JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE

HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
DES MOINES, IOWA, JANUARY 12, 1925.

Pursuant to law, the House of Representatives of the Fortyfirst General Assembly of Iowa convened at 10 o'clock a. m.,

Monday, January 12, 1925.

The House was called to order by A. C. Gustafson, of Polk county, acting chief clerk.

Prayer was offered by Rev. James T. Mordy, pastor of the Cottage Grove Presbyterian church, Des Moines.

Dewar of Cherokee moved that Edge of Jasper be elected temporary speaker. Motion prevailed.

King of Clay moved that a committee of two be appointed to escort the temporary speaker to the chair. The motion prevailed and the following committee was appointed: King of Clay and Thomas of Audubon.

Mr. Edge was escorted to the chair and was sworn in by Acting Chief Clerk Gustafson.

Temporary Speaker Edge in the chair.

Vincent of Guthrie moved that A. C. Gustafson of Des Moines be elected temporary chief clerk. Motion prevailed.

Mr. Gustafson took and subscribed to the following oath :

I do solemnly swear that I will support the constitution of the United States and of the state of Iowa, and that I will faithfully perform the duties of my office to the best of my ability, so help me God.

TEMPORARY OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE

Blake of Fayette moved that the following named persons be elected temporary officers of the House:

Assistant Clerk, Frank S. Vetter.
Reading Clerk, Robert M. Cook.

Engrossing Clerk, Gwendolyn MacDowell.

Enrolling Clerk, Catherine A. Roberts.

Journal Clerk, Lillian Leffert.

Assistant Journal Clerk, Margaret Canfield.
Bill Clerk, H. L. Gordon.

Assistant Bill Clerk, Harrison Peddie.

File Clerk, Charles A. Lindenau.

Assistant File Clerk, Frank B. Miles.

Sergeant-at-Arms, Oley Nelson.

Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms, Walter R. Cook.
Electrician, Walter Callison.

Assistant Electrician, Harry Cooke.

Telephone Messenger, Walter Stanton.

Chief Janitor, Henry McCraven.

Janitors, Fred V. Miller, Louis Jackson, James Askew.

Pages, Lowell Konkright, Russell Lewis, Edward Quirk, William Goff, Harold Davis, Raymond Long, Raymond Holstad (substitute).

Motion prevailed. The above named temporary officers assembled at the desk and took and subscribed to the following oath :

I do solemnly swear that I will support the constitution of the United States and of the state of Iowa, and that I will faithfully perform the duties of my office to the best of my ability, so help me God.

CREDENTIALS OF THE MEMBERS

Hansen of Scott moved that a committee of three on credentials be appointed and that the accredited list of the secretary of state be accepted. Motion prevailed and the following committee was appointed: Hansen of Scott, Stepanek of Linn and Walrod of Clinton.

The committee retired and upon returning presented the following report:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE

MR. SPEAKER: We, your committee on credentials, respectfully report that we find the following named gentlemen duly elected and entitled to seats in the House of Representatives of the Forty-first General Assembly, as shown by the duplicate copies of the certificates of election on file in the office of the secretary of state:

Twenty-ninth District, Adair County, J. W. Roberts.
Thirteenth District, Adams County, Jno. M. Bixler.
Ninetieth District, Allamakee County, J. H. Hager.
Fourth District, Appanoose County, D. Fulton Rice.
Thirty-fourth District, Audubon County, E. B. Thomas.