Tuesday, February 10.
On motion that when the two Houses shall proceed to opening and counting the votes for President of the United States, no person shall be admitted into the gallery, it passed in the affirmative—yeas 16, nays 10, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Brown, Chipman, Dayton, T. Foster, Dwight Foster, Hillhouse, Hindman, Latimer, J. Mason, Morris, Paine, Read, Ross, Schureman, Tracy, and Wells.
Nays.—Messrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Bloodworth, Cocke, Franklin, Langdon, Livermore, Marshall, S. T. Mason, and Nicholas.
A message was received from the House of Representatives informing the Senate that they have passed a resolution, which the Clerk was directed to bring to the Senate.
The resolution was read, as follows:
"Resolved, That this House will attend in the Chamber of the Senate on Wednesday next, at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of being present at the opening and counting of the votes for President and Vice President of the United States; that Messrs. Rutledge and Nicholas be appointed tellers, to act jointly with the teller appointed on the part of the Senate, to make a list of the votes for President and Vice President of the United States, 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, which shall be entered on the journals, and if it shall appear that a choice has been made, agreeably to the constitution, such entry on the journals shall be deemed a sufficient declaration thereof."
Ordered, That Mr. Wells be a teller on the part of the Senate for the purpose expressed in the above resolution.