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14. Liquor traffic: State constitutional provisions for its 

 regulation or supervision. 



15. Labor interests: Constitutional provisions of the several 

 States relative thereto. 



16. Military affairs: Constitutional provisions relating thereto 

 compared with Michigan's constitution. 



17. Municipal corporations: Constitutional provisions of the 

 several States relating to counties, townships, cities, and 

 villages. 



18. Preambles and bills of rights: Formal preambles and 

 those sections of the several bills of rights which have no 

 corresponding provisions in the Michigan constitution. 



19. Private corporations : Provisions of the Michigan consti- 

 tution compared with those of other States. 



20. Public lauds and forest protection: Coii.stitutional pro- 

 visions of the several States relative thereto. 



21. Rights of women: As defined in the several State con- 

 stitutions. 



22. State officers : Salaries ; State boards and institutions ; 

 constitutional provisions of the several States relating thereto 

 compared with those of Michigan. 



Hew York: Constitutional Cmivention, 1915: 



1. Index-digest of State constitution: Prepared for the New 

 York Constitutional Convention of 1915 by the Legislative 

 Drafting Research Fund of Columbia University. 



2. The New York State Constitution Annotated: Prepared 

 under the direction of the New York State Library. 



3. The revision of the State constitution : A collection of papers, 

 addresses, and discussions presented at the annual meeting of 

 the Academy of Political and Social Sciences in the city of 

 New York, November 19-20, 1914. 



4. Study of county government within the City of New York 

 and a plan for its reorganization : Prepared for the Constitutional 

 Convention of 1915 by the commissioner of accounts and the 

 city cliamberlaiu. New York City. 



5. Government of the State of New York: A description of 

 its organization and functions : Prepared for the Constitutional 

 Convention of 1915 by the New York State Department of Effi- 

 ciency and Economy and the New York Bureau of Municipal 

 Research. 



6. City and county government : Special reports. 



7. Government of the city of New York : Addresses and special 

 papers. 



8. An appraisal of the New York State Constitution and Gov- 

 ernment. 



9. City and county government : The relation of the State to 

 the city school systems. 



10. Government of the city of Rochester. 



11. Government of Monroe County. 



12. Government of Nassau County : Prepared by the New York 

 Bureau of Municipal Research. 



13. The Constitution and Government of the State of New 

 York : An appraisal by the New York State Constitutional 

 Convention Commission. 



14. County Government : Part 1. Papers on Special Topics ; 

 Part II. Organization of Westchester County ; Part III. System 

 of education ; Part IV. County finances. 



15. Government of the City of New York. 



Massachusetts: Constitutional Convention 1917-1918: 



Commission to compile information and data for the use of 

 the constitutional convention: Bulletins: 



1. The procedure of constitutional conventions. 



2. State budget systems in the United States. 



3. The abolition of the Governor's cabinet. Supplement, Statu- 

 tory powers and duties of the Governor and Council. 



4. The pardoning power. 



5. A summary of existing laws on old age pension systems. 



6. The initiative and referendum. 



7. The public opinion law of Massachusetts. 



8. County government in Massachusetts. 



9. Biennial elections and legislative sessions. 



10. The short ballot. 



11. Municipal home rule. 



12. Commission government in American cities. 



13. The city manager plan of municipal government. 



14. Constitutional restrictions on municipal indebtedness. 



15. Constitutional restrictions on State debts. 



16. The selection and retirement of judges. 



17. Appropriations for sectarian and private purposes. 



18. The constitutionality of social welfare legislation. 



19. Excess condemnation. 



20. Classification of property for purposes of taxation. 



21. Methods of borrowing : Sinking fund vs. serial bonds. 



22. Municipal ownership in the United States. 



23. Ab.sent voting. 



24. Compulsory voting. 



25. The abolition of capital punishment. 



26. The recall of officers. 



27. Preferential voting. 



28. Proportional representation. 



29. The basis of the apportionment of representation in the 

 several States. 



30. The English system of provisional orders. 



31. The regulation of billboards. 



32. The regulation of the liquor traffic. 



33. Woman suffrage in the United States. 



34. Special legislation. 



35. The amendment and revision of State constitutions. 



36. The removal of judges in Massachusetts. 



37. Report of the commission to compile information and 

 data for the use of the constitutional convention. 



38. A manual for the Constitutional Convention of 1917, 

 2d edition. 



Illinois: Constitutional Convention 1918-1919: 



1. The procedure and problems of the constitutional con- 

 vention. 



2. The initiative, referendum, and recall 



3. The amending article of the constitution. 



4. State and local finance : Taxation, appropriation, and bud- 

 get methods, State and municipal debts. 



5. The short ballot 



6. Municipal home rule. 



7. Eminent domain and excess condemnation. 



8. The legislative department. 



9. The executive department. 



10. The judicial department; jury, grand jury, and claims 

 against the State. 



11. Local government in Chicago and Cook County. 



12. County and local government in Illinois. 



13. Farm tenancy and rural credits, 



14. Social and economic problems. 



15. Bill of rights, education, militia, suffrage and elections, 

 preamble, boundary, distribution and powers, schedule. 



Pennsylvania: Commission on Constitutional Amendment and 

 Revision, 1919-1920: Memoranda and Briefs: 



1. State budget system : preliminary memorandum. 



2. Taxation : Graduated income tax, article 9, section 1. 



3. County officers : Compensation. 



4. Taxation : Separation of land and buildings : Article 9, 

 section 1. 



