Thursday, February 2.
Mr. Sedgwick reported, from the joint committee appointed on the part of the Senate, on the subject of the election of President and Vice President, that, in their opinion, the following resolution ought to be adopted, viz:
"That the two Houses shall assemble in the Chamber of the House of Representatives on Wednesday next, at twelve o'clock; that one person be appointed a teller on the part of the Senate, to make a list of the votes as they shall be declared: That the result shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall announce the state of the vote and the persons elected, to the two Houses assembled as aforesaid; which shall be deemed a declaration of the persons elected President and Vice President, and, together with a list of votes, be entered on the journals of the two Houses."