aY AUTHORITY

OF THE STATE or DELAIK.aRE.
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CHARLEL POLK, Governor of the said State.
70 all persons to whom these presents shall come.


WHEREAS, on the first Tuesday of Octobers.
being the second day of that month, in the year Of
our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred anil Ttyen-
y-sevcn, Elections for choice of Representative
Of and for 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 Represeh
taon of this State occasioned by his election os
and acceptance of, the office Of Senator for thio
State in the Senate o the United States for the term
Of six years from the fourth day Of March last past
were held according TO the laws ofsad State, in the
several Counties thereof in Obedience to Wits of
election for thlt purpose issued And whereass
returns for the said elections, in due manner mats
out, signed and executed, have been delivered to
me, according to the laws Of the said State, by the
RESPECTIVE Sherils ofthc said Counties and having
examined said returns, and enumerated and asceis
tanned the number of votes for each and every
didate or person voted for as such Representative
have found Ksnsey Johns, Janior, Esquire. 70 be
the person highest in vote and therefore duly elecs
ted the Representative Of, and for the said StOie lh
lieu of the HONORABLE Louis M'Lane; and to SUPPLY
the vacancy in the Representation of tfis State for
the Twentieth Congress, in the House Of Repfes
sentatves of the United States :.


|, the said Charles. Polk, Governor aforesaid, dd
therefore, according to the form OF an act Of the
General Assembly Of the said State, In such tase
made and provided, declare the said kehsey J1hhs,
Junior, the person highest III vote at the election
aforesaid, and therefore duly elected the Repfesahs
tave of and for the said State Of Delaware, 10 sup
ply the vacancy aforesaid in the Twentieth Congress
of the United States.


51''~''7 Given Under my hand and the Great


Seal. SSeal Of the State, at Dover, this eleventh


,,.S day of October, in the year Of our Lord
One thousand Eight Hundred and Twentylsevens
and of the Independence Of tho said State the Fify@
second


BIZ the GoJernor


JOHN M. CLAYTON, Secretary Of State.


CHARLES POLK, Governofs


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