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# 2 U.S.C. § 1a - Election to be certified by governor

## Text

It shall be the duty of the executive of the State from which any Senator has been chosen to certify his election, under the seal of the State, to the President of the Senate of the United States.

(R.S. § 18.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification R.S. § 18 derived from act July 25, 1866, ch. 245, § 3, 14 Stat. 244.