HOUSE JOURNAL.

Proceedings of the House of the Eighth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oklahoma.

FIRST DAY

Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory,

Tuesday, January 10, 1905.

This being the day fixed by law for the convering of the Territorial Legislative Assembly, and the hour of 2 o'clock P. M. having arrived, those declaring themselves elected members of the House of Representatives of the Eighth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oklahoma met in the Hall designated by the Secretary of the Territory as "Representative Hall."

W. W. Noffsinger declaring himself a member-elect, called the House to order.

Mr. Gandy of Woodward Conuty placed Frank G. Prouty of Lincoln County in nomination for temporary chairman. He was unanimously elected.

J. P. Becker of Grant County was elected temporary secretary. The chairman declared the temporary organization of the House of Representatives to be complete and perfected.

As provided by law, a committee of five was appointed on credentials, as follows: Mr. Gandy of Woodward County, Mr. Ross of Woods. County, Mr. Lydick of Cleveland County, Mr. Taylor of Noble County, Mr. Robinson of Greer County.

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The committee reported as follows:

Mr. Chairman:

Your Committee on Credentials beg leave to make the following report: That the following persons, in accordance with the certificates issued by the Secretary of this Territory, are all members of this Legislative Assembly as follows, to-wit:

First District, J. B. Norton, Ponca City, Kay County.
Second District, Wesley Taylor, Perry, Noble County.
Third District, J. T. Crag, Pawnee, Pawnee County.
Fourth District, W. N. Walker, Stillwater, Payne County.
Fifth District, Frank Prouty, Fallis, Lincoln County.
Sixth District, Isaac B. Levy, Guthrie, Logan County.
Seventh District. R. R. Fuller, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County.
Eighth District, John J. Gayman, Chandler, Lincoln County.
Ninth District, Milton Bryan, Shawnee, Pottawatomie County..
Tenth District, J.D. Lydick, Lexington, Cleveland County.
Eleventh District, J. P. Becker, Medford, Grant County.
Twelfth District, John Ingmire, Garber, Garfield County.
Thirteenth District, W. W. Noffsinger, Kingfisher, Kingfisher

County.

Fourteenth District, W. A. Maxwell, Yukon, Canadian County.
Fifteenth District, C. E. Wood, Cherokee, Woods County.
Sixteenth District, A. J. Ross, Alva, Woods County.
Seventeenth District, A. McBride, Watonga, Blaine County.
Eighteenth District, B. B. Bone, Arapaho, Custer County.
Nineteenth District, J. P. Gandy, Supply, Woodward County.
Twentieth District. W. W. Daniels, Seiling, Dewey County.
Twenty-first District, Dyke Ballinger, Anadarko, Caddo County.
Twenty-second District, Scott Ferris, Lawton, Comanche County.
Twenty-third District, J. A. Jester, Foss, Washita County.
Twenty-fourth District, 0. J. Logan, Mountain View, Kiowa

County.

Twenty-fifth District, David Hogg, Grand, Day County.
Twenty-sixth District, T. W. Robinson, Mangum, Greer County.

J. P. GANDY, Chairman

J. D. LYDICK, Secretary.