INDEX TO ELECTORAL COUNT OF 1877.

A.

Abbott, Josiah G., a Representative from Massachusetts, member of the Com-

Page.

77

.371, 549, 581

700

30

231

262

464

that the papers accompanying the objections in the case of Florida be
printed

that Mr. Jenks have a full hour for argument....

that the time for discussion be extended to six hours on a side..
that all papers in the case of Oregon be printed....

that each Commissioner have leave until March 10, proximo, in which to
file for publication in the Record an opinion respecting the cases that
have at present been acted on by the Commission....

orders submitted by-
that in the case of Florida the Commission will receive evidence relating
to the eligibility of Frederick C. Humphreys, one of the persons
named in certificate No. 1, as elector....

that the injunction of secrecy imposed on the action had Friday, February
9, 1877, as entered in the Journal, be removed...

that the injunction of secrecy imposed on all former consultations of the
Commission be removed

that the vote in the matter now pending in the case of Oregon be taken
at four o'clock p. m. on Friday, February 23, 1877 ....

resolutions offered by-
that evidence will be received to show that so much of the act of Louisiana
establishing a returning-board for that State is unconstitutional and
the acts of said returning-board are void. Offered as a substitute
for an order submitted by Mr. Commissioner Hoar.....
that evidence will be received to show that the returning-board of Louis-
iana, at the time of canvassing and compiling the vote of that State
at the last election in that State, was not legally constituted under
the law establishing it, in this: that it was composed of four persons
all of one political party, instead of five persons of different political
parties, as required by the law establishing said board. Offered as
a substitute for an order submitted by Mr. Commissioner Hoar....
that the Commission will receive testimony on the subject of the frauds

alleged in the specifications of the counsel for the objectors to cer-
tificates Nos. 1 and 3. Offered as a substitute for an order submitted
by Mr. Commissioner Hoar......
that testimony tending to show that the so-called returning-board of Lou-
isiana had no jurisdiction to canvass the votes for electors of Presi-
dent and Vice-President is admissible. Offered as a substitute for
an order submitted by Mr. Commissioner Hoar......
that evidence is admissible that the statements and affidavits purporting
to have been made and forwarded to said returning-board in pursu-
ance of the provisions of section 26 of the election law of 1872, alleg-
ing riot, tumult, intimidation, and violence at or near certain polls
and in certain parishes, were falsely fabricated and forged by certain
disreputable persons under the direction and with the knowledge of
said returning-board; and that said returning-board, knowing said
statements and affidavits to be false and forged, and that none of the
said statements and affidavits were made in the manner or form or
within the time required by law, did knowingly, willfully, and fraud-
ulently fail and refuse to canvass or compile more than ten thou-
sand votes lawfully cast, as is shown by the statements of votes of
the commissioners of election. Offered as a substitute for an order
su. nitted by Mr. Commissioner Hoar

453

139

193

423

637

416

417

417

417

417

4,5

424

Act of Congress under which the Electoral Commission was organized.
Adams, George M., Clerk of the House of Representatives, communication from
the House presented by.

Adjournment of the Electoral Commission

. 8, 33, 74, 113, 137,

138, 139, 194, 198, 202, 218, 284, 372, 415, 423, 425, 453, 581, 637, 653, 666, 704, 728
Alabama, the State of-
electoral votes of, counted..

Allison, William B., a Senator from Iowa-

appointment of, as a teller on the part of the Senate
resolution offered by, that the objection made to the vote of Daniel L.
Crossman, one of the electors of Michigan, is not good in law, and is
not sustained by any lawful evidence; that said vote be counted
with the other votes of the electors of said State, notwithstanding
the objections made thereto....

Anthony, Henry B., a Senator from Rhode Island-
order submitted by, that the Secretary notify the House of Representatives
of the decision of the Senate in the case of William S. Slater, an
elector of the State of Rhode Island, and that the Senate is now
ready to meet the House to continue the count of the electoral
votes for President and Vice-President.....

Arkansas, the State of-

electoral votes of, counted....

Atkins, John D. C., a Representative from Tennessee-
motion made by, that there be a call of the House.

Authorities, citations of-

Arthur rs. Franklin, 16 Ohio, new series, 193.

Attorneys-General, Opinions of, volumes 2, 14..

Badger and others vs. The United States on the relation of Bolton..

Baird vs. The Bank of Washington, 11 Sergeant & Rawles...

Bank of Hamilton vs. Dudley, 2 Peters, 492.

Barnes vs. Adams, 2 Bartlett, 760.

Barnewall & Cresswell, 6, 12.

Bartley vs. Fletcher, 39 Mo. Reports, 388, 399.

Batman vs. Magowan, 1 Metcalfe's Kentucky Reports, 533.

Battle vs. Howard, 13 Texas, 345...

Battle vs. McIver, 68 N. C. Reports, 469.

Bean vs. Thompson, 19 N. H., 115.

10

444

657

10

705

501,510

532

289

532

484,546, 910

472, 473

534

276

146, 543

146

.386, 512, 548, 596

967

548

147,361

568,629

363

682

485,928

548

967

361

684

475

2-9

347,969

361

583

1007

533, 545, 546

272
485

532

Commonwealth vs. Hanley, 9 Penn. Reports, 513..

546, 591

Commonwealth vs. Jones, 10 Bush, Kentucky Reports, 726.

539

Commonwealth vs. Leech, 44 Penn. Reports, 332..

364

Commonwealth vs. Smith, 45 Penn. Reports, 59..

164

Commonwealth ex rel. Broom vs. Hanley, 9 Penn. Reports, 513.

575

Comyn's Digest, title Parliament..

684

Congressional Globe, volume 5, pages 80-96..

388,571

Congressional Record, volume 3, part 3, page 160..

899

Constitution of the United States, the..65, 92, 160, 183, 186, 268, 288, 467, 468, 488, 490,

Ducher's Reports, N. J., page 355.

Duchess of Kingston's case

Easton vs. Scott, C. and H., 267, 272.

Elliott's Debates, page 101.

Elmdorf rs. Taylor, 10 Wheaton, 159.
Elmwood vs. Macey, 2 Otis, 289.
Ensminger rs. Poe, 47 Illinois..
Federalist, No. 21, page 112..
Field vs. Seabury, 19 Howard, 331
Fish vs. Collins, 21 Louisiana, 289.
Florida election laws, section 4..
French vs. Fyan, case of..

Furman vs. Člute, 50 N. Y. Reports....

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567

1012

Authorities, citations of-Continued.
Freeman on Judgments, section 78..
Gaines rs. Thompson, 7 Wallace, 347
Gallery vs. Merrill, Clarke & Hall, 328..
Golden vs. Sharp, Clarke & Hall, 410.
Gorham 18. Campbell, 2 Cal., 135
Gould rs. Hammond, 1 McAll., 235.
Grant on Corporations, page 155..

Green vs. Neal, 6 Peters..

Green vs. Burke, 23 Wendell, 490, 502.

Greer vs. Shackleford, Constitutional (S. C.) Reports, 642..

Groves 8. Slaughter, 15 Peters, 500, 501..

Grindley vs. Baker, 1 Bosanquet and Puller, 229..

Gulick vs. New, 14 Indiana Reports, 93, 96

Hadley rs. The Mayor of Albany, 33 N. Y..

Hawkins vs. The Governor, 570, 595...

682

682

534

531

413

158, 190

133,908

363

Hardenberg 18. Farmers' Bank, 2 Green, N. J., 68.

Heywood on County Elections, pages 511, 535.
High on Extraordinary Legal Remedies

361

177

152, 470, 472, 479, 503, 542

.573, 1001

534

568

503, 6-2
46, 67, 479

Hildreth's Heirs rs. McIntyre's Devisee, 1 Marshall's Ky. Reports, 206...... 134,908

House Document No. 35, part 3..

Howard's Reports, volumes 7, 8, 11, 14, 21, 23

Hulseman and Brinkworth vs. Reeves and Siner, 41 Penn. Reports, 396.

158

.49, 357, 967

... 366,562

Hunter vs. Chandler, 45 Missouri, 435..

Hutchinson vs. Tilden and Boardley, 4 Harris and McHenry

Illinois Reports, 51, 55

Impeachment of Belknap, Record, volume 4, part 7, page 12...........................

Indiana Reports, volumes 15, 41

Inker vs. Commonwealth, 20 Penn. Reports, 493.

Iowa Reports, volume 16, page 284..

Johnson vs. Towsley, 13 Wallace, 72

Johnson's Reports, page 184..

Johnston's Reports, page 364..

67,348

176

470

534

361

1012

67

124

Jones vs. Reed, 1 Johnson's Cases, 20.

289

Kerr and others vs. Trego and others, 47 Penn. Reports, 292..

Maine Judges, opinions of, appendix to volume 38 of Reports...

Mayor of Rochester vs. The Queen, 1 Blackburn and Ellis, 1024.
McCrary's Law of Elections

McLaughlin rs. Sheriff of Pittsburgh, Legal Journal, July, 1868.

Authorities, citations of-Continued.

Orkney and Shetland, Frazier, 1, 369.

Pell rs. Ullmam, 21 Barbour, 500

....

Pendleton rs. The United States, 2 Brockenbrough's Reports, 75.

People vs. Ammons, 5 Gilmer, 107.

People rs. Bates, 11 Michigan, 363.

People vs. Coghill, 47 California, 361.

People vs. Cook, 4 Selden's Reports.
People vs. Cook, 10 Bush, 743..

People rs. Clute, 50 N. Y. Reports, 2151.
People vs. Ferguson, 4 Cowan..
People rs. Goodwin, 22 Michigan, 496..
People vs. Johnson, 6 California, 673..
People vs. Miller, 16 Michigan, 56......
People rs. Mizner, 7 Cal., 524

People vs. Moliter, 23 Michigan, 341....

People vs. Parker, 37 California Reports..

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472,990
.412, 538, 565
280

68

587

124

68

408

567

532

151

681

.496, 497, 498, 525, 526, 528, 530, 539, 540, 556

People vs. Pease, 27 N. Y. Reports, 54, 55.

People vs. Porter, 6 California Reports, 27....

People vs. Stratton, 28 California Reports, 382.

People vs. Reed, 6 Cal., 288.

People vs. Supervisors of Greene, 17 Barbour, 217....

People vs. Sweeting, 2 Johnson, 184

191, 535

176

947

546, 928

1000

906

907

485,546, 575

273

546

684, 967

Porterfield vs. McCoy, Clarke & Hall, 267

Potter's Dwarris on Statutes, 228..

Powers rs. The People, 4 Johnson's Cases, 292.

Powers vs. Reed and others, 19 Ohio Reports

Pratt vs. People, 29 Illinois, 72..

Price vs. Baker, 41 Indiana Reports...

Price vs. Hopkins, 13 Michigan, 313..

Pritchard et al. vs. The People, 1 Gilmer's Reports, 529.

Pulaski Co. rs. Lincoln, 9 Arkansas, 320...

Queen vs. Blizzard, 2 Law Reports Queen's Bench, 55

Queen vs. Mayor, 3 Law Reports Queen's Bench, 629..
Reg. rs. Coaks, 3 El. and B., 253...

Revised Statutes...

Rex rs. Beeston, 3 Term Reports, 592

Rex vs. Justices of Leicester, 7.

Rex vs. Lexdale, 1 Barr, 447.

Rex 18. Monday, Cowper, 536.

Rhode Island, statutes of.

Rice vs. Ruddimann, 10 Michigan, 125..

Rochester vs. The Queen, 1 Ell., BÍ., and Ell., 1031.
Salkeld, 406.

Saunders vs. Haynes, 13 California Reports...
Schenck vs. Peay, 1 Woolworth's C. C. Reports, 175.
Seaford, Laders, III, 3 ...

Searcy vs. Grow, 15 California Reports, 118, 120, 121.
Secretary vs. McGarrahan, 9 Wallace, 248..

Sedgwick on Constitutional and Statutory Law, page 370..