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CHARLES POLK, Governor of the said State.
10 all persons to whom these presents shall come.
WHEREAS, on the first Tuesday Of October,
being the second day of that month, in the year ofl
our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twen-
ty-seven, Elections tor choice Of Representative
oi and Tor the SAID State, in the twentieth Congress
OF the United States, IN lieu OF the Honorable Louis
Nj lane, and to supply the vacancy in the Represen
tatlon 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 to the laws of said State, in the
several Counties thereof, in obedience to wrs of
election for that purpose issued And whereas,
returns for the said elections, in due manner made
out, signed and executed, have been delivered to
me, according to the laws of the said Stae by the
respective Sheriis Of the said Counties, and having
examined SAID returns, and enumerated and
tanned the number of votes, for each and every
didate person voted for as such Representative,
have. found Rensey 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 M.Lane and 10 supply
the vacancy i'll 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 an 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-
latye 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 Grca


Seal. Seal of the State, at Dover, this eleventh


S,....s day Of October, in the year Of our Lore
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty
and of the independence Of the said State the Fifty
second,


CHARLES POLK,


BY the Govcrnor.


JOHN NJ. CLAYTON, Secretary of State.
Oct. 15. 5l-4t