CHAPTER 847
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
DOVER
PROCLAMATION
SHERMAN W. TRIBBITT
GOVERNOR OF SAID STATE
To all persons to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
Whereas, An election was held in the State of Delaware, on Tuesday, the 5th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventy-four, that being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, in pursuance of the Constitution and Laws of the State of Delaware, in that behalf, for the election of a State Treasurer OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
And whereas, The official certificates or returns, of the said election, held in the several counties of the said State, having been duly received and examined by the Governor, it appears from them that the votes in said county respectively for such State Treasurer were cast as follows, to wit:
NEW CASTLE COUNTY
Mary D. Jornlin 64,552
S. Gertrude Tharp 42,464
Virginia M. Lyndall 1,454
Dorothy B. Hilyard 360
KENT COUNTY
Mary D. Jornlin 10,793
S. Gertrude Tharp 9,117
Virginia M. Lyndall 541
Dorothy B. Hilyard 40
SUSSEX COUNTY
Mary D. Jornlin 13,357
S. Gertrude Tharp 11,995
Virginia M. Lyndall 397
Dorothy B. Hilyard 49
And whereas, The said returns of the election as aforesaid, duly made out, signed and executed, having been duly delivered to the Governor by the Superior Court of said counties, and the Governor having examined said returns as aforesaid, and enumerated and ascertained the number of votes for each and every candidate or person voted for, for such State Treasurer the result appears as follows, to wit:
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Whole number of votes for Mary D, Jornlin
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88,702
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Whole number of votes for S. Gertrude Tharp
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63,576
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Whole number of votes for Virginia M. Lyndall
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2,392
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Whole number of votes for Dorothy B. Hilyard
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449
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NOW, THEREFORE, 1, SHERMAN W. TRIBBITT Governor of the State of Delaware, do hereby declare that Mary D. Jornlin has received the highest vote at the election aforesaid, and therefore has been and is duly and legally elected the State Treasurer of and for the State of Delaware.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND and the Great Seal of the said State, at Dover, the 6th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
(GREAT SEAL) and seventy-four and of the Independence of the said State the one hundred and ninety-ninth.
By the Governor: SHERMAN W. TRIBBITT
ROBERT H. REED, Secretary of State