the seat of Government on the arrival of the
persons intrusted with the list of the votes of the electors, then such
persons shall deliver the lists of votes in their custody into the
office of the Secretary of State, to be safely kept and delivered over
as soon as may be to the President of the Senate.

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Sec. 8. _And be it further enacted_, That if any person appointed to
deliver the votes of the electors to the President of the Senate shall,
after accepting of his appointment, neglect to perform the services
required of him by this act, he shall forfeit the sum of $1,000.

[Extract from "An act making compensation to the persons appointed by
the electors to deliver the votes for President and Vice-President,"
approved February 11, 1825.]

_Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled_, That the person appointed by
the electors to deliver to the President of the Senate a list of the
votes for President and Vice-President shall be allowed, on delivery of
said list, 25 cents for every mile of the estimated distance by the most
usual route from the place of meeting of the electors to the seat of
Government of the United States, going and returning.

[Extract from "An act relative to the election of a President and
Vice-President of the United States, and declaring the officer who shall
act as President in case of vacancies in the offices both of President
and Vice-President," approved March 1, 1792.]

Sec. 12. _And be it further enacted_, That the term of four years for
which a President and Vice-President shall be elected shall in all cases
commence on the 4th day of March next succeeding the day on which the
votes of the electors shall have been given.

["An act to prevent officers of the Army and Navy, and other persons
engaged in the military and naval service of the United States, from
interfering in elections in the States," approved February 25, 1865.]

_Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled_, That it shall not be lawful
for any military or naval officer of the United States, or other person
engaged in the civil, military, or naval service of the United States,
to order, bring, keep, or have under his authority or control any troops
or armed men at the place where any general or