St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-15
BY AUTHORITY.

AN ACT revising and amending title " Of the code and
further providing for elections filling vacancies in
Office, designations and contestng elections
SECTION l. BE Il enacted by the General As
sep.biy Of the State Of io,ea, That there shall be
held throughout the State, on the second
Tuesday in O. tobcr in each year, an election
for all officers required by law to be chosen at
such election, to be called the General election
except the years of the Presidential election
when the General election shall be held on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday ia Novem-
Der.
S. Special elections are such as are held
in pursuance of a special law, and such as are
held to supply vacancies in any office, whether
the same be filled by the vote of the qualified
voters of the State, or any district, county or
Township, and may be held at such time as
may be designated by such special law, or the
proper officer duly authorized to order such
election.
So All vacancies which are about to oc-
cur in office 10y the expiration of the full term
thereof, shall be supplied at the general cleo
ton next preceding the time at which such
term will expire.
s 4. The term of office, of all State, dis
trict, county and township officers except Su-
pervisors chosen at a general election, shall
commence on the first Monday of January
next thereafter, except it be otherwise provi-
ded by the constitution or the provisions OF
this act and except, also, person be chosen to
| fill vacancy in any public office, in which
case his term of Office Shall commence as soon
as he shall qualify for the performance of the
duties of the office to which he may be elected;
Propided, however that any person elected to
any public office prior to the adoption OF the
new Constitution, may hold his office fol
the full term prescribed by the laws in force
at the time of his election (unIess otherwise
provided by the constitution or laws of the
Stat.l and the term of Office ,f his succcsso,
shall expirc mt the same time rs if il had com
mcnccd on the first Mopdav of .Ianuary mex,
after his election II shall h.. the duty of tn,
Governor. at least thirty lays before an,
general election In issun his urIcIamatiop de
sipnatinp all the Offices tn bc iillrd hy the yot,
of all the electors in the State or bv the elec
tors of auv ;udicial district and 10 transmit a
copy tbcrcof to the sheriff of each county o
the State.
Sc IL shall Inc the dutv of the Sheriff I,
give Mt least ten day, notice thereof. bv caus
inc n copv of sucL nrorL,mation to Le pub
llish,i in some newsnan,.r publsbed in IN,
county if any be pnbiisbei therein. and
not, hy nesting a conv of the proclamation i,
not less than five of The most public places i,
the county
81, Whenever n spccial election shall b
ordered by the Goyerner, he shall issue hi
proclamation in like manner as provided in re
gard to general elections designating therein
the time at which such special election shal
be held, and the Sheriff of each county il
which sucb election is To be held. shall riy
notice thereof as reonircd bv the provisions a
tbis act in relation tn the general election
SIS. The Governor and Lieutenant Gov