Amendment to Constitition Relating to Election of President, Etc: Hearing... on H.J.Res. 292...Feb. 5., 19311931 - 18 pages |
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... statutes are printed as an appendix to the report . [ H. J. Res . 292 , Seventy - first Congress , second session ] JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Upited States Resolved by the Senate and House of ...
... statutes are printed as an appendix to the report . [ H. J. Res . 292 , Seventy - first Congress , second session ] JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Upited States Resolved by the Senate and House of ...
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... statute may postpone the day of the election or the day of the meeting of the electors . DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT ELECT AFTER THE ELECTORS VOTE AND BEFORE THE VOTES ARE COUNTED Two serious problems are presented in the case of the death ...
... statute may postpone the day of the election or the day of the meeting of the electors . DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT ELECT AFTER THE ELECTORS VOTE AND BEFORE THE VOTES ARE COUNTED Two serious problems are presented in the case of the death ...
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... statutes . NECESSARY STATUTORY AMENDMENTS If the proposed amendment is ratified , certain amendments to existing statutes will be necessary . Upon the adoption of the reso- lution submitting the amendment for ratification a bill will be ...
... statutes . NECESSARY STATUTORY AMENDMENTS If the proposed amendment is ratified , certain amendments to existing statutes will be necessary . Upon the adoption of the reso- lution submitting the amendment for ratification a bill will be ...
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... Statutes are hereby repealed . " ( 24 Stat . 1. ) II . SENATORS - DATE OF ELECTION AND COMMENCEMENT OF TERMS Section 1 of the act entitled " An act providing a temporary method of con- ducting the nomination and election of United ...
... Statutes are hereby repealed . " ( 24 Stat . 1. ) II . SENATORS - DATE OF ELECTION AND COMMENCEMENT OF TERMS Section 1 of the act entitled " An act providing a temporary method of con- ducting the nomination and election of United ...
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... statutes relating to the election of a Delegate for the Territory of Alaska ( 37 Stat . 512 , 517 ; 34 Stat . 169 , 170 ) , and a Delegate for the Territory of Hawaii ( 34 Stat . 550 ) , do not prescribe a specific date for the ...
... statutes relating to the election of a Delegate for the Territory of Alaska ( 37 Stat . 512 , 517 ; 34 Stat . 169 , 170 ) , and a Delegate for the Territory of Hawaii ( 34 Stat . 550 ) , do not prescribe a specific date for the ...
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Page 2 - Section 4 The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them...
Page 2 - If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President...
Page 13 - ... the result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, and the...
Page 13 - Washington, District of Columbia, but in the event it is not received, a duplicate of such statement shall be promptly filed upon notice by the Clerk...
Page 3 - SECTION 1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
Page 13 - Two tellers shall be previously appointed on the part of the Senate and two on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes...
Page 12 - 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.
Page 16 - March following such general election, and who shall be entitled to receive official recognition as such Commissioner by all of the departments of the Government of the United States, upon presentation, through the Department of State, of a certificate of election of the Governor of Porto Rico.
Page 14 - That while the two Houses shall be in meeting as provided in this act the President of the Senate shall have power to preserve order ; and no debate shall be allowed and no question shall be put by the presiding officer except to either House on a motion to withdraw.
Page 13 - Representatives at the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon on that day, and the President of the Senate shall be their presiding officer. Two tellers shall be previously appointed on the part of the Senate...