Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-10-19
THE STATE OF IOWA
Bv The Governor.
A PROCLAMATION
For the General Election,
Nov. Sd, 1868.

NUts 3D. 1900
Pursu.nt to law, / d. hereby proclaim tia,
At tho General klsc,ion to be holden thr. w GU
the State on tho TUESDAY NEXT AFTER
THE FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER. 1858,
the toll wing offices t. be filled BY vote of all
the electors of the State. to-wIt
The office OF Hector OF President and Vice
President Of the United States, to be filled b,
the choice Of eight Electors, two for the state
At large, and one for each Congressional Dis
trict.
kThe etIice Of Secretary of State.
The office OF Auditor u State
The Office OF Treasurer OF State.
The office Of Register OF the State Land efIies
The office OF Attorney General.
In tic several Congre ssionsi Districts, one
Representative in Congress will be chosen by
vote OF the electors in each OF said Districts, re-
spectiveiy.
In each Circuit Of tho several Jud.e,al d :
'ricts one Circuit Judge will be chosen BY vote
Of the cleo tors IN said Circuit.
In the Twelfth Judicial District. one Judge
Of the Dirtrict Court, and ono District Attorney,
will be Chosen by vote Of the electors Of said
jndicial District.
Also, At the sane time, special electioes will
be holden in tho proper Senatorial snd Rep
rcsentat.ve districts 70 Gil tbs following Offices
The ONCE Of SenStor from the Eighteentl
Senatorial district, 10 MI the vacancy occasioa
I'd BY the death Of John X. Nesdhsia.
Senatorial District, TO fll vacsncy occasioneA b
be resignation OF Andrew N. Lsrimer.
The Office of.Senator from the rty-Eightl
Senatorial District, to Ii tee vacancy eccasi0net
BY tho resignation Of Addison Oliver.
The Office OF Keprescntative from the Twsuty
Third III prcse ntstive District, TO I'LL the vacan
cv occasioncd by the removal from the District
Edmund Mechon.
And do further proclaim that at the said
General l. sction certain proposed amendmsnti
10 the Constit tion viii be utmitted 10 the PEG
pie for their approval and ratification in sccor
TWolItA General Assembly, % follows, to-wit :
''let. Strike the work white from ssctiss
one Of article two thereof.
I'D. Strike the word white frsm section
thirty three Of article three thereof
sd. Strife the word white from ssetioi
thirty four Of article three thereof
"4th. Htrike the word white from section
| thirty five Of article three thereof.
18TH. Strike the word white from iectioi
enc Of article elk thereof.
"Those electors voting I" approve aad fatlfy
the first Of said amend ents, shall have writer
on printed ON their ballots the words For ths
fret amendment Those electors voting not 70
approve and rstify said 6rss amendments. shall
have written or printed on their ballots the
| words Against the first amendment
CHOSE electors voting to sPprove and ratny
the second Of said amendment sbaiI have writ
the second amendment Those electors voting
| not 10 auprovs and rstify said second amend
meut SHAH have written'r printed ON their bal
Lots the words Against the second anne ndmen nj.
"Tho.e electors voting to approve and ratiiy
the third Of said amendments shall have writer
or printed on their ballots the words For the
thlid amsadment.' Those electors voting no,
10 approve and ratify sid third Amendment
shall have written or printed on their ballots
the words.A Against the third amendment.
t9'Thsse electors voting TO approve and satify
the fourth Of said amendments, shall have writ.
ten or printed on their ballots The words 70,
the fourth amendment Those electors votina
not to approve and rstify the said fourth
amendment, shall havs written Or printed OF
Their ballet: the words 'Against the fourth
amendDent.'
"Those electors voting 10 approve and r.s;f,
the fifth Of said amendments. ehsli have vritteY
Or printed on their ballots the words Fer ID,
nth amendment Those electors votin snot 10 a.
prove and ratify the said eth amends ent. sbel
have written or printed on their tbsllots ~
verbs 'Against the fifth smsndmsst"
whereof al lawful electors Of the State snl
the Designated districts will toks due notice
end whereof the Sheriff. Of the counties OF ths
Stste end several districts mentioned will take
oiieisi notice and b governed accordingly.
~ In testimony ' hereof. have here
] s.., unto set my hsnd and esused 70 BE-
sss'. sfi1ed the Orlat Seal ofths State Of
Iowa. Done 1t Des Moioes, this thir-
tieth day Of SEPTEMBER, In the year o. our Lord.
One Thousand Eight Hundred end Sixty Eight.
Of the Independence Of the United ststes the
ninety third, end Of this state. the twenty sec.
ond. SAMUEL NEkRILL,--
BY the Governor: "a.
In RrGnr.
Secretary of.gtaas. n
By ordsr Of the Governor.
GvesAvue Scuuumn.
sss-6ev't1l Sheriff q oeott Csssty.