HOUSE JOURNAL.

THIRTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, REGULAR SESSION.

PROCEEDINGS.

FIRST DAY.

Hall of the House of Representatives.
Austin, Texas,

Tuesday, January 11, 1921.

In accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, the members-elect of the House of Representatives of the Thirtyseventh Legislature assembled this day! in the Hall of the House of Representatives in the City of Austin; and at 12 o'clock Meridian, Hon. C. D. Mims, Secretary of State, called the Honorable House to order.

Rev. W. A. Hamlett of Austin, Pastor of the First Baptist Church, by invitation of the Honorable Secretary of State, invoked the blessings of Almighty God upon the assembling of the Thirty-seventh Legislature.

TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION.

For the purpose of temporary organization the Honorable Secretary appointed the following temporary officers:

Chief Clerk, Noel K. Brown.
Reading Clerk, O. P. Basford.
Journal Clerk, J. L. Robinson.
Sergeant-at-Arms, Joe White.

ROLL OF COUNTIES CALLED.

The Honorable Secretary then directed the temporary Clerk to call the roll of counties of the State in alphabetical order.

As the roll of counties was called the members-elect who were present answered to the names of the counties of their residence, in the order shown in the following list:

Anderson-R. E. Seagler.
Angelina J. W. Laird.
Archer-W. O. Wright.

Austin-W. J. Kveton.

Bastrop J. D. Wadley.
Bee-H. S. Bonham.
Bell-C. W. Barrett.

Bexar O. B. Black, W. A. Black, W.
M. Morgan, T. M. West.

Bosque-J. D. Hanna.
Bowie-Sid Crumpton.
Brazos-Lee J. Rountree.
Brown-Frank H. Sweet.
Burleson-A. N. Lauderdale.
Burnet-H. E. Faubion.
Caldwell-A. J. McKean,
Cameron-P. B. Branch.
Camp J. D. Lawrence.
Carson-Lee Satterwhite..
Cass-Wright Patman.

Chambers-Dr. A. R. Shearer.
Cherokee-Jas. I. Perkins.
Collin-J. H. Sneed.

Comanche-A. L. McDaniel.
Concho-O. L. Sims.
Cooke-M. M. Duffey.
Coryell-R. E. Edwards.

Dallas-John E. Davis, John Davis,
F. B. Horton, Barry Miller.
Denton-Chas. G. Thomas.
DeWitt-Sam C. Lackey.
Eastland-Joe Burkett.

Edwards-B. J. Stewart.

Ellis-Homer Hendricks, Albert S.

Johnson.

El Paso-Adrian C. Pool, J. E. Quaid.
Erath-H. Grady Perry,
Falls-E. H. Childers.
Fannin-E. B. Barrett.

Fayette-John H. Wessels.
Fort Bend-W. I. McFarlane.
Freestone-John F. Wallace.
Galveston-Leo C. Brady.
Gonzales-W. M. Fly.

Grayson-C. A. Barker, H. H. Cummins, J. R. Westbrook.

Gregg-Felix J. McCord.
Guadalupe-Egbert Schweppe.
Hale-Burk W. Mathes.
Hall-Sam A. Bryant,
Hardeman-J. C. Marshall.

Harris-C. C. Beavens, J. W. Hall, J.
P. Rogers, J. Lewis Thompson.
Harrison-V. D. Fugler.

Hays-C. T. Bass.

Henderson-Julian P. Greer.
Hidalgo J. E. Leslie.

Hill-J. D. Burns, G. W. Garrett.
Hood-W. J. Aiken.

Hopkins-C. E. Beasley, J. M. Melson. seating of H. J. Neinast as a member of
Houston-Chas. C. Rice.
the House of Representatives from
Washington county.

Hunt-C. E. Dinkle, Joe M. Moore.
Jasper-B. P. Walker.

Jefferson-J. O. Merriman, B. E. ROLL OF MEMBERS IN ALPHABET

Quinn.

Johnson-John H. Veatch.

Jones-Chas. H. Rowland.

ICAL ORDER.

The Honorable Secretary directed the

Lamar-C. A. Martin, Frank E. Per- Clerk to call the roll of the members

kins.

elect in alphabetical order.

The roll was called and the following members-elect answered to their names:

Adams.

Aiken.

Matagorda-W. C. Carpenter.

Baker.

McCulloch-T. J. Beasley.

Baldwin.

McLennan-R. L. Henderson, J. L. Barker.

Quicksall, Newt B. Williams.

McMullen-Frank H. Burmeister.
Medina-Grover C. Morris.

Milam-O. D. Baker, Ike Looney.
Mills-J. C. Darroch.
Montague-W. A. Morris
Montgomery-W. M. Williams.
Nacogdoches-W. E. Thomason.
Navarro-R. R. Owen.

Nolan R. M. Chitwood.

Nueces-W. E. Pope.

Barrett of Bell..
Barrett of Fannin.
Bass.

of Hopkins.

Bonham.

of Bexar.

Beasley

Johnson of Ellis.

Johnson

Beasley

of Wichita.

of McCulloch.

Jones.

Beavens.

Kacir.

Binkley.

Kellis.

King.

Black, O. B.,

Kveton.

Lackey.

Laird.
Lauderdale.
Lawrence.
Leslie.
Looney.
McCord.
McDaniel.

McFarlane.

McKean.

Shelby-John C. Rogers.

Carpenter.

McLeod.

Smith-W. D. Swann.

Childers.

Malone.

Sterling-W. F. Kellis.

Tarrant-John M. Adams. A. B. Cur- Coffee.

Marshall.

tis. Wallace Malone. O. L. Sweet.

Taylor-Ben L. Cox.

Cox.
Crawford.

Mathes.
Melson.

Throckmorton-A. H. King.

Titus-J. R. Grissom.

Cummins.

B. Curtis.

Darroch.

Davis, John E.,
of Dallas.
Davis, John,

of Dallas.

Dinkle.

Miller of Dallas.
Miller of Parker.
Morgan.
Moore.

Morris of Medina.
Morris

of Montague. Mott.

Neblett.

Wharton-F. B. Duncan.

Wheeler-H. B. Hill.

Wichita-B. F. Johnson.

Williamson-Claud D. Teer.

Faubion.

Wilson-J. H. Brown.

Fly.

Wise-Roy C. Coffee.

Fugler.

Wood-P. A. Thorn.
Young-Thos. G. Binkley.

When the County of Washington was called, Hon. Robt. B. Thrasher of Travis County, being recognized by the Secretary of State, filed a protest against the

Garrett.

Perkins

of Cherokee.

Perkins of Lamar.

Perry.