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Indiana University Studies 



M. Sherwood, director of the Rhode Island Legislative Ref- 

 erence Bureau, for assistance and direction in connection with 

 the original study, and to Mr. John A. Lapp of the Indiana 

 Bureau of Legislative Information for the use of the facili- 

 ties of the Bureau. 



Frederic Howland Guild 



Urbana, III., June 8, 1916 



