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In 1917 there were 4,677 miles of steam railway in the State; and 443 miles of electric railway (1919). The telegraph and telephone companies had 12,090 miles of line.
The Federal Reserve Bank for the Fifth District is located at Richmond.
There are British Vice-Consuls at Newport News, Norfolk, and Richmond.
Books of Reference concerning Virginia.
Constitution of Virginia. Richmond, 1902.
Annual Reports of :— The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia ; of the State Corporation Commission ; of the Department of Agriculture : of the Board of Fisheries ; of the Adjutant-General ; of the Auditor of Public Accounts ; of the Bureau of Labour Statistics ; of the State Library Board ; and the Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Bruce (P. A.), Economic History of Virginia in the 17th century. 2 vols. London, 1890. — Social Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century. Richmond, 1907.
Cooke (J. B.), Virginia, a History of the People. "American Commonwealths." [Gives Authorities.] Boston, Mass., 1884.
Drake (S. A.), The Making of Virginia and the Middle Colonies, 1578-1701. London, 1894.
Eckenrode (H. J.), The Revolution in Virginia. Boston and London, 1916.
Fiske (John), Old Virginia and Her Neighbours. 2 vols. London, 1897.
Hening (W. W.), Editor. Statutes at Large. 13 vols. Richmond, 1809-1823.
Kennedy (J. P.). and Mellwaine (H. R.), Journals of the House of Burgesses of Vir- ginia. 13 vols. Richmond, 1905-1915.
Lancaster (R. A ), Historic Virginia Homes and Churches. Philadelphia, 1915.
Meade (W.), Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia. 2 vols. Philadelphia, 1872.
Pearson (Charles C), The Readjuster Movement in Virginia. New Haven and London, 1918.
Stith(W ), History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia. New York, 1865.
Swem (E. G.), A Bibliography of Virginia, Part 1. Published by the State Library. Richmond, 1916.
Watson (T. L.), Mineral Resources of Virginia. 1907.
Wertenbaker (T. J.), Virginia under the Stuarts (1607-1688). Princeton and London, 1914.
WASHINGTON.
Government. — Washington, formerly part of Oregon, was created a Territory in 1853, and was admitted into the Union as a State on Feb- ruary 22, 1889. The Legislature consists of a Senate and a House of Representatives, the latter composed of not less than 63 nor more than 99 members (actually 97 in 1917), the number of Senators being not more than half nor less than one-third of that of members of the House of Representa- tives (actually 41 in 1917). The membership of both Houses is apportioned anew every 10 years according to the results of the Federal decennial census. Senators are elected for 4 years, half their number retiring every 2 years ; members of the House of Representatives are elected for 2 years.
Qualified as voters are (with some exceptions) all citizens 21 years of age who have lived in the State 1 year, in the county 90 days, in the city, town, ward, or precinc£ where they vote 30 days, and who can read and speak English.
Governor.— Louis F. Hart, 1921-1925 (6,000 dollars). Secretary of Slate. — I. M. Howell.
To the United States Congress the State sends 2 Senators and (since 1911) 5 Representatives.
Trie State contains 39 counties. The State capital is Olympia.
