The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-09-23
THE SEsaTE or 10 vi.
By THE GOVERNOR.
A PROCLAMATION,
FOR THE

General Election, Oct. II, 1870.
Pursuant to law, SAMUEL MERRILL,
Governor Of the State of Iowa. do hereby
proclaim that ut the General Election to be
held on the
Second Tuesday Of OCTOBER,
II. ID. 1870.
The Offices hereinafter designated are to
be filled by vote Of all the electors Of the
State, and of the several districts named,
to-wit:
by vote of all the electors of the State
The office Of Judge of the Supreme Court,
now filled by Chester G Cole, whose term
will expire Dec 81, 1870.
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.
| The efice Of Reporter Of the Decis-
ions of the Supreme Court.
The Office of Clerk of the Supreme Court;
whose terms Of office will severally expire
January l, 1871.
l
several congressional districts
The Office Of Representative in Congress.
the terms Of ethcc Of the present represen-
tatives expiring March 3, 1871.
By vote of the electors of each of the
several judicial districts, except the Twelfth,
The office Of the District Judge the
terms OF Office Of the present judges expir-
ing December 81, 1870.
The office of District Attorney, the terms
OF the present occupants Of said office ex-
piring January I, 1871.
do further proclaim that at said general
election there will be, and hereby s,,sub-
mltted to the people, the question, Shall
there be convention to revise the consti-
tuition and amend the same ~ in accord
ance with the provisions Of the Constitution,
and of Chapter 1fS Of the Acts Of the Thir-
teenth General Assembly. Those electors
voting in favor of the question shall have
written or printed on their ballots the
words, For a convention to revise the
constitution and amend the same;u those
electors voting against the question submit
TED, shall have written Or printed on their
ballots the words, Against a convention
to revise the constitution and amend the
same.'
| Whereof, all electors Of the State and Of
the several districts will take due notice
and whereof, the sherifs of the several
counties Of the State, and the several dis
tricts will take official notice and be gov
erned accordingly.
| And do further proclaim and give ne
tice that on the day of the said general
election there will be held
SPECIAL ELECTIONS.
to fill the Offices hereinafter designated, as
| follows, to-wit
Throughout the State
The office OF Judge of the Supreme Court,
to nil vacancy occasioned by the dsclen-
sion Of John +. Dillon.
The office of Judge of the Supreme Court,
to fill vaca ncy occasioned by the resigna.
ton Of George G. Wright.
In the first Judicial District
The office Of District Judge, to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the resignation of
Francis Springer
The office of District Attorney, to fill the
vacancy occasisned by the resignation of
Joshua Tracy
In the Third Judicial District
The Office of District Judge, to fiji the va
cancy occasioned by the resignation of Jas.
G. Day.
In the second Circuit of the Third Ju-
dical District I:
| The Office Of Circuit Judge, to fill the va.
cane oceasioned by the resignation of Jas.
W. McDill.
In the First Circuit of the Fourth Judic-
ial District
The office Of Circuit Judge, to fill the va
cancy occasioned by the resignation Of Adj
Olson Oliver.
In the Fifth Judicial district
The Office of District Attorney, to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the resignation Of
Samuel D. Nichols.
In the Second Circuit of the Sixth Judic-
ial District
The Office of Circuit Judge, to fill the va
cancy accustomed by the resignation of Hor-
ace S. Winslow.
| In the Twelfth Judicial District
The Office Of District Judge, to fill the va.
cancy occasioned by the resignation of VIM.
b Fairfield.
In the County of Lucas Twelfth Repre-
sentative District
The office of Representative in the Cen
eral Assembly, from the Twelfth Represen-
tative district, to fill the vacancy oc casion-
ed by the resignation Of Abraham II. Suits
man.
Whereof, all the electors of the State, and
of the designated districts, and Of the said
county of Lucas, will take due notice; and
whereof, the sheriffs Of the several counties
u tnc OtulC1 uuu III tue uIStrlCtS SDcClncu
and said county Of Lucas, will take official
notice and be COVER ned accordingly.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, / have hereun-
to set my hand and caused to be affixed the
great seal of the State Of Iowa. Done ut
Des Noines, this tenth day of September,
A, b. 1870, in the ninety-ffth year Of the
Independence of the Tn tied States, and in
the twenty fourth Of the State Of Iowa.
BY the Governor
us. SAMUEL MERRILL.
Ed. WRIGHT, Secretary Of State.
STATE OF IOWA-Howard Ccunty-ss:
In compliance with section 436 Of the re-
vised statutes Of the State Of Iowa, the
foregoing proclamation is published as no.
tice to the electors Of Howard County Iowa,
and which is also hereby given to the cleo.
tors Of said Howard County, that on the
second Tuesday Of Oct. A. d. 1870, the fol-
lowing specified offices Of said county are
to be filled by an election to be held in said
county, viz
The Office of Clerk Of the District Court.
The office Of County Recorder.
Also; Three members of the Board of
Supervisors.
In testimony Of which hereunto set my
name and title Of Office ut Cresco, this 23d
day Of September, 1870.
J.F.P0wELL.
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