The Speaker pro tem administered the oath of office to the fol-
lowing members of the House of Delegates:

Mrs. Lena L. Moore, John F. McNulty, Ralph W. Lowman, Ealph
George Shure, Rudolph A. Carrico, and James C. Morton.

The Speaker pro tem next called for nominations for the office
of Speaker of the House of Delegates for the Special Session of 1946.

Whereupon, Mr. John Luber nominated Mr. John S. White, of
Prince George's County, which nomination was seconded by Mr.
Milton Dick, of Allegany County.

There being no further nominations for Speaker for the Special
Session of 1946, the Honorable John S. White, of Prince George's
County, was elected Speaker for the Special Session of 1946 by
years and nays as follows:

AFFIRMATIVE.

Messrs. —
Speaker	Todd	Zimmerman	Adler	Shure
Cecil	Ward	Burkins	Melnicove	Griffith
Johnson, J. C.	Brinsfield	Clark		Walker
Harris	Hurlock	De Ran	Robinson	Wells
Jester	Spicer	Moore	Rubenstein	Robinson, L. H.
Murray	Webb	Merriken	Sklar	Boucher
McNulty	Bryson	Neal	Argabright	Dick
Lowman	Mackie	Booth	Bandiere	Morgan
Stromeyer	Tosh	Kosakowski	Boone	Reed, L. B.
Tyler	Harvey	Milanicz	Luber	See
Morton	Joffe	Norris	Knox	Sleeman
Hall	Pumphrey	Siemek	Reed, J. H.	Barnes
Lusby	Steward	Weber	Baynes	Benson
Carrico		Cain	Griffin	Dodrer
Monroe	Wilkinson, P.	O'Dunne	Grube	Hahn
Bustard	Evans, J. W.	Di Domenico	Lehnert	Bauman
Coleman	Thomas	Schimunek	Frederick	Carroll
Gathma;nn	Dennis	Ritter	Rastenis	Burroughs
Lupo	Shockley	Weintraub		Kolb
Rockenbaugh	Walters	Buffiington	Bloom	Messick
Tolle	Frushour	Dempsey	Holzapfel	Smith
Fairbank	Grove	Kearns	Newcomer	Brenneman
Larrimore	Offutt	McNulty	Tenney	Green
Shane	Ramsburg	O'Malley	Ziegler	Myers
Evans, N.	Utterback	West	Carlock

Total—121

NEGATIVE—NONE.

Whereupon, the Speaker pro tem declared the Honorable John
S. White elected as Speaker of the House for the Extraordinary
Session of December 27, 1946.

The Speaker pro tem appointed Messrs. Luber and Dick to escort
the newly elected Speaker to the rostrum.