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HOUSE JOURNAL

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1926

The House of Delegates was called to order at 12 o'clock by John W. Williams, Clerk thereof.

Prayer by Rev. W. S. Golden, pastor Westminister Presbyterian Church, Richmond.

A communication was received from the Secretary of the Commonwealth as follows:

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH,
RICHMOND, January 13, 1926.

To the Honorable the Clerk of the House of Delegates:
SIR:

As required by law, I herewith respectfully transmit a list of the memberselect of the House of Delegates for the term beginning this day, as ascertained and determined by the Board of State Canvassers at their meeting held the fourth Monday in November, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, the official record of which is on file in my office.

Very respectfully,

B. O. JAMES, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

MEMBERS-ELECT OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES OF VIRGINIA

Accomac-J. Harry Rew.

Albemarle and Greene and city of Charlottesville-L. L Watts and L. F. Smith.
Alexandria city-Charles Henry Smith.

Arlington-Charles T. Jesse.

Alleghany and city of Clifton Forge-E. A. Snead,

Amherst-L. H. Shrader.

Appomattox and Buckingham-Claude R. Wood.

Amelia and Nottoway-E. M. Hamner.

Augusta and Staunton-W. Stuart Moffatt and Homer B. Coiner.

Bedford-William A. Parker.

Bedford, Franklin and Floyd-Kyle M. Weeks.

Botetourt and Craig-F. D. Bolton.

Brunswick-H. C. Wesson.

Cumberland and Prince Edward-W. B. Bruce.

Campbell-E. A. Hicks.

Caroline and King George-George P. Lyon.

Carroll-J. Swanson: Smith.

Charlotte-W. E. Hailey.

Chesterfield and Powhatan-Walter A. Horner.

Clark and Frederick and city of Winchester-Robert T. Barton.
Orange and Madison-L. W. Graves.

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Dinwiddie-I. N. Coleman.

Elizabeth City and city of Hampton-George Alvin Massenburg.

Fairfax-H. Earlton Hanes.

Franklin-J. Bradie Allman.

Fauquier-John T. Ramey.

Giles and Bland-George T. Bird.

Gloucester and Mathews-Gilbert L. Diggs.

Goochland and Fluvanna-George A. Bowles.
Grayson-H. T. Smith.

Halifax-W. M. Tuck and S. L. Adams.

Hanover and King William-Samuel R. Carter.
Henrico-W. Conway Saunders.

Henry-Mrs. Sallie C. Booker.

Isle of Wight-Albert Sidney Johnson.

King and Queen, Essex and Middlesex-Wm. A. Wright.
Lancaster and Richmond-R. C. Norris, Jr.

Lee-F. R. Stickley.

Loudoun-Wilbur C. Hall.

Louisa-R. L. Gordon, Jr.

Lunenburg-Thomas W. Ozlin.

Lynchburg city-E. Thurman Boyd.

Rappahannock and Culpeper-James G. Williams.

Mecklenburg-R. L. Jeffreys.

Montgomery and Radford city-W. T. Doosing.

Nansemond and city of Suffolk-R. L. Brewer, Jr.

Nelson-P. B. Young.

Newport News-Chas. W. Mugler.

New Kent, Charles City, James City, York and city of Williamsburg—Ashton Dovell.

Norfolk city-Sarah Lee Fain, A. L. Jordan, W. W. Vellines and Vivian L.

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Norfolk county and city of South Norfolk-Q. C. Davis, Jr., and H. W. Grady Speers.

Princess Anne-J. T. Malbon.

Northampton and Accomac--J. Warren Topping.

Northumberland and Westmoreland-George Mason.

Patrick-T. J. George.

Pittsylvania and city of Danville-H. B. Watkins, C. R. Warren and Hugh D. Shepherd.

Petersburg-Samuel D. Rodgers.

Portsmouth Earl H. Wright and Lloyd E. Warren.

Pulaski K. E. Harmon.

Richmond city-Albert O. Boschen, E. C. Folkes, Edward R. Fuller, J.

Vaughan Gary, James P. Jones and James H. Price.

Roanoke city-James A. Bear and John W. Wright.

Roanoke county-J. Sinclair Brown.

Rockbridge and city of Buena Vista-Frank Moore

Rockbridge, Bath, Highland and city of Buena Vista-Edwin B. Jones.

Rockingham and city of Harrisonburg-Geo. B. Keezell and J. R. Breneman. Page and Warren-S. Gardner Waller.

Russell-John W. Stuart.

Russell and Buchanan-I. C. Boyd.

Scott-J. Mitchell Taylor.

Shenandoah-Nehemiah Kelly.

Smyth-George F. Pierce.

Southampton-W. J. Sebrell.

Spottsylvania and city of Fredericksburg-Clarence A. Jones.

Stafford and Prince William-C. A. Sinclair.

Surry, Prince George and city of Hopewell-George A. Savedge.
Sussex and Greensville-W. R. Cato.

Tazewell J. W. Witten.

Washington and city of Bristol-S. Bruce Jones and W. Y. C. White.
Warwick and city of Newport News-E. W. Milstead.

The roll was called and the following members responded to their

names:

Adams, Allman, Barton, Bear, Bird, Bolton, Booker, Boschen, Bowles, Boyd, E. T.; Boyd, I. C.; Breneman, Brewer, Brown, Bruce, Carter, Cato, Coiner, Coleman, Davis, Diggs, Doosing, Dovell, Fain, Folkes, Fuller, Gary, George, Gordon, Graham, Graves, Hailey, Hall, Hamner, Hanes, Harman, Hicks, Horner, Jeffreys, Jesse, Johnson, Jones, E. B.; Jones, S. B.; Jordan, Keezell, Kelly, Lyon, Malbon, Mason, Massenburg, Milstead, Moffett, Moore, Mugler, Nickels, Norris, Ozlin, Page, Parker, R. R.; Parker, W. A.; Pierce, Price, Ramey, Rew, Rodgers, Saunders, Savedge, Sebrell, Shepherd, Shrader, Sinclair, Smith, C. H.; Smith, H. T.; Smith, J. S.; Smith, L. F.; Snead, Speers, Stickley, Stuart, Taylor, Topping. Tuck, Vellines, Waller, Warren, C. R.; Warren, L. E.; Watkins, Watts, Weeks, Wesson, White, Williams, Witten, Wood, Wright, E. H.; Wright, J. W.; Wright, W. A.; Young-98.

The members present were sworn in by the Clerk, each taking and subscribing the oaths required by the Constitution.

The Clerk announced that the first business in order, is the election of a Speaker.

MR. BOWLES nominated THOMAS W. OZLIN, of Lunenburg county.
The roll was called with the following result:

Thomas W. Ozlin.

The vote was recorded as follows:

97

Adams, Allman, Barton, Bear, Bird, Bolton, Booker, Boschen, Bowles, Boyd, E. T.; Boyd, J. C.; Breneman, Brewer, Brown, Bruce, Carter, Cato, Coiner, Coleman, Davis, Diggs. Doosing, Dovell, Fain, Folkes, Fuller, Gary, George, Gordon, Graham, Graves, Hailey, Hall, Hamner, Hanes, Harman, Hicks, Horner, Jeffreys, Jesse, Johnson, Jones, E. B.; Jones, S. B.; Jordan, Keezell, Kelly, Lyon, Malbon, Mason, Massenburg, Milstead, Moffett, Moore, Mugler, Nickels, Norris, Page, Parker, R. R.; Parker, W. A.; Pierce, Price, Ramey, Rew, Rodgers, Saunders, Savedge, Sebrell, Shepherd, Shrader, Sinclair, Smith, C. H.; Smith, H. T.; Smith, J. S.; Smith, L. F.; Snead, Speers, Stickley, Stuart, Taylor, Topping, Tuck, Vellines, Waller, Warren, C. R.; Warren, L. E.; Watkins, Watts, Weeks, Wesson, White, Williams, Witten, Wood, Wright, E. H.; Wright, J. W.; Wright, W. A.; Young-97.

THOMAS W. OZLIN, having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected Speaker.

The Clerk requested MESSRS. BOWLES, PRICE and KELLY to conduct THE SPEAKER to the chair.