In Re the Representation Vacancy
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
The Public Statutes of Rhode Island, cap. 11, §§ 5, 6, are: — “ Sect. 5. The ballots given in at such elections (i. e. of representatives in Congress) shall be returned to the General Assembly at its session next ensuing such election, and those given in each district shall be separately counted; and .the candidate having a majority of legal votes therein shall be declared elected, and shall be furnished by the governor with a proper certificate thereof.
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The Public Statutes of Rhode Island, cap. 11, §§ 5, 6, are: — “ Sect. 5. The ballots given in at such elections (i. e. of representatives in Congress) shall be returned to the General Assembly at its session next ensuing such election, and those given in each district shall be separately counted; and .the candidate having a majority of legal votes therein shall be declared elected, and shall be furnished by the governor with a proper certificate thereof. “ Sect. 6. If no person have such majority, the General Assembly shall order a new election at such time as they shall deem most expedient;…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OE THE COURT.
To His Fxcellency George Peabody Wetmore, Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations :
We have received from your Excellency a communication re questing our opinion on a question stated therein. The statement is that William A. Pirce was by the General Assembly declared to have been elected November 4,1884, a representative in the Forty-ninth Congress of the United States from the Second Congressional District of this State, and that January 25, 1887, the national House of Representatives adopted a resolution declaring that said William A. Pirce was…
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