#aaith ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #b ,,concurrent ,,resolution ,that the two ,houses of ,congress shall meet in the ,hall of the ,house of ,representatives on ,monday1 the #fth day of ,january #bjbe1 at #a o'clock post meridian1 pursuant to the requirements of the ,constitution and laws relating to the election of ,president and ,vice ,president of the ,united ,states1 and the ,president of the ,senate shall be their ,presiding ,officer2 that two tellers shall be previously appointed by the ,president of the ,senate on the part of the ,senate and two by the ,speaker on the part of the ,house of ,representatives1 to whom shall be handed1 as they are opened by the ,president of the ,senate1 all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes1 which certificates and papers shall be opened1 presented1 and acted upon in the alphabetical order of the ,states1 beginning with the letter 8,a02 and said tellers1 having then read the same in the presence and hearing of the two ,houses1 shall make a list of the votes as they shall appear from said certificates2 and the votes having been ascertained and counted in the manner and according to the rules by law provided1 the result of the same shall be delivered to the ,president of the ,senate1 who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote1 which announcement shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons1 if any1 elected ,president and ,vice ,president of the ,united ,states1 and together with a list of the votes1 be entered on the ,journals of the two ,houses4 ,passed the ,senate ,january #c1 #bjbe4,secretary