REPORT To His Excellency, WESTMORELAND DAVIS, Governor of Virginia. Sir: I herewith transmit a report of the transactions of this department for the year ending September 30, 1920, in accordance with the requirements of law, embracing: (a) Lists of all charters of incorporation recorded, of charters of foreign corporations filed, of trade-marks and proprietary containers registered. (b) The boards of visitors (or directors) of all public institutions, and other boards appointed by the Governor. In this list is included the official heads of these institutions. (c) Commissions issued under appointment made by the Governor. In giving the list of notaries public there have been included all notaries whose commissions are in force at this date, those instances being indicated in which evidence of qualifications has not been returned to this office as the law directs. There are also included other appointments made by the Governor, and a list of all State officers at the seat of government, members of the General Assembly, and the judiciary system-both State and Federal-and members of Congress, showing the expiration of their respective terms of office. (d) Accounts of fees and taxes collected, receipts and disbursements of contingent expenses of the office, funds received from sales of State publications, and funds received from collections on account of licenses issued to automobile owners, dealers, chauffeurs and motorcycle owners. FEES AND TAXES COLLECTED. Collections are shown by a cash account kept in the office, and payments made into the State treasury by vouchers of the Auditor of Public Accounts in my possession. CONTINGENT EXPENSE ACCOUNT. Warrants drawn on Auditor of Public Accounts for all expenditures of this fund; vouchers accompany each warrant. SALE OF STATE PUBLICATIONS. Books showing the collections for sales and vouchers for payments into the State treasury are kept in the office. AUTOMOBILE LICENSES, ETC. Collections received from issuance of automobile owners, dealers, chauffeurs and motorcycle licenses are paid into the treasury to credit of State Road Fund. Books showing collections and disbursements, and vouchers showing payments into State treasury are kept in this office. GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATIONS. Those having the force and effect of law are printed in full. Respectfully submitted, B. O. JAMES, Secretary of the Commonwealth. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO State Government of Virginia Officers at the Seat of Government at Richmond, Va. WESTMORELAND DAVIS, Governor.... Aide to the Governor, LeRoy Hodges... Secretary, Miss Malrie L. Hunter.... Assistant Secretary, Miss Violet E. McDougal........ ..of Loudoun. of Petersburg. of Richmond city. of Richmond city. of Richmond city. of Richmond city. STAFF OF GOVERNOR WESTMORELAND DAVIS. Colonel DAVID HARRIS LEAKE, Chief of Staff.. Colonel SAMUEL LEROY SLOVER... Colonel WILLIAM MADISON SCOTT.. Colonel THOMAS HENRY NOTTINGHAM. Colonel HAROLD GORDON BLUNDON.. Colonel FRANCIS NASH BILISOLY.. Colonel BENJAMIN MORGAN SHEPHERD. Colonel WILLIAM FRANCIS POWERS... Colonel HORACE LILBURN SMITH.. Colonel DECATUR JONES HOLCOMBE. Colonel JOHN THOMAS TROUT.... Colonel WILLIAM LOGAN MAUPIN, JR.. Colonel JAMES DONALD RICHARDS. Colonel EDWIN E. GARRETT.. Colonel ROBERT BUFORD WILLIAMS.. Colonel NAPOLEON BOND...... Colonel THOMAS MITCHELL DOBYNS... Colonel STEPHEN DAVIS TIMBERLAKE, JR.. Colonel CHARLES SCOTT Adams. Richmond, Va. Richmond, Va. Eastville, Va. Danville, Va. Charlottesville, Va. Colonel JULIAN Y. WILLIAMS.. Colonel FIELD WILBON.. .Colonel WILLIAM A. ROBERTS. Colonel WILBER C. HALL... Colonel CARROLL MENIFEE.. Lynchburg, Va. Alexandria, Va. Richmond, Va. Chase City. Leesburg, Va. Sperryville, Va. Officers Detailed from the Virginia National Guard as Aides to the Major JOHN P. LEARY, State Judge Advocate, Virginia National Guard. B. FRANK BUCHANAN, Lieutenant Governor. JOHN R. SAUNDERS, Attorney General.. B. O. JAMES, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Chief Clerk, C. H. Urner... C. LEE MOORE, Auditor of Public Accounts.. WM. F. SMYTH, State Accountant.. Assistant, Arthur Gathright.. ROSEWELL PAGE, Second Auditor.. Harris Hart, Superintendent of Public Instruction... Secretary of State Board of Education, Jas. N. Hillman.. .of Smyth. .of Middlesex. ..of Richmond city. ...of Chesterfield. of Montgomery. ...of Shenandoah. of Alexandria. ..of Rockbridge. of Washington. .of Henrico. ..of Hanover. ..of Roanoke city. ..of Coeburn. JOHN W. RICHARDSON, Register of the Land Office and Superintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings. BRIG. GENL. JO LANE STERN, The Adjutant General.. ..of Richmond city. ......of Richmond city. Chief Clerk, Major Jos. Le Masurier, Va. National Guard ....of Richmond city. Detailed by War Department, Col. C. A. Dempsey.. Lt. Col. Joseph S. Cecil.. Major W. H. Gill..... JOHN HIRSCHBERG, Commissioner of Labor. Chief Clerk, Howard T. Colvin.... DAVIS BOTTOM, Superintendent of Public Printing... CHARLES A. OSBORNE, State Purchasing Agent.. DR. HENRY R. McILWAINE, State Librarian. JAMES B. WOOD, Superintendent of the Penitentiary.. HARRY B. SMITH, Commissioner of Prohibition... F. NASH BILISOLY, State Game Commissioner. DR. ENNION G. WILLIAMS, Health Commissioner.. Assistant, Dr. Roy K. Flannagan.. .U. S. A. .U. S. A. .U. S. A. ..of Richmond city. of Richmond city. ..of Richmond city. of Richmond city. .of Charlotte. of Petersburg. of Richmond city. ..of Richmond city. of Richmond city. of Richmond city. of Culpeper. .of Amherst. .of Portsmouth. .of Hanover. of Richmond city. of Richmond city. REV. J. T. MASTIN, Secretary Board of Charities and Corrections ....of Richmond city. Assistant Secretary, Miss Louise Fitzhugh Price... C. H. MORRISETT, Legislative Reference Bureau.. .......... of Richmond city. of Lynchburg. JOHN W. WILLIAMS, Clerk of the House of Delegates and Keeper of the Rolls of Virginia... O. V. HANGER, Clerk of the Senate. of Charlotte. .of Giles. .of Amherst. GEO. W. KOINER, Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration......of Augusta. Engineer and Inspector. J. C. Dickerman..... Civil Engineer and Assistant Assessor of Mineral Land, Burton Mary...................... of Richmond city. of Richmond city. ..of Richmond city. ..of Richmond city. Bureau of Insurance NOTE: The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Commissioner of Agriculture, and State Treasurer are elected by the people for a term of four years, their present terms commencing on February 1, 1918; and the members of the State Corporation Commission for a term of six years beginning February 1st. The Auditor of Public Accounts, Second Auditor, Register of the Land Office, and Superintendent of Public Printing elected by the General Assembly for a term of four years, from March 1, 1920; and the Commissioner of Insurance for a term of four years, commencing February 1, 1918. The Superintendent of the Penitentiary elected by the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary for a term of four years, from January 1, 1920. The Adjutant General is appointed by the Governor for a term of four years; and the Commissioner of Labor for a term of two years, commencing March 1st. |