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Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-11-22
Y Observation-Disclosures NEW WAR.
; = ,sHIP DEVASTATION. 4,
I From the London Daily 1slegraph]

From the London Daily 1etegrdphJ
That the Devastation is success % faf a.
he has been tried, is now admitted. Inc
ion&sreus monster, which squats upon the g,
tonished waters with dead weight oi!V,CVV
tons, takes any ordinary waves with stolld m
difference, whether she receives them eno-on
lof UPON bow, beam, or quarter. Inc PIV
digious hill OF foam which her stem piles up
when under way washes, a. was expecteo,
clean over her forward deck, and she is often
submerxed aft but her massive mid.section,
rides quietly enough, and those ON board ner
when anchored in The rolling tide-way, at spit
head say that she was steadier than tne
houses ashore" she turns with great readiness
and in small circle, and her speed, as provea
in six trials along the measured mile, Is no'
only equal to the promise o. her a.s uIs on
but it exceeds expectation. Ihe miSnv. ~
gines driving this island Of iron WIN ~ 'nu-
Gated power Of 6,600 horses, with seesnv sn".n
seven revolutions 10 the minute. sot I"1e"
knots and half out Of the snip anu nc,
mean rate at full steam is thirteen k'o's s"s. s,
three quarters. Here, therefore, 10 cral'
which Is vulnerable only to very few guns,
h,s the sviftuess Of d mail packet, and the
handiness-thank to her twin screws-o' 9
tue. while she could utilize these qualities %
hurl upou the sides Of an opponent the a1lu'
force Of her 10, 900 tons moving with the veioc
y spear On board this tSsn ri%a,kaU,s
dislinct and separate engines, and, indeed, sn'
value which she represents is as serious as ne
6uhtino capacity. What remains to be learn
ed Is the behavior Of the ugly giant IN rea
Riscav cale: and whether or no the cW-de'sa
which she carries aft will or will not prov.
a.mistake in q aheavyfollowing sea. vain s'ap'
ty assured to 55 with no top gear % bsrmet sra e
s esiiy sealed, s she would be safe enough b., bu
whenever she does roll, or pitch, or. Or sca ';
the rivets and fittings in her huge & BODY WI W,
be ahrewdly tried. Except the Russian mo' MOI
itor Peter the Great, nothing floating coul
resist or even challenge such vessel, at ont
NAV vet lie so developed as to- make the ~
vacation aud all her terrible sisters imPole'
aesinst defended coast. On the h,gh seas
present she has no superior, though we su
bose the day will come when even TINS anna =,
inc construction will be as obsolete as u
three e.deckers Of Nelson.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-11-22
pAiaado ~oAa. Wllnl1gton ana 6alo'
1Wo 3AllIoaa,
r. ~
TIME TABIAE:,

QAkV
TIME TABLE.
s:s a.: =.
s..s..s:; s.,i,o:a. $500 ~ 4csss::ss. s.s
ss.sosd. ss salisbury vsS W,senieo sad Poes.els |
Exsssss fiA1s. .. ,s~ n. tss.a.y. ..s.,..s., ~,
80 9. !;
ssS.S: :;9 :..!. & :; ~ 0::.i:
,1
Ia ~
'iS =: ~ ;;:lSSx,serr - s,1rxs .v
g 5:I S a: !: :;S
I:1s. 81 - ssS ;. SO -.
s;;;::: s:;;;; On sand:'
a. ic.ss H.. Hs;. y o -: s: ss Il:
raiLA; AND 5zLD. cESTRzA z: 4 TRAlEs
sssSsis and s.isinSr: % csasrsi i s:so.c s- '''
Leave PhnadsphA ior Pors DsposH sunoays szcsp
& S - 81 =
| days ~ 4Up. N. Phiiadeph Chester II sish.s
| - 1N 2. m. Phlladsiphis sor Oxford ~ I w p n
| Wednesday, aha 6Asurdays 3-N ,. m, Ths 7O D m
train stops ~ all Stations teSween Philsdspha and
| Lanokn.
L..,. D.po. Philadelphia. sune.y. excepted. I.
e.23 o. N And4 ~ p. N Oxford ior fhilAdelphie o
AlO .. m.: Chadd's Ford tos Philadelpna 40 p. N
| leave OxGosd for Philadelphia $40 D. .
TIains leaving iF1iagton ~ e.So 100 vii
connect at Lamokin junction with the TOO . an
aOH0 q. srsins fos fhiladsiphia and Itimsr. Cen
MAl RAlroAA.
THRoy01 TRAINS yRox 1AInxoRE.
LBAv1 WILMINGTON at lS-A, l1O n, sA1. l03O.
OHEJLE1 FOE PHLLADELFHIl. .
L8A7R CRRsT1R 81 IN n. SIS. X4s and Ii .Os A.
l1as, 7N. Al, 6Sl, ell, 7.se and lO.ss u.
Prom Baltimore 20 Philadelphia. Leave BalAmore ~ Z
prs.a LSP.1 4. E1Dress lo.S 2 n Expfsss.
Prom Baltimore Port DspositAn nsss nsdas
asSv0P.A
Asssmmodasios ainlgom Dspos u III lsav sPsSr
vlllsass II AN. .forBAitimorsand nd 10 ssrusdtass ss
Sioas.
. TRAINS FOE BALTIMORE.
Lave Chestsi as l2ue and 9.li a. and as P.n.
Leave Wilmington as l2.Sz, Is and ~ VI A. l0S
Il SUNDAY TRAIN 1RoM BALTIMORE
tsA'es BsisnSIs :. - =. ssopplas Aaenon. r:s,
sown. North East. 1lkioa. NewAk. stanton. Ne
port, Wilminssos, ,Cleymeet, LinvcHd And Chester
Y. ,. xkUnE1. 6uoerinssedsAs
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-11-22
DHILADRLPHlA.W WILMINGTON i BALTI
L MORE RAILROAD. ,.

BFEClAI NVIICE. - ~,
On and after WEDNESDAY. October 18th. iS!l
. passenger car will be attached to the freight
train leaving Philadslphia At 900 p. m. tor Will
aington.
The train will stop at Stations % follows. when
signalled 0ray's Ferry. 9,l2 p. N. Lassretto 30
PM; Chester. gl p. m; Lamokin. - p. M IhH6,
low Y.49 p. N; tinwood. 966 p. NJ; Claym l0yl
p. M Ellsr.lie, 0l8 p. N; arrive Mimineton. l0S'
ON. toctOl h. r. KENNRY. S~pt.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-11-22

Fors AOmesvoAo IN the West.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-11-22

Inc Ms1ed !rHln VIII run subject 10 delays Incl.
dent to freight business, and will stop oniv A.
,ions who're time 10 given. wy - se
NEW CASTLE TRAINS.
AL n1 A. n. kseye PhileAsllkis at i20O n. and
"''"nsiSSaa SaYRN1oa e RIN1o hk xEHlH iSE lHsy az Cs,ss.
Additional to those sbov q. leave 6Dyrna for Claw
ton II - z; n. ead 735 ?: n. Leave Clayton for
s;oS ri,S sr.in. " =; ma ~ p. NJ, to make connec-
south. -. ''es'0"'
4. cONNEcTION6.
At TOWNSEND. with the II ent Countv And Ou.a,
Anns's Ksnt Railroeds. '" S1s'"
AtChAYTON. with the karyland and Delaware
At hAkRlN TON. with The Jsnetion and Break
At SEAF0kD with the Dorchester and Dslavxr,
| At HkLAAR. with the Eastern Shore Railroa
and Wicomico and fooomoks Railroad,
u. =. KINNEY, Supt.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-11-22
O @ao0sS80 IN euO WOBIs
&k z 3
PeNNsyl lAkiA CENTRAL R. r.
WESTERN ACCOMMODATION TRAIN
AND
FAST migrant LINE,
OR PIT T 8 BURG.
dad al p!asss IN tAs Wsst, 8owtAssss a..
NortAtssst.
~rUB sHoAr0r AID DRsr ROUTE. -

sone desiring ehssp and n passage tot
West. and deserves the attention Of al
such q desire to avail Of the HOMESTEAD
Bill passed By the last Congress.
Tho Penn6ylva anie Central Railroad. with its cor
necting ineS. y hy Is: 1ilss the shoftast route to
0Sisaso asa seAss peoal.ss tllssssin Il ne ws.taet
prominent p!ss:. IN the SoSsh e vsst snd Northwest
Cars furnished With cushion Cd seats With
moysabls backs. water tanks. stoves in Winter and
With such othe! - are requisite for th
,omfort Of families.
Thfoush tieketsa sold to sll pronin snt sessi.
the West. eostlwss. sAd NessAvsst. at about bal
the usual Arst ela0 fare.
Children andsr Ave ysazs el1 - fFes. and ehlarsn
psewssn the ages ofAvs aad twslve yssrs pay ialt-
Price.
baggage checked sa4 4fsrvasAsabv ~ the anst trsia
WITH The passsngsn. Eshtyp BAGGAGE ear
as% ne e ;'vs.. es!l M Ess.s:ss ,s.,. .,a......
uUA b procured aaA beggaGe (eliH0lea atths o0oe
No. lle 3arket st1eeG ~ y SeSHAAP
l NJ aAarsa,inl the 4nSee1 nSyill foiwafde
l complete price lht. O. u~D614e9oet copy
1:I. s>a 1::ss
is.fiH';:isf r. ~! s!s.sf fSi'::3 SSii':ii:;,
!, pAiia1slsbiA 1uOa - ts0 ats
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-11-22

Fall Arrangement.
o. cd assss AsnAay. AevesnAer 4, 1879,
r,.,rsT Trsi,: vii! run q: follow:
TRAINS ~. m. ~.
1':'' !: s:::!:: s.:s:s::s:: {. s IS
An !. .. .'asiai;:,:ss: aii:,:.s:! sls $s sss Is
,,.rTs TsAnl ls4vs Gos4avA.D:
I:' ss..s:; S.:s',;s;s: ;s::;. rs ss IS
AT at R.ss,ss. Rk.sSs.:' isS s2 ~
T;s' ri HS :ssn:s: = fS:da Ee,S With tEsin.
ss!incr. At rs H. Se..:ssiss. vssh n %.if Il
nd k..ans Ia No,S t,:D .ss
ssSssilil and I.hi:S Coal fi:!d.. ~" u''n' Tor
Posss!s Hssri.Ssrs. e. At a coaa..sills 'sins
with trains from fhiladslphis and Harrisbufr,
~ Train 2. No. connect: q Costssville with Way
Seeding: Potssvilis and Aaris6uis. and With WY
TT dI.ia ~: ssnn.o.: At BirS.boro with tr.n
s.iion ior fhilsdsiphi.. At GSsSas fo;S With I
; Train No. s connects at Chadds Ford With train
lssving Phllsdslphis At at4.3pn.
!. Tsein No: connects at Chadd's Ford with trains
arrivins q Philsdslphis At $40 m. and at Balti
. Ccnnse,ion IL. by s'ase to and from West Chester
fn.s. Do WITH as. 4. ..op 's,1, i, station.
q omitted. C. STOLZ
0sneral Superintendent
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-15
No. SO.
AN ACT

To fix the terms of the district court in
the Fourteenth Judicial District, desIg-
mating certain weeks of said terms for the
trial of civil cases, and certain weeks for
the trial of criminal cases, and providing
for the drawing and summOning of jurie5
for said terms.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That the terms Of the district court IN the
Fourteenth Judicial District are hereby
fixed, and shall commence as follows, to wit:
For the parish of OuaChita, on the second
Mondays of March and September; for the
parish Of RlChland, on the third Mondays of
April and October; for the parish of More
house, on the third Mondays Of May and
November.
SEC. ,. Be it further enacted. etc, That
the first two weeks of each term shall be
devoted exclusively to the transaction of
the business on the civil docket of the
court, to the business of the grand Jury, and
to the filing of criminal infOrmatiOns and
the orders thereon; no other proceedings on
the criminal docket of the court shall be
had during the first two weeks.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the remaining weeks of each term shall be
devoted to the transaction and disposal of
the criminal business of the court, and to
the trial of civil jury cases. During said
remaining weeks no proceeding shall be
had in any civil case, unless an order for
the trial of such case by jury shall have
been made previous to the third week; pro-
yided, that in al cases judgments may be
signed, and motions for new trials and mo-
items for appeals may be made and dis
posed of during said remaining weeks; and,
provided further, that, by special permits
sion of the court first obtained together
with consent of parties, proceedings may
De had IN any other case during said re-
naming weeks.
SEC 4. BE It further enacted, etc, That,
IN me manner provided by law, two juries
snail be drawn tor each of said terms of
court, TO be designated as the first Jury
and the second jury" The first iury shall
be summoned to attend on the first dav of
the term: From the first Jury the grand
jury shall be selected and drawn in the
manner provided by law. The remainin o
jurors of the first jury shall then be GIs,
charged till the third Monday of the term
when they shall again attend. and shaII
serve for the third week. The second iurv
shall be summoned to attend on the fourth
Monday of the term, and shall serve for the
fourth week, and Us much longer as they
may be needed. Any of the first jury who
may be impanneled on the trial of a case
shall be retained until the termination of
said case. All objections or exceptions to
the formation, construction, drawing, or
summonlng of said juries shall be filed on
the first day of the term, and not afterward;
and II the luries should be set aside a new
first jury shall be Immediately drawn and
summoned TOR the second Monday, and
new second jury for the fourth Monday Of
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-15
No. 81.
AN ACT


For the relief of W. Jasper Blackburn.
WHEREAS, On the night of the eighth of
July, 1868, and of the fifth of November,
of the same year, the printing Office of the
Homer IRUd, owned by w. Jasper Black
burn, was fOrcibly entered by mob of dis
orderly and violent persons, and the presses
and furniture broken to pieces and the type
and other materials thrown into the streets;
and
Whereas, 1t cost the said w. Jasper
Blackburn a large amount of money to reft
his office, in order to do the printing which
he was under contract to do for the State
and general government, and to restore his
Office to its fermer efficiency which was q
clear damage to him in a large amount Of
money and Inconvenience; therefore
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con-
vened, That to repair the damage inflicted
on w. Jasper Blackburn, as set forth In
the preamble TO this act, there be and is here
by appropriated the sum of six thousand
dollars out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to the said w.
Jasper Blackburn, to be paid to him on his
own warrant on the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts of this State.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That
this act shall take effect from and after
its passage.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Signed) p. B. S. -PINCHBACk,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved May 20, 1872.
(Signed) II. G. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
+. j. HERON,
Secretary of State.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-15
The Lrdin Thompson Troupe.

The arrangements for Miss Lydia ThOmp-
son and company for the season, through
ar. Samuel COlville, her business manager,
are as follows: Globe Theatre, Boston, three
weeks from September 30, after which three
Eeelrs are spent throughout the Eastern
States, appearing one night each in Au
gGsta, Lewiston, Portland, Portsmouth,
HSverhill, Lawrence, Lowell, Salem, Chel-
sea, Taunton, New Bedford Newport,
Providence, Hartford, New Haven, New
ARK; thence proceeding west, Albany one
week, Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo,
Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit, Milwaukee, Chi
caEo, st. Louis, Memphis and New Orleans,
bringing them up to February 8, inclusive,
whence no engagements will be determined
IpOR prior to concluding decision to per-
Eorm farewell engagement at the Olympic
Theatre, New York, commencing on or
Ahont February II.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-15
No SO.
AN ACT

To incorporate the Young Mems Christian
Association of New Orleans, and to eX-
empt the property Of the same from taxa
ton.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House OF Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con-
vened, That Richard H. Brown, James L.
Dunnica, Marshall ]. Smith, James n.
Beadles, William G. COyle, Edward C..
Palmer, William c. Shepherd, Moses M.
Greenwood, William H. Foster, John S.
Walton, Thomas l. Dix, Charles Clinton,
Henry +. Given, Frederick j. Odendahl
and A. j. Tardey, Jr., and their associates
and successors, be and are hereby specially
made body corporate and polite for the
improvement of the spiritual, intellectual
and social condition of young men and the
promotion of Christian works in the city of
New Orleans, under the name and style of
the Young Mems Christian Association of
New Orleans, and under this name shall
exist for the term of ninety-nine years. and
shall be capable, for the purposes emu
merated in this act, and for all other pur-
poses enumerated in this act, of buying,
selling and mOrtgaging all kinds of real es-
tate and other kinds of property, of suing
and being sued in any of the courts of law
and equity of this State, of having a com
mon seal, and of altering it at pleasure, to
acquire, have and hold estate, real, per-
sOnal and mixed; and said association shall
be capable in law of inheriting, receiving,
holding, selling and transferring all manner
of property, whether by donation, bequest,
devise, or in any other manner or form,
from any or all persons, body or bodies
corporate in or out Of this State; provided
that the value thereof does not exceed
five hundred thousand dollars.
SEC. >. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the proper authorities of said corporation
for holding and managing Its property
elected by the "active members" of said
association, all Of whom shall be members
in good and regular standing in some Pro-
testa3t Evangelical church in the city OF
New Orleans, and each of the Evangelical
Christian denominations of the city of New
Orleans shall be entitled to and, if desiring
1t, shall have representative in said board
OF trustees, but no denomination shall have
more than four representatives therein.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
for the present and until their successors
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-15

and CITY council shall have effect two days
after publication in the official journal OF
the parish, or after certified copies of them
are posted at three public places in said
town.
SEC. 81. Be it further enacted, etc., That
no inconvenience may arise IN the admins
tration of the affairs of the city OF Natchl-
tOches in consequence of failure or neglect
to elect the municipal officers thereof, it is
hereby declared that all officers elected
under this act shall remain until their sue
cessors are duly elected and qualified.
SEC. %. Be il further enacted, ETC., That
this act shall take effect from and after Its
passage, and the officers elected under the
former charter shall hold their offices until
the first Monday in May, A. d. one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy-twO, or
until their successors shall have been duly
elected and qualified, and the clerk OF the
court shall order an election under this act
as soon as the same promulgated, and the
officers elected at said election shall enter
upon the discharge of their duties on the
first Monday of May, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy.two, or as soon here
after as they may qualify; provided, that II
any officer elected shall refuse or fail to
qualify within thirty days from the date of
his election, the office for which he was
elected shall be deemed vacant, and new
election to tillsuch vacancy shall be ordered
and held in accordance with the provisions
of this act.
SEC. %. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the right of appeal shall exist in all cases
where fixed penalties and fOrfeitures shall
be decreed under the provisions of this
act, to. the parish, court of the parish of
Natchitoches in the manner and under the
same fOrmalities as in the cases of appeal,
and such appeals shall be tried in prefer
ence to appeals in ordinary cases.
SEC 81 Re If further pOqptp1- ptP.. That
all laws or parts of laws in conflict with
this act, and on the same subject matter,
except the general laws of the State rela-
tive to municipal corporations, be and the
same are hereby repealed,
tSignedl o.. H. BREWSTER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) P. B. S. PINCHBACK,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved July s. 1872
(Sgned) II. G. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
F. j. HEBRON,
Secretary of State.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-15
No. so.
AN ACT

Relative to dispensing with the publication
of legal and judicial advertisements in
the French language in the parish OF
NatchitOches
SECTION |. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
OF Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That the publication of all legal and judi
cial advertisements in the French language
in the parish Of NatchitOChes be dispensed
with, unless otherwise directed by the par
ties litigant, and it shall be lawful that all
legal and judicial advertisements be pub
lished in the English language only in said
parish of NatchitOches, unless otherwise
directed by the parties litigant.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc, That
all laws contrary to or inconsistent with
this act be and the same are hereby re-
pealed.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage.
CSigned) o. II. BREWSTER.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) p. B. S. PINCHBACK,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved May IS, 1872.
(Signed) H. G. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
+. J. HEBRON,
Secretary of State.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-15
No. 70.


AN ACI
For the relief of the heirs of the late j. II.
Wisner, Sheriff of Ouachita parish, and
for the relief Of his deputy, Henry G..
DObsOn.
WHEREAS, His Excellency H. c. War
moth, Governor of the State of Louisiana,
did, on the twenty-seoOnd day Of July,
eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, cause to
be published his proclamation offering a re-
ward of one thousand dollars for the ar
rest and conviction of one L. B. Beavers,
charged with the crime of murder; and
Whereas, J. II. Wisner, sheriff of Ouachita
parish, and his deputy, Henry G. DObsen,
did arrest the said T. B. Beavers after in
curing much trouble and expense; and
Whereas, The said Beavers, after an eX-
animation before the Hon. Robert Ray,
parish judge of Ouachita parish, was com
mitted to Jail on the charge of murder; and
Whereas, The said jail was soon after
broken open, the sheriff and one of the
principal witnesses in the Beavers case
were murdered, and the said T. B. Beavers
rescued from Jail by mob Of unknown
men; therefore
SECTION /. BE. it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That the sum of one thousand dollars be
and is hereby appropriated out of any
money in the treasury, not otherwise APP
pIOpIldI6u' IOf inc purpose OF FelnDuf5lng
and compromising the heirs and legal rep
resentatives of j. II. Wisner and his deputy,
II. G. DobsOn.
SEC. 9 BE it further enacted, etc, That
this act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
(Slgned) o. II. BREWSTER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Signed) p. B. S. PINCHBACK,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved May 18, 1872.
(Signed) H. G.. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
a true copy:
+. j. HERON,
Secretary of State.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-15
No. 81.
AN ACT
For the relief Of w. Il. VAUGHN

For the relief of w. H. Vaughn.
WHEREAS, w H. Vaughn, State tax col
lector of the parish of MorehOuse, has
overpaid the amount of taxes charged to
him for the year 1866, to the amount of
four hundred dollars, as shown per certif-
Gates OF the Auditor herewith annexed ;
therefore,
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con-
vened, That the sum of four hundred dol
lars be and the same is hereby appropriated
out of any moneys in the treasury, not
otherwise appropriated, in payment thereof,
and that this act go into effect from and
after its passage.
(Sgned) o. H. BREWSTER,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives.
(Sgned) p. B. S. PINCHBACK,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
Approved July l, 1872.
(Signed) II. G. WARMOTH,
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
+. J. HEBRON,
Secretary of State.