Polk, President of the
United States of America, in fulfillment of the duty imposed upon me by
the said act of Congress, do hereby make proclamation of the "result" of
said "poll" as above stated, and do call upon all and singular the
persons whom it doth or may concern to take notice that the act
aforesaid "is in full force and effect."
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
[SEAL.]
Done at the city of Washington, this 7th day of September, A.D. 1846,
and of the Independence of the United States the seventy-first.
JAMES K. POLK.
By the President:
N.P. TRIST,
_Acting Secretary of State_.
SECOND ANNUAL MESSAGE.
WASHINGTON, _December 8, 1846_.
_Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:_
In resuming your labors in the service of the people it is a subject of
congratulation that there has been no period in our past history when
all the elements of national prosperity have been so fully developed.
Since your last session no afflicting dispensation has visited our
country.
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