CHAPTER 892
STATE
OF DELA
WARE
EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT
PROCLAMATION
RUSSELL W.
PETERSON
GOVERNOR
OF THE
SAID
STATE
To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
Whereas, an election was held in the State of Delaware, on Tu
es
day, the third day of November, in the year of our
Lord
one thou
s
and 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
e
lection of an INSURANCE COMMISSIONER of the State of Delaware.
A
N
D WHEREAS,
t
he official certifica
t
es or r
e
turns, of the
sa
id election, held in the several counties of the said State,
having
been duly received and examined by the Governor, it appears from th
e
m that the votes
in
said county respectively for
s
uch INSURANCE COMMISSIONER were cast as follow
s
, to wit:
NEW CASTLE COUNTY
Cecil C. Wilson 40,107
Robert A. Short 71,275
KENT COUNTY
Cecil C. Wilson 8,073
Robert A. Short 11,837
Howard Ennis, Jr. 1
Rick Barros 1
Jack Russell 1
Edwin Skinner 1
George Bryson 2
SUSSEX COUNTY
Cecil C. Wilson 9,760
Robert A. Short 16,174
William Kunctler 1
AND WHEREAS, the
said
returns of the election as
aforesaid,
duly made out,
signed and
executed, having been duly deliv
ered 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
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
the
result
appears
as follows, to
wit:
Whole number of
votes
for Cecil C
.
Wilson 57,940
Whole number
of votes for Robert A. Short 99,286
Whole number of votes for Howard Ennis, Jr. 1
Whole number of votes for Rick Barros 1
Whole number of votes for Jack Russell 1
Whole number of votes for Edwin Skinner 1
Whole number of votes for George Bryson 2
Whole number of votes for William Kunctler 1
NOW,
THEREFORE
,
I, Russell W.
Peterson,
Gov
ernor
of
the State
of
Del
aware,
do
hereby
del
are that Robert
A.
Short has
re
ceiv
ed
the highe
st vote
at the election
aforesaid,
and
t
h
e
r
ef
ore has been
and
i
s
duly
and legally elected the INSURANCE COM
MISSIONER
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
Novem
be
r in
the year
of our Lord one thousand nine hund
re
d
and
s
eventy
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.