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348 thirty-three votes; Smith, twenty-one; Nesmith, nine; Simpson, three; Kelsay, one; Corbett, one; Logan, one; and, upon the second ballot, Gibbs received thirtythree; Smith, thirty-one; Simpson, two; Kelsay, one; Corbett one; Logan, one. Eight ballots were taken without material change. On Saturday, September 29, on the fifteenth ballot, John Whiteaker received thirty votes; A. C. Gibbs, thirty-three; H. W. Corbett, five; Kelly, one; and a motion to adjourn being made and lost, W. Carey Johnson withdrew the name of Governor Gibbs, and placed in nomination the name of H. W. Corbett. Mr. Corbett on the sixteenth ballot received thirty-eight votes; Mr. Smith, fourteen; Mr. Nesmith, four; Judge Prim, seven; Judge Kelly, five; John Whiteaker, one; total number of votes cast sixty-nine, of which Mr. Corbett having received thirty-eight votes, was declared duly elected. The oath of office to Governor Woods was administered by E. D. Shattuck, then chief justice of the supreme court, who still survives, and who retired from a long and honorable career upon the bench on July 1, 1898. The inaugural address was delivered at the Methodist Episcopal Church at Salem; Rev. Davis Leslie offered the opening prayer, and the governor-elect was introduced by Governor Gibbs. Mr. Upton on Saturday, October 6, 1866, offered House Joint Resolution No. 13, to designate the Oregon Central Railroad Company as the company entitled to receive the land and all of the benefits of the act of congress, approved July 25, 1866, entitled "An act granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Central Pacific Railroad in California to Portland, in Oregon." A special message to the legislative assembly was communicated October 8, urging favorable legislation in behalf of the construction