journal of each House by the clerk or secretary thereof;
but if either House shall fail to give such majority to any
person on said day, the fact shall be entered on the
journal. At 12 o'clock, meridian, of the day following
that on which proceedings are required to take place, as
aforesaid, the members of the two Houses shall convene
in joint assembly, and the journal of each House shall
then be read, and if the same person shall have received
a majority of all the votes in each House, such person
shall be duly declared elected Senator to represent said
State in the Congress of the United States; but if the
same person shall not have received a majority of the
votes in each House, or if either House shall have failed
to take proceedings as required by this Act, the joint as-
sembly shall then proceed to choose, by a viva voce vote
of each member present, a person for the purpose afore-
said and the person having a majority of all the votes
of said joint assembly, a majority of all the members
elected to both Houses being present and voting, shall be
declared duly elected; and in case no person shall receive
such majority on the first day, the joint assembly shall
meet at 12 o'clock, meridian, of each succeeding day,
during the session of the Legislature, and take at least
one vote until a Senator shall be elected.

Vacancies.

SEC. 2. Whenever, on the meeting of the Legislature of
any State, a vacancy shall exist in the representation of
such State in the Senate of the United States, said Legis-
islature shall proceed on the second Tuesday after the
commencement and organization of its session, to elect a
person to fill such vacancy, in the manner hereinbefore
provided for the election of a Senator for a full term;
and if a vacancy shall happen during the session of the
Legislature, then, on the second Tuesday after the Leg-
islature shall have been organized, and shall have notice
of said vacancy.

Certificate of Election.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the Governor of the
State from which any Senator shall have been chosen as
aforesaid, to certify his election, under the seal of the
State, to the President of the United States, which certi-
ficate shall be countersigned by the Secretary of State
of the State.