645 Proclamation, Governor of Massachusetts to Selectmen of Lexington to hold a vote to replace Representative William M. Richardson, May 5, 1814

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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. To the ,Selechnen of the Imn of e i r�ii in Middlesex District : Greeting WHEREAS the Constitution of the United States provides, that when vacancies in Congress happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Elec- tion to -fill such vacancies THESE ai-e in the name of the Commonwealth, to will and require you, in manner as the Law directs for calling Town Mpetiugs, to cause the Freeholders and other inhabitants of the Town of yf >'e/l G'4- duly qualified to vote for Representatives to the General leourt of this Commonwealth, to assemble on MONDAY, the twenty-third clay of May instant, to give in their votes to the Selectmen, who shall preside at said Meeting,for one Representative,that is an inhabi- tant of the said. District, to represent them in the Congress of the United States of America, in the room of the Hon. WILLIAM M. RICHARDSON, Who has resigned his seat as a Representative. And you,the said Selectmen, or a major part of you, shall,in open Town-Meeting,sort and count the votes, and form a list of the persons voted for, with the number of votes for each person set against his name; and shall make a public declaration in Town- Meeting, of the names of the persons voted for, and of the number of votes they respectively have ; and shall,in open Fown-Meeting, seal up the said list, certified by you,and transmit the same, within twelve days next after such meeting, to the Secretary of this Commonwealth, or to the Sheriff of the County in which the said Town lies,Who is hereby directed to trans- mit the same to the Secretary aforesaid, on or before the eighth day of June next. Given at the COUNCIL CHAMBER, in BosroN, this 5th.. day o-P May, Anno Ilomini one thousand eight hundred and fourteen,'and in the 3Sth year Of the INDEPENDENCE Of the UNITED STATES Of A?,iEP.ICA. BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, �� i� �Secre_`y of the Commonwealth,