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Company and the Spokane and British Columbia Railroad Company ; the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway ; the Union Pacific, and the North Coast Railways each have a terminus at Seattle.

Steamers ply on the Columbia and other rivers. Several lines of steamers sail regularly to ports on the Pacific coast, to Japan and China, the Philippines, and other eastern countries, and to Europe. At the Puget Sound ports the traffic facilities, both railway and shipping, are being multiplied.

In the year ending June 30, 1919, there were in the State 1 mutual savings bank with"l9,857 depositors with 19,757,000 dollars to their credit, being 491 '36 dollars to each depositor.

There are British Vice-Consuls at Port Townsend, Gray's Harbour, Port Angeles, Seattle and Tacoma.

Books of Reference.

Manufacturing Opportunities in the State of Washington. Oiympia, 191S.

The Beauties of the State of Washington. Olyuipia, 1915.

Home Seekers Guide to the State of Washington : Its Resources, Ac. Oiympia, 1915.

Census Bulletins. Census of Manufactures, 1910. Washington, D.C., 1910.

Biennial Reports of the various Executive Departments of the State. Oiympia.

Reports of the State Geological Survey. 2 vols. Biennial. Oiympia.

Irrigation in the State of Washington. Washington, D.C., 1909.

History of the Expedition under the command of Lewis and Clark. New York, 1S93.

History of the Pacific North- West. Portland, Oregon, 1889.

School Laws. State Constitution. Oiympia, 1911.

Hatethorn (Julian), History of Washington. New York, 1S9S.

Nine* (H. K.), Illustrated History of Washington. Chicago, 1898.

Meany (E. 8.), History of the State of Washington. London, 1909.

Sehafer (J.), History of the Pacific North-West. New York, 1905.

Steven* (Hazard), Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens. Boston, Mass., 1900.

WEST VIRGINIA

Government.— In 1862, after the State of Virginia had seceded from the Union, the electors of the western portion ratified an ordinance pro- viding for the formation of a new State, which was admitted into the Union on December 31, 1862, under the name of West Virginia.

The Legislature consists of the Senate and the House of Delegates. The right to vote is given to every citizen (with necessary exceptions) 21 years of age and resident in the State one year and in the county sixty days prior to the election. The Senate is composed of 30 members elected for a term of four years in such a manner that half the Senate is renewed biennially. The House of Delegates consists of 94 members elected biennially.

Governor.— E. F. Morgan, 1921-25 (5,000 dollars). Secretary of State. — Houston G. Young.

The State is represented in the Federal Congress by two Senators elected by popular vote for 6 years and six Representatives chosen for 2 years, for the election of whom the State is divided into six congressional districts.

For local administration the State is divided into 55 counties. The State Capital is Charleston.