CHAPTER 893
STATE OF DELAWARE
EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT
PROCLAMATION
RUSSELL W. PETERSON
GOVERNOR OF THE SAID STATE
To all Person
s
to whom
the
se
Pre
s
ent
s
shall come, Greeting:
WHEREAS, an election
was
held in the State of Delaware, on Tuesday, third day of November, in
the year
of
our
Lord one thousand nine hundred
and
seventy,
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 D
e
laware.
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
Emily Womach 52,838
Daniel J. Ross 56,953
David P. Hitchcock 1,583
KENT COUNTY
Emily Womach 11,562
Daniel J. Ross 8,108
David P. Hitchcock 248
Russell W. Peterson 1
SUSSEX COUNTY
Emily Womach 14,754
Daniel J. Ross 11,006
David P. Hitchcock 317
Abbie Hoffman 1
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:
Whole number of votes for Emily Womach 79,154
Whole number of votes for Daniel J. Ross 76,067
Whole number of votes for David P. Hitchcock 2,148
Whole number of votes for Russell W. Peterson 1
Whole number of votes for Abbie Hoffman 1
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Russell W. Peterson, Governor of the State of Delaware, do hereby declare that Emily Womach 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 twenty-seventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventy and of the Independence of the said State the one hundred and ninety-fifth.
(GREAT SEAL)
By the Governor:
RUSSELL W. PETERSON
EUGENE BUNTING, Secretary of State