Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25
THE STATE OF IOWA.
BY the Governor.
a Proclamation For the General
Election, November 2, 1870.

do hereby proclaim that at the Gener
al Election, to be held OH the Tuesday
next after the first Monday in Novem.
Der, A. D., 1876, the offices hereinafter
named are to be filled by vote of al
the electors in the State, and of those
of the several districts designated
to-wit:
By vote of all the Electors Of the
State:
The Office of Elector of Presiden,
and Vice-President of the United
States to be filed by the choice Of
eleven electors, at least one of whom
shall be an ''inhabitant of each Con.
gressional District into which tht
State is divided" and "each ballot
to designate against the name oil
each person" voted for, "the number
Of the congressional district to which
he belongs"
The office Of Judge of the Supreme
Court for the full term commencing
January /, 1877.
The Office of Judge of the Supreme
Court, to fill the unexpired portion
of the vacancy created by chapter
Seven of the Acts of the ..Sixteen,t
General Assembly.
The Office of Judge Of the Supreme
Court, made vacant by the resigna'
ton of Chester T.. Cole.
The Office Of Secretary of State;
The Office of Auditor Of State;
The Office of Treasurer of State;
The Office Of Register Of State Lane
Office;
The Office Of Attorney General;
The office of Superintendent o,
Public instruction, made vacant By
the resignation of Alonzo Abernethy
By vote ofthe Electors of the sever
al Judicial Districts and also of those
specially named below:
The Offices of Circuit Judges in eacl
of said Judicial Districts.
The Offices of Judge of the Distrlc
Court and District-Attorney in thu
Twelfth and Thirteenth judicial Dis
tricts.
The Offices of Judge of the Distric
Court and District-Attorney in til,
Fourteenth Judicial District in &C
cordance with chapter Fifty-six O
the acts of the Sixteenth General As
sembly.
BY vote of the Electors of the sever
al Congressional Districts.
The Office of Representative in Con
gress from each of said districts.
Whereof all electors Throughout
the State, and the districts especial,
designated, will take due notice, ant
the Sheritls of the several countie
will take official notice and be govern
cd accordingly.
And | do further proclaim an,
give notice that, on the day of sal,
General Election, the offices nance
below, having become vacant, are t
be filled by vote ofthe electors of tn
| several districts and counties men
toned respectively.
The Office of Judge of the Distric
Court in the Eighth Judicial Distrie
to fill a vacancy occasiOned by tn
resignation or James III. Rothrock.
The Office of Senator in the Genel
al Assembly from the Twenty Eight
District (formerly the Thirty-thir
DistricD towit 3 the county of Ber
tonic fill vacancy occasioned b
the resignation of John Shane.
The Office of Senator in the Genel
al Assembly from the Forty-SiXtl
District, (formcrly the Forty-Thir
District,) to-wit: the counties of But
Ter, Floyd, and Mitchell, to fill va
cancy occasioned by the death 9
Arad Hitchcock.
The office of Representative in tn
General Assembly from the count
of Mahaska, to I'LL a vacancy occ,
stoned by the resignation of VIM. i
Sewers.
Whereof all electors throughol
the districts and counties designate
will take due notice, and whereof Il
: Sheriffs of the several counties Their
in will take official notice and be go
crned accordingly.
Polls open at nine o'clock a. M, al
close not earlier than six o'clock p. I
nor later than nine O'Clock p. m.
!. In TESTIMONY WHEREOF. I hereun
set my hand, and caused
IT.. s.. be affixed the GREAT SEAL
the State of Iowa.
Done at Des Moines this secoI
!. day of October. in the year of o.
Lord one thousand eight hundr,
. and seventy-six ; of the State of Ioy
the thirtieth, and of the indepen
ence of the United States the o.
3. hundred and first.
BY the Governor:
: SAMUEL j. HARDWOOD.
JOSIAH T. YouNa,
Secretary of State.