thirteen hundred and thirty-three (1333) of the code, and enacting certain provisions relative to the taxing of insurance corporations. LESLIE M. SHAW. TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY 14, 1902 From the Iowa Legislative Documents for 1902, Vol. I To the General Assembly: In accordance with the requirements of section 16, article 4, of the constitution, I herewith transmit to you a report of each case of pardon, reprieve, commutation, and suspension granted, and the reasons therefor, and also all persons in whose favor remissions of fines and forfeitures have been made during my official term, ending January 16, 1902.1 LESLIE M. SHAW. TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY 15, 1902 From the Journal of the Senate, p. 45 To the General Assembly: As stated in my message to the General Assembly, I am in receipt of the report of the commission to locate the Iowa troops in the siege of Vicksburg. The statute having made no provision for printing the report, it is herewith submitted to the General Assembly. There being only one copy of the document, the same is delivered to the House of Representatives. LESLIE M. SHAW. 1 For full list of pardons, etc., see Iowa Legislative Documents, 1902, Vol. 1. PROCLAMATIONS ON WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY FEBRUARY 15, 1898 From MS. Copy of Executive Journal, Vol. VIII, p. 507-in the Office of the Governor, Des Moines The Code of 1897 makes the birthday of George Washington a public holiday. The approaching anniversary of that event being the first of its statutory observance in the State of Iowa, I deem it proper formally to direct attention thereto. Now therefore, I, Leslie M. Shaw, Governor of the State of Iowa, hereby invite the people of the State of Iowa, to observe in a suitable manner, Tuesday, the Twenty-second Day of February, instant. As the occasion is appropriate for patriotic ceremonies, I suggest the fitness of addresses, lectures, and platform meetings devoted to non-partisan questions of civil government; I recommend that there be, thereon, a general display of the national colors, and especially that the flag be hoisted on all public buildings. And I further direct that all public offices of the state be closed on the day named. (SEAL) In Testimony Whereof, witness my hand and the Seal of the State of Iowa this Fifteenth day of February in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight; and of the independence of the United States the One hundred and twenty-second; and of the State of Iowa the fifty-second. [LESLIE M. SHAW.] ON SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL A VACANCY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 11, 1898 From MS. Copy of Executive Journal, Vol. IX, p. 517—in the Office of the Governor, Des Moines Whereas, A vacancy has occurred in the office of Representative in the General Assembly from the County of Marion, being the Twenty-sixth representative district, by reason of the death of the incumbent Henry M. McCully. And, whereas, the General Assembly is now in session: Now, therefore, I, Leslie M. Shaw, Governor of the State of Iowa, by virtue of the authority in me vested by law, do hereby order and direct that a special election be held in said county of Marion on Friday. the twenty-fifth day of March instant, for the choice of a representative in the General Assembly, to succeed Henry M. McCully. Whereof, the electors of said County of Marion will take due notice, and the sheriff will take official notice, and be governed accordingly. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the state this eleventh day of March, A. D. 1898. By the Governor GEO. L. DOBSON Secretary of State. L. M. SHAW. ON THE CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS APRIL 26, 1898 From MS. Copy of Executive Journal, Vol. IX, p. 559—in the Office of the Governor, Des Moines Whereas, the President of the United States has issued a call for one hundred and twenty-five thousand volunteers for a term of two years, and has made requisition upon this State for three regiments of infantry and two batteries of light artillery; and Whereas, this apportionment exceeds the number of enlisted and drilled members of the Iowa National Guard, Now, Therefore, enlistments to complete Iowa's quota will be accepted regardless of location. Any person of suitable age, height, weight, and supposed fitness, and who has been drilled in the National Guard or in any cadet or military organization, and who desires to enlist, will apply at once to the Sheriff of his county. Each Sheriff is requested to report by wire as early as Thursday noon, April 28, 1898, the number of available men thus making appli cation. No undrilled men should apply. Transportation will be forwarded as required. (SEAL) In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State. Done at Des Moines, this twenty-sixth day of April, A. D., 1898. By the Governor: G. L. DOBSON, Secretary of State. L. M. SHAW. ON THE DEATH OF CYRUS CLAY CARPENTER MAY 31, 1898 From MS. Copy of Executive Journal, Vol. IX, p. 559-in the Office of the Governor, Des Moines It is my painful duty to make formal announcement to the people of the State of Iowa of the death of Cyrus Clay Carpenter, eighth Governor of the commonwealth. Thus has passed from us one of the best and truest men that have adorned the annals of Iowa. Coming to Iowa in early manhood he lived here for more than two score years, and in it all he has been an honored and honoring citizen, a true builder of the commonwealth. Twice he was a representative in the general assembly. He also nobly bore his part in the days of the nation's trial. After satisfactory service in a minor state office, he was called to the chief magistracy of the state, in the discharge of the duties of which conscientious and strict fidelity to duty were prominent features. The masterly ability of his state papers and his public utterances, moreover mark him as a deep and progressive thinker. After retiring from the Governorship he rendered acceptable service to both state and nation. He has now closed a highly honorable career in which he ever demonstrated the truth of a closing utterance of his retiring message when he said of the state of his adoption "In her every rill and river and grove and prairie, and all the people within her borders, my interest can only cease when I sleep in her soil." In respect to the memory of the distinguished departed let the national colors in all public buildings be displayed |