Norman G. Smith.
*Wilfred F. Brown.
Richard M. Johnson.
Leonard M. Knight.
Charles H. Dickinson.

Edward H. Sanborn.
George H. Gordon.

Willis Bowles.

Frank C. Smith.

Charles H. Greenleaf.

George B. Kimball.

Benjamin G. Jewell.
Newton S. Huntington.

William L. Barnes.

Samuel P. Carbee.

George C. Butler.

Frank G. Cummings.
Hiram Clark.

John L. Spring.

Harry M. Cheney.

William P. Burton.

Henry C. Libbey.

Charles J. Jepperson.

Daniel C. Remich.

Henry Merrill.

John W. Farr.

*William P. Freeman.

Wilmer Langway.
Henry H. Holt.
Frank Paddleford.
George W. Lamprey.
Frank O. Kennedy.
Warren G. Chase.

Erastus B. Dearborn.

Henry W. Herbert.

Frank A. Barnard.
*James Jewell.
Levi Dolloff.

Ezra C. Knight.
Harry D. Emmons.

COOS COUNTY.

*Those marked with a star were not present. All appeared and qualified January 3, with the exception of Mr. Richards of Newport, who qualified January 30, and Mr. Freeman of Livermore, who did not appear during the session.

After administering the constitutional oaths, His Excellency the Governor, attended by the Honorable Council, withdrew from the hall of the House of Representatives.

The Assistant Clerk then called the House to order, and stated that the first business before the House was the election of a temporary presiding officer.

On motion of Mr. Pierce of Somersworth, Hon. James O. Lyford of Concord was elected temporary chairman.

The temporary presiding officer having taken the chair, Mr. Pierce of Somersworth offered the following resolution : Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be and is hereby instructed to strike from the roll of the House the names of Ernest L. Guptill and William Dow, of Ward 2, Portsmouth, and place upon the roll the names of Edward E. McIntire and Frederick M. Sise as members from said ward, subject to the right of any persons to make contest without notice. After debate, on motion of Mr. Howard of Manchester, the resolution was laid upon the table until the organization of the House was completed.

On motion of Mr. Howard of Manchester, the House proceeded to the election of a speaker by ballot. The chair appointed Messrs. C. R. Walker of Concord and Bales of Wilton a committee to receive, sort, and count the votes. Mr. Walker, for the committee, reported the following as the result of the ballot:

and Stephen S. Jewett, having a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected speaker. The Speaker was conducted to the chair by a committee consisting of Messrs. Huntington of Hanover, Howard of Manchester, and Brown of Claremont, and addressed the House as follows:

GENTLEMEN: Before proceeding with the business of the session, I take this opportunity of expressing to you my sincere and heartfelt thanks for the great honor you have conferred upon me by electing me as your presiding officer. I appreciate your kindness to me, and I accept the office, fully realizing its responsibilities. I know I voice the sentiment of every member when I express the desire that we may have a session which shall be as short as is consistent with the best interests of our state, which is so dear to all our hearts. I trust I may

have the hearty good will and coöperation of you all, and I pledge to you my best efforts in the duties of the office. Again thanking you, I am now ready to proceed with the business of

the session.

On motion of Mr. Wyatt of Northfield,-Resolved, That a special committee, consisting of ten members, one from each. county, be appointed by the chair, to select a suitable person to act as chaplain during the session of the Legislature, and report to the House.

On motion of Mr. Howard of Manchester,—Resolved, That William Tutherly of Concord be elected clerk, and Eliphalet F. Philbrick of Concord, assistant clerk of the House of Representatives for the ensuing two years.

On motion of Mr. Bales of Wilton,-Resolved, That Horace L. Ingalls of Concord be elected sergeant-at-arms, and Daniel R. Henderson of Francestown, John Woodward of Littleton, William F. Whitcomb of Claremont, and John H. Willey of