CHAPTER 844
STATE OF DELAWARE
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 Attorney General 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 Attorney General were cast as follows, to wit :
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NEW CASTLE COUNTY
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Richard R. Wier, Jr.
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58,005
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Lawrence M. Sullivan
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49,540
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Samuel R. Wilson, Jr.
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1,344
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The Rev. Harry H. Conner
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481
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KENT COUNTY
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Richard R. Wier, Jr.
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12,568
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Lawrence M. Sullivan
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7,177
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Samuel R. Wilson, Jr.
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507
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The Rev. Harry H. Conner
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70
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SUSSEX COUNTY
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Richard R. Wier, Jr.
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13,631
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Lawrence M. Sullivan
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10,584
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Samuel R. Wilson, Jr.
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1,340
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The Rev. Harry H, Conner
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66
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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 Attorney General the result appears as follows, to wit:
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Whole number of votes for Richard R. Wier, Jr.
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84,204
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Whole number of votes for Lawrence M. Sullivan . . . .
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67,301
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Whole number of votes for Samuel R. Wilson, Jr.
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3,191
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Whole number of votes for
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The Reverend Harry H. Conner
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617
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, Sherman W. Tribbitt Governor of the State of Delaware, do hereby declare that Richard R. Wier, Jr. has received the highest vote at the election aforesaid, and therefore has been and is duly and legally elected the Attorney General 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