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On the day before that which has thus been appointed for
election of a successor to the Throne by the Norwegian Storthing
and the Estates of the kingdom of Sweden, the Norwegian
Storthing, as well as the Estates of the kingdom of Sweden, shall, from
among their own members, elect the committee that is charged, in
case the choice of the Norwegian Storthing and the Estates of the
kingdom of Sweden should fall upon different persons, to meet and,
with the rights of the representatives of both kingdoms, choose by
vote one person.
On the day appointed for the election, the Storthing of Norway
and the Estates of the kingdom of Sweden shall, in the manner
appointed by the several constitutions of the two kingdoms, each elect
only one person from among the proposed candidates. If the choice
of both kingdoms has fallen upon the same person, then he is
lawfully elected succesor to the Throne. Should, on the other hand,
each of the kingdoms have chosen a different person, this variance
is disposed of by the vote of the joint committee of the two
kingdoms.
This committee shall consist of thirty-six persons from each
kingdom, as well as eight deputy-members, elected in the manner
specially ordained by the Storthing of Norway and the Estates of
the kingdom of Sweden. The deputy-members shall take part in
the proceedings in fixed order, but only in the event of any of the
ordinary members not being present at the election.
Karlstad shall be the place of meeting for the committees of
both kingdoms. Before the several committees set out from the place
where the Storthing in Norway and the Riksdag in Sweden are held,
each shall elect a chairman from its own number.
It is the duty of the King, or, in the event of his decease, of
the lawful interim Government of both kingdoms, within the shortest
possible time after having received information of the separate
election of each kingdom, and having regard to the distance between
the place of meeting and the places where the Storthing in Norway
and the Riksdag in Sweden are held, to fix the day upon which the
committees of both kingdoms shall meet in Karlstad, but not later
than on the twenty-first day after the twelfth day hereinbefore
appointed for the Norwegian Storthing and the Swedish Riksdag as the
latest term for the election.
The chairmen of the committees for both kingdoms shall,
immediately after their arrival, jointly prepare a summons to assemble
in the forenoon of the day after that which has been appointed for
the arrival of the committees at the place of meeting.
At the meeting the chairman of each committee shall first read
out his own and his colleagues’ credentials; after which the two
chairmen shall draw lots as to which of them shall preside at the
election. The joint committee for both kingdoms, thus united under
one chairman, who is also entitled to vote, shall thereupon proceed
forthwith, and without discussion, to take the vote.
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