mittee of the senate and general assembly will accompany the remains to their final resting place. I deem it proper to set apart the day of the funeral for services in honor of the deceased. In taking this action I give expression to the wishes of all the citizens of the state. Therefore, I, LEON ABBETT, governor of the state of New Jersey, do hereby direct that on Saturday, the eighth day of August, all public buildings shall be closed and draped in mourning; and I earnestly request all our citizens to desist from all worldly employment, and devote the day to appropriate religious services and such other demonstrations of sorrow and respect as are fitting to the occasion and the memory of the illustrious dead. Given under my hand and privy_seal at [L. S.] Trenton, this first day of August, A. D. 1885. Attest: WILLARD C. FISK, LEON ABBETT, Governor. PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, EXECUTIVE Department. WHEREAS, EZRA MILLER, who at a general election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, was duly declared to have been elected a member of the senate of the state from the county of Bergen, and subsequently thereto duly qualified as such senator, died on the ninth day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, whereby vacancy has occurred in the representation of said county of Bergen in said state senate. Therefore, I, LEON ABBETT, governor of the state of New Jersey, by the requirement of law do hereby issue this my proclamation commanding and requiring that an election be held according to law in said county of Bergen, on Tuesday, the third day of November next ensuing the date hereof, for the purpose of electing a member of the senate of this state to fill the said vacancy occasioned by the death of said Ezra Miller. [L. S.] Given under my hand and the great seal of the state of New Jersey, at Trenton, the sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and tenth. By the Governor, Attest: HENRY C. KELSEY, LEON ABBETT. PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, EXECUTIVE Department. GENERAL GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN died at his residence on Orange Mountain, New Jersey, on the morning of the twenty-ninth day of October. The pure and illustrious life of General McClellan, his distinguished military and civil career, is part of the history of the nation. The great soldier who organized the Army of the Potomac, with it achieved the magnificent victory of Antietam, and made possible all its future glories, will ever live in the grateful remembrance of a brave people. In him the greatest military genius was combined with a gentle and loving character that made him at once the idol of his men and beloved by all with whom he came in contact. His life was guided by the loftiest aspirations of a pure patriotism and a noble christian manhood. The people of New Jersey are specially indebted to him for his able administration as governor of the state, and wish to do every honor to his memory that their heartfelt sorrow can suggest. In the name of the state and on behalf of its citizens, I desire to honor the dead by an appropriate military escort, and have ordered that such action shall be taken as may meet the wishes of his bereaved family. I have also conveyed to them, by letter, the deep sorrow and sympathy of the executive and the people of the State. I deem it proper to set apart the day of the funeral for services in honor of the deceased. Therefore, I, LEON ABBETT, governor of the state of New Jersey, do hereby direct that all the public buildings be draped in mourning, the flags placed at half mast, the officers of the national guard wear the usual badge of mourning for six months, and all regimental and battalion colors be draped for the same period, and that on the day of the funeral a proper salute be fired, and that all public offices be closed. I also earnestly request our citizens to desist from all worldly employments, and devote the day to appropriate religious services and such demonstrations of sorrow and respect as are fitting to the occasion and memory of the illustrious dead. [L. S.] Attest: Given under my hand and privy seal at WILLARD C. FISK, PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR. In accordance with established custom the executive of the state each year sets apart a day of thanksgiving and prayer, so that the people may rest from their labors, and assembling in their homes and places of religious worship, acknowledge and return thanks to Almighty God for His goodness and mercy, and pray that He will continue to bless them with abundance and prosperity. Therefore, I, LEON ABBETT, governor of the state of New Jersey, do hereby designate Thursday, the twentysixth day of November, instant, as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, and recommend that the people of this state on that day abstain from all secular avocations, assemble in their usual places of worship and give thanks to God for His infinite mercy and goodness in the past and invoke for the future His blessing upon the nation, the state and the homes of our people. Given under my hand and privy seal at the executive chamber, in the city of Trenton, [L. S.] this ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred end eightyfive. LEON ABBETT. Attest: WILLARD C. FISK, Private Secretary. PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR. The Vice-President of the United States, THOMAS A. HENDRICKS, died suddenly at his residence in Indiana during the afternoon of November twenty-fifth. No citizen has been more prominently before the people of his state and of the entire country. He was a statesman of pronounced and positive convictions and of great ability. His official and personal life was pure, and his courteous manner won the good will of all his associ ates and friends. Immediately upon receiving news of his decease I telegraphed a letter of condolence to his bereaved wife, and directed that the flags upon the public buildings be placed at half mast, and the usual badge of mourning be displayed thereon. The people have lost a true friend, and the country one of its brightest intellects. We mourn his loss, and desire to testify our respect to his memory. Now, therefore, I, LEON ABBETT, governor of the state of New Jersey, do hereby direct, in honor to the memory of the distinguished dead, that until after the day of the funeral the flags upon the capitol and all public buildings be placed at half mast and the usual badge of mourning be displayed thereon, and that upon the day designated for the obsequies all the public offices be closed, and I do recommend that on that day the people of the state give such expression to the general grief as may be appropriate. Given under my hand and privy seal at the executive chamber, in the city of Trenton, this [L. 8.] twenty-seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. Attest: WILLARD C. FISK, Private Secretary. LEON ABBETT. PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, EXECUTIVE Department. } The legislature of this state adopted, and on the twenty-first day of February, eigteen hundred and eighty-four, I approved the following joint resolution: "Joint resolution relative to the planting of forest trees. "1. BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the governor be and he is hereby authorized to issue a proclamation annually setting apart a day in April for the planting of forest trees, and recommending that the day be devoted by the people to that purpose. |