Mr. Walker presented the returns of the tellers to the President of the Senate, who rose and said that the whole number of votes given was 275, of which a majority was 138. But James K. Polk, of Tennessee, had received 170 votes cast for the President of the United States, and Henry Clay, of Kentucky, 105; and George M. Dallas, of Pennsylvania, had received 170 votes cast for Vice-President of the United States, and Theodore Frelinghuysen, of New York, had received 105. He then added: "I do, therefore, declare that James K. Polk, of Tennessee, having a majority of the whole number of electoral votes, is duly elected President of the United States for four years, commencing on the 4th day of March, 1845; and that George M. Dallas, of

Pennsylvania, having a majority of electoral votes, is duly elected Vice-President of the United States for four years, commencing on

the 4th day of March, 1845."

He afterward stated that the business for which the two Houses had been convened having been accomplished, the Senate would return to its Chamber.

The House accordingly rose, the Speaker resumed the chair, and they remained standing until the Senators had retired in the order in which they entered the House of Representatives.

Mr. McConnell moved that the House adjourn, but withdrew the motion at the request of Mr. Burke.

Mr. Burke, on leave, made the following report:

The Committee on the part of the House of Representatives appointed to join such committee as might be appointed on the part of the Senate, to ascertain and report a mode of examining the votes for President and VicePresident of the United States, and of informing the persons elected of their election, report:

That the joint committee, in further execution of the duties with which they were charged by the two Houses of Congress, have agreed to the following resolution, in which resolution the committee recommend to the House to concur :

Resolved, That a committee of two members of the House be appointed by that body to join a committee of one member of the Senate to be appointed by that body, to wait on James K. Polk, of Tennessee, and inform him that he has been duly elected President of the United States for four years, commencing with the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-five; and also to wait on George M. Dallas, of Pennsylvania, and inform him that he has been duly elected Vice-President of the United States for four years, commencing with the fourth day of March eighteen hundred and forty-five.

On motion of Mr. Burke, the question being taken, the resolution was unanimously agreed

to.

o'clock, and the President of the Senate shall be the presiding officer; that one person be appointed a teller on the part of the Senate, and two on the part of the House of Representatives, to make a list of the votes as they shall be declared; that the result shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall announce the state of the vote, and the persons elected, to the two Houses assembled as aforesaid; which shall be deemed a declaration of the persons elected President and Vice-President of the United States, and, together with a list of the votes, be entered on the Journals of the two Houses.

The said resolution was agreed to.

IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Friday, February 9, 1849. ("Congressional Globe," 30th Cong., 2d Session, p. 491.)

The Journal of yesterday was read and approved, on which were announced the tellers on the part of the House to count the votes of President and Vice-President, as follows: Mr. Hunt and Mr. McClelland. Mr. Hunt, at his request, was excused from acting as teller on the part of the House to make a list of votes for President and Vice-President of the United States, and thereupon Mr. Barrow was appointed in his place.

IN SENATE.

Wednesday, February 14, 1849. ("Congressional Globe," 30th Cong., 23 Session, p. 533.)

In compliance with the invitation from the House, the Senate then proceeded to the House of Representatives. On the return of the Senate, Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, from the committee appointed on the part of the Senate, jointly with the committee appointed on the part of the House of Representatives to ascertain and report a mode of examining the votes for President and Vice-President of the United States, and of notifying the persons elected of their election, reported that the committee had performed that duty, and had instructed him to submit the following resolution:

Resolved, That a committee of one member of the Senate be appointed to join a committee of two members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by that body, to wait on General Zachary Taylor, of Louisiana, and inform him that he has been duly elected President of the United States, for four years, commencing with the fourth day of March, 1849; and also to wait on Millard Fillmore, of New York, and inform him that he has been duly elected Vice-President of the United States, for four years, commencing with the fourth day of March, 1849.

The resolution having been concurred in, Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, etc.

IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wednesday, February 14, 1849. ("Congressional Globe," 30th Cong., 2d Session, pp. 534, 535.)

Mr. Barrow rose and said that he had a motion which he had reduced to writing, and which he desired to offer. It was read for information, as follows:

Resolved, That the Clerk inform the Senate that the House is now ready to receive that body, for the purpose of proceeding to open and count the votes of the electors for President and Vice-President of the United States. The resolution was adopted.

The Clerk having delivered the message to the Senate, informing them that the House was in waiting for the purpose of counting the votes for President and Vice-President

The Senate attended in the Hall of the House.

The Senate, preceded by the Hon. George and its officers, entered the Hall. M. Dallas, Vice-President of the United States,

them in the circle in front of the Speaker's The Senators took the seats prepared for

chair.

The Vice-President took the seat of the Presiding Officer, the Speaker of the House of Representatives being seated at his left hand.

The Sergeants-at-Arms of the two Houses were on the lower platform, at the right and left.

The Hon. Jefferson Davis, the teller on the part of the Senate, took a seat at the Clerk's desk, supported by the Hon. Washington Barrow and Robert McClelland, tellers on the part of the House of Representatives, who were assisted by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House.

When thus organized, the two branches of Congress in joint assembly, and the aisles and galleries densely crowded with ladies and citizens, the Hall presented an imposing appearance.

The Vice-President then rose and said:

"In obedience to law, the Senate and House of Representatives have assembled, on the present occasion, so that I may fulfill the duty enjoined upon me by the Constitution, by opening, in their presence, the sealed certificates of the lists of persons voted for, by the electors in the respective States, as President and Vice-President, cause the votes to be counted, and have the persons to fill those offices ascertained and declared agreeably to the Constitution."

The Vice-President then opened the certificate of the electors of the State of Maine, and said: "I now open and present to the tellers chosen by the two Houses the certificates transmitted by the electors of the State of Maine, that the votes therein recorded may be counted."

Mr. Jefferson Davis proceeded to read the certificate, and the vote reported was registered by the tellers in duplicate lists.

The tellers having read, counted, and registered the votes of the electors of the thirty States, and compared their duplicate lists, livered the same to the Vice-President.

The Vice-President then rose and read the report of the tellers. The result was as follows:

The Vice-President stated that no motion was in order, and no other mode of proceeding could be adopted but that pointed out by the Constitution of the United States, but that the tellers might abridge the reports so as to give merely the results of the elector ballotings in each State.

The Vice-President of the United States then, in pursuance of the resolution adopted by the Senate and House of Representatives

After the returns from the State of Maine had been read, Mr. Stephens rose and suggested that the reading at length of the returns from each State in detail be dispensed with.

votes of the electors chosen in the several States to vote for President of the United States; and that Millard Fillmore, of New York, had received a majority of the whole number of votes of the electors chosen in the several States to vote for Vice-President of the United States. And thereupon

The Vice-President of the United States declared that Zachary Taylor, of the State of Louisiana, is duly elected President of the United States for the term of four years, to commence on the fourth day of March, 1849; and that Millard Fillmore, of the State of New York, is duly elected Vice-President of the United States for the term of four years, to commence on the fourth day of March, 1849.

The joint meeting of the two Houses of Congress was then dissolved, and the Senate returned to its Chamber.

Mr. Barrow, from the joint committee appointed on the part of the House of Representatives to ascertain and report a mode of examining the votes for President and VicePresident of the United States, and of notifying the persons elected of their election, reported the following resolution, which was read, and unanimously agreed to:

Resolved, That a committee of two members be appointed on the part of the House of Representatives, to join a committee of one member on the part of the Senate, to wait upon Zachary Taylor, of Louisiana, and inform him that he has been duly elected President of the United States for four years, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1849; and also to wait on Millard Fillmore, of New York, and inform him that he has been duly elected Vice-President of the United States for four years, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1849. And then the House adjourned.

IN SENATE.

Tuesday, February 15, 1849. ("Congressional Globe," 30th Cong., 2d Session, p. 535.)

The Vice-President informed the Senate that no order had been made yesterday as to

the appointment of a committee on the part of the Senate to wait on the President-elect, and notify him of his election. It was then ordered that the appointment be made by the Vice-President.

IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Thursday, February 15, 1849. ("Congressional Globe," 30th Cong., 2d Session, pp. 541-543.)

A message was received from the Senate, informing the House that the Senate had passed the following resolution, in which the Senate requested the concurrence of the House, viz.:

Resolved, That a committee of one member

be appointed on the part of the Senate to join a committee of two members on the part of the House of Representatives, to wait upon Zachary Taylor, of Louisiana, and inform him that he has been duly elected President of the United States for four years, to commence on the fourth day of March, 1849; and also to wait upon Millard Fillmore, of New York, and inform him that he has been duly elected Vice-President of the United States for four years, to commence on the fourth day of March, 1849.

The resolution received this morning from the Senate (given above), to appoint a joint committee of the two Houses of Congress to wait on the President and Vice-President elect, and inform them of their election to said offices, was read and concurred in.

Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. I ask the gentleman from Alabama to allow me to ask the

House to take up the Senate resolution which joint committee to report the manner and was sent in here this morning, to appoint a mode of counting the presidential votes.

Mr. HOUSTON. I waive my motion for that purpose if it will not consume much time. No objection was made, and the resolution was taken up and read, as follows:

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to join such committee as may be appointed by the House of Representatives to ascertain and report a mode of examining the votes for President and Vice-President of the United States, and of notifying the persons elected of their election.

And Mr. Hunter, Mr. Bright, and Mr. Pearce, were appointed a committec.

The question was taken, and the resolution was adopted.