OF THE SENATE OF THE Chéo EIGHTY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION COMMENCING MONDAY, JANUARY, 3, 1921 VOLUME CVIIII COLUMBUS, OHIO: Bound at State Bindery, SENATE JOURNAL. Senate Chamber, Columbus, Ohio, Monday, January 3, 1921. This being the day fixed by law for the meeting of the General Assembly in regular session, the senators-elect of the eighty-fourth General assembly of the state of Ohio met in the Senate Chamber at 10 o'clock a. m. and were called to order by Lieutenant Governor Clarence J. Brown, President of the Senate. Prayer was offered by Rev. E. S. Matheny, of Columbus. The President appointed senator-elect Norwood clerk pro tempore, and directed the clerk to call the senatorial districts in their numerical order, when the following named persons presented certificates of election as senators from their respective districts to the eighty-fourth General Assembly of the state of Ohio, and having taken an oath administered by Benson W. Hough, justice of the supreme court to support the constitution of the United States, the constitution of the state of Ohio, and also an oath of office, entered upon the discharge of their duties as senators: First District-Composed of Hamilton county-Wallace W. Bellew, William H. Chatfield, Jr., Fred L. Emmert, Joseph R. Gardner. Second and Fourth Districts-Composed of Butler, Warren, Brown and Clermont counties-Roland G. Davis. Third District-Composed of Montgomery and Preble counties— William E. Sparks, G. M. Kumler. Fifth and Sixth Districts-Composed of Fayette, Greene, Clinton, Highland and Ross counties-G. G. O. Pence. Seventh District-Composed of Adams, Jackson, Scioto and Pike counties-Charles K. Patterson. Eighth District-Composed of Gallia, Lawrence, Meigs and Vinton counties-Tom W. Jones. Ninth and Fourteenth Districts-Composed of Athens, Hocking, Fairfield, Washington and Morgan counties, Monroe, part of Rinard's Mills precinct, in Washington township and part of Bethel and Benton townships; Noble county, part of Brookfield, Jackson, Noble, Sharon and Olive townships, and part of Elk, Jefferson and Center townships, Forest Grove and Caldwell precincts and part of Dexter precinct-M. B. Archer, Dr. E. LeFever. Tenth District-Composed of Franklin and Pickaway countiesJames F. Atwood, C. C. Chappelear. Eleventh District-Composed of Champaign, Clark and Madison counties-Charles Brand. (3) Twelfth District-Composed of Darke, Miami and Shelby counties -A. W. DeWeese. Thirteenth and Thirty-first Districts-Composed of Hardin, Logan, Marion, Union, Crawford, Seneca and Wyandot counties-James R. Hopley. Fifteenth and Sixteenth Districts-Composed of Muskingum, Perry, Delaware and Licking counties-William M. Miller. Seventeenth and Twenty-eighth Districts-Composed of Morrow, Knox, Holmes and Wayne counties-L. D. Cornell. ⚫ Eighteenth and Nineteenth Districts-Composed of Coshocton, Tuscarawas and Guernsey counties, Monroe, all of-except part of Benton and Bethel townships, and Rinard's Mills precinct; Noble county, part of Beaver, Buffalo, Enoch, Marion, Seneca, Stock and Wayne townships, and part of Center, Elk and Jefferson townships, East Union and part of Dexter precinct-Oliver J. Demuth, James R. Barr. Twentieth and Twenty-second Districts-Composed of Belmont, Harrison, Jefferson and Columbiana counties-John D. Hays. Twenty-first District - Composed of Carroll and Stark counties — Frank K. Norwood. Twenty-third District - Composed of Trumbull and Mahoning counties H. P. McCoy, Herbert L. Jones. Twenty-fourth and Twenty-sixth Districts-Composed of Ashtabula, Lake, Geauga, Portage and Summit counties-F. E. Whittemore, Twenty-fifth District - Composed of Cuyahoga county-George H. Bender, Arthur H. Day, James A. Reynolds, Joseph J. Rowe. Twenty-seventh and Twenty-ninth Districts - Composed of Medina, Lorain, Ashland and Richland counties-J. F. Burke, Henry R. Endly. Thirtieth District - Composed of Erie, Huron, Ottawa and Sandusky counties-A. E. Culbert. Thirty-second District Composed of Allen, Auglaize, Defiance, Mercer, Paulding, Van Wert and Williams counties Claron L. Shafer. Thirty-third District - Composed of Hancock, Wood, Fulton, Henry and Putnam counties - George E. Kryder. Thirty-fourth District - Composed of Lucas county-Thomas L. Gifford.. It appearing that a quorum of the senators-elect having qualified, the president announced the first business in order to be the election of the following officers: A president pro tempore, a clerk, a journal clerk, a message clerk, an engrossing clerk, an enrolling clerk and a recording clerk; a sergeantat-arms, a first assistant sergeant-at-arms, and a second assistant sergeant-at-arms. The election of president pro tempore being first. in order, Mr. Archer nominated for said office Frank E. Whittemore, of Summit county. Mr. Reynolds nominated for said office James A. Reynolds, of Cuyahoga county. There being no other nominations, the Senate proceeded to the election of a president pro tempore. Those who voted for Mr. Whittemore were: Messrs. Mr. Whittemore voted for Mr. Reynolds. Mr. Whittemore, having received a majority of the votes cast, was declared elected president pro tempore. The election of clerk being next in order, Mr. De Weese nominated for said office W. E. Halley, of Darke county. There being no other nominations, the Senate proceeded to the election of a clerk. Those who voted for Mr. Halley were: Messrs. Mr. Halley having received a majority of the votes cast, was declared elected clerk. The election of a journal clerk being next in order, Mr. Atwood nominated for said office Lloyd D. Bower, of Franklin county. There being no other nominations, the Senate proceeded to the election of a journal clerk. Those who voted for Mr. Bower were: Messrs. Miller, Norwood, Patterson, Mr. Bower having received a majority of the votes cast, was declared elected journal clerk. The election of a message clerk being next in order, Mr. Patterson nominated for said office Thomas E. Bateman, of Pike county. There being no other nominations, the Senate proceeded to the election of a message clerk. |