2001 US Code
Title 2 - THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 1 - ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 8 - Vacancies
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 2 - THE CONGRESS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 1 - ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES Sec. 8 - Vacancies |
| Contains | section 8 |
| Date | 2001 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 22, 2002 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | R.S. §26. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 17 Stat. 28 |
§8. Vacancies
The time for holding elections in any State, District, or Territory for a Representative or Delegate to fill a vacancy, whether such vacancy is caused by a failure to elect at the time prescribed by law, or by the death, resignation, or incapacity of a person elected, may be prescribed by the laws of the several States and Territories respectively.
(R.S. §26.)
CodificationR.S. §26 derived from act Feb. 2, 1872, ch. 11, §4, 17 Stat. 28.
Constitutional ProvisionsVacancies in the House of Representatives, see Const. Art. I, §2, cl. 4.
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