CAPITOL POLICE Captain, $2,460; three lieutenants at $1,740 each; two special officers at $1,740 each; three sergeants at $1,680 each; fortyfour privates at $1,620 each. JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING Clerk, $4,000 and $800 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; inspector under section 20 of the Act approved January 12, 1895 (United States Code, title 44, section 49), $2,820; assistant clerk and stenographer, $2,400; chief indexer, $3,480; cataloguers-one $3,180, two at $2,460 each. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER Secretary to the Speaker, $4,620; parliamentarian, $4,500, and for preparing Digest of the Rules, $1,000 per annum ; assistant parliamentarian, $2,760; clerk to Speaker, $2,400; clerk to Speaker, $1,440; messenger to Speaker's table, $1,740; messenger to Speaker, $1,680. CHAPLAIN Chaplain of the House of Representatives, $1,680. OFFICE OF THE CLERK Clerk of the House of Representatives, including compensation as disbursing officer of the contingent fund, $8,000; journal clerk, two reading clerks, and tally clerk, at $5,000 each; enrolling clerk, $4,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the posi tion is held by the present incumbent; disbursing clerk, $3,960; file clerk, $3,780, chief bill clerk, $3,540; assistant enrolling clerk, $3,180; assistant to disbursing clerk, $3,120; stationery clerk, $2,880; librarian, $2,760; assistant librarian, and assistant file clerk, at $2,520 each; assistant journal clerk, and assistant librarian, at $2,460 each; clerks-one $2,460, three at $2,340 each; bookkeeper, and assistant in disbursing office, at $2,160 each; four assistants to chief bill clerk at $2,100 each; stenographer to the Clerk, $1,980; assistant in stationery room, $1,740; three messengers at $1,680 each; stenographer to journal clerk, $1,560; laborers-three at $1,440 each, nine at $1,260 each; fifteen telephone operators at $1,560 each; substitute telephone operator when required, at $4 per day; property custodian and superintendent of furniture and repair shop, who shall be a skilled cabinetmaker or upholsterer and experienced in the construction and purchase of furniture, $3,960; two assistant custodians at $3,360 each; locksmith and typewriter repairer, $1,860; messenger and clock repairer, $1,740. 1 OFFICER OF SERGEANT AT ARMS Sergeant at Arms, $8,000; Deputy Sergeant at Arms, $3,180, cashier, $4,920; two bookkeepers at $3,360 each; Deputy Sergeant at Arms in charge of pairs, pair clerk and messenger, and assistant cashier, at $2,820 each; stenographer and typewriter, $600; skilled laborer, $1,380. Police Force, House Office Building, under the Sergeant at Arms: Lieutenant, $1,740; nineteen privates at $1,620 each. OFFICE OF THE DOORKEEPER Doorkeeper, $6,000; special employee, $2,820; superintendent of House press gallery, $3,660; assistant to the superintendent of the House press gallery, $2,520; chief janitor, $2,700; messengers-seventeen at $1,740 each, fourteen on soldiers' roll at $1,740 each; laborers-seventeen at $1,260 each, two (cloakroom) at $1,380 each, one (cloakroom) $1,260, and seven (cloakroom) at $1,140 each; three female attendants in ladies' retir 1" Officer " should probably be "Office" ing rooms at $1,680 each; attendent for the ladies' reception room, $1,440; superintendent of folding room, $3,180; foreman of folding room, $2,640; chief clerk to superintendent of folding room, $2,460; three clerks at $2,160 each; janitor, $1,260; laborer, $1,260; thirty-one folders at $1,440 each; shipping clerk, $1,740; two drivers at $1,380 each; two chief pages at $1,980 each; two telephone pages at $1,680 each; two floor managers of telephones (one for the minority), at $3,180 each; two assistant floor managers in charge of telephones (one for the minority), at $2,100 each; forty-one pages, during the session at $4 per day each; press-gallery page, $1,920; superintendent of document room (Elmer A. Lewis), $3,960; assistant superintendent of document room, $2,760 and $420 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; clerk, $2,320; assistant clerk, $2,160; eight assistants at $1,860 each; janitor, $1,440; messenger to pressroom, $1,560. SPECIAL AND MINORITY EMPLOYEES For the minority employees authorized and named in the resolution of April 15, 1929-one at $3,180 (J. J. Sinnott), five at $2,820 each. Assistant foreman of the folding room, authorized in the resolution of September 30, 1913, $1,980. Laborer, authorized and named in the resolution of April 28, 1914, $1,380. Laborer, authorized and named in the resolution of December 19, 1901, $1,380. Clerk, under the direction of the Clerk of the House, named in the resolution of February 13, 1923, $3,060. Successors to any of the employees provided for in the five preceding paragraphs may be named by the House of Representatives at any time. Office of majority floor leader: Legislative clerk, $3,960; clerk, $3,180; assistant clerk, $2,100; janitor, $1,560. Conference minority: Clerk, $3,180; assistant clerk, $2,100; janitor, $1,560. The foregoing employees to be appointed by the minority leader. Two messengers, one in the majority caucus room and one in the minority caucus room, to be appointed by the majority and minority whips, respectively, at $1,740 each. POST OFFICE Postmaster, $5,000; assistant postmaster, $2,880; registry and money-order clerk, $2,100; thirty-four messengers (including one to superintend transportation of mails) at $1,740 each; substitute messengers and extra services of regular employees, when required, at the rate of not to exceed $145 per month each; laborer, $1,260. OFFICIAL REPORTERS OF DEBATES Six official reporters of the proceedings and debates of the House at $7,500 each; assistant (John J. Cameron), $3,000; clerk, $3,360; six expert transcribers at $1,740 each; janitor, $1,440. COMMITTEE STENOGRAPERS Four stenographers to committees, at $7,000 each; janitor, $1,440. COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES Clerks, messengers, and janitors to the following committees : Accounts-clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; janitor, $1,560. Agriculture-clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; janitor, $1,560. Appropriations—clerk, $7,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; assistant clerk, $5,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; three assistant clerks at $3,900 each; assistant clerk, $3,600; two assistant clerks at $3,300 until the end of the quarterly period during which a new Secretary shall have been elected and qualified, or such disability shall have been ended. (Mar. 3, 1926, c. 44, § 1, 44 Stat. 162.) The Act cited to the text is the Deficiencies Appropriation Act. ★67. Clerks to Senators elect. Senators elected, whose term |of office begins on the fourth day of March, and whose credentials in due form of law shall have been presented to the Senate, or filed with the Secretary thereof, are authorized to appoint the same number of clerical assistants, not to exceed four, at the same annual salaries to which qualified Senators, not chairmen of committees, are entitled, whose compensation shall be paid out of the appropriation for clerical assistance to Senators. (Feb. 20, 1923, c. 98, 42 Stat. 1266.) each; messenger, $1,680. Banking and Currency-clerk, $2,760; assistant clerk, $1,740; janitor, $1,260. Census-clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Civil Service clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Claims-clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $1,740; janitor, $1,260. Coinage, Weights, and Measures clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Disposition of Useless Executive Papers-clerk, $2,760. District of Columbia—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; janitor, $1,260. Education—clerk, $2,760. Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress-clerk, $2,760. Elections Numbered 1-clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Elections Numbered 2-clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Elections Numbered 3-clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Enrolled Bills clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Expenditures in Executive Departments-clerk, $3,300; janitor, $1,260. Flood Control-clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Foreign Affairs clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; janitor, $1,260. Immigration and Naturalization-clerk, $3,300; janitor, $1,260. Indian Affairs-clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; janitor, $1,260. Insular Affairs clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Interstate and Foreign Commerce-clerk, $3,900; additional clerk, $2,640; assistant clerk, $2,100; janitor, $1,560. Irrigation and Reclamationclerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Invalid Pensions—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,880; expert examiner (Norman E. Ives), $2,700; stenographer, $2,640; janitor, $1,500. Judiciary-clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,160; assistant clerk, $1,980; janitor, $1,500. Labor-clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Library-clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Merchant Marine and Fisheries-clerk, 70. Same; Senate resolutions for payment for clerical and This section has been restated to read as above and the first and earlier Act cited thereto has been omitted. As set forth in the Code the section is in the language of said first Act. As restated it follows the language of the second and later Act which language is different. It would seem that the later provision is permanent and supersedes the earlier one notwithstanding that it was taken from a Legislative Appropriation Act. ★68. Payments from contingent fund of Senate. 66 In the citation to this section " § 1." should be omitted. 69. Same; for expenses of committees.— There should be an additional citation to this section, namely, "June 10, 1921, c. 18, § 305, 42 Stat. 24." messenger service. $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Military Affairs-clerk, $3,300; assist- This section should be omitted from the Code as it is but a repeal provision. $1,260. Pensions—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,160; janitor, $1,260. Post Offices and Post Roads clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,100; janitor, $1,560. Printing-clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,560. Public Buildings and Grounds-clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $1,740; janitor, $1,260. Public Lands clerk, $2,760; assistant clerk, $1,740; janitor, $1,260. Revision of the Lawsclerk, $3,300; janitor, $1,260. Rivers and Harbors-clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; janitor, $1,560. Roads-clerk, $2,760; assistant clerk, $1,740; janitor, $1,260. Rules-clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,100; janitor, $1,260. Territoriesclerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. War Claims-clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $1,740; janitor, $1,260. Ways and Means clerk, $4,620; assistant clerk and stenographer, $2,640; assistant clerk, $2,580; clerk for minority, $3,180; janitors-one, $1,560, one $1,260. World War Veterans' Legislation-clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460. (June 20, 1929, с. 33, § 1, 46 Stat. 32.) The Act cited to the text was entitled "An Act to fix the compensation of officers and employees of the legislative branch of the Government." Section 5 of said Act (46 Stat. 38) provided as follows: “The short title of this Act shall be the 'Legislative Pay Act of 1929. " Section 6 of this Act (46 Stat. 39) provided in part that "This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1929." It is the opinion of the War Department that this section has been executed and should be omitted from the Code. It is a provision from the Third Deficiency Act for the year 1919, and the legislation came at a time when the Army was disposing of its World War surplus. 72. Committee employees after termination of Congress.This section should be omitted from the Code as it sets forth temporary legislation. 73. Clerk for minority Members of Committee on Ways and Means. The word "a" in line 2 of this section should be omitted, and the words “Provided, That" should be inserted between the two sentences, preceded by a colon. 74. Clerk hire, Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners. This section has been superseded by § 60b of this title, and Act May 24, 1924, с. 183, § 1, 43 Stat. 149, cited thereto, has been repealed by § 6 of Act June 20, 1929, c. 33, 46 Stat. 39, the repeal to take effect "after June 30, 1929." 78. Sergeant at Arms of House of Representatives; duties. Salary and traveling expenses of Resident Commissioner from Porto Rico paid by Sergeant at Arms, see § 894 of Title 48. 80a. Same; disbursement of gratuity appropriations; deduc 60b. Same; clerk hire for Members, Delegates and Resident ❘tions. The Sergeant-at-Arms of the House is authorized, in the Commissioners.—The clerk hire for each Member, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner shall be at the rate of $5,000 per annum and shall be paid in accordance with section 92 of this title: Provided, That no person shall receive a salary from such clerk hire at a rate in excess of $3,900 per annum. (June 20, 1929, с. 33, § 2, 46 Stat. 38.) See note to § 60a. 64a. Death, resignation, or disability of Secretary of Senate; Financial Clerk deemed successor as disbursing officer.In the event of the death, resignation, or disability of the Secretary of the Senate, the Financial Clerk of the Senate shall be deemed his successor as a disbursing officer, under his bond as Financial Clerk, and he shall serve as such disbursing officer disbursement of gratuity appropriations, to make deductions of such amounts as may be due to or through his office or as may be due the House of Representatives. (May 29, 1928, с. 853, § 1, 45 Stat. 885.) The Act cited to the text is the Legislative, etc., Appropriation Act. 82. Same; bonds. The first citation to this section should include "26 Stat. 645, 646." 84a. Reporters for House of Representatives. No person shall be employed as a reporter for the House of Representatives without the approval of the Speaker. (R. S. § 54.) This section omitted from the Code appears to be still in force. 92a. Pay of clerical assistants as affected by death of Sena- | shall make and issue regulations specifying the classes of tor or Representative. When a Senator or Member of the House of Representatives or Delegate or Resident Commissioner dies during his term of office the clerical assistants appointed by him, and then borne upon the pay rolls of the Senate or House of Representatives, shall be continued on such pay rolls in their respective positions and be paid for a period not longer than one month: Provided, That this shall not apply to clerical assistants of standing committees of the Senate or House of Representatives, when their service otherwise would continue beyond such period. (Feb. 23, 1927, с. 168, § 1, 44 Stat. 1148.) The Act cited to the text is the Legislative, etc., Appropriation Act. 93. Time of beginning of compensation of clerks to committees of House of Representatives paid during session only. See § 60a of this title for later provisions relating to committee clerks of the House of Representatives. ★94. Appointment, duties, and removal of janitors to committees of House of Representatives.— This section should be omitted from the Code as it is temporary legislation repeated from year to year in Appropriation Acts. ★95. Payments from contingent fund of House of Representatives. 66 In first citation to this section §1" should be omitted. 96. Payment from moneys of House of Representatives of certain bills. This section was amended by Act Mar. 3, 1926, c. 44, § 1, 44 Stat. 163, as follows: "The limitation on expenditures by the Clerk of the House of Representatives for supplies or utensils used in the barber shops of the House Office Building or House wing of the Capitol, made by the Act of July 16, 1914 (Thirty-eighth Statutes at Large, page 462) [this section], shall not hereafter apply to the purchase of necessary furniture." ★105. Preparation and contents of statement of appropriations. The first citation to this section should be omitted. ★115. Index to House daily calendar. The words "of the House of Representatives" should be inserted in line 2 of this section after the word "business." 116. Accounts of property. [Repealed.] This section was repealed by Act May 29, 1928, c. 901, § 1, 45 Stat. 986, 995, entitled "An Act to discontinue certain reports now required by law to be made to Congress," which provides, "That the following reports and statements now required by law to be made to Congress are hereby discontinued, and all Acts or parts of Acts herein cited as requiring the submission of such statements and reports are hereby repealed to the extent of such requirement: 121. Reports by the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Sergeant at Arms, the Postmasters of the Senate and House of Representatives, and the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, containing a full and complete account of all property belonging to the United States in their possession, and so forth. (Revised Statutes, section 72, page 14; title 2, section 116, United States Code.)" * ** 117. Sale of waste paper. [Repealed in part.] This section was repealed in part by Act May 29, 1928, с. 901, § 1, 45 Stat. 986, 995, which provides, "That the following reports and statements now required by law to be made to Congress are hereby discontinued, and all Acts or parts of Acts herein cited as articles which may be purchased by or through the stationery rooms of the House and Senate. (May 13, 1926, с. 294, § 2, 44 Stat. 552.) The Act cited to the text is the Legislative, etc., Appropriation Act. 120. "Clerk to Speaker's table"; name changed to "parliamentarian." The designation of the position “clerk to the Speaker's table" is hereby changed to "parliamentarian" without affecting the status of the present incumbent or requiring a reappointment. (Feb. 23, 1927, с. 168, § 1, 44 Stat. 1150.) Act. The Act cited to the text is the Legislative, etc., Appropriation Chapter 5.-LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. ★ Section 132a. Appropriations for increase of general library; disposition; Joint Committee of Congress upon the Library.The unexpended balance of any sums appropriated by Congress for the increase of the general library, together with such sums as may hereafter be appropriated to the same purpose, shall be laid out under the direction of a joint committee of Congress upon the Library, to consist of five members of the Senate and five members of the House of Representatives. (R. S. § 82; Feb. 7, 1902, No. 5, 32 Stat. 735.) This section omitted from the Code appears to be still in force. 136a. Librarian of Congress; salary. The Librarian of Congress on and after July 1, 1928, shall receive salary at the rate of $10,000 per annum. (Mar. 6, 1928, с. 134, 45 Stat. 197.) The Act cited to the text was entitled "An Act to increase the salary of the Librarian of Congress." ★141. Duties of Architect of the Capitol and Librarian of Congress. 66 The words "required to be performed on June 29, 1922" in line 10 of this section should read on June 29, 1922, required to be performed." 142. Office of administrative assistant and disbursing officer in Library of Congress created; appointment; duties; bond.Office of administrative assistant and disbursing officer in Library of Congress abolished and duties transferred to appointee of Librarian of Congress. See § 142a of this title. 142a. Office of administrative assistant and disbursing officer in Library of Congress abolished; transfer of duties to appointee of Librarian; bond.-From and after June 10, 1928, the office of administrative assistant and disbursing officer of the Library of Congress, created by section 142 of this title, is abolished and thereafter the duties required to be performed by the administrative assistant and disbursing officer shall be performed, under the direction of the Librarian of Congress, by such persons as the Librarian may appoint for those purposes : Povided, That the person who shall disburse the appropriations for the Library of Congress and the Botanic Garden shall give bond payable to the United States in the sum of $30,000, with sureties approved by the Secretary of the Treasury for the faithful discharge of his duties. (May 11, 1928, с. 521, 45 Stat. 497.) The Act cited to the text was entitled "An Act to abolish the office of administrative assistant and disbursing officer in the Library of Congress and to reassign the duties thereof." requiring the submission of such statements and reports are hereby ★ 145. Copies of Journals and documents.— The words "and must not be taken therefrom" at the end of this section should be omitted. 159. Library of Congress Trust Fund Board; perpetual succession; suits by or against.-The board shall have perpetual succession, with all the usual powers and obligations of a trustee, including the power to sell, except as herein (As amended Jan. 27, 1926, c. 6, § 1, 44 Stat. 2.) * * * The Act cited to the text was entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to create a Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes,' approved March 3, 1925." The amendment affected that part of the section set out above. 164. Index and digest of State legislation; preparation.— The Librarian of Congress is authorized and directed to prepare biennially an index to the legislation of the States of the United States enacted during the biennium, together with a supplemental digest of the more important legislation of the period. (Feb. 10, 1927, с. 99, § 1, 44 Stat. 1066; Feb. 28, 1929, c. 367, § 1, 45 Stat. 1398.) The Act cited to the text was entitled "An Act providing for the preparation of a biennial index to State legislation." 164a. Same; official distribution. The Librarian of Congress is directed to have the indexes and digests authorized by section 164 of this title printed and bound for official distribution only. (Feb. 28, 1929, с. 367, § 1, 45 Stat. 1398.) The Act cited to the text is the Legislative Appropriation Act. 165. Appropriation for biennial index. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually for carrying out the provisions of section 164 of this title the sum of $30,000, to remain available until expended. (Feb. 10, 1927, с. 99, § 2, 44 Stat. 1066.) 242. Chairman and treasurer of political committee; duties as to contributions; accounts and receipts.— The first citation to this section is superfluous. ★243. Accounts of contributions received.— The first citation to this section is superfluous. 244. Statements by treasurer filed with Clerk of House of Representatives.— All citations except the last one cited to this section are superfluous. 245. Statements by others than political committee filed with Clerk of House of Representatives. The first citation to this section is superfluous. 246. Statements by candidates for Senator, Representative, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner filed with Secretary of Senate and Clerk of House of Representatives.— All citations except the last one cited to this section are superfluous. 247. Statements; verification; filing; preservation; inspection. All citations except the last one cited to this section are superfluous. 248. Limitation upon amount of expenditures by candidate.All citations except the last one cited to this section are superfluous. ★249. Promises or pledges by candidates. All citations except the last one cited to this section are superfluous. 250. Expenditures to influence voting. All citations except the last one cited to this section are superfluous. ★251. Contributions by national banks or other Federal corporations; penalty. All citations except the last one cited to this section are superfluous. 252. General penalties for violations.— All citations except the last one cited to this section are superfluous. 253. Expenses of election contests.— All citations except the last one cited to this section are superfluous. 254. State laws not affected. All citations except the last one cited to this section are superfluous. * * Chapter 9.-OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL. Section 273. Compensation of legislative counsel.-* Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the compensation of each of the two legislative counsel in office on March 10, 1928, shall, after such date, be at the rate of $10,000 a year. (As amended Mar. 10, 1928, c. 167, § 23 (a), 45 Stat. 279.) The Act cited to the text was entitled "An Act to provide for the settlement of certain claims of American nationals against Germany, Austria, and Hungary, and of nationals of Germany, Austria, and Hungary against the United States, and for the ultimate return of all property held by the Alien Property Custodian." The amendment added the provision set out above at the end of the section. Chapter 1.-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. TITLE 3. THE PRESIDENT Section 5. Meeting and vote of electors. - [Superseded.] 5a. Meeting and vote of electors. The electors of President and Vice President of each State shall meet and give their votes on the first Wednesday in January next following their appointment at such place in each State as the legislature of such State shall direct. (May 29, 1928, c. 859, § 1, 45 Stat. 945.) The Act cited to the text was entitled "An Act providing for the meeting of electors of President and Vice President and for the issuance and transmission of the certificates of their selection and of the result of their determination, and for other purposes." 7. Certificates of appointment of electors. — [Superseded.] This section has been largely if not wholly superseded by § 7a which follows. 11. Transmission of certificates.-[Superseded.] This section is superseded by § 11a which follows. 11a. Disposition of certificates of electors. The electors shall dispose of the certificates so made by them and the lists attached thereto in the following manner: First. They shall forthwith forward by registered mail one of the same to the President of the Senate at the seat of government. Second. Two of the same shall be delivered to the secretary of state of the State, one of which shall be held subject to the order of the President of the Senate, the other to be preserved by him for one year and shall be a part of the public records of his office and shall be open to public inspection. Third. On the day thereafter they shall forward by registered mail two of such certificates and lists to the Secretary of State at the seat of government, one of which shall be held subject to the order of the President of the Senate. The other shall be preserved by the Secretary of State for one year and shall be a part of the public records of his office and shall be open to public inspection. Fourth. They shall forthwith cause the other of the certificates and lists to be delivered to the judge of the district in which the electors shall have assembled. (May 29, 1928, с. 859, § 4, 45 Stat. 946.) 7a. Certificates by State executives of ascertainment of electors appointed and of determination of contests; transmission to Secretary of State and to Congress; public inspection of certificates. It shall be the duty of the executives of each State, as soon as practicable after the conclusion of the appointment of the electors in such State by the final ascertainment, under and in pursuance of the laws of such State providing for such ascertainment, to communicate by registered mail under the seal of the State to the Secretary of State of the United States a certificate of such ascertainment of the electors appointed, setting forth the names of such electors and the canvass or other ascertainment under the laws of such State of the number of votes given or cast for each person for whose appointment any and all votes have been given or cast; and it shall also thereupon be the duty of the executive of each State to deliver to the electors of such State, on or before the day on which they are required by section 5a of this title to meet, six | January after the meeting of the electors shall have been held, For title of Act see note to § 5a. 11b. Failure of certificates of electors to reach President of Senate or Secretary of State; demand on Secretary of State for certificate. When no certificate of vote and list mentioned in sections 9a and 11a of this title from any State shall have been received by the President of the Senate or by the Secretary of State by the third Wednesday in the month of the President of the Senate or, if he be absent from the seat of government, the Secretary of State shall request, by the most expeditious method available, the secretary of state of the State to send up the certificate and list lodged with him by the electors of such State; and it shall be his duty upon receipt of duplicates original of the same certificate under the seal of the State; and if there shall have been any final determination in a State in the manner provided for by law of a controversy or contest concerning the appointment of all or any of the electors of such State, it shall be the duty of the executive of such State, as soon as practicable after such determination, to communicate | such request immediately to transmit same by registered mail under the seal of the State to the Secretary of State of the United States a certificate of such determination in form and manner as the same shall have been made; and the certificate or certificates so received by the Secretary of State shall be preserved by him for one year and shall be a part of the public records of his office and shall be open to public inspection; and the Secretary of State of the United States at the first meeting of Congress thereafter shall transmit to the two Houses of Congress copies in full of each and every such certificate so received at the State Department. (May 29, 1928, c. 859, § 2, 45 Stat. 946.) For title of Act see note to § 5a. 9. Making and signing certificates.—[Superseded.] This section has been superseded by § 9a which follows. 9a. Certificates of electors of votes given by them for President and Vice President. The electors shall make and sign six certificates of all the votes given by them, each of which certificates shall contain two distinct lists, one of the votes for President and the other of the votes for Vice President, and shall annex to each of the certificates one of the lists of the electors which shall have been furnished to them by direction of the executive of the State. (May 29, 1928, с. 859, § 3, 45 Stat. 946.) to the President of the Senate at the seat of government. (May 29, 1928, с. 859, § 5, 45 Stat. 946.) For title of Act see note to § 5a. 11c. Same; demand on district judge for certificate. When no certificates of votes from any State shall have been received at the seat of government on the fourth Wednesday of the month of January, after the meeting of the electors shall have been held, the President of the Senate or, if he be absent from the seat of government, the Secretary of State shall send a special messenger to the district judge in whose custody one certificate of votes from that State has been lodged, and such judge shall forthwith transmit that list by the hand of such messenger to the seat of government. (May 29, 1928, с. 859, § 6, 45 Stat. 947.) For title of Act see note to § 5a. 12. Time for transmission of certificates to President of Senate. This section is probably superseded by §§ 11a and 11b which precede it. 13. District judge's list.-[Superseded.] For title of Act see note to § 5a. 11319°-30-2 This section is superseded by § 11c which precedes it. 14. Absence of President of Senate. This section was made obsolete by § 11a which does away with messengers in the transmission of certificates to the President of the Senate and supersedes § 11. |