The Speaker was escorted to the rostrum by the committee.

The oath of office was administered to the Speaker by Justice Bridges. Senators Barnes, Johnson (W. Lon) and Brown appeared before the bar of the House and announced that the Senate was organized and ready for the transaction of business.

RESOLUTIONS.

On motion of Mr. Lucas, the following resolution was adopted:

Resolved, That the State Auditor be, and is hereby directed, to draw a warrant for the payment of the members and employees of the House for this extraordinary session, upon payrolls which shall be signed by the members and employees and certified to by the Speaker and Chief Clerk of the House, and he is hereby directed to deliver the warrant so issued, to the Chief Clerk of the House, taking his receipt therefor.

On motion of Mr. Happy, the following resolution was adopted:

Resolved, That the Speaker appoint a committee of three to inform the Senate that the House is organized and ready to proceed to business.

Pursuant to the above resolution, the Speaker appointed Messrs. Happy, Coleman and Myers.

RESOLUTION.

By the Committee on Rules:

Resolved, That the rules which governed the House of Representatives during the regular session of 1919, be, and are hereby adopted as the permanent rules of the extraordinary session.

On motion of Mr. Reed, the resolution was adopted:

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.

SENATE CHAMBER,

OLYMPIA, WASH., March 22, 1920.

MR. SPEAKER:

The Senate has adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1 by Senator Cornwell, relating to a committee to notify the Governor that the Legislature is in session, and the same is herewith transmitted.

VICTOR ZEDNICK,

Secretary of the Senate.

On motion of Mr. Reed, the rules were suspended and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1 was read the first time.

On motion of Mr. Reed, the rules were suspended, the first reading of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1 was considered the second and third, and the resolution was adopted.

On motion of Mr. Reed, the rules were suspended and the Chief Clerk was directed to immediately transmit the resolution to the Senate.

The Speaker appointed Messrs. Hull, Anderson (John) and Gardner to notify the Governor that the House was in session and ready for the transaction of business.

RESOLUTIONS.

On motion of Mr. Conner, the following resolution was adopted:

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk, by and with the approval of the Speaker, be and

is hereby directed to fix the salary of the employees of the House.

On motion of Mr. Kirkman, the following resolution was adopted:

Resolved, That the following members of the House be allowed compensation as hereinafter set forth for services rendered at the session of the appropriations Committee, preliminary to this session:

Be it further resolved, That Maurine Heinly be allowed compensation for six days at rate of $7.00 per day for services rendered as clerk in attending the meeting and hearings of the Appropriations Committee.

The following persons were duly sworn in as employees of this Legislature by the Speaker of the House to faithfully perform their duties as such employees:

Resolved, That the following number of miles of travel and amount due each member therefor as mileage, coming to and returning from this Extraordinary Session be allowed as hereinafter set forth:

Be it further resolved, That mileage be allowed the following employees of the House, and that the State Auditor draw warrants for the several sums herein specified:

Chas. R. Maybury and Harry Harkins appeared before the bar of the House and were administered the oath of office by Justice Bridges.

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1.

Be it resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, That the Legislature of the State of Washington meet in joint session in the House Chamber, at 12:50 o'clock, March 22nd, 1920, to receive the Governor's message.

On motion of Mr. Reed, the resolution was adopted.

On motion of Mr. Reed, the rules were suspended and the Chief Clerk was directed to immediately transmit the resolution to the Senate.

On motion of Mr. Thompson (H. W.), the following resolutions were ordered spread upon the journal of the House:

WHEREAS, In such regretable mob action as was witnessed at Centralia last Armistice Day, November 11, when four of the state's former service men were fatal victims of murderous attacks by armed forces, the entire commonwealth is interested in seeing that justice be done, and

WHEREAS, It naturally follows that when organizations such as the I. W. W. figure in such outrages, prosecutions of such trials entail such heavy expenditures as to prove a burdensome item to any particular county to bear, and

WHEREAS, Most of the counties of this State of Washington find themselves confronting a serious problem should they be so unfortunate as to be faced by such crimes within their particular boundaries, and

WHEREAS, In the interests of justice to the various counties, and to insure prosecutions being unrelentlessly had in such cases where the state is fighting an element of "Reds" which has for its object the destruction of our fundamental principles, therefore be it

Resolved, That in all prosecutions where the alleged guilty parties are members of organizations which have been declared radical in their principles, these prosecutions will be conducted under the direction of the Attorney General of the State of Washington, which official will be empowered to engage such additional counsel as he may deem necessary, and the entire expense of such prosecution to be borne by the state, thus relieving individual counties of heavy financial burdens and placing such expense to be borne by the state commonwealth.

WHEREAS, Two of the alleged participants in the Armistice Day murders at Centralia, Wash., on November 11 last are still at large, and

WHEREAS, It is quite possible that a substantial reward being offered might spur activities and lead to the apprehension of these two men, guilty of shooting down former service men who had proven themselves worthy of our honest admiration through the valiant response to our country's call, therefore be it

Resolved, That we, members of the Washington State Legislature in special session assembled, do call upon our Governor to immediately offer a reward of $2,500.00 for the arrest of either of the alleged guilty parties, known as John Doe and John Doe, or for the arrest of both John Doe and John Doe that this reward be increased to $5,000.00, and that a special appropriation of $5,000.00 be set aside for this purpose. Mr. Hull announced that the committee appointed to inform the Governor that the House was in session and ready to transact business had performed that duty and that the Governor was ready to deliver his message to the Legislature.

MR. SPEAKER:

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.

SENATE CHAMBER,

OLYMPIA, WASH., March 22, 1920.

The Senate has adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2, and the same is herewith transmitted.

VICTOR ZEDNICK,

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2 was read.

Secretary of the Senate.

On motion of Mr. Reed, the rules were suspended, the first reading of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2 was considered the second and third, and the same was adopted.

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.

SENATE CHAMBER,

OLYMPIA, WASH., March 22, 1920.

MR. SPEAKER:

The Senate has adopted House Concurrent Resolution No. 1, and the same is herewith transmitted.

VICTOR ZEDNICK,

Secretary of the Senate.

The Speaker directed the Sergeant-at-Arms to notify the Senate that the House was in session and ready to sit with the Senate in joint session. The Speaker announced that he was about to sign House Concurrent Resolution No. 1.

JOINT SESSION.

The arrival of the Senate was announced by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House.

The joint session was called to order at 12:58 p. m.

At the request of the Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate presided.

Roll call of the Senate showed all members present, except Senators Bishop, Hutchinson and Thomle. All excused.

Roll call of the House showed all members present, except Messrs. Bohlke, Kennedy, Miller (John A.), Nash, Olsen. All excused.

The President announced the purpose of the joint meeting to be for the purpose of receiving any message the Governor may desire to deliver.