Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-10-30
THE STATE OETOwA.
BY THE GOVERNOR,
"A Proclamation.
For the General Election, No
vember 3D., 1865.

"a - 1oSc1StHhlSAL 1dpIls
For the General Election, No
vember Sd, Is6S.
! Pursuant to law, do hereby pro-
claim that at the General Election to
be holden throughout the State on
the TUESDAY NEXT AFTER
THE FIRST MONDAY OF NO
MEMBER" 1868, the following off,
ces are to be filed by vote of all the
electors of the State, to-wit:
The office of Elector of President
and Vice President of the United
States, to be filled by the choice of
eight electors, two for the State at
large, and one for each Congressional
| District. .. ..-> ... ....
The office of Secretary of State.
The Office of Auditor of State.
The office of Treasurer of State.
The Office of Register of the State
Land Office. .- ....... .....
The Office of Attorney General.
In the several Congressional Dis
tricts, one Representative i'm Congress
will be chosen by vote of the electors
in each of said districts, respectively.
In each circuit of the several judi
cial districts, one Circuit Judge will
be chosen by vote of the electors of
said circuit. ........
In the twelfth judicial district, one
Judge of the District Court, and one
District Attorney, will be chosen by
vote of the electors of said judicial
district.
Also, at the same time, special
elections will be holden in the proper
senatorial and representative dis
tricts, to fill the following offices:
The office of Senator from the
eighteenth senatorial district, to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the death
of John II. Needham.
The office of Senator from the
twenty-second senatorial district, to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the
resignation of Andrew M. Larimer.
The office of Senator from the for
ty-eighth senatorial district, to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the resig-
nation of Addison Oliver.
The office of Representative from
the twenty-third representative dis
trict, to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the moving from the district of
Edward Mechem.
And do further proclaim that at
the said General Election certain
proposed amendments to the Consti-
tuition will be submitted to the peo-
pie for their approval and ratification
in accordance with the provisions of
Chapter GS, Laws Twelfth General
Assembly, as follows, to-wit:
list. Strike the word white from
section one of article two thereof.
"2d. Strike the word white from
section thirty-three of article three
thereof.
"3d. Strike the word white from
section thirty-four of article three
thereof.
18th. Strike the word white from
section thirty-five of article three
thereof.
18th. Strike the word white from
section one of article six thereof.
"Those electors voting to approve
and ratify the first of said amend
ments, shall have written or printed
on their ballots the words For the
first amendment Those electors
voting not to approve and ratify said
first amendment shall have written
or printed on their ballots the words
Against the first amendment
Those electors voting to approve
and ratify the second of said amend
ments, shall have written or printed
on their ballots the words For the
second amendment Those electors
voting not TO approve or ratify said
second amendment shall have writ
ten or printed on their ballots the
words Against the second amend
ment.'
Those electors voting TO approve
and ratify the third of said amend
ments shall have written or printed
on their ballots the words For the
third amendment Those electors
voting not to approve and ratify said
third amendment shall have written
or printed on their ballots the words
Against the third amendment
"Those electors voting to approve
and ratify tine fourth of said amend
ments shall have written or printed
on their ballots the words For the
fourth amendment Those electors
voting not TO approve or ratify the
said fourth amendment, shall have
written or printed on their ballots
the words Against the fourth amend
ment.'
"Th0se electors voting to approve
and ratify the fifth of said amend
ments, shall have written or printed
on theiI ballots the words For the
fifth amendment Those electors
voting not to approve and ratify the
said fifth amendment, shall have
written or printed on their ballots
the words Against the fifth amend.
ment.'
Whereof all lawful electors of the
State and the designated districts will
take due notice; and whereof the
sheriffs of the counties of the State
and the several districts mentioned
will take official notice and be gov
erned accordingly.
In testimony whereof, ]
have hereunto set my hand
and caused to be affixed the
great seal of the State OF
49, Iowa. Done at Des Moines,
Sail this thirtieth day of Septem-
o@ Der, in the year of our Lord,
49, One thousand Eight Humid
red and Sixty Eight, of the
Independence of The United
States, the ninety-third, and
of this State, the twenty-sec-
ond.
BY the Governor:
SAMUEL MERRILL.
ED. WRIGHT,
Secretary of State.