and shall state clearly wid and concisely and without argument the ibe ground thereof and shall be signed by at least one senator and one member of ef the house of representatives fedt senta atiles tives before the same shall be received when all objections so made to any vote or paper from a state shall have been received and read the senate shall thereupon withdraw and such objections shall be submitted to the senate for its decision and the speak er of the hoase of representatives shall in like manner submit such objections to the house of represents Ke Re presenta tives lives for its decision and no electoral votes which shall have bave been regularly given by electors whose appointment shall have been certified tided according to the third section of this act from any state from f which but one return has been received shall be rejected if more than one return or paper purporting to be a return from a state shall have been received by the president of the i senate SenO those votes and t those ho ae only shall be counted which shall haave laave ave been re by the electors who are aown cnown by the determination mi mentioned 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 or substitutes in case ot of a vacancy in the board of electors so ascertained certa ined as have been appointed to fill such vacancy in mode provided by the 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 2 of this act is the lawful tribunal trio unal of such state the votes regularly griven given of those electors and those only of such state shall be counted whose title as electors electo the two houses acting separately shall concurrently decide is supported by the decision of such state so authorized by its laws and in such case of more than one return or paper purporting to be a return from a state if there ther e sha 1 have been no such determination of the question ques tiou in the state aforesaid then those votes and those only shall be counted which were cast by electors whose appointment shall have been duly certified tided under the seal of the state by the executive thereof in accordance with the laws of the state unless the two houses acting separately ashall concurrently decide such votes not to be the lawf lawful ul votes of the legally appointed electors of such state when the two houses have voted they shall immediately meet again and the presiding officer shall then announce the decision of the question submitted no votes or papers from any other state shall be acted upon a until the objections previously made to the votes or papers from any state stale shall have been finally finall disposed of section 6 9 limits to two hours the debate which shall be had on any question after the two houses shall have separated section 7 provides that the joint meeting shall not be dissolved until the count of electoral votes shall be completed and the result declared ands andi prohibits either house from taking a recess beyond the next calendar day in case tile the electoral votes shall not have been completed before the fifths fifth calendar day after the first meeting of the two houses no f urther further recess shall be taken by either house |