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UNITED STATES :— WASHINGTON
111 1910 there were 4,534 miles of steam railway in the State; and 470 miles of electric railway. The telegrajjh and telephone companies had 12,090 miles of line.
There are British Vice-Consuls at Newport News, Norfolk, and Richmond
Books of Reference concerning^ Yirginia.
Constitution of Virginia. Riclimond, 1902.
Annual Reports of : — The Secretary of tlic Commonwealth of Virginia ; of the State Corporation Commission ; of the Department of Agriculture: of the Board of Fisherie.s ; of the Adjutant-General ; of the Auditor of Public Accounts ; of the Bureau of Labour Statistics.
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. E.), Virginia, a History of the People. "American Commonwealths." [gives Authorities.] Boston, Mass., 1884.
Drafce (S. A.), The Making of Virginia and the Middle Colonies, 1578-1701. London, 1894.
Fi'ike (John), Old Virginia and Her Neighbours. 2 vols. London, 1897.
Pej/<OH (J. L.), History of Augusta County, Virginia. Staunton, Va., 1882.
WASHINGTON.
Government. — Washington, formerly part of Oregon, was created a Territory in 1853, and was admitted into the Union as a State in 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 96 in 1911), the number of Senators being not more than half nor less than one-third of that of members of the House of Representatives (actually 42 in 1911). The membership of both Houses is apportioned anew every 5 years according to the results of the Federal decennial census and of the intervening decennial State census. Senators are electci 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 male and, since general election of 1910, , all female citizens 21 years of age who have lived in the State 1 year, in the county 90 days, in the city, town, ward, or precinct where they vote 30 days, and who can read and speak English.
Governor.— Ernest Lister, 1913-1917 (6,000 dollars). Secretary of State. — I. M. Howell.
To the United States Congress the State sends 2 Senators and (since 1911) 5 Representatives.
The State contains 39 counties. The State capital is Olympia.
Area, Population, Instruction.— ^rea, 66,127 square miles.
Years
Population ; Per sq. mile
Years i Population
Per sq. mile
1880 1890
75,116 1-1 349,390 5-3
1900 518,103 1910 1 1,141,990
7-7 17-1
In 1900 the population by sex and birth was : —
—
White
Negro
Asiatic
Indian
4,960 5,079
Total
Male Female .
288,647 207,657
1,589 925
8,982 264
304,178 213,925
Total
496,304
2,514
9,246
10,039
518,103
