 | Calvin Townsend - 1875 - Страниц: 294
...Senate. On one occasion, in 1877, Congress by special law constituted an Electoral Commission consisting of five senators, five representatives, and five justices of the Supreme Court, who were authorized to count the votes and declare the result of the election. The Constitution says,... | |
 | Alexander Johnston - 1879 - Страниц: 300
...Electoral Commission Act was passed by both Houses. It created an " Electoral Commission," composed of five Senators, five Representatives, and five Justices of the Supreme Court. To this Commission all votes upon which the two Houses could not agree1 were to be referred, and its... | |
 | Joseph Cook - 1880 - Страниц: 304
...civil war, an electoral commission act was passed by both Houses. It created a commission composed of five senators, five representatives, and five justices of the Supreme Court. All votes on which the two • See Johnston's " History oi American Politics," pp. 214, 95, and 49.... | |
 | Eugene Virgil Smalley - 1880 - Страниц: 368
...providing that all returns objected to by either House should be referred to a commission composed of five Senators, five Representatives, and five Justices of the Supreme Court, and that the decisions of the commission should stand unless overturned by the concurrent vote of both... | |
 | Walter Raleigh Houghton - 1882 - Страниц: 586
...a vote of 47 to 17, and the House by 181 to 86. The act created an electoral commission, consisting of five senators, five representatives, and five justices of the Supreme Court. Of the Supreme Court, there were Judges Clifford, Field, Miller, and Strong, who selected Judge Bradley... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1884 - Страниц: 572
...dishonesty. 8. It was finally agreed by Congress to refer the dispute to an Electoral Commission, composed of five Senators, five Representatives, and five Justices of the Supreme Court. The result was the election of Mr. Hayes, and the end of the dispute was received with a sense of relief... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1884 - Страниц: 572
...dishonesty. 8. It was finally agreed by Congress to refer the dispute to an Electoral Commission, composed of five Senators, five Representatives, and five Justices of the Supreme Court. The result was the election of Mr. Hayes, and the end of the dispute was received with a sense of relief... | |
 | George Spring Merriam - 1885 - Страниц: 538
...whose decision was to be final unless overruled by both Houses. This commission was to be composed of five senators, five representatives, and five justices of the Supreme Court. The senators and representatives, by tacit understanding, were to be evenly divided between the two... | |
 | James Thompson McCleary - 1888 - Страниц: 388
...disputes, the famous electoral commission was created to determine which certifitates should be counted. It consisted of five senators, five representatives, and five justices of the supreme court. The gravity of the danger thus appearing made it obviously necessary that some general plan be devised... | |
 | Henry Harrison Smith - 1892 - Страниц: 152
...to this election, it may be stated that the said act provided that the • commission should consist of five senators, five representatives and five justices of the supreme court, the senators and representatives to be chosen respectively by the senate and the house of representatives.... | |
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... composed of five Senators, five Representatives, and five Justices of the Supreme Court, the decision of this commission to be final unless set aside by a concurrent vote of the two Houses of Congress. 
