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The members of said commission shall respectively take and subscribe the following oath:

"I, do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will impartially examine and consider all questions submitted to the commission of which I am a member, and a true judgment give thereon, agreeably to the Constitution and the laws: so help me God;"

which oath shall be filed with the Secretary of the Senate.

When the commission shall have been thus organized, it shall not be in the power of either house to dissolve the same, or to withdraw any of its members;

Oath.

Commission not

to be dissolved.

Vacancies; how

But if any such Senator or member shall die or become physically unable to perform the duties required by this act, the fact of such death filled. or physical inability shall be by said commission, before it shall proceed further, communicated to the Senate or House of Representatives, as the case may be, which body shall immediately and without debate proceed by viva voce vote to fill the place so vacated, and the person so appointed shall take and subscribe the oath herein before prescribed, and become a member of said commission;

And, in like manner, if any of said justices of the Supreme Court shall die or become physically incapable of performing the duties required by this act, the other of said justices, members of the said commission, shall immediately appoint another justice of said court a member of said commission, and, in such appointments, regard shall be had to the impartiality and freedom from bias sought by the original appointments to said commission, who shall thereupon immediately take and subscribe the oath herein before prescribed, and become a member of said commission to fill the vacancy so occasioned.

Opening certificase of

double returns.

All the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes of each State shall be opened, in the alphabetical order cates in of the States, as provided in section one of this act; and when there shall be more than one such certificate or paper, as the certificates and papers from such State shall so be opened, (excepting duplicates of the same return,) they shall be read by the tellers, and thereupon the President of the Senate 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 member of the House of Representatives before the same shall be received.

Objections.

Certificates, &c.,

When all such objections so made to any certificate, vote, or paper from a State shall have been received and read, all such certificates, to be submitted to votes, and papers so objected to, and all papers accompanying the same, proceedings therecommission, and together with such objections, shall be forthwith submitted to said com on. mission, which shall proceed to consider the same, with the same powers, if any, now possessed for that purpose by the two Houses acting separately or together, and, by a majority of votes, decide whether any and what votes from such State are the votes provided for by the Constitution of the United States, and how many and what persons were duly appointed electors in such State, and may therein take into view such petitions, depositions, and other papers, if any, as shall, by the Constitution and now existing law, be competent and pertinent in such consideration; which decision shall be made in writing, stating briefly the ground thereof, and signed by the members of said commission agreeing therein; whereupon the two houses shall again meet, and such decision shall be read and entered in the journal of each House, and the counting of the votes shall proceed in conformity therewith, unless, upon objection made thereto in writing by at least five Senators and five members of the House of Representatives, the two Houses shall separately concur in ordering otherwise, in which case such concurrent order shall govern.

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.

Objections to be disposed of before proceeding to oth

er cases.

Proceedings in joint session.

Debate in each

tions, limited.

SEC 3. That while the two Houses shall be in meeting, as provided in this act, no debate shall be allowed and no question shall be put by the presiding officer, except to either House on a motion to withdraw; and he shall have power to preserve order.

SEC 4. That when the two Houses separate to decide upon an objecHouse on objec- tion that may have been made to the counting of any electoral vote or votes from any State, or upon objection to a report of said commission, or other question arising under this act, each Senator and Representative may speak to such objection or question ten minutes, and not oftener than once; but after such debate shall have lasted two hours, it shall be the duty of each House to put the main question without further debate.

seats.

Joint meeting; SEC 5. That at such joint meeting of the two Houses, seats shall be arrangement of provided as follows: For the President of the Senate, the Speaker's chair; for the Speaker, immediately upon his left; the Senators in the body of the hall upon the right of the presiding officer; for the Representatives, in the body of the hall not provided for the Senators; for the tellers, Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives, at the Clerk's desk; for the other officers of the two Houses, in front of the Clerk's desk and upon each side of the Speaker's platform.

-not to be dis

Such joint meeting shall not be dissolved until the count of electoral solved until count votes shall be completed and the result declared; and no recess shall be declared, &c. taken unless a question shall have arisen in regard to counting any such votes, or otherwise under this act, in which case it shall be competent for either House, acting separately, in the manner herein before provided, to direct a recess of such House not beyond the next day, Sunday excepted, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon.

Legislative business may be pro

ceeded with.

Right of legal

And while any question is being considered by said commission, either House may proceed with its legislative or other business.

SEC 6. That nothing in this act shall be held to impair or affect any proceedings not right now existing under the Constitution and laws to question, by proimpaired. ceeding in the judicial courts of the United States, the right or title of the person who shall be declared elected, or who shall claim to be Presi dent or Vice-President of the United States, if any such right exists. SEC 7. That said commission shall make its own rules, keep a record of its proceedings, and shall have power to employ such persons as may be necessary for the transaction of its business and the execution of its powers. [January 29, 1877.]

Commission to make rules, &c.

CHAPTER 41.

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AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE, FIVE HUNDRED
AND FIFTY-SIX, FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE, AND FIVE HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY-TWO OF THE REVISED STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES, RELATING TO
COURTS IN ARKANSAS AND OTHER STATES. (1)

Arkansas judicial districts.

-western.

-eastern.

Clerks in eastern district.

Terms of court in eastern district.

in western district.

District courts in Arkansas, Mississippi, South Carolina, and West Virginia to have circuit court jurisdiction.

Be it enacted, &c., That section five hundred and thirty three of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows: (1)

"SEC. 533. That the State of Arkansas is divided into two districts, which shall be called the eastern and western districts of Arkansas.

The western district includes the counties of Benton, Washington, Crawford, Sebastian, Scott, Polk, Sevier, Little River, Howard, Montgomery, Yell, Logan, Franklin, Johnson, Madison, Newton, Carroll,

NOTE. (1) The amendments made by this act are incorporated into the second edition of the Revised Statutes in the sections referred to in the margin.

Boone and Marion, and the country lying west of Missouri and Arkansas, known as the Indian Territory.

The eastern district includes the residue of said State."

That section five hundred and fifty-six be amended so as to read as follows: (2)

Arkansas judi

cial districts.

- eastern.

5 Dill., 392. Clerks in eastern district. Substitute for

"SEC. 556. In the eastern district of Arkansas, there shall be appointed R. S., § 556. two clerks of the district court thereof, one of whom shall reside and keep his office at Little Rock, and the other shall reside and keep hisoffice at Helena."

That section five hundred and seventy-two be so amended as to provide for the holding of the regular terms of court in the eastern and western districts of Arkansas, as follows: (2)

In the eastern district of Arkansas, at Little Rock, on the first Monday in April and October, and at Helena on the second Monday in March and October.

Terms of court in

eastern district. R. S., § 572.

In the western district of Arkansas, at Fort Smith on the first Mon--in western disday in February, May, August, and November.

That section five hundred and seventy-one be amended so as to read as follows: (2)

trict. Substitute for

R. S., § 572. District courts in Arkansas, Mississippi, South Car

"SEC. 571. The district courts for the western district of Arkansas, olina, and West the eastern district of Arkansas at Helena, the northern district of Mis- Virginia to have sissippi, the western district of South Carolina, and the district of West circuit-court jurisVirginia, shall have in addition to the ordinary jurisdiction of district diction. R. S., § 571. courts, jurisdiction of all causes, except appeals and writs of error, which are cognizable in a circuit court, and shall proceed therein in the same manner as a circuit court." [January 31, 1877.]

NOTE. (2) The amendments here made are incorporated into the second edition of the Revised Statutes in the sections referred to in the margin.

CHAPTER 58.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A DEFICIENCY IN THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE PUBLIC
PRINTING AND BINDING FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR OTHER PUR-
POSES.

Pay of printers and book-binders by Public Printer.

Be it enacted, &c.

Feb. 16, 1877.

19 Stat. L., 231.

That from and after the close of the present session of Congress the Pay of printers public printer shall pay no greater price for composition than fifty and book-binders cents per thousand ems and forty cents per hour for time work to printers and book-binders. [February 16, 1877.]

by Public Printer.
R. S., § 3763.
1876, July 31, ch.
246, § 1, par. 1.
14 C. Cls., 200.

CHAPTER 60.

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE TIME OF HOLDING THE OCTOBER TERM OF THE UNITED
STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA.

District court of Nebraska to be held second Monday in November.

Be it enacted, &c., That the fall term of the United States district court for the district of Nebraska shall hereafter be held on the second Monday in November in each year, instead of the "Wednesday after the second Tuesday in October," as now provided by law. [February 17, 1877.]

Feb. 17, 1877.

19 Stat. L., 232.

District court of

Nebraska to be
held 2d Monday in
November.

R. S., § 572.
1878, June 19, ch.

315.

CHAPTER 69.

AN ACT TO PERFECT THE REVISION OF THE STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES, (1) AND
OF THE STATUTES RELATING TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Feb. 27, 1877.

19 Stat. L., 240.

SECTION 1.

AMENDMENTS TO REVISED STATUTES.

Par. 1. R. S., § 197. Inventories for supplies in departments not to include stationery, &c., for Congressional Library. 2. R. S., § 215. Chief clerk of War Department; his appointment and duties.

3. R. S., § 225. In settling accounts of commanding officers of companies, affida

vit by officers of loss to be received, &c.

4. R. S., 252. Repeal.

5. R. S., 259. Reports of statistics.

6. R. S., 317. Duties of Commissioner of

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16. R. S., § 1110. Ordnance sergeants. 17. R. S., 1118. Felons not to be enlisted in Army.

18. R. S., 1126. Chaplains.

19. R. S., 1131. Inspectors-general reduced to four

20. R. S., § 1132. Appointment in Quartermaster's Department to be from Army. In absence of chiefs of bureaus in War Department, who to act.

21. R. S., 1136. In purchase of property for public buildings, title deeds to be furnished Attorney-General, and his opinion had, &c.

22. R. S., § 1137. Forage and wagon masters' pay, &c.

23. R.S., § 1139. Quartermaster-General to render accounts quarterly.

24. R. S., § 1162. Chief of Ordnance may enlist what men.

25. R. S., § 1163. -to detail enlisted men to corps, &c

26. R. S., § 1167. Officers of Ordnance Department and those intrusted with stores, &c., to make returns to Chief of Ordnance.

Chief of Ordnance to make rules.

27. R. S., § 1174. Supervision of cooking in Army.

28. R. S., 1191. Quartermaster-General not liable for money in hands of subordinates.

29. R. S., § 1207. Promotion of lieutenants of Engineer Corps.

30. R. S., § 1220. Clothing issued to regiments may be altered to fit, and expense, how paid.

31. R. S., § 1221. Return of clothing and camp equipage.

32. R. S., 1224. Officers of Army not to engage in civil service, &c., interfering with military duties.

33. R. S., § 1259. Retired officers to receive no extra pay when assigned to Soldiers' Home.

34. R. S., § 1260. nor when detailed to serve as college professors.

35. R. S., § 1270. Commutation of forage. -mounted officers to receive pay of cavalry officers.

36. R. S., § 1279. Pay of artificers and wagon

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2055. Salary of Indian agent.
2073. Verbal error corrected.

2139. Sale of liquor in Indian country.

49. R. S., § 2450. Suspended entries on publci lands to be decided by Secretary of Interior, &c.

50. R. S., § 2451. Same.

51. R. S.,

52. R. S.,

53. R. S.,

54. R. S.,

55. R. S.,

2504. Duty on sulphur-flowers.
2505. on skins, &c., repealed.

2508. Verbal error corrected.
2514. Same.

2517. Collection districts and ports, alterations in.

56. R.S., 2518. Collector of port to reside at Bangor.

57. R. S., § 2519. Collectors in Maine, how

may agree upon boundaries of certain districts.

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65. R. S., § 2582. Wilmington, Cal., instead of San Pedro, a port of delivery. 66. R. S., § 2585. -vessels going to or from, need not report at San Francisco. 67, 68. R. S., §§ 2587, 2598. Typographical errors corrected.

69. R. S., § 2619. Bonds of collectors, naval officers, and surveyors; form of.

70. R. S., § 2659. Commissions of collectors on hospital dues.

71. R. S., § 2660. Additional compensation to
collectors of Plymouth, Gloucester, and
Nantucket.

72. R. S., § 2675. Compensation of certain col-
lectors.
73. R. S., § 2691. Limit of pay of certain col-
lectors.

74. R. S., § 2702. Typographical error cor-
rected.

75. R. S., § 2720. Limit of pay of surveyors. 76. R. S., 2727. Geveral appraisers abol ished.

77. R. S., § 2742. Pay of gaugers at Boston.
78. R. S., 2746. Additional pay to deputy
collectors and surveyors at San Fran
cisco.

79. R. S., 2810. Verbal error corrected.
80. R. S., 2819. Goods for Bayport may be
entered at Cedar Keys, and not at Saint
Marks.

81. R. S., § 2820. Verbal error corrected.
82. R. S., 2821. Goods for Houston may be
entered at Galveston.

83. R. S., § 2822. Goods for Natchez not to be
entered at New Orleans.

84, 85. R. S., §§ 2826, 2841. Verbal errors corrected.

86. R. S., § 2865. Smuggling or using false, &c., invoices; how punished.

87. R. S.. § 2909. Repeal of, additional duty,

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NOTE. (1) The amendments, paragraphs 1-184, are incorporated in the second edition of the Revised
Statutes. See Wright's case, 15 C. Cls., 80.

SECTION 1.

Par. 94. R. S., § 3002. Goods at Brownsville for
export to Mexico.

95. R. S., 3003. Verbal error corrected.
96. R. S., 3005. Goods at Brownsville for
export to Mexico.

97. R. S., § 3009. Duties may be paid in coin
certificates.

98. R. S., § 3011. Duties not to be recovered back without protest and appeal.

99. R. S., 3083. Verbal error corrected. 100. R. S., 3090. Same.

101. R. S., 3100. Inspection of baggage and
articles of passengers, &c.

102. R. S., § 3105. Verbal error corrected.
103. R. S., 3120. Regulations of coasting
trade on Lake Michigan.

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104. R. S., § 3140. In internal-revenue laws, person" includes partnerships, companies, &c.

105. R.S., § 3141. Verbal error corrected. 106-116. Same.

117. R. S., § 3433. Spirits for use in manufact-
ure of medicine in bonded warehouses
for exportation not to be removed, &c.
118. R. S., § 3456. Verbal error corrected.
119. R. S., 3473. Duties may be paid in coin
certificates.

120-122. Verbal errors corrected.

123. R. S., § 3618. Proceeds of sale of supplies to officers, &c., of Army not to be covered into Treasury.

124. R. S., § 3620. Disbursing officers to pay
only by check drawn in favor of cred-
itors.

125. R. S., § 3622. Verbal error corrected.
126. R. S., 3625. Commissioner of Customs
to certify accounts of delinquent offi
cers to Solicitor of Treasury.

127. R. S., 3663. Verbal error corrected.
128. R. S., 3672. Statement of sale of old
materials not to include supplies sold
officers, &c.

129. R. S., § 3689. Error of reference correct-
ed.

130. R. S., § 3692. Proceeds of sale of stores to Army officers, &c.; how disposed of. 131. R. S., 3714. Contractors for military or naval supplies to render accounts. 132-134. Verbal errors corrected.

135. R. S., § 3743. Certain contracts to be de-
posited with Commissioner of Customs.
136. R.S., § 3772. Verbal error corrected.
137. R. S., 3802. Same.

138. R. S.,3915. Special postal stamps or en-
velopes for departments.

139. R. S., 4203. Verbal error corrected.
140. R. S., 4219. Tonnage duties; rates of.
-additional tax on vessels from foreign
ports.

-rights under treaties not impaired.

Be it enacted, &c.

SECTION 1.

-additional tax on vessels when any offi-
cer is an alien.

Par. 141. R. S., § 4264. Space required on vessels
for steerage passengers on steam ves-
sels; provisions concerning.

142-146. Verbal errors corrected.

147. R. S., § 4320. License of vessels for coast-
ing trade or fisheries not subject to six
cents per ton duty.

148. R. S., § 4347. Verbal error corrected.
149. R. S., 4381. Same.

Fees collected of masters of vessels; how
disposed of to surveyors, collectors,
and naval officers.

150-161. Verbal errors corrected.

162. R. S., § 4575 Copy of shipping articles
to be obtained of collectors.

163. R. S., § 4605. Verbal error corrected.
164. R. S., § 4620. Special counsel in prize
cases; repeal.

165, 166. Verbal errors corrected.

167. R. S., 4770. Repeal of provisions as to
duplicates of fost checks.

168. R. S., § 4787. Artificial limbs to be sup-
plied to what officers, &c.

169. R. S., § 4790. commutation for.
170. R. S., 4791. transportation to obtain.
171-174. R. S., §§ 5020, 5174, 5211, 5225. Verbal er-
rors corrected.

175. R. S., § 5269. Penalty for refusing to
transmit certain public dispatches by
telegraph companies; how recovered.
176-180. R. S., §§ 5291, 5292, 5293, 5309, 5413. Ver-
bal errors corrected.

181. R. S., § 5455. Enticing desertions from
military or naval service.

182-184. R. S., §§ 5470, 5479, 5579. Verbal errors
corrected.

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Amendments to

[SECTION 1], That for the purpose of correcting errorors and supplying omissions in the act entitled "An act to revise and consolidate Revised Statutes. the Statutes of the United States in force on the first day of December, anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three," so as to make the same truly express such laws, the following amendments are hereby made therein:(1)

[Par. 1.] Section one hundred and ninety-seven is amended by inserting at the end of the section the words "except supplies of stationery and fuel in the public offices and books, pamphlets, and papers in the Library of Congress."

[Par. 2.] Section two hundred and fifteen is amended by adding at the end of the section the following:

There shall be in the said Department an inferior officer, to be ap; pointed by the said principal officer to be employed therein as he shall deem proper, and to be called the chief clerk in the Department of War, and who, whenever the said principal officer shall be removed from office by the President of the United States, or in any other case of vacancy, shall during such vacancy, have the charge and custody of all records, books, and papers, appertaining to the said Department."

NOTES. (1) These amendments and corrections are incorporated into the second edition of the Re vised Statutes in their proper places. See Wright's case, 15 C. Cls., 80.

Inventories of

supplies in depart-
clude stationery,
&c., for Congres-
sional Library.
R. S., § 197.
Chief clerk of
War Department;
his appointment

ments not to in

and duties.

R. S., § 215.
1874, March 4,

ch. 44.

1874, June 20, ch. 328, § 1, par. 14.

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