Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-10-05
To-Dav's Advertisements.
TEs; STATE OF NOVA
By The Governor.
A PROCLAMATION
For TIE General Election,
yor I'd ISEa


Nov. Sd, 1865.
Pursuant TO Law. d. hereby proclaim that
at the General Election TO be holden thro yhout
the state on the "rU ESOAY kEXr AFTER
TIE FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER, 1883,
the following ef-es are 10 be TILED By vote Of al
the electors of tho State to-wtt
The office Of Eiector OF President and Vice
Pre,idept Of the unitoi States, to be filed b,
the choice Of eight Electors. two for the state
at large, and one for each Congressional Dis
tric,
The ofE.e Of Secretary Of State.
The office OF Auditor Of State
The Office OF Treasurer of State
The Office Of Register OF the State Land cfse.
The office OF Attorney General.
Ia tae several Congressional Districts. enc
Representative in Congress will be chosen by
vote OF the electors in 4ch ofsad Districts, re-
spcctively.
In each Circuit of the several judicial Dis
trlcts one Circuit Judge will DO chosen By vote
| of the electors In said Circuit.
liz the Twelfth Judicial District. one Judge
OF the Dirtric. Court, and one District Attorney
will be chosen by vote of the electors Of aid
Judicial District,
Also, at the same time, special elections will
| be holden in the proper Senatorial and Rep
ressn,a,.ve Districts TO Ill the following offices
| The ONCE OF Senator from the Eighteenth
Senatorial District, to fill the vacancy occasion.
| ed by the death OF John H. Needhar.
| The Office OF Senator from the Twenty Secend
Senatorial District, TO fill vacancy occasioned by
the resignation of Andrew N. Larimer.
| The Office of Senator from tho Forty Eighth
Senatorial District to fill the vacancy occasioned
| by the resignation ofAdison Oliver.
/ The sihce of Representative from the Twenty
Third Representative District, to I'LL the vacsn.
| CIV occasioned by the removal from the District
| Edmund Mechon.
And do further proclaim that a. the said
General ection certain proposed amendments
to the Constitution will be submitted 10 the peo-
pie for their approval and ratification in accor-
dance with the provisions Of Chapter g. Laws
Twelfth General Assembly, as follows, to-wit:
list. Strike the work white from sectioa
| one Of article two thereof.
'2I. Strike tho word white from section
thirty three Of article three thereof.
"3d Strike the word '~hi,s' from section
thirty four Of article three thereof
"4th, strike the word white from section
thirty live Of article three thereof.
18th. Strike the word white from section
one Of article six thereof.
Those electors voting tn approve and ratlfy
the first of said amendments, shall have written
on printed on their ballots the words For the
frat amendment Those electors voting not TO
approve and ratify said first amendment, shall
have written or printed on their ballots the
words Against tho first amendment
Those electors voting to approve and ratify
the second OF said mcndment. shall have writ
ten or printed ON their ballots the words For
the second amendment Those electors voting
! not TO approve and ratify said second amend
ment shall have written or printed on their bal
lots the words Against the second amendment
Those electors voting TO approve and ratiiy
| the third Of said amendments shall have written
or printed on their ballots the words Fer the
thmd amendment Those electors voting not
to approve and ratify said third amendment
shall have written or printed on their ballots
the words.Aganst the third amendment.
''Those electors voting TO approve and ratify
, the fourth Of said ame ndments shall have writ
the fourth amendment. Those electors voting
. not 10 approve and ratify the said fourth,
amendment, shall have written or printed on
thor ballots the words Against the fourth
amendment
.Those electors voting to approve and ratify
the fifth OF said amendments. shall have written
or printed on their ballots the words For tho
fifth amendment. Those electors votingnot 10 ap-
prove and ratify the said eth amsn dmcnt sh all
have written or printed on their ballots the
words "A gainst the fifth amendnieut-'"
| Whereof all lawful electors Of the State and
the designated districts will tokc due notice .
and whereofthe Sherifs OF the counties of the
| State and several districts mentioned will take
! official notice and be governed accordingly.
, In testimony whereof, have here
fl g, unto set nv hand and caused 10 be
| "eai ALL red the Great Sc oil of tho State OF
Iowa. Done at Des Hoines, this thir-
tieth day of September, in the year Of our Lord
i, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty Eight
Of the Independence OF the United States the
ninety third, snd Of this State, the twenty sec
ond. SAMUEL MERRILL
BY the Governor
Secretary OF State.
By order of the Governor.
GUsYAvUs ScHHIrGnR.
oe5- david Sheriff Of Scott County.