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Public Document No. 3

SECOND AN N EAL REPORT

TRUSTEES OF THE'STATE LIBRARY

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TRUSTEES OF THE STATE LIBRARY

on November 30, 1911.

JOSIAH H. BENTON, Chairman. Appointed June 1, 1911. Term expires June 1, 1914.

ALLEN T. TREADWAY, Ex officio. JOSEPH WALKER, Ex officio. President of the Senate. Speaker of the House. M ROBERT L. O’BRIEN, W INFIELD S. SLOCUM, Appointed June 1, 1910. Appointed July 9, 1909. Term expires June 1, 1913. Term expires June 1, 1912.

OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY.

Charles F. D. B e ld e n , .... Librarian. Miss E l l e n M. S a w y e r, .... First Assistant. Miss M a ria C. S m i t h ,...... 1 Miss J e n n ie W . Foster, . . . [ Miss Susy A. Dickinson, Mrs. A n n ie G. Hopkins, . f Assistants. Miss Sara E. N oyes, ...... Miss E. Louise Jones, ...... J. F . M unroe, ...... Louis A. P h illip s, ...... Reference Assistant. William R. G riffin , ...... Messenger. Abraham T ru sty , ...... stack Custodian.

®I)C Commonwealtl) of ittassadjusetts.

TRUSTEES’ REPORT.

To the Honorable The Senate and House o f Representatives in General Court Assembled. The trustees of the State Library make this their second annual report for the year ending Nov. 30, 1911. Chapter 217 of the Acts of the year 1910 made the Presi­ dent of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre­ sentatives ex officiis trustees of the State Library, in addition to the three trustees otherwise appointed, and provided that the Board as thus constituted should have the management and control of the library and of the moneys appropriated therefor. It also provided that they should keep records of their doings and “ annually report to the general court, with such suggestions for the improvement of the library as they may deem proper.”

T r u s t e e s ’ M e e t i n g s . The trustees have held regular meetings on the first and third Saturdays of each month at the library in the State House, and kept permanent records of their doings. All pro­ posed expenditures of money have been authorized by them by vote before such expenses were incurred, and all bills for expenses thus authorized have been examined and approved by the trustees before they have been presented to the State Auditor and Treasurer for payment. A statement of the year’s appropriations and expenditures is annexed to this report.

P u r c h a s e o e G e n e r a l C o u r t C a r d C a t a l o g u e . By chapter 17 of the Resolves of 1911 the trustees were authorized “ to purchase for the commonwealth, at an expense not exceeding five thousand dollars, the card catalogue of the general court of Massachusetts prepared by the late Caleb B. Tillinghast.” The trustees made the purchase as thus authorized for the sum of $5,000, and received therefor not only the card cata­ logue, but all the letter files and correspondence with regard to the collection of the same, and these are now the property of the Commonwealth in the custody of the Library Depart­ ment. The library assistants are keeping the card index up to date, and so far as practicable obtaining information to perfect the same. We suggest for the consideration of the Legislature whether it may not be proper at some time to provide for the editing and printing of this unique and valuable catalogue, contain­ ing the record so far as obtainable of all past legislators and State officers, which to a large extent is available in no other form.

S e l e c t i o n o f B o o k s a n d S c o p e o f L i b e a e y . Books are selected by the trustees on the recommendation of the librarian, lists of books so recommended being sent to each trustee for examination before the meeting at which their purchase is authorized. In the revision of these lists and the selection of books which are purchased, the trustees endeavor to keep clearly in mind the primary purpose for which the General Court, in the act under which the library was established, declared it was to he maintained, that is, “ for the use of the governor, lieutenant governor, council, general court and such officers of the government and other persons as may be permitted to use it.” Their understanding of the scope of a library established for that purpose is fairly indicated by the following state­ ment : — 1. Statutes and Reports. — The library should possess the laws and the judicial decisions of the United States, the sev­ eral States and the Territories; the laws and the judicial deci­ sions of Great Britain and her colonies and dependencies; and the statute law, at least, of all the other countries of the civilized world. Digests, revisions and compilations of the laws and reports naturally have their place with this collec­ tion, as also the journals and debates of the constitutional conventions. The library’s collection in this line is to-day unique. It should he kept strictly up to date, and gaps and deficiencies supplied whenever opportunity offers. 2. Public Records. — The Library should contain the con­ gressional and public documents of the United States and of the several States; the parliamentary reports, i.e., the ses­ sional papers of Great Britain and selected departmental reports of her colonies and dependencies. The library pos­ sesses most of these. The public records and the legislative journals of the larger foreign countries also have their legiti­ mate place in such a collection. The library possesses a lim­ ited number of the foreign journals. Every effort should he made to perfect these public records where incomplete, and they should be continued as issued. 3. New England. — The library has a large collection of material relating to New England, and especially to Massa­ chusetts as Colony, Province and Commonwealth. This ma­ terial includes history, biography, genealogy, town reports, maps and newspapers. All possible additions should be made to this collection so far as items relating to Massachusetts are concerned, and a careful selection of material relating to the other New England States should be included as far as prac­ ticable within a reasonable limit of expense. 4. Miscellaneous. — The collection under this head should make provision for special, limited libraries for each depart­ ment of government, executive, judicial and legislative; not every book published, of course, relating to the subjects which might be of conceivable service, but a carefully made selec­ tion. In addition to the statutes and law reports, there should be at the service of the Attorney-General’s office, as well as for the General Court, a carefully chosen library of the stand­ ard and universally used legal text-books and law period­ icals. The executive, legislative and other State departments, and the various boards, commissions and committees should find in the library a fair selection of the latest and best mate­ rial relating to government, and to social and political science ; the standard works on finance, taxation and banking; books relating to agriculture and horticulture; collections relating to pedagogy and education, the literature of penology, chari­ ties, social reform, State industries, civic development and betterment; the standard histories; books relating to the social and political development of other States and coun­ tries ; publications of historical societies of national standing; political biographies; and the important standard periodicals. The class of books known as “ works of reference ” should be complete, including encyclopaedias, dictionaries, gazetteers, atlases and the various indexes and guides to the use of books in the fields of State and political activity above indicated.

R e p o e t o f t h e L i b b a e i a n . The report of the librarian, which is hereto appended, con­ tains detailed statements of the work of the department for the year. We commend it to the careful attention of the General Court. It is concise, though complete, and we think there is nothing in it with which those who are interested in the library, and especially those for whose use it is primarily maintained, should not make themselves reasonably familiar. We desire, however, to call special attention to that portion of it which shows the preparation and publication of the exten­ sive and unique “ Catalogue of Foreign Laws ” in the library, and also to the work now in progress in the preparation of a much-needed index to the messages of the Governors of the Commonwealth. We believe the Foreign Law Catalogue is a credit to the librarian, and especially to his first assistant, Miss Sawyer, to whom, by reason of her special qualifications, this im­ portant work has been entrusted. The index to the messages of the Governors will, we think, supply a needed means of reference to much legislative and executive action as to which accurate information is not now readily obtained.

L e g i s l a t i v e R e f e r e n c e R o o m s . The use of the legislative reference rooms, which are ex­ clusively for the use of the members of the General Court and State officers, has steadily increased. We believe they will continue to be more and more valuable as their use ex­ tends. When all the members of the Legislature become aware of the assistance which this reference library, as now maintained and worked, can give them in the performance of their legislative duties, we are sure they will find the use of it ample compensation for all the expense of maintaining the library as a whole.

C o n c l u s i o n . In conclusion, the trustees desire to express their appre­ ciation of the faithful and efficient manner in 'which the librarian and all others employed in the library work have performed their several duties. Whatever success this de­ partment may have in the accomplishment of the purposes for which it is maintained, and in serving those for whose use it exists, is, and must continue to be, largely due to their loyalty and labor. JOSIAH H. BENTON, Chairman. ALLEN T. TEEADWAY. JOSEPH WALKER. R O B E R T L. O’BRIEN . W IN F IE L D S. SLOCUM. FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

D r . Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Account with State Library, 1910-1911. C r .

1910.

D ec. 1 to Salaries of librarian and first assistant $5,200 00 A m oun t drawn from appropriation of $15,010, for salaries of librarian and clerical assistants ...... $15,010 00 N ov. 30, Salary of legislative reference assistant 1,750 00 LIBRARY. STATE

1911. Salaries of seven assistants . 6,500 00

Salaries of messenger and stack custodian 1,560 00 $15,010 00

Purchase of books $6,978 29 A m oun t drawn from appropriation of $10,000, for books, Binding 1,307 13 binding, cataloguing and indexing ..... $9,999 83

Cataloguing and in d exin g ...... 1,714 41 9,999 83

Catalogue of Foreign Laws ..... $1,127 50 A m ou n t drawn from appropriation of $2,500, for incidental expenses, including printing of annual report 2,352 83 Annual report for 1909-10 ..... 52 12

Contingent expenses, including expressage, postage, tionery, supplies, etc...... 1,173 21 2,352 83 $27,362 66

$27,362 66

Card catalogue of the General Court of Massachusetts $5,000 00 Amount drawn from special appropriation of $5,000, for purchase of the card catalogue of the General Court of Massachusetts ...... 5,000 00 [Dec. Total $32,362 66 Total . . . $32,362 66 LIBRARIAN’S REPORT.

To the Board of Trustees. Hie annual report of the State Librarian for the year end­ ing Nov. 30, 1911, is herewith respectfully submitted.

L e g i s l a t i v e R e f e r e n c e R o o m s . During the 1911 session of the Legislature the increased use of the reference rooms set apart for the sole benefit of the State officials and members of the General Court has been most gratifying. The number making daily visits to the rooms was noticeably larger than last year, when they were first opened for reference service. The shelving in the four rooms, accommodating some 4,000 volumes, has been well filled with the various collections of statutes, law reports, department publications, and books on subjects of current interest, taken from the main stack-rooms of the library. To meet the special needs of the legislators, the variety of sub­ jects on which information is sought is almost endless. Dur­ ing the year inquiries were made relating to the following topics, which serve as an index to the wide range of material that a good reference library must he able to supply on short notice: —

Agriculture Cities (Forms of Government) Arbitration City and Town Planning Bath-tub Trust Civil Service Beef Trust Cold Storage Billboards Commission Government Boston (Metropolitan District) Congestion of Population in Canadian Industrial Disputes Cities Acts Conservation Capital Punishment Constitutions Cartels Corrupt Practices Child Labor Cost of Living Cigarettes Delay in the Courts Direct Legislation Monopolies Education Mosquitoes Eight-hour Day Municipal Accounting Emigration and Immigration Navigation Employers’ Liability Northern Securities Employment Offices Old-age Pensions Express Open-air Schools Factories and Factory Legisla­ Open and Closed Shop tion Optometry Finance (Banks, Currency, etc.) Parcels Post Finance (Federal and State) Parks and Boulevards Fisheries Parole Power Flies Playgrounds Food, Drugs, etc. Poor Laws, etc. Gambling, including Bucket Popular Election o f Senators Shops Popular Government Garden Cities Postal Savings Bank Grade Crossings Preferential Voting Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths Primary Elections Llomesteads Prisons, Crime, etc. Housing Problem Probation Indeterminate Sentence Profit Sharing Indians Prohibition Industrial Arbitration Public Drinking Cup Industrial Diseases and Danger­ Public Health ous Trades Public Lands Industrial Education Public Service Rates in the Industrial Waste United States and Foreign Infant Mortality Countries: Cabs, Electricity, Infantile Paralysis Gas, Street Railways, Tele­ Initiative and Referendum phone and Water Inland Waterways Quasi-public Works Insanity and Insane Hospitals Railway Consolidation Insurance Railway Electrification Intoxicating Liquors Railway Rates Juvenile Delinquents and Of­ Recall fenders Reciprocity with Canada Labor Roads and Highways Loan Sharks Rural Schools Local Option Safe and Sane Fourth Manual Training School Savings Banks Manufactures Sherman Anti-trust Act Massachusetts Town Govern­ Short Ballot ment Smoke Nuisance Milk Standard Oil Company Mines and Mining Steel Trust Stock Watering Laws Trusts Stocks. Futures Tuberculosis Strikes Unemployed Subsidies Uniformity of Laws Sugar Trust United Shoe Machinery Com­ Sunday Baseball pany Sunday Laws Vasectomy Tariff Voluntary Associations Taxation Wages, including Minimum Telephone and Telegraph Wage Tenement Houses Water Supply Tobacco Trust Weights and Measures Torrens System of Land Reg­ Woman Suffrage istration Women and Children Towns and Cities W ool Trust Traffic and Transportation Workingmen’s Insurance Trees, Forests and Forestry

As stated in the report of last year, book-lists have been compiled covering these subjects. The lists note not only books, but pamphlets and periodical articles. So far as prac­ ticable it is the intention to keep all of these bibliographies up to date, so that references may be given to the latest word on the subject whenever desired. The book-lists have been found to be of great service in making the collections of the library workable by placing the right book in the hands of the person seeking information. The membership of the Legislature varies so from year to year that it is well occasionally to call the attention of its members to some of the collections in the State Library, which should be of interest and value to them in the course of their legislative work. The following are among the important things to be found on the shelves of the library: — Statutes and Reports. — The laws and the judicial deci­ sions of the United States, the several States and the Terri­ tories; the laws and the judicial decisions of Great Britain. Both of these collections are practically complete. A notable collection of the laws and the judicial decisions of the colo­ nies and dependencies of Great Britain. The statute law of the other countries of the civilized world is well represented. In addition, the collections are supplemented by the digests of the reports, and the revisions and compilations of the Iaws> and also by many of the journals and debates of the constitu­ tional conventions. Public Records. — The library possesses almost complete sets of the congressional and public documents of the United States and the several States, a large selection of the parlia­ mentary reports of Great Britain, and selected departmental reports of her colonies and dependencies. New England. — A very complete collection of material relating to Yew England, especially to Massachusetts as Col­ ony, Province and Commonwealth. The subjects included are history, biography, genealogy, town reports, maps and newspapers. Miscellaneous. — The library possesses the important periodicals, including law periodicals; the latest and best material relating to government, and to social and political science; the standard works on finance, taxation and bank­ ing; books relating to agriculture and horticulture, to peda­ gogy and education, to penology, charities, social reform, State industries and civic development and betterment. The standard histories are to be found; also, collections relating to the social and political development of other States and countries; the important biographies, especially political. A good working library of reference books should also be men­ tioned, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, gazetteers, atlases, directories, and various indexes and guides to the use of books in the fields of State and political activity above indicated.

N e w s p a p e r s i x t h e S t a t e L i b r a r y . Members of the General Court frequently express surprise at finding not only the important Massachusetts daily and weekly newspapers on file, but also bound volumes of the same, running back in many instances for long series of years. In the Appendix to this report will be found lists giving the names and the years covered of the various Massachusetts papers currently received and bound, papers currently re­ ceived from outside the State, and other files of newspapers in the library, some of them extending back to the time of the American revolution. C u r r e n t E v e n t s I n d e x . As an aid to the use of the newspapers, a card index to “ current events” was started in 1892. In this catalogue, which is adj acent to the newspaper stack-room in the gallery of the library, and which at present consists of some 230,000 cards, references may he found to the following subjects, for which there has been constant inquiry: speeches and letters of men prominent in Massachusetts and elsewhere, biograph­ ical and historical sketches, notices of centennial and other anniversaries, political and other important conventions, political platforms, obituaries, banquets, big fires, laying of corner stones, dedications of memorials and buildings, reso­ lutions, news relating to direct nominations, taxation, strikes, riots, wars, floods, launchings, accidents and wrecks, ship subsidy, woman suffrage, racial affairs, etc. A large mass of valuable historical material which would otherwise be hidden is thus made accessible and useful. Only those who have made frequent use of this index can appreciate the patient care and good judgment given to the work by Mr. James F. Munroe, who has been in charge of the newspaper department since 1892.

L a b o r a n d T r a d e J o u r n a l s . Through the kindness of Mr. Charles F. Gettemy, director of the Bureau of Statistics of Massachusetts, the library has received the following labor and trade journals: —

Advance Advocate, for 1908-10. Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers Journal, for 1908-10. American Photo Engraver, for 1909 and 1910. American Pressman, for 1909 and 1910. Blacksmiths Journal, for 1908-10. Boilermakers Journal, for 1908-10. Bricklayer and Mason, for 1908 and 1909. Bridgemen’s Magazine, for 1909 and 1910. The Car Worker, for 1908-10. The Carpenter, for 1908-10. Cigarmakers Official Journal, for 1908 and 1909. Coast Seamen’s Journal, for 1908 and 1909. Commercial Telegraphers Journal, for 1908 and 1909. The Coopers International Journal, for 1908-10. The Electrical Worker, for 1908-10. The Exponent, for 1909 and 1910. The Glass Worker, for 1909 and 1910. Granite Cutters Journal, for 1907-10. Horseshoers Monthly Magazine, for 1908 and 1909. International Bookbinder, for 1908 and 1909. International Moulder’s Journal, for 1908-10. International Musician, for 1909. International Stereotypers’ and Electrotypers’ Boston Journal, for 1910. The Jewelry Worker, for 1907 and 1908. Journal of the Switchmen’s Union, for 1906-10. The Journeyman Barber, for 1909. The Lather, for 1908 and 1909. Leather Workers’ Journal, for 1908-10. Locomotive Engineers Journal, for 1903, 1908-10. Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen’s Magazine, for 1908-10. Machinists Monthly Journal, for 1908-10. Magazine o f the International Brotherhood o f Teamsters, for 1905-09. The Marble Worker, for 1909 and 1910. Metal Polishers Journal, for 1909 and 1910. Miners Magazine, for 1908-10. The Mixer and Server, for 1908-10. The Motorman and Conductor, for 1908 and 1909. Our Journal, for 1908. Painter and Decorator, for 1908-10. Paper Makers Journal, for 1908 and 1909. Pattern Makers Journal, for 1908 and 1909. Piano, Organ, and Musical Instrument Workers Official Journal, for 1908 and 1909. The Plate Printer, for 1909 and 1910. Plumbers, Gas and Steam Fitters’ Journal, for 1908-10. The Railroad Employee, for 1908 and 1909. The Railroad Telegrapher, for 1908-10. The Railroad Trainman, for 1908-10. Railway Carmen’s Journal, for 1905-10. The Railway Clerk, for 1908 and 1910. The Railway Conductor, for 1908-10. Retail Clerks International Advocate, for 1908 and 1909. Shoe Workers Journal, for 1904-08 and 1910. Square Deal, for 1906-10. Steam Shovel and Dredge, for 1908-10. Stone Cutters Journal, for 1908 and 1909. Stove Mounters and Range Workers Journal, for 1908 and 1909. The Tailor, for 1908 and 1909. The Tobacco Worker, for 1908 and 1909. The Typographical Journal, for 1907-10. The Union Postal Clerk, for 1908 and 1909. Weekly Bulletin o f the Clothing Trades, for 1907 and 1908.

The Bureau of Statistics receives these journals as issued. At the end of each current year of publication, or at the con­ venience of the Bureau, the above journals and others are to be given to the State Library. This is believed to be the only collection in the city or State covering so many indus­ tries, and the volumes should be of great service to the statis­ tician and the investigator of social and industrial problems.

C a t a l o g u e o f M assachusetts L e g i s l a t o r s . In order to obtain first-hand information for use in com­ piling the continuation of the card index of the Massachusetts legislators, the following letter was sent to all the new mem- bers-elect of the 1912 Legislature: —

S t a t e L i b r a r y o p M assachusetts ,

S t a t e H o u s e , B o s t o n , Dec. 8, 1911. D e a r S ir : — I am requested by the trustees of the State Library o f Massachusetts to write you, as a member-elect o f the General Court, in order to obtain on the enclosed sheet information for our card catalogue of Massachusetts legislators. This catalogue forms an accurate and valuable historical record of legislators from 1780 to date, and is in constant use. I also take this opportunity to call your attention to the legis­ lative reference rooms o f the State Library, which are open during the session of the Legislature for the sole use o f State officials and members o f the General Court. Here you may find various collec­ tions o f statutes, reports, department publications and books on special^ subjects o f particular value to you, taken from the book- stacks of the lib.rary. It is hoped that you will make much use of these reference rooms. The librarian and assistants will be glad to help you in all reasonable ways in the use of the library and its material in connection with your official duties. Trusting that I may have the pleasure of meeting you personally, believe me, Sincerely yours, Charles Belden, Librarian. These questions were asked on the sheet which accom­ panied the letter: —

Name in full (given, middle, and surname). Birth (place and date). Residence (town, street and number). Occupation. Political party. Additional information, including education, public offices pre­ viously held (when and where), etc.

C a t a l o g u e o f E o b e ig n L a w s . Appended to the annual report of the librarian of the State Library for the year ending Sept. 30, 1900, there appeared a catalogue of the foreign laws then in the library, prepared by Miss Ellen M. Sawyer. It consisted of seventy-five pages of entries in rather small type. Since then this interesting and valuable portion of the library has received many addi­ tions. In consequence, a new catalogue of the collection has been issued by the library this year from the press of the State printer. Great credit is due to Miss Sawyer for her patient and painstaking labors in the preparation of copy for the printer during the past two years. The result is a most admirable and satisfactory piece of work. The contents of the catalogue are so unique, that, at the suggestion of the trustees of the library, a review of the collection, which was written by Mr. Raymond L. Bridgman, admirably qualified for such a task, and which appeared in the “ Worcester Evening Post,” under date of Yov. 25, 1911, is quoted in fu ll: —

Massachusetts has what is asserted by its State librarian, Charles F. D. Belden, to be the best collection in the world o f the laws of the different States o f the civilized world. He has just published a catalogue of this collection, which has been the work, mainly dur­ ing the past two years, of Miss Ellen M. Sawyer, the linguist in the library and the first assistant, who has superintended the work. The collection was begun by the late librarian, C. B. Tillinghast, and Mr. Belden is therefore not blowing his own trumpet, but merely giving due credit to his deceased predecessor, whose ideas he is trying to carry out. This collection represents more than 260 foreign countries and dependencies, and comprises about 10,000 volumes. The laws are in the following languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, Bohemian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Hawaiian and Latin. Countries with other languages are represented, such as Turkey, China and Japan, but the books are in some one of the languages in the above list. The dependencies of Great Britain publish their laws in English; of France, in French, and so on, so that the list o f languages is short compared with the number o f countries and dependencies represented. The collection is available for use by any one who comes to the library, but the volumes are not permitted to be taken away. They are consulted frequently, either by business men who wish to learn under what conditions they can do business in foreign countries, or by persons expecting to travel, or by political writers or historians. Although the nucleus of a collection of foreign laws was made much earlier, it was not until 1882 that systematic work on its enlargement was begun, and in 1898 Mr. Tillinghast opened correspondence with nearly every foreign country in order to put the collection on a systematic and thorough foundation. By the courtesy of foreign governments a large number of volumes have been secured by gift or exchange and when this has been impossible, as it has been in the case of certain valuable collections printed in the past, important additions have been made by purchase. The catalogue covers simply this foreign collection, and does not deal with any other part of the library. It is an octavo of 311 pages, bound in dark red buckram and will be sent on exchange account to the various State libraries, the leading law libraries, the universities and public libraries of the country and to the foreign governments.. In this collection Great Britain is represented by the laws o f (13 colonies and dependencies; France by 13; Germany by 14; Switzer­ land by 24 cantons; Mexico by 15 states; Canada by 11 provinces; India by 18 provinces; Africa by 28 colonies or dependencies and South America by 18 countries. The laws of Great Britain and France are especially complete, and the laws of the Canadian provinces are nearly so. The series of Hungarian laws is particu­ larly fine. The collection of early Spanish laws would be difficult to duplicate and that of early Mexican law is so complete that it includes many laws which cannot be found in their own official collection. The collection of laws of Great Britain goes back to Magna Charta, and the volume in which this series begins was printed in London in 1758 by Thomas Baskett and compiled by John Cay. The set is a folio edition o f six volumes, and brings the laws from Magna Charta down to the thirtieth year o f George II., or 1756. Later, two volumes were added to the series, bringing it down to the tenth year o f George III., or 1769. There is another series, edited by Danby Pickering, which begins also at Magna Charta and comes down to the forty-sixth year o f George III., or to 1806. It was printed by the University press in 46 volumes octavo, from 1762 to 1807. This is followed by another series, which goes on from the end o f the preceding, beginning in 1807 under the title o f “ The statutes o f the United Kingdom o f Great Britain and Ireland,” and comes down to 1867. Then, under the title of “ Pub­ lic general statutes,” the series comes down to 1909, and, doubtless, will be continued yearly. There are other volumes which are com­ pilations, or editions classified by subjects, not by dates or sessions. But practically the entire body of British law is contained in the collection. It should be said that this collection does not deal with the Constitutions o f different states or nations, and does not touch the subject o f international treaties. This British collection includes, also, the local, personal and private acts from 1854, as well as en­ cyclopedias and indexes o f British law. There are also the public general statutes relating to Ireland and to Scotland, and the Scots •statutes revised, one o f the series covering the time from 1707 to 1900, as far as the laws have been unrepealed by subsequent legis­ lation. Especial gratification is felt at the complete state o f the collection of French laws, for the series, which has been in process o f publica­ tion from 1834 to date, and has reached volume 110, covers the time back as far as 1788, when the grand upset o f the revolution made the previous laws o f historical rather than o f present value. In addition, there is a large collection o f French law books, taking up various details, such as the translation o f the Code Napoleon, or the French civil code, translated from the original French edi­ tion, published in Paris in 1804, and published in New York in 1841. This code is supplemented by many others, which bring the •collection o f French codified legislation down to 1911. Germany occupies five pages in the catalogue. Prussian law is -carried back to 1806, and there are several series which begin at that date and bring the laws down to recent years. There are also many German codes, French translations o f the civil code, and one in English, a translation by Walter Loewy, published under the auspices o f a special committee of the Pennsylvania bar association and the law school o f the University of Pennsylvania. There is also the late Eepresentative Barrows’ report, prepared for the inter­ national prison association o f the penal codes o f France and Ger­ many; also a maritime code o f the German empire, translated into English and published in London. Spain is especially well represented. One volume, published in 1610, deals with legislation o f 1602, and there are two other volumes published in that century. There is a collection o f the laws and decrees of Joseph Napoleon, from 1808 to 1811, published in Madrid in 1810 to 1812. The list for Spain covers over 14 pages, and the official series comes from the Joseph Napoleon code down to date, though there are different styles and titles at different periods. One Latin law book in the collection under the head of Spain was pub­ lished in 1600. There are various codes o f different features of Spanish law and the Philippines, with the American legislation grafted upon the Spanish. One volume in English, printed in Washington in 1900, covers a wide field, — Spain itself, Spanish America, Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines, with references to the civil codes o f Mexico, Central and South America, — with a his­ tory of all the Spanish codes and a history of the laws of the Indies. Students of the radical legislation in the experimental laws of Australia, New Zealand and other British colonies will find here all the recent legislation which is challenging the attention of the world. The British, colonies are well represented, especially those near us. Canadian laws have a particularly full representation, beginning in 1663, with the judgments and deliberations o f the sovereign council of New France, followed by other volumes which cover the field fully, both as to separate volumes for the acts of the different Canadian parliaments, and various codes and special subjects. Some o f the British provinces have shown themselves to be espe­ cially ready to promote the value of the collection. Ceylon, for instance, is represented by acts which go back to 1796, and subse­ quent volumes in different series bring the whole down to date. There are separate collections for the Channel islands, Guernsey and Jersey. The catalogue gives a large amount of information regarding geography, for there are legislative bodies whose existence is doubtless not known to many people outside of their own borders. The reader learns that the laws in force in Aden are the Indian penal code and the civil procedure code of British India. I f one wants the Ajmer-Merwara code, it is here, but who can tell where the seat of that government is? It consists of the Bengal regula­ tions, local acts, etc. The Andaman and Nicobar islands are in the list. So is St. Helena, the Gold coast colony, and so on to many other small parts of the world, where travelers may go and want to know what laws they must observe. Like a dictionary, the cata­ logue is very educating and the stories are short.

I n d e x t o t h e G o v e r n o r s ’ M e s s a g e s . During the past summer work has been in progress on a card index to the messages of the Governors of the Common­ wealth. The catalogue covers the inaugural and special mes­ sages of the Governors and their vetoes, and it also indexes under subject Leadings the various topics dealt with in each message or veto. Questions are so frequently asked in refer­ ence to the messages of the Governors and their contents that this card index will he of great value as a convenience for ready reference. Already some fifteen hundred cards have been written, and though the index is far from complete, it is available for information contained in the messages during the past seventeen years. As time permits, work will be done on this catalogue until all the available messages have been indexed.

C a t a l o g u e o e S e s s io n L a w s . I he catalogue of session laws is well under way. Its scope is to present a very brief sketch of the governmental history of each jurisdiction, and a list, with dates, of all sessions o f the Legislature of each State, and those of each territory, district or dependency of the United States, with a biblio­ graphic account of each volume of session laws. In addition, the catalogue will show the various compilations, codes and revisions of statute law at any time in force in every juris­ diction, and the constitutional conventions held in all the States. The purpose of the work is to give an account of the whole body of American statute law in such form that the precise object of inquiry within the catalogue scope may be expedi­ tiously ascertained by library users. It now seems probable that the material for this catalogue will be wholly gathered and the matter shaped for final copy for the press by the first of June, 1912.

A d d i t i o n s . Number of Volumes added to the Library from Dec. 1, 1910, to Nov. 30, 1911. By purchase ...... 1,475 domestic e x c h a n g e ...... 1,216 foreign exchange ...... 28 donation ...... 1,641 officers o f government ...... 866

5,226 Pamphlets. By purchase ...... 632 domestic e x c h a n g e ...... 936 d o n a t io n ...... 4,797 officers o f go v e r n m e n t ...... 834

7,199 Maps ...... 17

G r o w t h o f t h e L i b r a r y . The appended table of comparisons will show at a glance the annual additions that have been made to the library dur­ ing the past ten years, and the general classification of sources from which they were received.

CHARLES F. D. BELDEN, Librarian. N ov. 30, 1911. B o o k s.

1902. . 1903 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911.

By purchase ...... 2,252 2,263 2,324 2,315 2,562 2,376 2,232 2,136 3,756 1,475 domestic exchange 569 774 528 769 637 615 683 771 949 1,216 foreign exchange 66 51 70 57 59 55 60 42 163 1911. [Dec. 28 LIBRARY. STATE d o n a t i o n ...... 1,346 1,308 1,565 1,368 1,756 1,276 1,486 1,670 2,246 1,641 officers of government 162 282 267 151 188 132 193 167 273 866

T o t a l s ...... 4,395 4,678 4,754 4,660 5,202 4,454 4,654 4,786 7,387 5,226

P a m ph le ts.

By purchase ...... 343 510 364 309 215 272 231 217 488 632 domestic exchange 139 363 210 339 261 362 207 359 562 936 foreign exchange 12 5 5 7 69 12 21 10 123 d o n a t i o n ...... 3,403 2.764 2,629 3,078 3,524 3,322 3,867 3,116 6,141 4,797 officers of government 272 174 157 160 236 169 271 181 336 834

T o t a l s ...... 4,169 3,816 3,365 3,893 4,305 4,137 4,597 3,883 7,650 7,199 APPENDIX.

Newspapers in the State Library of Massachusetts, 1911.

Massachusetts Newspapers currently received and hound. Andover Townsman, .... . Oct. 1887 to date. Barnstable Patriot, .... . Jan. 1886 to date. Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield), . June 1899 to date. Boston Advertiser, .... . Jan. 1829 to date. Boston American, .... Mar. 1904 to date. Boston Evening Record, . Aug. 1891 to date. Boston Globe, Mar. 1872 to date. Boston Herald, ...... Jan. 1881 to date. Boston Journal, ..... Jan. 1853 to Dec. 1854. Boston Journal, ...... Jan. 1857 to date. Boston Post, ...... May1844 to date. Boston Transcript, .... . Aug. 1832 to Aug. 1833. Boston Transcript, .... Jan. 1849 to Dec. 1850. Boston Transcript, .... . Jan. 1861 to Dec. 1864. Boston Transcript, .... . Jan. 1874 to June 1884. Boston Transcript, .... . June 1892 to date. Boston Traveler, .... . July 1845 to date. Braintree Observer, .... . Apr. 1897 to date. Brockton Times, .... June 1899 to date. Cambridge Chronicle, .... Jan. 1875 to date. Chamber of Commerce News (Boston), . May 1910 to date. Charlestown Enterprise, . June 1888 to date. Chelsea Record, ...... June 1908 to date. Christian Science Monitor (Boston), Nov. 1908 to date. Dedham Transcript, .... . Jan. 1895 to date. Dorchester Beacon, .... . Nov. 1899 to date. Fall River Globe, .... . June 1899 to date. Fitchburg Sentinel, .... June 1899 to date. Gloucester Daily Times, . June 1888 to date. Greenfield Gazette and Courier, . Jan. 1889 to date. Haverhill Gazette, .... June 1899 to date. Hingham Journal, .... . Jan. 1888 to date. Hull Beacon, ...... Apr. 1897 to date. Lawrence American, .... . June 1899 to date. Le Courrier de Lawrence, June 1911 to date. Le Courrier de Lynn, .... . June 1911 to date. Le Courrier de Salem, .... . Aug. 1908 to date. Leominster Enterprise, . June 1894 to date. Lowell Courier, ...... June 1895 to Feb. 1906. Lowell Courier-Citizen, Mar. 1906 to date. Lynn City Item, .... . Oct. 1881 to date. Lynn Evening Item, .... . Feb. 1895 to date. Melrose Free Press, .... . Jan. 1908 to date. New Bedford Evening Standard, . . June 1899 to date. Newburyport Morning Herald, . Juiie 1899 to date. Newton Times, ...... Mar. 1911 to date. North Adams Transcript, .... . Dec. 1886 to date. Rockland Standard, ..... Jan. 1900 to date. Salem Evening News, ...... Aug. 1908 to date. Somerville Journal, ...... Jan. 1885 to date. Springfield Republican, .... Mar. 1877 to date. Taunton Daily Gazette, .... . June 1899 to date. Turner’s Public Spirit (Ayer), . . . Jan. 1886 to date. Watertown Enterprise, .... Nov. 1890 to date. Weymouth Gazette, ...... Apr. 1897 to date. Winchester Star, ..... Jan. 1903 to date. Woburn Journal, ...... Jan. 1880 to date. Woburn News, ...... Feb. 1907 to date. Worcester Telegram, ...... Nov. 1884 to date.

Newspapers currently received from outside the State and bound. Among the Clouds (Mt. Washington, N. H.), • July 1877 to date. Courier-Gazette (Rockland, Me.), Jan. 1902 to date. Evening Post (New York City), . . Feb. 1869 to date. Tribune (New York City), .... . Jan. 1890 to date. Weekly People (New York City), . . Jan. 1903 to date.

Other Files of Newspapers to be found in the Library. American Traveler (Boston), • July 1825 to Sept 1837. Atlas (Boston), ...... July 1832 to Apr. 1857. Banner of Constitution (Philadelphia), . . Dec. 1829 to Dec. 1832. Barre Gazette (Vermont), . July 1872 to Dec. 1895. Berkshire News, ..... Apr. 1894 to Apr. 1895. Boston Castigator, .... • Aug. 1822 to Dec. 1822. Boston Commonwealth, Jan. 1851 to July 1851. Boston Commonwealth, . Jan. 1865 to Aug. 1865. Boston Commonwealth, . Sept. 1870 to Aug. 1874. Boston Courier, ...... Jan. 1862 to June 1863. Boston Cultivator, .... Jan. 1839 to Dec. 1841. Boston Daily Despatch, . Oct. 1896. Boston Daily Socialist, . Dec. 1903. Boston Daily Standard, Mar. 1895 to July 1896.. Boston Gazette, ..... Mar. 1765 to Dec. 1765. Boston Gazette, ...... Jan. 1767 to Dec. 1774. Boston Mercantile Journal, . . Jan. 1841 to Dec. 1842. Boston Morning News, . Apr. 1901 to July 1901. Boston Patriot, ...... June 1817 to June 1828. Boston Recorder and Telegraph, . . Jan. 1825 to Dec. 1828. Boston Republican, .... . Jan. 1892 to Dec. 1892. Boston Shipping List, .... . Sept. 1850 to Aug. 1851. Boston Telegram, .... . July 1893 to Oct. 1893. Boston Telegraph (German), . Sept. 1893 to Dec. 1901. Boston Tribune, ...... Jan. 1907 to Oct. 1907. Boston Weekly Messenger, . . Nov. 1811 to Oct. 1815. Brookline Transcript, .... Oct. 1870 to Apr. 1873. Cambridge News, .... Jan. 1881 to Dec. 1884. Cambridge News, .... Jan. 1886 to Dec. 1891. Cambridge News, . . Jan. 1893 to Dec. 1893. Cambridge Press, .... . Jan. 1866 to Dec. 1886.. Cambridge Press, ...... Jan. 1890 to Dec. 1891. Cambridge Press, ...... Jan. 1893 to Dec. 1893. Cambridge Tribune, ...... Jan. 1878 to Dec. 1896. Cape Ann Advertiser (Gloucester), Jan. 1887 to Dec. 1888. Charlestown News, ...... Mar. 1881 to Feb. 1886. Christian Register (Boston), ..... Jan. 1821 to Dec. 1825. Christian Register (Boston), ..... Mar. 1842 to Mar. 1845. City Fire-Fly (Boston), ..... Oct. 1822 to Feb. 1823. Cleveland Citizen (Ohio), ..... July 1898 to Dec. 1911. Columbian Centinel (Boston), .... Jan. 1785 to Apr. 1840. Deering News and Enterprise (Maine), . Jan. 1903 to Dec. 1904. Deering News and Enterprise (Maine), . Jan. 1906 to Dec. 1907. Essex Gazette (Salem), ..... Jan. 1775 to Oct. 1775. Essex Gazette (Salem), ..... Jan. 1798 to Dec. 1799 Essex Gazette (Salem), ..... Jan. 1802 to Dec. 1803. Essex Gazette (Salem)...... Jan. 1805 to Dec. 1807. Fresno Democrat (California), .... July 1900 to Apr. 1902. Georgetown Advocate, ..... Nov. 1890 to Feb. 1902.. Great Barrington Gazette, ..... Mar. 1895 to Oct. 1896. Hampden Federalist and Public Journal (Springfield), Jan. 1821 to Dec. 1821. Harbinger, The (Boston), ..... Nov. 1847 to Feb. 1849. Haverhill Social Democrat and Clarion, . Oct. 1899 to Dec. 1901. Herald of Freedom (Boston), .... Jan. 1789 to Dec. 1789. Hingham Gazette, ...... Jan. 1827 to Dec. 1836. Independent Chronicle (Boston), .... Dec. 1767 to June 1770. Independent Chronicle (Boston), .... June 1775 to Oct. 1811. Independent Microscope (Boston), Sept. 1823 to Dec. 1823. Law and Order (Boston), ..... Oct. 1884 to Sept. 1886. Le Republicain (Boston), ..... Jan. 1881 to Dec. 1884. London Times, . Jan. 1877 to Dec. 1881. London Times, ...... Jan. 1883 to Dec. 1885. Marlborough Mirror, . . . . Dec. 1886 to May 1889. Martha’s Vineyard Herald, ..... Nov. 1887 to Oct. 1888. Massachusetts Ploughman (Boston), Dec. 1883 to Sept. 1888. Massachusetts Weekly Spy (Worcester), Sept. 1866 to Sept. 1881. Medford Citizen, ...... Nov. 1901 to Oct. 1902. Medford Leader, ...... Jan. 1904 to Dec. 1908. Mercantile Journal (Boston), .... Jan. 1841 to Dec. 1842. Mexican Herald, ...... Sept. 1895 to Apr. 1911. Morning News (Boston), ..... Apr. 1901 to July 1901. National Intelligencer (Washington), Jan. 1831 to Mar. 1837. National Intelligencer (Washington), July 1840 to June 1866. New Age (Boston), ...... Nov. 1875 to June 1877. New Bedford Journal, ...... Jan. 1891 to Sept. 1896. New England Palladium (Boston), Jan. 1801 to Dec. 1802. New England Palladium (Boston), Jan. 1804 to Dec. 1804. New England Palladium (Boston), Jan. 1809 to Dec. 1809. New England Staaten Zeitung (Boston), Oct. 1893 to Dec. 1901. New York Socialist, ...... Apr. 1908 to Dec. 1908. New York Times, ...... Jan. 1866 to Dec. 1868. New York Voice, ...... Apr. 1885 to Dec. 1892. Old Colony Memorial (Plymouth), May 1822 to Apr. 1824. People, The (New York City), .... Jan. 1897 to Dec. 1902. Portland Daily Advertiser, ..... Jan. 1855 to June 1856. Portland Daily Advertiser, ..... July 1859 to Dec. 1859. Portland Daily Advertiser, ..... Jan. 1862 to Feb. 1863. Recorder and Telegraph (Boston), Jan. 1825 to Dec. 1828. Repertory, The (Boston), .... . Jan. 1805 to Dec. 1806. Right Way, The (Boston), .... . Nov. 1865 to Feb. 1867. Russell’s Gazette (Boston), . . . . June 1799 to Nov. 1799. St. Albans Advertiser (Vermont), . . Oct. 1878 to Dec. 1879. St. Helena Bug (Island), . . . . Jan. 1888 to Dec. 1888. St. Helena Church News (Island), . Jan. 1888 to Dec. 1889. St. Helena Guardian (Island), . June 1886 to Oct. 1886. St. Helena Guardian (Island), . Jan. 1887 to Dec. 1887. St. Helena Mosquito (Island), Jan. 1888 to Dec. 1888. St. Helena Times (Island), . Jan. 1889 to Dec. 1889. Salem Gazette, ...... Oct. 1892 to Aug. 1908. Salem Register, ...... Sept. 1826 to Apr. 1892. Somerville News, ..... Jan. 1893 to Dec. 1893. Stoughton Record, ...... Apr. 1897 to Dec. 1909. United Mine Workers’ Journal (Indianapolis), . Feb. 1899 to Apr. 1901. Weekly Mirror (Boston), .... . Jan. 1899 to Aug. 1908. Weekly Review (Boston), .... . Sept. 1908 to Apr. 1911. Westbrook Globe-Star (Maine), Jan. 1903 to Dec. 1904. Westbrook Globe-Star (Maine), . Jan. 1906 to Dec. 1907. Weymouth Transcript, . . May1903 to Dec. 1904. Wilton Record (Maine), .... . July 1881 to Oct. 1883. Winchester News, ..... Dec. 1905 to July 1908. Winchester Press, ...... Oct. 1900 to Oct. 1902. Woburn News, ...... Oct. 1904 to July 1907. Worcester Spy, . May 1903 to May- 1904. Worker, The (New York City), . Jan. 1902 to Dee. 1908. Young Galaxy (Boston), .... . Feb. 1823 t.0 Feb. 1824.