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Title 2 — The Congress

Chapter 1 — Election of Senators and Representatives

§ 1a. Election to be certified by governor

Statutory text

It shall be the duty of the executive of the State from which any Senator has been chosen to certify his election, under the seal of the State, to the President of the Senate of the United States.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. (R.S. § 18.)

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 1a

    (R.S. § 18.)

    Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (R.S. § 18.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Codification

R.S. § 18 derived from act July 25, 1866, ch. 245, § 3, 14 Stat. 244.

Credits

(R.S. § 18.)

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