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Chesterfield, Powhatan and City of Manchester-W. W. Baker and D. L. Toney.
Clarke and Warren-Arthur L. Warthen.

Craig, Roanoke and City of Roanoke-W. P. Dupuy and W. B. Bowles.
Culpeper-S. M. Newhouse.

Dinwiddie-Thomas E. Clarke.

Elizabeth City and Accomac-Le Grand Donohoe.

Essex and Middlesex-P. C. Waring.

Fairfax-Joseph E. Willard.

Fauquier-T. C. Pilcher.

Floyd and Franklin-A. L. Cannady.

Fluvanna and Goochland-Pembroke Pettit.

Franklin-E W. Saunders.

Frederick and City of Winchester-E. C. Jordan.
Gloucester and Matthews-George Y. Hunley.

Grayson-J. G. Davis.

Greene and Madison-N. B. Early, Jr.

Greensville and Sussex-Alex. King.

Halifax-J. T. Lacy and R. J. Tuck.
Hanover-W. D. Cardwell.

Henrico-Felix M. Jones, Sr.

Henry-W. H. Gravely.

Isle of Wight-Thos. N. Jones.

King and Queen-J. W. Fleet.

King William and Hanover-Thos. H. Edwards.
Lancaster and Richmond-R. Carter Wellford.

Lee-John M. Whitehead.

Loudoun-John F. Ryan.

Loudoun and Fauquier-W. H. Lewis.

Louisa-James L. Shelton.

Lynchburg-Tipton D. Jennings.

Lunenburg-J. W. Ellis.

Mecklenburg-H. F. Hutcheson.

Montgomery and City of Radford-John T. Cowan.

Nansemond-Walter Jordan.

Nelson-A. B. Fitzpatrick.

New Kent, Charles City, James City, York and Warwick and Cities of Newport News and Williamsburg-E. C. Madison.

City of Norfolk-John Whitehead and M. J. Lyons.

County of Norfolk-M. S. Newberne.

Northampton and Accomac-John E. Nottingham..
Northumberland and Westmoreland-G. J. Gouldman.

Nottoway and Amelia-Robert G. Southall.

Orange Wm. G. Williams.

Page and Rappahannock-Richard S. Parks.

Patrick-S. R. Akers.

City of Petersburg-William P. McRae and Thomas B. Ivey.

Pittsylvania and City of Danville-J. W. Gregory, H. C. Clement, R. L. Dodson and W. H. Buntin.

City of Portsmouth-Charles T. Bland.

Princess Anne-A. E. Ewell.

Prince Edward-J. J. Owen.

Prince George and Surry-W. W. Baugh.

Prince William-G. G. Galleher.

Pulaski and Giles-David S. Pollock.

Rappahannock-George W. Settle.

City of Richmond--George Wayne Anderson, John E. Epps, E. C. Folkes, S. L. Kelley and S. S. P. Patteson.

Rockbridge and City of Buena Vista-E. H. Barclay and W. B. F. Leech.
Rockingham-B. G. Patterson and William H. Blakemore.

Russell-Jacob C. Gent.

Scott-Robert W. McConnell.

Shenandoah-Josiah Stickley.

Southampton-J. S Musgrave.

Smyth and Bland-J. D. Honaker.

Spotsylvania and City of Fredericksburg—Alvin T. Embrey.

Stafford and King George-H. T. Garnett.

Tazewell J. S. Moss.

Washington and City of Bristol-C. H. McClung and John W. Price.
Wythe-George A. Lambert.

The roll was called by the Clerk, and the following members answered to their names:

Akers, Anderson, Baker, Barclay, Baugh, Blakemore, Bland, Boaz, Bowles, Buntin, Cannaday, Cardwell, Churchman, Clarke, Clement, Cowan, Davis, Dodson, Donohoe, Duke, Dupuy, Early, Edwards, Ellis, Embrey, Epps, Ewell, Featherston, Fitzpatrick, Fleet, Folkes, Galleher, Garnett, Gent, Goad, Gouldman, Gravely, Gregory, Honaker, Horsley, Hubard, Hume, Hunley, Hutcheson, Ivey, Jennings, Felix M. Jones, Thomas Ñ. Jones, E. C. Jordan, Walter Jordan, Kelley, Lacy, Lambert, Lewis, Leech, Lyons, Madison, Mathews, Moss, McAllister, Murrell, Musgrave, McClung, McConnell, McRae, Newberne, Newhouse, Nottingham, Owen, Parks, Patterson, Patteson, Pettit, Pilcher, Pitts, Pollock, Powell, Price, Priddy, Robinson, Ryan, Saunders, Settle, Shelton, Southall, Stickley, Stoner, Todd, Toney, Tuck, Ware, Waring, Warthen, Wellford, J. M. Whitehead, John Whitehead, Willard, Williams-98.

The members present were then sworn in by the clerk.

The clerk announced the first business in order to be the election of a Speaker.

Mr. MCRAE nominated E. W. SAUNDERS, of Franklin.
The roll was called with the following result:

For E. W. SAUNDERS

The vote was recorded as follows:

98

For E. W. SAUNDERS-Messrs. Akers, Anderson, Ayers, Baker, Barclay, Baugh, Blakemore, Bland, Boaz, Bowles, Buntin, Cannaday, Cardwell, Churchman, Clarke, Clement, Cowan, Davis, Dodson, Donohoe, Duke, Dupuy, Early, Edwards, Ellis, Embrey, Epps, Ewell, Featherston, Fitzpatrick, Fleet, Folkes, Galleher, Garnett, Gent, Goad, Gouldman, Gravely, Gregory, Honaker, Horseley, Hubard, Hume, Hunley, Hutcheson, Ivey, Jennings, Felix M. Jones, Thomas N. Jones, E. C. Jordan, Walter Jordan, Kelley, King, Lacy, Lambert, Lewis, Leech, Lyons, Madison, Mathews, Moss, McAllister, Murrell, Musgrave, McClung, McRae Newberne, Newhouse, Nottingham, Owen, Parks, Patterson, Patteson, Pettit, Pilcher, Pitts, Pollock, Powell, Price, Priddy, Robinson, Ryan, Settle, Shelton. Southall, Stickley, Stoner, Todd, Toney, Tuck, Ware, Waring, Warthen, Wellford, J. M. Whitehead, John Whitehead, Willard, and Williams-98.

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E. W. SAUNDERS having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected Speaker of the House of Delegates.

The Clerk requested Messrs. MCRAE, BOAZ and FOLKES to conduct the SPEAKER to the chair.

The SPEAKER then took the oath of office before Mr. C. Lee Moore, a notary public.

Mr. HUBARD nominated William Henry Mann, of Petersburg, as clerk of the House of Delegates.

On motion of Mr. MCRAE the election of William Henry Maun, as clerk of the House, was made by acclamation.

The SPEAKER requested Mr. HUBARD to inform him of his election and conduct him to the desk.

The clerk of the House then took the oath of office before Mr. C. Lee Moore, a notary public.

Mr. GALLEHER nominated Mr. Johnston, of Rockbridge, for sergeant-at-arms.

Ön motion of Mr. GALLEHER, the rules were suspended and the election of Mr. Johnston as sergeant-at-arms, was made by accla

mation.

Mr. COWAN nominated A. O. Sullivan, of Montgomery, for doorkeeper.

On motion of Mr. COWAN, the election of A. O. Sullivan as doorkeeper of the House, was made by acclamation.

Mr. FLEET nominated P. E. Lipscomb, of King and Queen for doorkeeper.

On motion of Mr. FLEET the election of P. E. Lipscomb as doorkeeper of the House was made by acclamation.

Mr. PILCHER moved that the rules of the last House be adopted for the government of the House.

The rules are as follows:

RULES.
I.

ORGANIZATIONS-ELECTIONS.

1. At the elections in the House the voting shall be viva voce, unless otherwise expressly provided, and only one person shall be chosen at a time. If on the first voting no one receives a majority, the person having the smallest number of votes shall not be voted for on the next trial; and so on until some one shall receive a majority of the whole vote. If the election be by joint vote of the two houses, messages shall be exchanged before each voting, announcing the names of persons in nomination. A committee of three from each House shall compare the votes, and ascertain and report the result.

2.

THE SPEAKER.

"The House of Delegates shall choose its own Speaker." The Speaker may call any member to the chair, who shall exercise its functions for the time; but no member by virtue of such appointment shall preside for a longer time than three days. During such substitution the Speaker may participate in the debates. If the Speaker be absent, and have named no one to act in his stead, the duties shall be performed by the chairman of one of the standing committees, taking precedence in the order in which the committees are named in Rule 16.

3. The Speaker shall take the chair every day precisely at the hour to which the House shall have adjourned on the preceding day; shall immediately call the House to order, and a quorum being present, shall cause the Journal of the preceding day to be read. Any mistake in the entries shall, upon motion, then be corrected.

4. The Speaker shall have power to supervise and correct the Journal before it is read. He shall have a general direction of the hall, with power, in case of disturbance or disorderly conduct in such part thereof as may be appropriated to spectators, to have the same cleared. Stenographers and reporters for the press, wishing to take down the proceedings of the House, may be admitted by the Speaker, who shall assign them to such places on the floor as shall not interfere with the convenience of members.

5. All acts, addresses and joint resolutions shall be signed by the Speaker; and all writs and warrants issued by order of the House shall be under his hand and seal, attested by the clerk.

THE CLERK.

6. A clerk shall be elected by the House, and shall be deemed to continue in office until another is chosen. He may employ an assistant clerk, and shall, subject to the approval of the Speaker, appoint the six committee clerks provided for by law. He shall be charged with the whole clerical business of the House and of its committees, and shall see that the committee clerks discharge properly the duties required of them by the several committees to which they are assigned, and that, when not so employed, they render such assistance as may be required to other committees and in the business of the House. The committee clerks may be removed by the clerk, with the approval of the Speaker; and they shall be so removed upon the request of the committees to which they are severally assigned. 7. The clerk shall perform all the duties of his office under the direction of the Speaker. He shall keep a Journal of the proceedings of the Honse, and shall submit it daily to the Speaker in time to be examined before the next assembling of the House. He shall keep at the clerk's table, during the sittings of the House, a calendar or docket so arranged as to show the condition and progress of the business of the House.

8. He shall keep accounts of the compensation of the members and officers of the House, and shall from time to time certify the same to the Auditor. He shall provide the stationery required for the business of his office and of the House and for the use of the members during the session; but the amount furnished to each member shall not exceed in value five dollars a session. The claim of the clerk for such supplies, when approved by the Committee on House Expenses, shall be certified by the Speaker to the Auditor. He shall keep detailed accounts of all these transactions in a book to be provided for the purpose, which shall be at all times open to inspection by members of the House.

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS.

9. A sergeant-at-arms shall be elected by the House, and shall continue in office during its pleasure. He shall have as his assistants two doorkeepers, who shall be elected by the House, and six pages, to be appointed by the Speaker, who shall receive as compensation one-half the amount provided by law for a doorkeeper. 10. He shall, with his assistants, attend upon the House during its sitting, and shall execute its commands, together with all such process, issued by its authority, as shall be directed to him by the Speaker.

11. He shall, under the direction of the Speaker, have charge of the police of the hall, and shall prevent any interruption of the business of the House by disorder, within or without. He shall distribute among the members all papers printed for their use, and shall give such attendance upon them during the sittings of the House as will promote their comfort and facilitate the business of the House.

12. He thall procure for the members, when required, certificates for pay and mileage, and, at their request and upon their endorsement, shall collect and pay over to those entitled to the money due upon such certificates.

13. He shall attend to receiving and dispatching all mail or telegraphic matter intended for or sent by members, and shall make such arrangement therefor as to promote the convenience of the members.

OATHS OF OFFICE.

14. The oaths which the officers of the House are required by law to take shall be administered and certified by a justice of the peace or notary public, and be filed with the clerk of the House.

COMMITTEES.

15. All committees shall be appointed by the Speaker, unless otherwise specially directed by the House, in which case they shall be appointed by ballot, and a plurality of votes shall prevail. The first-named member of any committee shall be the chairman, and if he be absent, or be excused by the House, the next named member, and so on, unless the committee elect a chairman.

16. At the beginning of each regular session there shall be appointed standing committees, to consist of not less than nine nor more than thirteen members (except the Finance Committee, which shall consist of fifteen members), as follows:

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17. Also a standing committee, to consist of five members, to be called the Committee on House Expenses. It shall be the duty of this committee to examine from time to time the accounts kept by the clerk, with the members and officers of the House, and to decide all questions arising in relation thereto, subject to an appeal to the House. No account for printing, stationery, or any other expenses of the House shall be certified for payment without the previous approval of this committee.

18. Also a standing committee on rules, to consist of five members, including the Speaker, who shall be chairman of the committee.

19. Also a standing committee on the library, to consist of five members, and one on printing, to consist of three members. These committees, when acting with like committees of the Senate, shall constitute the library committee," and the "committee on printing" provided for by law, but in all other respects shall act as committee of the House.

20. Any committee of the House may, at their discretion, confer with a committee of the Senate having under consideration the same subject; but no joint committee shall be appointed. Nor shall any select committee be appointed to consider any subject falling properly within the province of a standing committee.

21. After the minimum number required for any committee has been appointed, the Speaker may, from time to time, at his discretion, fill it up to the maximum allowed by the rules, which shall in no case be exceeded.

22. Five members of any committee, or a majority, if less than five, shall constitute a quorum. Each committee shall appoint its own regular meetings; and it

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