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 APPENDIX. 1129 No. 6. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: July 15, 1869. A PROCLAMATION. In pursuance of the provisions of the act of Convress a roved A ril10th 0 · · 1·869, I hereby designate Tuesday, the thirtieth day bf Novgiiiber, 186%, as the of 'ftiérilititidlliig time for submitting the constitution adopted by the convention which met in *’“l’“’l“°d t°*h° Austin, Texas, on the fifteenth day of June, to the votexs of said State, reels- gitirsgxfthatb tered at the date of such submission, viz.; - ° 30a fé69°v°m °” I direct the vote to be taken upon the said constitution in the following man- Haze,  40. ner, viz. : . Vote how to be Each ·voter favoring the ratification of the constitution, as adopted by the t“k°“’ convention of the fifteenth of June, 1868, shall express his judgment by voting FOR THE CONSTITUTION. Each voter favoring the rejection of the constitution, shall express his judgment by voting AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION. In testimony whereoi I have hereunto set my band, and caused the seal of the United States to be afixed. _ Done at the city of Washington, this fifteenth day of July, in the year [L. s.] of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninety-fourth. _ U. S. GRANT. By the President: HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State. No. 7. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: October 5, 1869. A PROCLAMATION. Tm; year which is drawing to a close has been free from pestilence; health A day of has prevailed throughout the land; abundant crops reward the labors of the thanksgiving, husbandman; commerce and manufactures have successfully prosecuted their prsise, and peaceful paths; the mines and forests have yielded liberally; the nation has P'*‘5';"d*'°°°m· increased in wealth and in strength; peace has prevailed, and its blessings have mw ° ‘ advanced every interest of the people in every part of the Union; harmony and fraternal intercourse restored are obliterating the marks of past conflict and estrangement; burdens have been lightened ; means have been increased ; civil and religious liberty are secured to every inhabitant of the land, whose soil is trod by none but frecmen. It becomes a people thus favored to make acknowledgment to the Supreme Author, from whom such blessings flow, of their gratitude and their dependence, to render praise and thanksgiving for the same, and devoutly to implore a continuance of God`s mercies. 'Therefore, I, Unrssies S. GRANT, President of the United States,do recommend Thursday, that Thursday, the 18th day of November next, be observed as a day of thanks- November 18, giving and of praise, and of prayer to Almighty God, the Creator and the Ruler 186% of the Universe, And I do further recommend to all the people of the United States to assemble on that day in their accustomed places of public worship, and to unite in the homage and praise due to the Bountiful Father of all inercies, and in fervent prayer for the continuance of the manifold blessings he has vouchsafed to us as a people. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed this fifth day of October, in the year of our