PROCLAMATION.


DEPARTMENT OF STATE,


jackson, May Is, 1898.
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BY BARRY w. BENSON,
Secretary of State Of the State of Mississippi
Know yE, That, in pursuance of the
act Of the Legislature to regulate elections
in this State, approved March ed, 1898, |
have summed up the whole number ofvotes
returned into my Office for representatives
to the twenty.ffth Congress from this
State.


have found the same to be as follows:
s. S. Prentiss, 1879 votes
T. Word, 1907
J. F. H. Claiborne, ll,776
James Davis, 1886
lido, therefore, declare that s. S. PREM.
TISS and THO'S. J. WORD, having re-
ceived the greatest number Of votes, are
duly and legally elected representatives to
the twenty-ffih Congress from the State Of
Mississippi.


Given under my hand and the great
seal of the State at Jackson, the 18th May,
1888. &RN


BARRY w. BENSON.