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CX)NCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—JAN. 3, 1989 103 STAT. 2531 K JOINT SESSION • . ts'^-fdi Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring). That the two Houses of Congress shall meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, the 4th day of January 1989, at 1 o'clock post meridian, pursuant to the requirements of the Constitu- tion and laws relating to the election of President and Vice Presi- dent of the United States, and the President of the Senate shall be their Presiding Officer; that two tellers shall be previously ap- pointed by the President of the Senate on the part of the Senate and two by the Speaker on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes, which certificates and papers shall be opened, presented, and acted upon in the alphabetical order of the States, beginning with the letter "A"; and said tellers, having then read the same in the presence and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a list of the votes as they shall appear from the said certificates; and the votes having been ascertained and counted in the manner and according to the rules by law provided, the result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, which announcement shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected Presi- dent and Vice President of the United States, and, together with a list of the votes, be entered on the Journals of the two Houses. Agreed to January 3, 1989. PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION—CAPITOL Jan. 3. 1989 ROTUNDA CEREMONIES [S con. Res. 2] Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That effective from January 3, 1989, the joint committee created by S. Con. Res. 105 of the One Hundredth Congress, to make the nec- essary arrangements for the inauguration, is hereby continued with the same powier and authority. SEC. 2. That effective from January 3, 1989, the provisions of S. Con. Res. 141 of the One Hundredth Congress, to authorize the rotunda of the United States Capitol to be used in connection with the proceedings and ceremonies for the inauguration of the Presi- dent-elect and the Vice President-elect of the United States, are hereby continued with the same power and authority. Agreed to January 3, 1989.