Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-01

Secretary Of State.
lin act ordering special Election
for the purpose Of submitting to
tie people certain acts therein
named, regulating the business Of
Banking.
SECTION l. BE 1T enacted by the
General assembly Of the State q
bwa, That there shall be held at all
the usual places of holding elections in
the State on the fourth Monday of June
one thousand eight hundred and fifty
eight, a special election at which shall
be submitted to the people the question
whether or not IAN act authorizing
General Banking in the State of
Iowa. passed at the regular session of
the seventh General Assembly Of the
State of Iowa, shall 50 into effect or in
any manner be in force, and also the
question whether an act entitled, g An
act to Incorporate the State Bank of
Iowa. passed at the regular session of
the General Assembly of the State of
Iowa, shall go into effect, Or in any
manner be in force.
81. Every person voting at said
special election, shall have the right to
use a tick or ballot with the words
written or printed thereon, " For the
General Banking Law - Or " Against
the General Banking Law" and also
the right to use a ticket OF ballot with
the words written or printed thereon,
& For the State Bank Of Iowa." or
"Against the State Bank Of Iowa.
3. In canvasSing AMI counting
the votes cast at such special election
each clerk Of the said election shall
carefully mark down the votes given
upon said question in separate columns
prepared for that purpose, headed,
"For the General Banking Law
"Against the General Banking Law, %
"For the State Bank of Iowa, y
" Against the State Bank Of Iowa -
and the judges OF said election shall
in the certificate required to be given
Of the result Of the said election, include
and separately specify the number of
votes given for and against each of the
said Banking systems.
1. In making the abstracts Of
votes given at said election, as now re-
quired by law, the proper officers shall
make separate abstracts Of the votes
given under the provisions Of this act,
which shall be on one sheet and
which shall be transmitted to the
office Of the Secretary Of State within
the time and in the same manner as is
now required in election Of State Off
GERS. Said abstract shall be endorsed
" abstract of votes for and against the
Banking SYSTEM" or in words clearly
indicating the contents of the paper and
the abstracts so transmitted shall be
opened and the votes canvassed in the
time and manner and by the officers
provided for in relation to the election
Of State officers.
5 5. If on such canvass it should
appear that a majority Of votes cast for
and against the General Banking Law
at such special election, are for the
General Banking Law as aforesaid, or
if it should appear that the majority of
the votes cast for and against the Gen
eral Banking Law at such special cleo
ton are against the General Banking
Law, and if, on such canvass it should
appear that majority Of the votes
cast for and against the State Bank of
Iowa, Or if it should appear that ma
iority Of the votes cast for and against
the State Bank Of Iowa, the officers
canvassing the votes shall, under their
hands make certificate Of the facts,
stating H." number of votes given for
and against v::ch of said laws and file
the sans il Tie office of the Secretary
of State.
IS. If it should appear from such
certificate that majority Of all the
votes cast at such election < For the
General Banking Law and "Against
the General Banking Law" has been
cast For the General Banking Law"
the Governor shall Immediately and
within ten days from the filing Of such
certificate in the Office Of the Secretary
of State, issue his proclamation dccla-
ring such result Of said election, and
upon the issuing Of said proclamation,
the said act entitled An act authori
zing General Banking in the State Of
Iowa. shall go into effect and be in
full force and not otherwise.
81. If it shall appear from such
certificate that majority Of all the
votes cast at such election For the
State Bank Of Iowa." and "Against
the State Bank of Iowa." has been cast
" For the State Bank Of Iowa." the
Governor shall Immediately and within
;en days from the filing Of such ccrti6-
cate in the Office Of the Secretary Of
State issue his proclamation declaring
cuch result of said election and unOn