Decorah-posten., 1884-10-22
A OF IOWA.
BY THE
A Proclamation for the General Election
November ith, 1854.

Pursuant to law, 1, Buren, r. Sher-
man, Governor of the State of Iowa, do
hereby proclaim that at the general
election to be held on the Tuesday
next after the first Monday in Novem-
Der" A. ID. 1884, the offices hereinafter
named are to be filed by vote of all the
electors in the State and Of those of the
several districts designated, to-wit:
by U0te u all the Electors Of the state.
The Office Of Elector Of President and Wee
President OF the United States to be hlIsd
by the choice OF thirteen Electors. each bal.
lot for such Office 70 contain the name Of at
least one iuhabitEEt Of each Congressional
District into which the State Is divided, and
70 designate against the name Of each per
son" voted for the number Of the Con
gressiOual District - which be belongs
The ONCE Of Secretary q state
The Office Of Auditor OF State
The Office Of Treasurer Of STATE:
The Office of Judge Of the supreme Court, in
place Of James H K0thrDck whose term Of
otlce viii expire December 81, 1851
The office Of Attorney General
cote Of the Electors If tbs Ss.serlI Judicial
Districts and Circuits, and also Of those
specially HaHJed bel0tc.
The Office Of Circuit Judge IN each OF said
Judicial Districts and Circuits. and one ad-
diuonal Circuit Judge in the Second Judicial
District;
In The Hsro Ctrclats stabilized Bg the Twentieth
General Assembly, Jadges ctu Be- elsoted as
One Circuit Judge in the FIRST circuit Of the
Fourth Judicial District, comprising the
counties Of Lyon, OBrien, sioux, Osceoia
One Circuit Judge in the second circuit Of the
Fourth Judicial district, comprising the
counties Of Woodbury., MonOna, Harrison
aud Cherokee
One Circuit Judge in the nrst circuit Of tho
sixth Judicial District, comprising the
counties OF Poyesheik, keOkGk, Washing
tou and Jefferson:
One Circuit Judge in the second circuit Of the
Sixth Judicial District, comprising the couE-
ties Of Jasper. Marion and Mahaska.
The offices Of Judge Of the District Court and
District attorney IN the Twelfth, 1AiIteeEtE
ana Fourteenth Judicial Districts.
By U0ts ~ the Electors Of the s1uavdl CgHyyassEgf-
al Dtstricts.
The Office OF Representative in Congress from
each Of said District.
And l do further proclaim and give notice.
that on the day Of said general election the
Offices named below having become vacant.
are TO be filed by vote OF the electors Of the
several districts mentioned, respectively:
The Office Of Representative IN Congress from
the Seventh Congressional District. to I'll
the vacancy occasioned by the resignation
Of John A. KassOn.
The Office Of Judge Uf the District Court IN the
Thirteeuth Judicial District, to MI the va
cancy oecasi0ned by the resignation Of
Joseph r. Reed
Tie Office d Judge Of the Circuit Court In the
Thirteenth Judicial District, to Gil the va
coney occasioned by the resignation Of
q. LOOfDourrOw
The Office Of Judge Of the Circuit in the
Ninth Judicial District, 70 III the vacancy
occasiUned by the resignation Of Il. W. Lacy.
And l do further proclaim and give notice.
that at said Election four propositions 70
amend the Constitution, agreed 70 by the
Nineteenth and Twentieth General Assem-
h1faE mrTH1 Fa HrlFNE.NaI - -. - H.
cordance with the provisions OF chapter one
hundred and fourteen Of the Acts Of the
Sixteenth General Assembly, said propOs
sInDu beng as follows, 70 wit
AMENDMENT /. The general election for State
District, County and Township officers shall
be held on the Tuesday next after the first
Monday in November.
AMENDNEsT2 At any regular session Of the
General Assembly the State may be divided
ito tue necessary Judicial Districts for dis
trict court purposes, or the said Districts
may be organized and the number Of the
districts and the Judges Of said courts ia
creased 0E diminished but no reorganisa-
ton OF the districts OF diminuti0u Of the
judges shall have the effect Of removing a
Judge from Office.
A~NESESEST s. The Grand Jury may consist
of n number Of members, not less than
1--WE, nor more than fifteen, as the general
assembly may by law provide, or the general
assembly may provide for holding persons
70 answer for any criminal ofense without
the Intervention Of a Grand Jury.
AMENDMENT (. That section Is Of Article V
Of the Constitution be striker thereform
and the following adopted as such section
Section -. The qualified electors of each
Eoangy shall, It tie gsasrai election ia tie
year 1855, and every two years thereafter,
elect q County Attorney, who shall be a resi-
don't OF the county for which he is elected,
and who shall hold his Office for two yesr;.
and until his successor sha have been eles-
ted ana qualified.
Attention Is hereby called 70 Section 2, article 7,
Of the Constitution, as f~olIOaos.
HSec, 2. II two or more amendments shall be
submitted at the same time, they shall be
Submitted in such manner that the electors
shall vote for and against such amendments
separately"
The J0ttOCing extract from chapter one hundred
aud fourteen Of the Acts Of the Sixteenth
General Assembly IS published for general in
formation:
"The ballots relating to such amendment or
amendments shall be separate from the bal
lots for officers cast at sucn election, and
shall be deposited in boxes to be provided
by the judges OF election, separate from said
ballots so cast for officers and there shall
be written or printed on such ballots the en-
tire proposed amendment or amendments
yith the word for or 'against'-as the elector
may desire-pfe0eed.ng each amendment
voted upon"
Whereof all electors throughout the state ana
the districts and counties especially designated
will take due notice, and the sheritfs Of the sew
eral counties will take official notice and be gov
erned accordingly.
Polls open at . O'Clock, A. NJ. and close not
earlier than 8 nor later than 9 o'clock P. NJ.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused tie be
affixed the great seal of the State
OF Iowa.
Done at Des Moines, this
twenty-seventh day of Septem-
Der, IN the year of our Lord one
L, ST. thousand eight hundred and
eighty four, of the State of Iowa
tho thirty eighth, and of the In
dependence Of the United States
the Observation-Disclosures.