BY HIS EXCELLENCY
JOHN EAGER HOWARD, Esquire,
GOVERNOR of the STATE of MARYLAND,
A
Proclamation.
WHEREAS the general aſſembly did, by an act paſſed at their late ſeſſion, entitled, An act directing the time, places and manner, of holding elections for repreſentatives of this ſtate in the congreſs of the United States, and for appointing electors on the part of this ſtate for chooſing a preſident and vice-preſident of the United States, and for regulation of the ſaid elections, direct, that the governor and council, after having received the returns, papers and inſtruments, containing the number of votes for each candidate for repreſentatives of this ſtate in the congreſs of the United States, and for electors on the part of this ſtate for chooſing a preſident and vice-preſident of the United States, ſhould enumerate and aſcertain the numbers of votes for each and every candidate and perſon choſen as repreſentatives or electors reſpectively, and, by proclamation diſperſed through the ſtate, declare the names of the ſix perſons duly elected as repreſentatives, and the names of the eight perſons duly elected as electors. We, in perſuance of the directions of the ſaid act, do, by this our proclamation, declare, that, by the returns made to us, it appears, that the Honourable JOSHUA SENEY, DANIEL CARROLL, BENJAMIN CONTEE, GEORGE GALE, WILLIAM SMITH and MICHAEL JENIFER STONE, Esquires, are duly elected repreſentatives of this ſtate in the congreſs of the United States; and, that the Honourable JOHN ROGERS, GEORGE PLATER, WILLIAM TILGHMAN, ALEXANDER CONTEE HANSON, Doctor PHILIP THOMAS, ROBERT SMITH, WILLIAM RICHARDSON and WILLIAM MATTHEWS, Esquires, are duly elected electors on the part of this ſtate for chooſing a preſident and vice-preſident of the United States.
GIVEN in council, at city of Annapolis, under the ſeal of the ſtate of Maryland, this twenty-firſt day of January, ſeventeen hundred and eighty-nine.
By his Excellency's Command,
T. Johnſon, jun. Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE STATE.
