ACTS OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGEESS
OF THE
Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City ofWashington, in the district of Columbia, on Monday, the 2 d dayof December, 1844, and ended the 3 d day of March, 1845.
John Tyler , President of the United States . Willie P. Mangum,President of the Senate , pro tempore. John W. Jones, Speaker of the House of Representatives .
STATUTE II.
Chap. I .—An Act to establish a uniform time for holding elections for electors ofPresident and Vice President in all the States of the Union.(a)
Be it enacted, by the. Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the electors of Presi-dent and Vice President shall be appointed in each State on the Tues-day next after the first Monday in the month of November of the yearin which they are to be appointed: Provided, That each State may bylaw provide for the filling of any vacancy or vacancies which may occurin its college of electors when such college meets to give its electoralvote: And provided, also, when any State shall have held an electionfor the purpose of choosing electors, and shall fail to make a choice onthe day aforesaid, then the electors may be appointed on a subsequentday in such manner as the State shall by law provide.
Approved, January 23, 1845.
Ciiap. II .—An Act to correct a clerical error in the act supplementary to an act toregulate arrests on mesne process in the District of Columbia , and to amend thetitle thereof.
Be it. enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled“ An act supplementary to an act entitled ‘ An act to regulate arrestson mesne process in the District of Columbia, ’ ” approved June seven-teenth, eighteen hundred and forty-four, be corrected, so as to insert,between the words “ and ” and “ in,” in the sixth line, the words “ incases where the principal of the debt exceeds that amount, no personshall be imprisoned as aforesaid, except”.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the title of the said act beamended by adding the words: “ and to abolish imprisonment for debtin the District of Columbia , except in cases of fraud.”
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That nothing in the said act pass-
Jan. 23, 1845.
Election dayfixed.
Vacanciee.
In case of noelection.
Statute II.Feb. 4, 1845.
Correction ofthe error.
A ct of J une17, 1844, ch.100 .
Title amended.
(a) Election of President and Vice President of the United States :
Constitution of the United States , art . 2, sec. 1, vol. 1, 15,16. Twelfth amendment to the constitutionof the United States , vol. 1, 22.
An act relative to the election of a President and Vice President of the United States , and declaringthe officer who shall act as President in case of vacancies in the office of both President and Vice Presi-dent; March 1. 1792, chap. 8.
An act supplementary to the act entitled “An act relative to the election of a President and Vice Pre-sident of the United States , and declaring the officer who shall act as President, in case of vacancies in(he office of both President and Vice President; March 26, 1804, chap. 50.
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