Footer Location

I am using the Verity theme and there are 3 footers available. I am using first for social media links, second for blog subscription widget and would like to use third for my copyright. For some reason the footers are appearing next to each other instead of stacked. I would like the copyright to be locked to the bottom of every page. Any suggestions for how to do this? It’s ok if the first two footers remain side-by-side. But the copyright should appear at the bottom. Also is there some CSS that will make the copyright update each year? Thanks!!!