 Congress passed an act declaring, section 12, "that the term of four years for which a President and Vice President shall be elected shall in all cases commence on the 4th day of March next succeeding the day on which the votes of the electors shall have...  Hearings - Page 7by United States. Congress. House. Committee on election of President, vice president, and representatives in Congress - 1924Full view - About this book
 | William Graydon - 1803 - 730 pages
...for which a president am! vice president shall be elected, shall in all cases commence on the fourth day of March next succeeding the day on which the...votes of the electors shall have been given. ACT of April 3, 1794. (Vol. III. p. 30.) 13. Whenever the congress shall be about to convene, and, from the... | |
 | South Carolina, Joseph Brevard - 1814 - 620 pages
...for which a president and vice-president shall be elected, shall in all cases commence on the fourth day of March next succeeding the day on which the votes of the electors shall have been given. [See within, § 84, &c.] 18. districts united, another; Georgetown and Cheravv districts TIT- 69. united,... | |
 | Edward Ingersoll - 1821 - 884 pages
...which a president and vice president shall be elected, shall, in all cases, commence on the fourth day of March next succeeding the day on which the...votes of the electors shall have been given. ACT of March 3, 1817. Pamphlet edit. 283. 10. Any person imprisoned upon execution for a debt due to the United... | |
 | James Kent - 1832 - 590 pages
...which a President and Vice- President shall be elected, shall, in all cases, commence on the fourth day of March next succeeding the day on which the votes of the electors shall have been given. In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1833 - 800 pages
...appointment of the electors The president's term of office is also declared to commence on the fourth day of March next succeeding the day, on which the votes of the electors shall be given. § 757. The next clause respects the qualifications of the president of the United States.... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - 1833 - 264 pages
...of four years, for which the President and Vice President are elected, shall commence on the fourth day of March next succeeding the day on which the votes of the electors are given ; and the amendment of the Constitution adopts the same day as the limitation of the period... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1835 - 316 pages
...president shall be elected, shall, in all cases, commence on the fourth day of March, next succceeding the day on which the votes of the electors shall have been given. This day was probably fixed upon for the commencement of the presidential term, because the term for... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1836 - 334 pages
...years for which a president and vice president are elected, shall, in all cases, commence on the fourth day of March, next succeeding the day on which the votes of the electors shall have been given. This day was probably fixed upon for the commencement of the presidential term, because the term for... | |
 | Thomas Francis Gordon - 1837 - 888 pages
...elected as herein after prescribed(l) — and such term shall, in all cases, commence on the fourth day of March next succeeding the day on which the votes of the electors shall have been given.(2) CHAPTER I. OF THE PRESIDENT AIS'D VICE-PRESIDENT. Electors how appointed — who excluded... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - 1843 - 442 pages
...of four years for which the President and Vice-president are elected, should commence on the fourth day of March next succeeding the day on which the votes of the electors are given. The effect of the amendment, therefore, is to render the provisions of the act of Congress,... | |
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