§ 1414Members of the General Assembly; Certificates of Election; Returns

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The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
issue certificates of election to the persons elected members
of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth,
and between the hours of twelve noon and one P. M. on the first
Tuesday in January of each odd-numbered year, present before
the Senate and the House of Representatives the several returns
of the elections of members of the respective houses: Provided,
however, That if the General Assembly shall be convened in
extraordinary session during the month of December next
following their election, the said returns shall be presented
as aforesaid, on the first day of said extraordinary session.
In case of a special election occurring during a session of the
General Assembly, he shall present the returns thereof to the
proper house as soon as received and tabulated by him.

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