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CHARLES POLK, Governor of the said State.
TO al! persons to whom these presents shall come.
WHEREAS, on the first Tuesday of October,
being the second day of that month, in the year Of
our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twen-
sy-seVen, Elections tor choice of Representative
of and for the said State, in the twentieth Congress
of the United States, in lieu of the Honorable Louis
M.Lane, and to supply the vacancy in the Represen
taton OF this State, occasoned by his election to-
and acceptance of, the Office of Senator for this
State in the Senate OF the United States for the term
of six years from the fourth day Of March last past
were held according the laws of said State in the
several Counties thereof, in obedience to wrl!s of
ele ;ton for that purpose issue And whereas,
ole leturns for the said elections, in due manner made
mu:, signed and executed, have been delivered to
the, according to the laws Of the said State, by thu
resp ctlve Sheras otthe said Counties, and having
examined said returns and enumerated and
tanned the number of votes or each and every can
ddate or person voted for as such Representative,
l have found Kensey Johns, Junior, Esquire, to be
the person highest in vote, and therefore duly cleo
ted the Representative of, and for the said State, in
lieu OF the Honorable Louis NJ Lane, and to supply
the vacancy in the Representation of this State for
the Twentieth Congress, in the House OF Repre-
sentatives of the United States


!, the said Charles Polk, Governor aforesaid do
therefore, according to the form Of act of the
General Assembly of the said State, in such case
made and provided, declare the said kensey Johns,
Junior, the person highest in vote at the election
aforesaid and therefore duly elected the Represen-
tative OF and for the said State of Delaware, to sup
ply the vacancy aforesaid in the Twentieth Congress
OF the United States.


Given under my hand and the Great


Seal. }Seal oft'e State, at Dover, this eleventh


S,,,,,,$ day of October, in the year of our Lore
One Thous md Eight Hundred and Twenty
and Of the Independence Of the said State the Fifty
second


CHARLES POLK,


By the Gove rnor.


JOHN ". CL.IfTON, Secretary Of State.


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