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other i>rLi;iiii/.;it ioiis n|' tlif miiKtr i-lass. Tlicsc minor 

 ortjaiiiziitioii"^ an' al>o idalcfl |o tlic ^ovciimiciil of (Ik- 

 slate, and to (>acli other directly lliroiiiili llie indivi(hials ol 

 w hieh thov are eoiiiposed. 



< loverinnenl is the specialized oruaii lor the leL^iilation of 

 th(> conchiet oi tlie iiulividuals of the state, and is lunction- 

 ally divided into the h'uishilive. e\ecnti\'e. and judicial de- 

 {•ai'tments, with a still I'lirlliei runction.-d di\i>ion nniinni;- 

 throui^li llieso _u,ivini;' eivil. military, and religious go verji- 

 nient. To the government ot" llio state, in its several units 

 and classes, the government of eorporations is subsidiary 

 and obedient. 



Tin: i..\w. 



The law. is composed of the rides ot" conduct which the 

 government endeavors It) enforce. These rules of conduct 

 control the individuals of the state in their relations to each 

 other. Conduct, in its relation to the individuals involved, 

 is either directly or indirectly jjcrsonal. Conduct may be 

 <lirectly personal in its I'elations to two or more individuals, 

 or it may be indirectly ])ersonal in that it afi'ects the rela- 

 tions of the individuals through the medium of property. 

 The lu'st gives ri.se to what J shall <lenoniinate pergonal law, 

 the sccoikI io propryfi/ law. 



Again, in the organization of the l>ody politic, minor 

 bodies have been d,escribe(l, an<l designated as corporation.^, 

 including in the term all bodies jtoliticof the minor class, 2. f., 

 all jirivate corporations as distinct from municipal or govern- 

 ment corj)orations. The relations of in<lividuals to each 

 other, as members of a coi-poration, aie controlled by tiie 

 corporations them.selves in their organized capacities, but 

 these regulations nmst conform to the law of the .state, and 

 are ultimately relegated for their enforcement to the govern- 

 ment. But the control of corporations in their relations to 

 each other, in their relations to the government, and in 

 their relations to tlie indivi<luals of the stat(>, gives rise to a 

 body of corporatio'ii law. 



Again, since government is diU'eicnti.ited .is the organ of 



