¹ Messages from both retiring and incoming governors were received for Maine, Delaware, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, and Washington. No messages have been secured for the regular legislative sessions in Louisiana, May, 1924, and in Georgia, June, 1924, nor from Governor John H. Trumbull of Connecticut, who succeeded Governor Bingham almost immediately after the latter's inauguration, or Governor Howard M. Gore, of West Virginia, who took office in March.