In all elections made by either house or by a joint vote of both houses, the votes of a majority of all the members present shall be necessary to a choice, and when an election shall be by joint vote, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall grant the person so elected a certificate thereof, which, in all cases in which a commission is required, shall be sufficient to authorize the granting of the commission.Rev. Stat., ch. 90, § 16; C. & M. Dig., § 4948; Pope's Dig., § 6170; A.S.A. 1947, § 4-108.
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