ON THE GENERAL ELECTION SEPTEMBER 28, 1896 From MS. Copy of Executive Journal, Vol. IX, p. 250- in the Office of the Governor, Des Moines Pursuant to Law, I, Francis M. Drake, 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 November, it being the third day of that month, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, the offices hereinafter named are to be filled, to-wit: By vote of all the electors in the State: The office of Elector of President and Vice-President of the United States, to be filled by the choice of thirteen Electors, each ballot for such office to "contain the name of at least one inhabitant of each district into which the state" is divided, and to designate "against the name of each person" voted for "the number of the congressional district to which he belongs;" The office of Secretary of State; The office of Attorney-General; The office of Judge of the Supreme Court, to succeed James H. Rothrock; The office of Railroad Commissioner. By vote of the electors in the several Congressional districts: The office of Representative in Congress from each of said Districts. By vote of the electors of certain Judicial Districts the office of Judge of the District Court, as follows: In the Twelfth Judicial District, to succeed Porter W. Burr; In the Fourteenth Judicial District, to succeed Lot Thomas; In the Fifteenth Judicial District, to succeed Nathan W. Macy; In the Twentieth Judicial District, to succeed Winfield S. Withrow. And I do further proclaim and give notice that on the day of said general election certain offices, having become vacant, are to be filled by the electors throughout the State and in the districts named, to-wit: The office of Railroad Commissioner in the place of John W. Luke, deceased, said office being now temporarily filled by Edward A. Dawson; The office of Judge of the Fifth Judicial District, in the place of John H. Henderson, resigned, the office being now temporarily filled by John A. Storey; The office of Judge of the Seventeenth Judicial District, under the provisions of chapter one hundred and twentytwo of the acts of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly, said office being now filled by Obed Caswell; The office of Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial District, in place of William P. Wolf, deceased. Whereof, all Electors throughout the State will take due notice, and the Sheriffs of the several counties will take official notice, and be governed accordingly. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my (SEAL) Done at Des Moines, this twenty-eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-first, and of the State of Iowa the fiftieth. By the Governor: W. M. MCFARLAND, Secretary of State. F. M. DRAKE. OFFERING A REWARD OCTOBER 21, 1896 From MS. Copy of Executive Journal, Vol. IX, p. 257 — in the Office of the Governor, Des Moines Whereas, I am in possession of information which satisfies me that on the 20th day of September ultimo, the crime of murder was committed in the County of Louisa on the person of John Finley, Marshal of the town of Morning Sun, in said County; And Whereas, one Orman Pherson, alias McPherson, alias Daniels who is charged with the commission of said crime has made his escape and is believed to have fled from the State; Now therefore, I, Francis M. Drake, Governor of the State of Iowa, by virtue of authority in me vested by law, do hereby offer a reward of Three Hundred Dollars for the arrest of said Orman Pherson, alias McPherson, alias Daniels, and his delivery to the proper authorities. In Testimony Whereof, witness my hand and the Great Seal of the State this twenty-first day of October, A. D. 1896. By the Governor: W. M. MCFARLAND, Secretary of State. F. M. DRAKE. ON A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY November 7, 1896 From MS. Copy of Executive Journal, Vol. IX, p. 260—in the Office of the Governor, Des Moines Whereas, The People of Iowa, speaking through the General Assembly, have declared it to be advisable that the statutes of the state be revised and codified anew; and in accordance with that expression the Twenty-fifth General Assembly provided for the appointment of a commission to make such revision, and to make report to the Twenty-sixth General Assembly; which report was duly made at a large expense to the state; and Whereas, The Twenty-sixth General Assembly has had the same under consideration and has found itself unable to complete the work of codification within the customary limits of a regular session; and has so declared itself; and Whereas, Much work has been done upon the proposed code by the committees of that General Assembly, making the members more or less acquainted with its provisions, which work must be done anew, if the codification were postponed until another General Assembly; and Whereas, Much damage has been done by the elements to many of the buildings connected with our state institutions, one of the latter at the present time affording only temporary shelter to a very helpless class of unfortunate children, of whom it is at once the asylum and the school; Now therefore, concurring in the views expressed by the General Assembly, as above stated, and believing moreover that experience has demonstrated that a codification of the laws of the state can best be made at a session devoted especially to that work; and furthermore being satisfied that there is urgent need that steps be taken for replacing at the earliest day possible the edifices destroyed, and at the same time making better provision to guard against like contingencies in the future; I, Francis M. Drake, Governor of the State of Iowa, deeming that an extraordinary occasion has arisen such as is contemplated in the constitution, do hereby convene the General Assembly of the state of Iowa in special session, to be begun and held on Tuesday, the nineteenth day of January, A. D., 1897, at 10 o'clock, A. M., then to proceed with the consideration of the matters herein before set forth. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Iowa. Done at Des Moines, this seventh day of November, in the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, of the State |