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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Libraries, 1910s at SJSU ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Special Libraries, 1912 by an authorized administrator of SJSU ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. --- Special-- Libraries Vol. 3 Ql2 No. 8 -- PUBLISHED BY TIIE the A. L. A,, and the various afilliated as- SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION sociations and sections are already en- Monthly except .Tuly and ~ug&t. gaged in framing the Ottawa program and Edltorlnl and Publlcntlon OtBce. Stnte Library, are determined that with the assistance Indlanagolls, Ind. of contributing librarians and specialists it Subecrlptlons, 03 ~rondstreet, Boston, Mass. shall be no whit behind that of previous Entered at the Postoaice at Indinnapolla, Ind, as secOnd-Clas~mntter. ccnferences; and the travel committee have -- - travel plans sufficiently formulated to give Subscription. ...$2.00 a year (10 numbers) all necessary preliminary. information. Com- Single copies ...... 25 centrl plete details may be expected in the May Bulletin. President ...... Robert H. Whltten Publlc Servlce Commlsslon, New Pork Clly Preliminary Travel Announcement. Vice-l'resldent ...... Herbert 0. Brlghnm Rhode Island Stnte Llbrnrr. While application for a special reduced Secretnry-Treasurer ...... Guy B. Mnrlon rate on account of the A. L. A. Conference Llbmry, Arthur I3. Llttlc, Iuc, 03 Brond St has been )made, ~t seems doubtful if such Boston, hlnsfi rate will fall much below the regular sum- EXECUTIYB BOARD mer excursion round trip which will be in( Presldent, Vice-Presldent, Secretnry-Treasorer, force to Ottawa from most points in east- George W. Lee, Stone le Webster, Boston ; W. ID. Critter, Engineering Soclqtleg, N. Y. ern and central . This rats Mnnaglng Bdltor of Sl~eclnl Llbrnrles :-JqQn A. varies greatly from d~Berentpoints in com- Lnpp, Stnte Llbrnry, InBlnnupolis, Incl. parison with the one-way fare. We advise As.rlxtnnt I0dltor, Eihcl ('lclruid, SLnte Library, all to consult their home railway agents Incllnnnl~oll~,Ind. regarding it, and regarding possibilities of -- ..- ... -- .-- .------a variable rate going and returning. Ottawa Conference ...... 20 If the going trip does not pass through Philadelphia ~ommerciai Munrum...... 31 Select List on Compulsory Voting ...... 3? Montreal and you desire to take the post- Currant Refcrencea on Fire lnaurancc and Alllcd Sulrjecte. ...30 confereiice trip, tickets should be bought Innurnnce Arsocmtian Notcn ...... 39 if possible to Montreal, via Ottawa with Clasnified List of Booka on Accounti~ig ...... 40 Current Reference...... $42 stop-over privilege at Ottawa for the con- Bnmon Co~opcrattvcInformation Bureau ..... 43 ference, and at Montreal for the post-con- --- ...-- - .-- .- - -.------. . . ference trill. OTTAWA CONFERENCE. From easlern Catladian points a round- -- trip rate on the certificate plan will prob- The Special Libraries Associalion will ably be granted us, on basis of one and hold its annual meeting at Ottawa in con- three-fifths fares, or possibly one and a nection with the American Library Assocb third-l~rovided fifty or more certificates are tion, June 26 to July 2. presented at the meeting The committee in charge of the program Party Travel Plans consists of ,John A. Lapp, Robert H.Whitten and Guy E. Marion. To accommodate those desiring to travel The announcement made by the American togelher and have all arrangements for Library Assoc~ationfollows: their comfort made, the Travel Committee The annual conference of the ~kerican will operate three special excursions to Library Associatioil will be held this year Ottawa, one from Boston, one from New at Ottawa, Canada, J~ine26 t.o July 2. The York, and one fr0.m . first and thus far only Canadian meetisg Boston Party of the A. L A, was held at Montreal in 1900. The past twelve years have seen (Includes Eastern and Central New notable l~rogress to the library profession .) both in the Un~tedStates and Canada an,d Special sleepers will leave Boston early those who attended the Montreal confer- on the evening of June 25th, running prob- ence will doubtless And their minds re- ably via Boston Q. Maine, Central verting from Ottawa to the library situ* and Grand Trunk railways, due to arrive in tion when last we met with our northern Ottawa about noon June 2Gth, the opening members Indications point to a large ,at- day of conference. tendance. The local committee is already The round trip fare Bqston to Ottawa at work a,rranging for our comfort and ac- will probably be $19.40 and lower $erth ccrmmodation; the program committees, of $2.50 one way. 30 SPECIAL LIBRARIES

Reservat~ons for this party should be University and the Westmount public lib- made with Frederick W. Faxon, 83 Francis rary. 01-1 Wednesday evening, July 3rd, St., Boston, and depos~tcovering Pullman the party takes special steamer and pro. will later be required. ceeds down the river, passing the next morning, csllillg in the afternoon at New York Party the little French village of Les Eboule- (Including Eastern ~tlanticStates.) ments, and later at Tadousac at the mouth Thls party will leave New York on the of the Saguenny. Between Tadousac and evening of June 35th by Albany night boat, Cape8 Eternity and Trinity occurs the very thus ensuring a restful night journey. flnest scenery on the Saguenay; and this From Albany special parlor cars will be part of the route will be traversed whiM used, the party reaching Ottawa about sup- the sun is setting and the late moon ris- per-time, June 26th, thus giving a pleasant ing, so that the Capes themselves may be daylight trip through the Eastern Adiron- seen by moonlight. Early next morning daclr mounlains, the eteamer will be at Ha Ha Bay, near The round trip. excursion rate will be Chlcoutimi, and chosen instead of the latter about $2200 from , which as the turning-point of the excursion, Hav- includes stateroom berth on boat and par- ing ascended the Saguenay by night the lor-car seat -going. descent will be made by day with a long Tickets will be good returning all rail. stop at the Capes, and at Tadousac. Thence Rate from Philadelphia will be $4.50 in the steamer will cross the St. Lawrence addition to the above. here 18 to 20 miles wide, in order to give This party will be in charge of C. H. the party an additional taste of salt water Brown, Brooklyn public library, and deposit and also to get the effect of the sunset on covering stateroom berth and parlor car the northern cliffs. The next day will be seat for going trip will be roquired later. spent at Murray Bay: the next (Sunday) at Quebec. Three Rivers at the mouth of the Chicago Party St. Maurice river will be reached on Monday (Including the Middle West.) morning, and there a landing will be made A special Pullman train will be run from for a day's excursion to Shawinigan Fallrr, Chicago to Ottawa without change, leavlng On Tuesday morning at G o'clock the Post- Ch~cagothe afternoon of June 26th, arriv- Conference trill will end at Montreal Ln tbme ing at Ottawa on the afternoon of the next for all holnebound trains. day. Round trip fare from Chicago to C, H. Goulcl, McGi11 University library, OLtawa will be $20.00, lower berth $5.00 one Montreal, will make all arrangements for way. Reservations for this party fihould this trip. be made with John F Phelan, Chicago pub- The A. L. A. Travel Committee: lic l~brary,and deposit coverlng Pullman FREDERICK W. FAXON. Chairman. will be required later 83 Francis st., '~oston,~afis. Attractive return trips with low rates by CHARLES EI. BROWN. way of Boston, New Yorlc. Niagara Falls, 26 Brevoort ~1.1Broolclyn, N. Y, Washington, Norfolk, etc., will be announced JOHN F. PHELAN. ill the May Bulletin. Special rates from Chicago Public Library, Chicago, Ill. po~ntswest of Chicago will be made based C. H. GOULD, on the round trip fare from Chicago to McGill University Llbrary, Montreal, Can. Ottawa. Those lvetnrning by way of Niagara Falls Ottawa Hotels will have choice either of all rail to Chi- Headquarters will be at the Chateau Lnur- cago, or boat from Buffalo to Detro~t,with- ier, the new hole1 which has been in course 0111 extra charge of construction for the past three or four Complete information regarding routes years and which the management is plan- and rates will be announced in the May ning to open Emgire Day, the 24th of May. Bulletin. Rooms (w~thoutmeals) will he from $1.26 up to $3 50. Table d'hote dinner will be Post-Conference Trip. served for $100, other meals will be on (July 3rd to July 9th.) European plan. A l~ost-conferencetrip is planned on the The New Russell Hotel, st present the St. Lawrence and Saguenay rivers, endlng best in Ottawa, is about a minute's walk at Montreal on the mbrning of July 9th. from the Chateau Laurier, Rooms (without The cost of this week-long river trip will meals) from $100 up to $3.50. Meals on be well within $40-including stateroom European plan. (holdlng two persons), meals and side ex- Grand Union Hotel, about flve minuted cursions, An outline of this trip follows: walk from Chateau Laurier, offers rate of The party will leave Ottawa on Wednes- $2.50 a day, American plan. day rnorning July 3rd, arriving in Montreal Detailed information regarding hotel for lunch and wlll spend the afternoon and rates and reservations will be given in the evening in seeing the city, visiting McGill May Bulletin. SPECIAL LIBRARIES

PHILADELPHIA COMMERCIAL MUSEUM. of direct benefit to the manufacturer to m- whoin they are referred. Jolin J MacFarlane. The service rendered by the Fore~gn The Philadelphia Commercial Museum is Trade Bureau is designed to meet the needa public institution, developed and controlled of the individual manufacturer, each manu- a facturer receiving that help which his par- by a Board of Trustees, created by an Act ticular case reclulres. The privileges offered of Legislature and a~pointedby the Mayor to members come under three main class~fl- and City Councils of Philadelphia. It is lo- cations: Infor~nation Service, Traiislat~on cated along the Scliuylkill River, in that part Serv~ce,Publication Servlce. of the city known as West Philadelphla, oc- The Information Service covers subjects cupying three buildings, with a floor space of a wide range and varying nature. Its of 200,000 square feet. The institution is value to the manufacturer depends largely supported by al)l)ropriations by the City of won the ability of the manufacturer to ask Pbiladelgliia and the State of , specific quest~ons. and by nominal fees charged the manufac- The manufacturer is supplied wlth live turers of the country making systematic use and practical information touching trade of its services. possibilities and openings for his llne of The objects of the Philadelphia Com- goods; is adv~seclas to what foreign coun- mercial Museum are to promote the com- tries are supplying a gartlcular market; is merce of the United States with foreign told of the drawbacks and discriminations countries, and to-disseminate in this country against Amerlcan goods, and what steps a wider knowledge and apgreciation of other must be laken to overcome these objections; nations and peoples. The Museum conducts is furnished with information concerning its work through three administrative divi- methods of packing goods, the besl shigl~ing sions: the Foreign Trade Bureau, the Com- routes and prevailing freigbt rates, the con- mercial Library and the Scientihc Degart- sular and shipging pagers necessary on spe- ment. cific sh~pments, and the c~~stonlsduties The Foreign Trade Bureau has for its sde charged by roreign countries; is advised on object the development of the international the patent and trade mark laws of Lore~gn commerce of the United States. It does countr~esand on thc restrictions and taxes this by encouraging individual manufac- on commercial travelers and their samples. turem, who are liroperly equipped to handle Foreign inquiries for American goods ra- the business, to extend the marlrel for their ceived by the Bureau are promptly for- wares to foreign countries, and then by as- warded to ,n~annfacturerslikely to be inter- sisting them in a very gract~calmamier in ested inal~guratingand developing that trade. The The manufacturer is sup~liedwith the assistance given is in the nature or live and names ol firms in foreign countries ~mport- practical iiiforlnation on every phase of the ing aild dealing in particular lines of goods. export trade-its elementary features and These lists are carefully pregared wlth par- its technicalities. Every means is employed ticular reference to the end the inanofac- to promole the interests of American ex- turer has ill view-general circularization or porters, and to make the contact between correspondence 1111th a limited number. An reliable exporters in this country and trust- important feature of thls Information worthy buyers of American goods in other Service is the assistance given manufac- counti'ies more intimate and direct. The turers in malring an intelligent selection Bureau is maintained by nominal fees and establishment of Porcijin agencies, not charged the manufacturers using its facill- only 111 the choice of thc agent, but In the ties. All money so received is appl~eddirecl- l~ointof distrll~~~tionas well, The Bureau ly to conducting its woi'lr and enlarging and has gathered, during Its fifteen years of ex- bnilding uli its equipment; there is no istence, reports on the general character thought of gain or profit. and blismess methods of over ,:00,000 for- Becanse of its l~ubliccharncter the For- eign houses; these re~ortsare ~nvaluable eign Trade Burean has made friends m com- in preparing lists of fore~gilmerchants and mercial and official circles abroad and has of possil)le agents; and conversely they are had opened to it channels of information doiilp good service in saving the manufac- which would be closed to any private enter- turer needless loss from the contracting of priae. By reason of its public character, bad accounts. The Bureau also has been and the great store of valuable information able to give much $ractical advlce and hell) possessed, it is always appealed to tor as- in sec~~riilgthe gayment of bad or slow for. sistance not only by importers in foreign eign debts. countries, but by foreign trade organlza- The Translation Service is des~glledto gut tions, by heads of governmental departments at the command of American manu[acturers abroad, and occasionally by heads of vari- the Foreign Trade Bureau's permanent staff ous bureaus of our own government. These of thoroughly equipped translators for trans- inquiries are of a practical natore, and all lating the business corresgondence of houses 32 SPECIAL LIBRARIES

engaged in export trade. While English is cation of the cards of American manufac- understood in the larger commercial houses turers who desire agents abroad. Through throughout the world, it is hardly necessary the agency of information conveyed in Com- to say that it is better to compliment a pres- mercial America and America Comercia1 in- ent or prospective customer by writing him quiries have resulted which have led ta in his own language. Some Amencan ex- valuable trade connections for American porters can afford to maintain their own manufacturers. translation departments, but the number The Weekly Bulletin circulates only in the that can do so economically is relatively United State8 among the subscribers to small. The facilities offered by the Transla- some form of the service of' the Foreign tion Service of the Bureau are being em- Trade Bureau; consequently, it is a confl- l~l0~edto an increasing extent by a larger dential publication. The lnfornlation con- number of manufacturers for the accurate, tained consists of abstracts of letters re- confidential and prompt translation of their ceived bv the Bureau from foreign Arms business correspondence, both inward and asking for the names of makers of speciflo outward. Any commercial language can be American products, concise and practical handled, and occasionally the service is items concerning business conditions in for- called upon to Interpret the local tongue of e~gnlancls, trade notes and suggestions re- a would-be purchaser in an interior point celved from foreign correspondents or culled far removed from the beaten path of com- from the foreign commercial presa and from merce. fore~gn consular reports; a schedule of Letters received by American houses from steamship sailings from Lcll ports of the Rrms abroad in a foreign language are for- United States to all foreign ports. warded by the recipients to the Translation These publicalions, showing on the one Service, translated into English and re- hand foreign importers ancl merchants what turned to the manufacturer or exportcr. The American mannfacturers have to offer, aud manufacturer then writes his reply in Eng- on the other showing American manufac- lish, sends it to the department for transla- turers what foreign firms want to buy, thor- tion into the proper foreign language, and oughly cover tho export field in so far as it after such translation the reply is either can be covered by publication work. returned to the manufacturer for his signa- tu~eor signed and mailed direct to the SELECT LIST OF REFERENCES ON COM- correspondent abroad. The Tra~lslation PULSORY VOTING. Service is frequently asked to undertake the translation of catalogues and circular (Compiled under the direction of H. H. B. matter, and it is frequently able to comply Meyer, Chief Bibliographer, Library or with these requests. Rut when the demands Congress, with the co-operation of tha of the regular service make ~t ~mgossible State Llbrar~es ancl State Legislative Por the regular translation department to do Reference Departments Contributions this work, the Foreign Trade Bureau will mere received from the following: Illi- undertake the supervision of snch transla- nois, Indiana Massachusetts, Pennsyl- tion, placing the material in competent vania, and Kansas (the latter hands, overseeing it and giving It revision ind~reclly). The list of State Bills and the by exllert commercial translators. llst of h'ewslmger Articles are taken from The PuhIication Service comprises a sys- a study prepared by Miss Bertha R. Ber- tem of publicity and printed commercial in- gold for the Legislative Reference Library formation aimed to be of direct beneflt to, at Madison, Wisconsin.) mamifacturers and exgorters of this General References. country. Three publications-Commercial Aargau (Canton). Staatsverfassung fur den America, A~ngrica Comercial and The Kanton Aargau (Vom. 23. April, 1885.) weekly' Bulletin-are regularly published, (In Switzerland. Bunclesverfassung. and miscellaneous pamphlets and reports on Samlmlung enthaliend die Bundesver- commercial topics are issued from time to fassung und die in ICraft bestehenden time. Kantonsverfassu~lge~~Bern, 1891 p. Coinrnercial America and America Com- 731-769.) JN8709 1801. ercial are distinct English and Spanish edi- "Art. 15. Die Stimrnberechtlgten tions of n, monthly publication circulating sintl zur Theilnahme an allen exclusively among foreign firms in a posi- 68entlichen Wahlen und -4bstlm- tion to buy American goods and pay foi mdugen vcrpflichtet!' what they buy. These twin publications are Amabile, Giuseppe. La proporeionalita in effect if not in name "house organs" for nella ~'appresentanzal>ol~tica e i1 sistema American manufacturers and producers en- dell' urns multipla. Napoli, E,Marghieri, gaged in export trade The contents are 1901 207 1). (Biblloteca delle sclenze largely descriptive dl new and novel articles -,~lundiche c sociali. v. 95.) JF1071 47. made In the United States suitable for ex- "I1 voto plurimo ed il voto obbliga- port; another important feature is the publi' torio": p. 129-133. SPECIAL LIBRARIES

Ambrose, James C. Compulsory voting clues (Senateurs et DBputBs. Chapter Our clay, Oct. ISM, v. 2: 276-28s. XVIII: Senat. Par. 1545. HI. 09, v. 2 "Vote obligatolre." Biddaer, Pierre, nnrl Erni!e Somerha[[sen Deeter, Paxson. Prizc essay on cami~ulsory hausen eds. Elections 18gisla- voting granled by the Univel'slty of eds. Elections 16gislat1ves. 13ruxelles, Pennsylvania. 1902. [Philadelphia l902?] Im~r.J., .Janssens, 1100. 195 1). 44, (11) 1) JF1073. B1B3. Blbhography: 2 p. follow~ng11. 41. "De la sanction cle l'obligation au. JK1986. D31. vote": 11. 93-96. Contams the Harris J. Chilton com- Bradford, Gamaliel. The lesson of aonular pulsory voting acts. government. New Yorlr. The ~Gklllan -Supplement to Paxson Deeter's CO.. 899. 2 v. JC 421. BiS. Pnze essay on compulsory voting, be- Compulsory voting: v. 1, p. 187- ing a b~llnrhlch mas introduced in the 188. New Yorlr Legislature, Jan, 19, 1904, Argues against compulsory vot- in favor of con~pulsory voting. Phila- ing and compulsory ofice delphia, H. J. Chilton [I9041 8 p. hold~ng. N. Y. State, Assembly bill No. 94. BromalI, J. M. Compulsory voting. Ameri- JKIDSti. D32. can academy of political and social Delcrolx, Alfred. Elections 16aislatives.- 2. science. Annals, Jan. 1893, v. 3: G214i22. Bd. Br~uellcs,E. Guyot, 1900. 331 p. 1-11, A4, v3. JS6335 1900d. Deals chiefly with what the enforcement "De la sanctloii de l'obligation- du of a lnnr for rompnlsory voting would vote". 1). 53-54. mean. Duprlez, IAon. L'organisation du suftrage "Butler, 13. I?. Free and equal suffrage (in umversel en Belgique. hls address to the two branches of the Pans, Libralrie de la Socidt6 du re- Legislature of the state (Massachusetts) cue11 gBn6ral des lois et des arrsts, Jan. 4, 1883.) Boston, Printed by the1 1901. 264 g. JFlOl5 DS. state, 188:; Pamphlet "Le vote obligatolre": p. 115-156. Duthiot, Eugbne. Le, suffrage de demain; Aclvocates co~npulsoryvot~ng or ~nduce- RBg~me 6lectoral d'une d&nocratie or- ments to vote. Tells how it has been gan1s6e. , Perrin et cie., 1901. 263 tried in the time of the colonies and 11 JF831. D8. declares il to be constitutional. "Sanction de l'obligatjon du vote en Cahn, Ernst. Das Verhiiltniswahlsystem in Gelg~que" 13. 205-307. den modernen Knllurstaaten. Eine staats- Eaton, Dorman B. The government ot rechtlich-politische Abhandlung Berlin, municipalities. New Pork Pub. for the 0. Hiring, 1909. 369 11. JF1071. C3. Colu~nbia university yress by the Mac- "Obligatorische oder fakultative Ebn- millan Co., 1899. 498 1). tuhring del Verh<niswahl " D. 199- "Compulsory vot~ng,how far desirable": 205. 1). 203-204 JS331. E2. Cameau, Paul. La representation propor- Electoral management. (A reply to Mr. tionnelle en Belgique. Paris, A. Rous- Anlee), a candidate in the late elections. sean, 1901. 246 1) JF1075. B4C2. Canadian magazine, Aug. 1906, v. 25: 316- "Le vote obligatoire": p. 82-86 219. AP5 C2, v. 25. Com~ulsorv exercise of elective fran- 'Fails to see any roniedy less dmrfFic chises. -case and comment, Dec 1909, v. than that of the compulsory vote. 16: 155-156'. 1 Fired for not voting 1 Good govrrnment, Repr~ntedin Nelv Jersey law jourllal, May 15, 1893, v 12, 149. JK671 GG, V. 12 Feb. 1910 v. 33: 4647. S.x lines tell~ngof the flne for not vot Compulsory voting Amerlcan review of ing being actually put into operation reviews, Kov. 1900, v. 22: 591-592. in Kansas City. AP2. R4, v. 22. Fisher, Sydney. Compulsory voting. Compulsory voting (In Fleming, Sandford, ed. .An appeal to (In Bliss, W. D. P., ed New encycloped~a the Canadian institute of the rectlfica- of social reform. New ed. New York, tion ot Parliament. Toronto. 1892, p. 1908. p. 269.) H41. B62. 169-170.) JF1076. C2 5'6. Compulsory voting. . AssemblGe nationale, 1871. Cham- (In Ncw international yearbook. 1910. bre dcs cl6put6s. Proposition de loi tencl- New Yorlr, 1911, 11. 177.) AE5. 164. dnnt a ulstituer le vote obligatoire, we- *Daure, J. B Les Blections municipales et senL6 Ilar M A. Failllot, d6gutE. (Ren- pditiques, jurisprudence et legislation,. . . voyBe & la Commission du suffrage uni- Alan (HanteGaronne). Chez l'auteur, verse11 G juillet, 1911. France. -Tournal 1900. 716 p. Book 111. Elections politi- officiel. Dec. 24, 1911, no. 349 Documents 34 SPECIAL LIBRARIES

parlemei1tan.e~. Chambre des deput8~. *L~ber,Francis. Manual of political ethics. Annexe, no. 1127: 1109-1110. Philadelphia, 1875. Francois, Charles. La repr8sentatlon des All who have a vote ought to vote ae intCr&ts dam les coras elus. Paris, A illustrated in history past and pres- Rousseau, 1899. 363 11 (Lyons Unlversit8. ent: v. 2, p. 229-232. Annales. Nouv, ser., 11, Drolt, lettree; *Looseau, Leon. Le, vote obligatoire. fasc. 2.1 JF1059. F8FS. Brnxelles, 1893. *'Le vote obligatoire"; 11. 303-311. Lyon, Henry 5. What proportion of voters Fuller, Robert H. Government by the lleo- neglect to go to the polls? ple, the laws and customs regulatliig the Pale review. May.-. 1908, v. 17: 85-92. election system and the formation and HI P2, v. 17. control of polltical parties in the Umted McKinley, Albert E The suffrage franchise States. Sew York, The Nacmillan Co., in the th~rteenEnglish colonies in Amer- 190s. 21jl ]I. aJ1i1S5.1. F8. ica. Philaclelghia. For the University; Exeinl~t~onIrom jury duly offered as n. Boston, Ginn & Co., agents, 1905. 618 g. reward for voting in New York, 11 57, (Pnl~licatiousof the University of Penn- 175. sylvania Series in history, no. 2) Goblet d'Alviella, Euggne F. A, comte. La ,J1<96, A:M2, repr15sentntion l~rogortionnelle en Bel- See index under compulsory voting, pque; hisloire d'uiie i3bIorme Bru:.:clles, Tells of compulsory voting being P. \\'ei~scnl~rnch,191!0. 173 1). triccl in Birgima, Maryland, North JFllF5. 11 lG7. Carolina. Delaware, iV1assachusetts "Le suffrage l~lm*alet le vote obliga- and Rhode Island. toire" 11 68-69. Massachusetts. General coui't. An act to *Haewe, 11, de Ile vote obhgatoire. Gand, make votmg conipnlsory. Boston, 1911, 1892. 1 leal. (House doc. No. 1223, I911 ) Hart. Slbert R. Exerc~se ot [he suffrage. -An act to make voting compulsory. Bos- political scicnce qnartcr1.v. June, 1892,-v. ton, 1912. (House doc, no. 1353 and 1359, 7: 307-329. 1-11. I'S. 7. 1912) -Practical essavs 011 Amcricaii govern- Meyer, Georg. Dns ~~arlm~icntarisclieWahl- r?it.nt. Kew Yorli, Longn~ans, Green, recht. Hrsg. \.on Georg Jclllnelc. Berlin, ancl Co., 159:: 311 1) JK.:L. 113 0. I-Iamng, 1901. 72 I 1). .IF1 021. M4, The exercise ol' the saflrage: p 20-47. "Die R1ahlpll~chl":11. 653-660, Hemstreet, Villiam. Plca for coingnlsory Mills, W. T. Tho science of politics. New ~oling. Arena, Dec' 1902, v 2s: 3Sj-595. Yorlr, Fmik & IVagnalls, lSS7, 204 11. AF1. Alj, v. ZS. JK2PG5. MG5. -. .i l~ollt~calcapslone. EclecLric maga- "lt 1s a c~lixeil'sduty to vote both at zine, Aug 190C, v 147. 16::-166 the llriinnry and at the regular elec. :11'2. E2, Y, 147, tion": 11. 34.43. "Thc capstone is coinpulsor\' suffrage Missouri. Governor. (Joseph W. F01k)~ all the way through from the caucus Inaugural address, Jan. 9, 1905. to the general ~1011s." (I11 Missouri. Goneral assembly, 43d, Holls, Frederick W. Comgulsory vot~ng; Al~gendixto House and Senate jous. an essny. Fhi!adell~hia, Amcricaii acad- nals, 1905. Jefferson City, [1006], 11, emy of political and social science, 1891. 11,) JS7. M8 190~1), 41 11 J1<1956. H7-1. *Missouri. Supreme court. ICansns City Jimdnez de Arlchaga, Justir~o. La libcrtad vs B. T Whlllple. Briefs relating to the polftica. Montcvideo, Tip. de la Librerla constitutionalily of that sccLion of the nacioiial lSS4. ::;2 1). JFS31. JS. Kansas City charter clealing wLh com- Compulsory voting: p. 19-40. gulsory voting. I-Cansas City, 1895. 3 pts, Kansas City. Mo. Charters. Charter of -Kansas City v. Whipple, apllellant. In Kansas City . . ..ldopted. . . .April Sth, Uauc, Dec. 23, 1896. 1889..... Kansas City, Mo., Lawton, (In i\lissouri. Supreme conrl. Reports, Havens & Bnrnap, 1889. 135, 29 p. 1896. Columbia. Mo, 1897. v, 136, 11, JS9Sl AS 1889. 475-485.) The payment of 12.50 poll tax from On the constitutionality of the voters n7110 fail to vote. Article 17, 11011 tax of $2.50 per annum for sec 39, 11. 134. not voting. Laffitte, Jean P. La reforme Blectorale. La Moreau, F8lix. Le vote obligatoire: prin- rei1r6sentation proportionnelle. Paris, C. cipe et sanctions Revue politlque et Levy, IS9i. 123 11 JFI 075. F8L2. parlementaire, 1896, v. 7: 36-69. "Le vote obligntoire": p. 87-96, H3. R4, v. 7. --Le suffrage universe1 et le regime par- Nerincx, A. Compulsory voting in Belgium, lementaire. Paris, Hachette & cie.. 1888. Amerlcan academy of polilical ancl social 250 11. JFIOI~~2. science. Annals, ~ept:1901, v. 18. 275- "Le vote obligatoire": p. 143-156. 278. HI. A4, V. 15, SPECIAL LIBRARIES

New England's dumb vote. [Editorial.] Virginia. General assembly. The statutes Nation. Apr. 28, 1892. v. 54: 316-317. at large; being a collection of all the AP2. N2, v, 54. laws of Virginia from the Arsl session oi New York (State) Governor. State of New the legislature in the year 1619. Rich- York, Messages from the governors. ~noncl,1819-23. 13 v. coml~rlsingexecutive communi

Jan. 19, 1904, in favor of conlpulsor~ Socialists are fighting comgulsorp~voteblll. voti9g. Publ~shedin 11aml)hlet torn1 as Chicago eltaminer, Jan. 22, 1911. , as supplement to Paxson Deeter's Prize The Socialists in are ohjectmg to a essay oil coml)ulsory votiW. paragraph 111, the pime ministel% con- Wisconsln state legislature. Senate blll stitutional \bill which makes voting a No. 25. 1905. duty. . Introduced by Senatoi'. hIOrrlS, Jan. 24, Would compel men to vote , Madison demo- 1905, to amend section 1240 ot the stat- crat, May 19, 1911. utes of 1898, relati~lg to the levy and Senators ullfavornble to yJan for penalty collection of 11011 tax, exeml~tingcertaln tax. classes from the yayment thereof The - hill was ~ndefin~telgl~ostgonecl. CURRENT REFERENCES ON FIRE IN- Wisconsin state leg~slature. Assembly bill SURANCE AND ALLIED SUBJECTS. No. 528. 1911. Introduced by Mr. Knee11 to a~nondsec- (D. N, Elandy.) , t~on1240 of the statutes relating to the levy and collection of 11011 tnx and ex- Associations. empting certain classes ffrom gaylnleiit Associat~on of Life Insurance Presi- thereof. Xo action up to June 2, 1911. dents. Proceedings. Fifth annual meet- state legislature. Assembly bill ing, New Yorlr, Dec. 13-14, 1911. Pam 131 No. 224. 1909. p. N. Y. 1912. Contents: OIRcers, Mem- Introduced by C. C Wellensgard to create bers, Pa~ersread. section 44% of the statutes rekating to Brltish lire ~re'vention Assoc~ation. requiring every qualifled elector on each Twelfth an. reporl, executive B,ritish F~re of the days when a i~rimar'y, general, Prevention Committee. Append~ces; (I) municil~al, school, judicial or special Techn~caljournals available ih committee's election is held to go to the polls where reading room. (11) Memorandum as to lie is ent~tlecl 115 law to vote nd there general arrangements for tests. (111) Spe- vote. This blll fa~ledto pass cial conditions as to extinguisher tests. Wiscons~nstate legislature. Assembly, bill (IV) Reinforced concrete regulations. Lon- No. 13. 1903. don County Council "Red Books" British Introduced by Senator G H. Ray, Jan. 21, Fire Prevention Committee No. 160. Pam. 1903. A bill to amend section 1240 of 20 p. Loncl. 1911. Wisconsin stalutes relating to the levy F~reUnderwriling Uniformity Associa- and collect~onof poll tax and exeinpting tion. Year Book 1911-1912, 12 p Boston, certain classes. Iiideflnitely postponed. 191 1. Gorham Dana, Secretary. Ins. Inst. Great Britain and Ireland. Jour- Newspaper Articles. nal, v. 14, 1911. Chas. & Edmin Layton, Compelling voting is cure for graft, by S. E. Pubs. , Eng. Contents: Officers, Sparlmg. State journal (Madison), Dec. Members, Annual reports, Examination 17, 1906. quetions, Selected papers read before the Compulsory voting. Minnesota journal associntlons comgosing the Institute. (Minneapolis), Jan. I, 1907. Ins. Inst. Ireland. Journal, Insurance In- Law to compel all electors to vote. Evening stitute of Ireland. 1910-1911, 54 p. bubhn, Wisconsin (Milwaukee), Dec G, 1906. 1911 J. Harold Aylward, I-Ion-Sec. Con- Marsh would make men vote. Evening Wis- tents: Pres~dentialaddress p. 1, X-Ray ex- consin (Milwaukee). Dec. 12, y906. amination in insurance work 11. 6; Fallacy h'ew plan for voting. Milwaukee journal, of valued policies 1). 13, Insurance business S€!D~.13. 1906. p 8, Some medical aspects of life, assurance No t& for not vot~ng. Kansas City star, from the agent's pomt of view p. 28. Dec. 23, 1896. National Convention of Insurance Com- h'ot a compulsory duty. Kansas City jour- missioners. An conference, Milwaukee, Ag. nal, Dec. 24, 1896 22-26, 1911. Among other papers: "Pres- Obligation of suffrage. Kansas City star. ent lams lor state insurance In Oh~o,"Ekern, Dec. 24, 1896. "Unauthorized flre insurance," Potter. Open ballot boxes; Grand jury urges every one qualified ~lhouldcast vote. St. Louis Buildings and Construction. Globe-Democrat, Oct. 4, 1908. Bulldings and Mortgages. D. Everett Penalizing Inen for not vot~ng. Chicago Uraid Vlews regarding permanency, elec- record-herald, Jan. 26, 1908. trolysis, leconomlic depreciat~on and cod Punishment for non-voters urged. Yllwau- of hreproof construction. Ins. Eng 22: 157- kee free press, Mar 26, 1911. 158 (S. 1911). Report to the Republican Club, New York. Inquiry by "Insurance Engineering," sub- Daily continent (New York), Mar. 2, 1891. mitting questions to Are protection, civil The Daily continent is the continuation and electrical engineers, cement manufac- of the Star. turers and specialisls in reinforced concrete SPECIAL LIBRARIES

building construction. Ins. Eng. 22: 103- Fire Protection and Prevention. 112 (Ag. 1911). American and English Methods of Fire Modern Syutem of Protecting Buildings Prevention Compared. Sprinkler. Bulletm, from Lightning. Killingworth Hedges. Lond. Ag. 1911. (Abs.) East. Und. 12:37: 1 Arch. Lond. J1. 21, '11. (S. 14, 1911). National Electrical Code. Rules and re- Beginning of a Nation's Understanding. quirements of the National Board of Fire Ins. Engng., 23:52. Ja. '12. Underwriters for electric wiring and ao. The Exhibition Fire, with some ljaratus as ~recom~inencledby the N. F. P. suggeatlons as to safeguards at future te,m- A. Ed. 1911. Pam. 120 1). , . 1)orary exhibitions set out in form of model Supervision in New York City. Rep. regulations. Edwin 0. Sachs. Red Book Supt. Rudolph P. Miller, Bureau of Uuild- British Mre Prevention Committee No. 154. ings, Manhaltan, giving interesting data on 1 ~1a1.11,18 11. Pam. 56 p. Lond. 1911 building ol~erationsin New Yoi'lr City for The Control of Fires Through Scientific forty-two Years (abs), Ins. Eng. 22: 2: -90-91 Methods. Edward V. French, Sci. Am. Sup. (Ag. 1911). J1 15, 191.1: 34, Diagms. Underwriters' Requirements (electr~c Fire Prevention. C. A. Palmer. Address code). Dana Pierce. Iqstruction yaper. Xatiorial Convention Ins Comra. .Milwaukee, Parts 1 and 2. -4111. School of Correspond- Ria. Ag. 24, '11. Proceedings, '11: 1:79-85. ence, Chicago, 1911. Fire Prevention by Public Officials. Gives laws and ordinances in force in representa- Co.operative Insurance. tive cities of U. S. A, at beginning of cur- How to Secure Lowest Fire Insurauce rent year Ins. Engng, 23:l. Ja. '12. Rates and How Insurance l3ate.s Are Made. Flre Prevention lext-book for use in the Iesuecl by Insurance Department, South Car- public schools of Nebrgslra. C. A. Randall. olina. Leaflet. 1911. Pam. ,47 11. Lincoln, 1911. Rep on Investigation of co-operative fire Individual Fire Fighting. Rochester insurance associations in New York during Chamber of Commerce. Pam. Rochester, 1911. In 52, An. Rep. of Insurance, Ne.w 1911. Intended to emphasize means at hand York state, Part 5, v. 1, pp. 543-632. for greater efficiency in private fire protec- Cost. tion. Control of industrial fire insurance cost. New York Clty. R. Waldo , Rep. KO 156. S. G. Walker. Pam. 28 p Am. Foundry- British Fire Preventioll Committee. Pam. men's Assn. N. Y. My. '11. 24 p., Lond. 1911. Ordinance prepared by Missouri Fire Pre Explosives vention Assn, authorizing police and flre Regulations of the Municip~lExplosives omcers ko investigate and report flre haz- Commission of the City of New York as ards. West. Und. 15:36 (F. P. S.) v. adopted Jan. 3 1912. City Record, N. Y., The Prevention of Fire in Boston. Re- 40: 173 .(Ja. 10, 1912). llort, Committee on Fire Prevention, Bos- Factories. ton Chamber of Commerce. Pam. 47 p. Bostqn 1911 List of cluestions sent out by N. Y. State Report oil Condition of Fire Alarm F'actory Investigating Commission Manu- Service. Borough Brooklyn, City of New facturers In cities of first and second' class. Yorlr. Dec. 1911. National Board of Fire Pam. 13 p., New York, 1911. Underwr~ters' Com. on Fire, Prevention. Fire Causes and Hazards. Pam. 11 p. Dec. 1911. Syllabus for public instruction in Are pre- The Conflagration Hazard in New York vent~on. Quarterly N. F. P. A,, 5:274. Ja. City, Arthur E. MacFarland. Illus. ~Maps. 3.IS. " McClure's Mag. pp. 153-175, Dec. 1911. Woi*k of Assns of Credlt Men for Fire Cotton Bales. The dlsgrace of the cen- Prevention Ins. Engng. 23:26. Ja. '12. tury. Illus. Cotlon. Atlanta, Oct. 1911:467. List of Fires Selected to Illustrate Defects Flre Waste. of Col~struction or Superintendence in Coinnarative statist~cs of fire loas in Classes of Property Indicated. Quarterly ~ieiiaand foreign countries. Quarterly N. I?. P. A. 5:374. Ja. '12. N. F. P A., 5:274. Ja. '12. Live articles on Special Ilazards, 108 p. Our Losing Fight AgainsL Fire Edward N. Y. 1911. Reprint Fire Prevention Supple- F. Croker. -Cases of bravery and danger ment. (Und. Prlnt. $ Pub. Co.) $1. to no gurpose. Heroic firemen and ilm- The Measurement of Fire Hazard. Her- proved machine,ry, but no gain on the loss

man B.~ Seely. Pam. Chicago, 1911. (Policy of life and property. (11.) World's Work 22: Holders' union.) 14688-14701 (A6. 1911). Refrigerat~ng Systems. Mechanical re- Preventable Flre Waste: prepared by frigeration. Alex. M. ~lumenthal.Quarter- special committee of NaLional Board Of ly Nat. Fire Protec.t,ion Association 6:291. Fire Underwriters. Pam.. N. Y. 1911. (Abs.) (J. 1912). Weelr. Und S5: 14: 305 (S. 30, '11). SPECIAL LIBRARIES

Relations of fire waste to insurance. , effective J1. 16, 1911. 315 13. Austin, Powell Evans. The Survey. July 1, 1911. 1911. The Testmony of Caesar. A. F. Dean. Rep. of com. on leglslation and exhibits Address on fire insurance before State re fire Ins, rates, in the city of Baltimore. Mfrs. Asm., My. 11, 1911. Pam. 26 p. n. p. Merchants and Mfrs. Assn. Pam. 38 p. Ralt, (Je. 1911). Forest Fires. Rep. of legislative corn., of Merchants and Forest Flres in Canada. H. R. l\Iacmlllan Mfrs. Assn, on Balt. Assn. of Fire Under- and G. A. Gutches. Review of situation and writers. Balt. Je 22, 1911. Balt. Und. 8G: statemeat..- ~~. of fires occurring- in 1909. Pam. 1.6. Letter of Henry N. Warfield, Pres., 40 p. Ottawa 1910. Balt. Assn. Fire Und., to chairman of above Prevention of Forest Fires. Guy Mitchell corn Balt. Und. 86: 12: 185. Elliott. (11.) Am. Rev. of Rev. (Jl. 1911). Securlties. Government Supervision. List of securities held by ins. cos, with Fire Insurance Laws, Taxes and Fees. A valuations fixed as of D. 31, '11....adapted dgest of statutory requirements in U. S. A. for use by committee on valuation of secur- and Canada relating to fire Insurance com- ities of Nat. Convention of Ins. Comrs., Ja. panies and agents, with many quotations 16, '12: 663 p. Alb. '12. from the slntutes: compilation of county Rules and regulations regarding accept- and municipal taxes and fees, 464 pp. Spec- ance of securities offered for deposit by ins. tator Co., New Yorlr, 1911. cos. In Rep. Supt, of Ins., of Canada, '11, P~lrl~oseUnderlying Fire Insurance Legis- v. 1, 13~xxxii-xxxv. lation Edwin A. Merritt. Address, Nat. Standard Policy Forms. Assn. Local Flre Ins. Agents, Buffalo, 1911. Tabvlatioll of replies sent to Ins. Depart- A. A. B. 29: 30-3;: (-11 1911). men1 of each state of U. S, A, by corn. on Replies to inquiries sent out by Insurance laws of Nat. Board Fire Und, requesting in- Press re. number of employees on staff of formation as to standard policy forms in use several state insur~ncedepartments, U. S. and made legal therein. Pam. 12 11. N. Y. A. Ins. Press 33 : 827:s (J1 5, 1911) et seq. Je. '11. W. E. Mallalieu, Sec., 132 Nassau Review of Legislation. George D. Marlr- St. ham Address. Nat. Assn. Local Fire Ins. Statistics. Agents, Rubalo, 1911. A. A B. 9. 15 (Jl. Spec- 1911). Fire Insurance Pocket Index, 1912. State Laws and the insurance salesman. tator Company, New York. Compilation of U'illiam 13. Hotchlc~ss. Address. Nat. Assn. figures showing business done by flre msur- Local F'ire Ins. Agents, 13uffal0, 1911. A A. ance companies in U. S. A. Pam. 1912. B. 9; 29-33 (Jl. 1911). Twenty-eix.Years of Fire and Marine Stale Ratinp Board Louisiana. Insurance Business. Record by states giving aggre- i11 Louisiana kgulated by w?se laws. LT. M. gale premiums received and losses incurred Campbell. Spec. Ed. Sew Orleans Picayune and ratio of losses to premiums. Spectator, of Feb. 19, 1912. 87:313. D. 28, '11. Stale Supervision. P. D. McGregor. Bulle- Taxation. tin, Fire Ins. Club. Chicago, 10.8:17. N. '11. Fees and taxes charged N. Y, cos. by ins. Unaulhor.ized Fire Ins Fred TV Polter. departments of other states for '11. 52 An. Address, National Convention Ins. Commru. Rep. Supt. Ins. N. Y., Part 5, v. 1, pp. 355- Milwaulroe, Ag. 24, '11. Proceedings '11, v. 39'7. Also Pam 44 11. Alb '12. 1:91:99. Underwriters' Agencies. lnsuranca Law-Court Decisions. Relation of Underwriters' Agencies to Ins, Decisions by the New York State Sole Agencies. Clarence S. Pellet. Address. Court of Al~peals,'11. In 52 An. Rep. Supt. Nat. Assn. Local Fire Ins. Agents, Buffalo, Ins., of New York, Part 5, v. 1, pp. 7-118. 1911. A. A. B. 9:23-24 (Jl. 1911). Legal Decisions on Fire Insurance Cases Underwriters' Agencies. Discussion an. in Canada. '09-'10 In Rep. Supt. Ins. of meetlrig Nat, Assn. Local Fire Ins. Agents, Canada, '11, v. 1, lip xxxv-xlii. Buffalo, 1911. A. A. B. 9:26-29 (Jl. 1911). Rates. Underwriters' Agencies a block to Re- form. A. W. Neale. An, address. Nat. Assn. Book of schedules of the Louisiana 'ire Local Fire Ins. Agents Buffalo, 1911. A A. Prevehtion Bureau. Suggestions for con- B. struction, protection, etc., applicable 9: 6-7 (J1 1911). throughout the state of Louisiana, except in Valued Policy. Class "A" cities. 392 13. New Orleans (Mr.) The Insurance Commissioner of North 1811. Dakota Assails Valued Pol~cy Laws. Ad- General Basis Schedules: standards for dress before the Farmere' construction, equipment and flre protection. Mut. Ins. Assn., Devil's Lake, No. Dak., Basis schedules of maximum rates. hlade J1. 7, 1911. Week Und. 85: 129-130 (Ag. 5, and prescr~bed by the State Ins. Board or $11). SPECIAL LIBRARIES

INSURANCE ASSOCIATION NOTES. n thousand volumes and that during the year (By U. N. Handy, Librarian, Insurance Li- visitors to it have nunlbered 387. Books brary As~ociat~ionof Boston.) are loaned from the library to members, and --- lllss Gantz reports an increasing disposition The Fire Insurance Society of Philadel- on the part of members to take advantage of 11hh has recently begun eveniug courses in this griv~lege. The librarian notes also an ill-c insurance, following the outline study increase of inquiries for information from course suggesled by the Eclucational Com- persons outside of the Amociation's mem- miltee of the Insurance Institute ol America. bershii~and recomnlends that inquirers be 150 men have enrolled. The examimtion of enco,uraged to make use of the library. It the Inslitute will be held probably in June. is somewhat regrettable, however, to flnd This Society is now cstablished in a build- from the ag11rol)riation made for the ing of its own. While the social feature has library's n~aintenance, that there is still always been l)rominent, it has not neglected inuch to be done in the way oP n~issionary ~tslibrary, to which nclclitions are steadily work before insurance libraries will receive being made. the sul~portthat their usefulness undoubt- edly ent~tlesthem to. 'J'hc ~usuranceSociety of Xew Pork has becn lnalcing nn eleort to increase its mem- bel'ehf~)to 1000. At last reports ~t was about The Insurance Library Association of ~0s- library or the Society, which now toll has coml~leted a successful year and 800. Thc one of somewhal varied activities. The ~luml~ersover 4000 vol~uil~es,is growing rag- lllembershil~ otl the Association now num- Idly allcl is already E'eelng the need of more bers 468, ~lmhis drawn from some 35 t~wns room, wl~icliis bcing proviclecl by thc addi- OUtsldc of Boston and 5 states, A book tion or one of the acljo~ningroonls in the loalling system established a year ago has building in which the library is located. renclerecl accessible to members much that The librtlry with the aclditlon will have heratofore has been shut out from them. something over 750 sqnare feel of floor The use of the books shows a gratify~ng s])acae. The Society conducts a very success- deslre for the kpd of information that the ful lecture course and a round table order, library can give. There has heen a marked nt which curreill subjects of ~nterestto fire increase in the use of the library outside of unrle~witcrs are discusscrl. A loan system its members aacl in mall requests for infor- also has reccntly been cstnblisl~ecl,by ~hich n~ationon fire insurance and related suh- boola may be ili7awn from -the l~brary. jects. 4 feature ot the year's worlr which was ])articularly interesling because it was rt'h~ lils~lran~eInstitute of Hartford has 1)ioneer work was the institution ol evening begun the l)l~blir.ntionof a Bulletin. wh~cll courses in fire insurancc This, last spring, will contain among other things the ad- followed the course recon~n~encleclby the In- cli*csses rlcli~cl~erlbefore the Instllute. The surance Institute of America, and this fall Ins tilu te lnaintains evenlng study classes, and wmter, inasmuch as the conlmittee of l'ol 1on.ing I he course outl~nedby the Insur- the Institnte had not at that time rel~orted, anc~Insritutc 01 America. a lme oi stnrly drawn up by its own Educn- tional Conunittee. Tn the sl~ringthere was The Fire Insurance Clnh of Chirago be- nn average attendance ot 75 men. while dur- gins the current ycnr with a membership of ing this La11 and wlnter there have been 655 ant1 is ret~chingout to tho 800 mark The neally 100 students coming -from several Clnh mnintains a leclure course covering starcs. The lecturers in all cascs have been lol~icsof rurrent intelwt, pnl111shes a Bnl- nlen of slanding In their grofesslon and letin in which the lectures are printed awl st~~clentshave been encouraged by the lssu- has the beginnings of a good working in- 111g of collateral rencling lists to make ex- ellranre library. JTr. Louis A. Tanner, who tensive use of the library. The trustees of hns long been active in the affairs of the the Associat~on arc at worlr ~11011a plan Cluli, is the Pres~clentof the Insurnace 111- for enlarging the library rooms now badly slitute or Amc~*ica.The [nsurencc Institute crowded. The Association has authorized IS coml)osed of representati~~esfrom the va- the publication in book form of lectures rions ins~~raacesocieties and clubs, and is glrcn I~cforethc evening classes during the a pcrmanent bocly which has undertaken to season of 1911-1912. The book when com- dewloll educational work of interest to un- plete will contain a considerable amount of derwriters. valuable informat~on presented in a form useful to students desiring to look at the subjects f,rom a practical stnndpoint. The The report of the Fire Underwriteru' As- snbj~ctscovered wth include Rates and socia.tion of the Northwest, which has just come from the press, contains among other Rate Making; Fire Protection, Fire Hazards, things an interesting report from the librar- the hazarcls of Electricity and ian, Miss Abbie B. Gantz. Miss Qantz' re- Shoe Factories; Policy Clauses and Forms; and Local Agency Organixatlon and Man- port shows that the llbrary contains nearly SPECIAL' LIBRARIES ag,ement. It is exl,ected that the book will Dennis and Wbldman bg issuecl about the first of iITay. Practical , Accounting. Dlcksee, L. R. Advanced Accounting. 1907. The Association of Life Insurance Presi- dents has issued its fifth annual #report Good-will and its treatment in accounts. which is in the nature of a memorial to the Garr~son,E. E. late Pdul illorton The reports ol this As- Accounting every business should know. sociation, d~srussingas they do vital phases 1910. * . Of life insurance, are incleasingly valnable. Greendlinger, Leo., The library muintainetl by the Asso,ciation Accountancy problems with solutions. 2 is in every sense a working- library. Vols. 1911. 5, Haskins, C. W. ' The library ot' the Eflnital~leLlfe Assus; Business education and accountancy, ance Society in the pIome Office of the Equi- Hatfield, 1-1. R. table Life Assuranre Society in Xcw York Modern accounting. 1911. was gractically destroyed by Are and water Lisle, George January 9. 1912 The law library of the Accounting in theory and practice. 1909. Equitable was one af the most coml~leteof Nixon qnd Stagg. it kind, containing some 15 000 volumes. The . Accounting and banking. 1907. insurance library, numbering 7,000 volumes, P~xley,I?. W. was notable as having lor its nucleus the Accountancy. fainous Co~rneliiisWalforscl collection. This Sprague, C. E. collection brought together by Lhe late Cor- Philosophy of accounts, 1908. nelius Walford of London, author of Wal- Llpson forcl's Cyclol~edia of Insurance, contained Theory of accounts. 1912. many rare pnblic~ltions relating to all branches of insul'fince ancl was especially Bookkeep~ng. rich in guaint nlatcrlal and statist~calliter- Cropper, L. C. ature having to do wlth life insurance calcu- Bookkeeping and Accounls. 1911. lations. Dlcksee, L. R. Bookkeeping for Accountant students. The International Association of Casnalty 1900. and Surety Underwriters has published the J. Proceedings of ~tsfirst convention, held in Griffith, B. Practical bookkeeping. 1910. New Yorlr city Oct. 17-18, 1913. This new association IS formed by the nlcrger of three Heitrnan, Henry already existing and pronlinent insurance Theory and practice of higher account- organizations of sinlilar activities, the Tn- ing. 1910. ternational Association of Accident Writ- H irsch, Adolph ers, the Board ot Casualty and Surety IJn- Science of commercial bookkeeplng. 1903. derwriters and the Tdablllty Insnrance International Accountants' Manual. Association, dating from 1891. 1904 and 1907 Moore and Miner. respectively. The sessions of the ~peeting Accounting and business practice. were largely taken 1111 by di~cus~sionsof Risque, F. W. questions incidental to the merger of the Loose leaf books and systems for general three bodies. The first annual report on business. 1907. Legislation. submitted by the Buroau of Pub- Seavy, Manson Ilcity of the ncw Associat~on,is included in -Practicd business bookkeeping. by double the Proceedings It suinmarizes the Insu- entry. ance Legislation of 1911 (11 151-156). Soule, Geo New science and practlce of accounts. CLASSIFIED LIST OF BOOKS ON AC- 1911. COUNTING AND ALLIED SUBJECTS. Whigam and Fred'erick. General Principles. Boolrkeeping and business gract,ice. 1910. Bentley, 13. C. Auditing. Science of Accounts, 1911. Auditing and cost accounts. Brown, Richard. (Modern Business series, Vol. 11). History of accounting and accountantn, Cutforth, A. E. 1905 Audits. 1908. co~e;W. M. Day, C. M. Accounts, their constructmn and interpre- Accounting practice. tation, 1908. Dicksee, L. R. Day, C. M. ~ractkalmanual for auditors. (Amer. Accounting practice. 1908 Ed.) 1909 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 41

Keister, D. A. Special Accounting Systems. Corporation accounting and auditing. 1906. Brearley and Taylor. Pixley, I?. W. Gas companies' bookkeeping. Audllors, their clut~esand responsibilities. Brockway, W. B. 2 Vol. Electric railway accounting. 1906. P~xley,F. ,W. Cleveland, F. A. Chartered accountant!^ charges and the Municipal administration and accounting. 1909. . -. law relating thereto. .I Renn, G. B. , Fisher, J. A. Practical auditing. 1907. Railway iccccbuhts and finance. 1911. Wolfe, S. H. Forse, W. H. Jr. Examination of insurance companies. Electric railway auditing and acdounti&. 1910. 1908. Mstz, H. A. Manual of accounting and business pro- Cost Accounts. cedure of the City of N. Y. 1909. Arnold, H. I;. Public Service Commission, N. Y.-First Complete cost-keeper. 1907. Dls trict. - Un~formsystem of accounts prescribed Factory manager and accountant. 1910. for electrical companies. Bunnell, S. H. Sprague, C. E. Cost-keeping for manufacturing plants. Accountancy of investment. 1906. LYLL..A* Young, T. E. Church, A. H. Insurance oface organization, manage- Proper distribution of expense burden. ment and accounts. 1908. Dicksee, L. R. Bank and' Brokerage Accounts. Depreciation tables. Barret, A. R. EddlS, w. C. Modern banking methods and practical Manufacturers' accounts. 1912. bank bookkeeping. 1903. Engineering estirnatee, cost and accounts. Callaway, W. D. 1911. Stockbroker's Accounts. (Accountant's Garche. Library.) Factory accounts. 1902. Herrick, clay Hawkins, L. W. Trust companies, their organization, Cost accounts. 1905. rrowth and management. 1909. Macnaughton, Joseph , ~eelboornand ~annaford. Factory book-keeping for paper mills. Bank bookkeeping and accounts.~ (AC- 1900. countants' Library.) Matheeon, E. Nlxon and Stagg. De~reclatton of factories. 1910. Accounting and banking. Nicholson, Lee Factory organization and costs. 1911. Commercial Law. Pearn, Sinclair Chamberlain, J. A. Workshop costs for Engineers and manu- Commercial Law, 1910. facturers. 1904. Conyngton, Thos. Strachan, W. Modcrn Corporation. 1910. Cost accounts. 1900. Hill, F. T. Webner, F. F$. Care of estates.' 1901. Factory costs. 1911 Howes, E. A. Wlldman, J. R. A~merican law relatlng to 'income and Cost Accounting. 1911. principal. 1905. Woods. C. E. Machen, Jr. A. W. Industrial organization Isgs~tem~tiaation Treatise on the federal corporation tax and accounting. 3 VOlS. 1908. law of 1909. 1910. Overland, M. U. Corporation and Partnership. Classifled corporation laws of all the states. 1909. Bentley, H. C. Prentice, E. P. Corporate flnance and accounting. 1908. Federal power over carriers and corpora- Keister, D. A. I tions. 1907. Corporation accounting and auditing. Sullivan, J. J. 1906. Amencan business law with legal forms. Mulhall, J. I?. 1909. Quasi-public corporation accounting and Encyclopedia, Lexicons and Periodicals. management. 1905. Beach, E. H. 42 SPECIAL LIBRARIES

American business and accounting ency- service is devoted to a "Digest of the laws clopedia. and regulations of the various states relat- Beckett, Thos. ing to the reporting of cases of sickness," Accountants' Assistant. by J. W. Trask, with a brief introduction Dawson, S. S. discussing the necessity of reports of sick- Accountants' compendium. 1908. ness. 191p. Lisle, George. Employer's liabil~ty. An address, by Encycloped~aof accounting; 8 vols. 1903. John Burke, Governor of Norlh Dakota, on Whatley, G. E. S. "Employers' llability and workmen's com- Accountants' and bookkeepers' vade me- pensatlon acts," delivered before lhe Iowa cum. 1893. state bar association, June 30, 1911, has Accountant. been reprinted in a separate pamphlet of 29 Business. pages. The history ot the growth of the Journal of Accountancy. problem and the legislative enactments System. and constitutional decisions on the subject Dicksee, 2. R. are treated and a brief resume is given of Tables the way in which foreign countries have met Coml~aratlvedepreciation tables. 1909. the situation. Blaine, R. G. Employers' liability - M~chlgan. The (The) Slide rule. 1907. Michigan Commission appointed by the Gen- Croad, H J. eral Assembly of 1911 to invest,igate alld re- Depreciat~on, discount, appreciation ta- port a plan for legislative action to provide bles. 1891. comyensatlon for accidental injuries or Haines R. C. death arising out of and in the course of Interlinear interest tables. 1907. employment, printed its report before Jan. Holman. 1. 1912, the result of meet~ngsand lnvestl- Computation rules and logar~thms. 1908. gations extending from June 17 to Dec. 10, King and Whittall. 1911. Present conditions are summarized Valuation and other tables. and a bill aroviding for worlrmeu's compen- Rollins, Montgomery. sation is submitled with an analysis or its Bond values. provisions. The appendices contain the -Tables showing net returns from bonds, minutes of the Commission's meetings, a stocks, etc, 1907. study of the cost of the present interpreta- Spraguc, C. E. tion of the law and relief plans in opera- Complete bond tables to eight places tion in Michigan. 152p. (The Michigan 1907. leg~slatureis at present convened in special - Tables of compound interest, discount, session and may act upon this rcport.) etc. 190s. Indeterminate sentence. The March, 1912, Smoley, Constanthe number of the Journal of the American in- Parallel tables of logarithms and squares. stitute of criminal law and criminology con- 1911. tains the Report of Committee I?. of the Submitted March, 1912, by E. V. Dob- Institute, on "Indeterminate sentence and bins, Librarian Amer. Tel. & Tel. Co., Ac- release on parole," submittecl by Albert H. counting Library, 15 Dey St., N. Y. C., N. Y. Hall. The committee was charged with a three-fold investigation of the subject in- cluding (1) the results of measures hitherto CURRENT REFERENCES. used; (2) the organization or boards ot par- City finance-New York (city). Four don and parole; (3) the co-relation of such pamphlets recently received from the of- boards and officers with courts nnd court fice of the Comptroller of New York city, methods A tabulation of existing indeter- W. A. Prendergast, are: "Tables and minate sentence laws is mcluded, arid nn statements summarizing the operations of analys~sof the new Minnesota law, for the the city treasury and of the sinking funds enactment of which the Committee was re for the year ended Dec. 31, 1911," 1160.; sponsible. llp. "1911 financal legislation affecting New lndustr~al education. The Indiana de- York city, Semi-annual tax law," 48p.; "Ad- partment of public instruction has issued as ministration of the finances of the City of its Bulletln No. 6, Dec. 1911-Jan. 1912, a Newr York," an address by Mr. Prendergast pamphlet discussing the question of "Indus- to the New York state bankers' ass'n, July trial education" and contaming also a brief 14, 1910, 16p.; "Semi-annual collection of account of the Indiana commission on indus- taxes for the city of New York," from an trial and agr~cultural education, appointed address by Mr. Prendergast at the City by the Legislalure of 1911. 7p. Club, Feb. 6, 1911. Milk supply-Municipal control. The 13th Contagious diseases-Reglstratlon. Pub- Bulletbn of the Milwaukee bureau of econ- lic health bulletin, No. 46, July. 1911, of omy and emciency which appeared Jan. 30, the U. S. public health and marine-hospital 1912, is devoted to the Health Department SPECIAL LIBRARIES 43 of the cit.y government in its relation to the suggestions for the agphcation of the prin- city's milk sul~glynnd gives the report of a ciple to any state." 26p careLul investigation into the san~taryas- Taxation--Baltlrnore.]3eC. W. Thorn, Pres- spects of the groductlon, transporlation and ident ot the Just ~epresentatlon league distribution of milk. A leaflet inserted in of Maryland, prepared last June, with the the pamphlet conlains the enrlorsemerit of allproval of the Executive committee of the the bulletin by the Milwaukee milk com- City wide congress held in Baltimore earlier mittee of the Cluld, weltare commission. in 1911, a "Srncly of the gross under-repre Maps, 48p. sentation of Baltimore city, Baltimore co., Modng pictures. "h'iclrelodeons: a boon Allezany co., F'rederick co. and Washington and n menace" by I.1. C. Spurr is the lead- co. in the Leg~slature and the consoquent ing article of Case and Comment for March, and continuous dlsaster to them all, but gar- 1912, and contains a summary of local laws titularly to Baltimore city, in regard to covering moving picture theaters. Other state taxation and exllenses." This has articles on different questions relating to been pr~ntedCor clistribution. 2311. Another theaters and the tlieatr~cal profession fol- pamphlet dealing with the same subject and low. bearing the tiilc "Comn~entssupl~lemeutal to the Report of the Committee on taxation of Munlclpal research. In a, pamphlet of 80 the Clty-wide congress" represents the pages "Six years of municipal research iov pojnt of view of ihat Committee Iml has not greater New Yorlr, record for 1906-1911" the heen consideretl or passed up011 by the Bureau of municipal rescarch of New York city sums up the methods and results of its Board of directors of the Congress. 19p. six years work, and gives account of the BOSTON CO-0-AT~VE--I'NFORMATION expenditures of the $402,900 contributed to BUREAU. its support by public-spirited citizens. It The first number of the bulletin ot the includes a brief review also oC municipal re- Boston Go-operative Information Bureau ap- search in other cities, pp.62-63. peared Mar. 1st. It gives in outhne the Ophthalmla neonatorurn. The laws and plans of the bureau md some articles and regulalions relating to oplllhalmia neona- letters descriptive of the prol~osedwork. torum in force in the United States are The New York Sun, Jan, 11, 1912, said of mmlyzed in Public heallh bu1let:n No. 49, Lhe Bureau "To compile an encycloi~edla Oct., 1911, of the U. S. public health and of men in town who have special knowledge marine hospital service, by J. W. Kerr, and is part of a scheme for a 'Boston co-operative a digest of these lams IS also included. 2011. information bureau.' It aims to make it possible lor the individual member to flnd Preeldentlai primaries. A digest of tho out at shortest notice over the telephone or "Lams of the various stntes relating to otherwise anvthing on any subject under presidential primaries" is a timely publica- the sun about which he is doubtful. tion Pro,ni thc Legislative reference depart- Headcluartcrs is expected to he able in- ment of the Michlgan Statc Library. The stantaneously to put such a queshoner on States providing for presidential pr:maries the track of the desired information, whether and the clirect election of delegates to na- it is corl~ainedin one or morQ of the l~braries tionnl conventions are: California, Neb- of the district or is carried In the memory raska, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, of some specialist who is willing for the Soulli Dakota and Wisconsin. 28p Feb., common good to impart his ltnowledge to 191 2. others. Pr~sonlabor. The Ohio State bnrenu of The card cataloging of individuals who labor statistics has subnutted a Special re arc 1cnon.n to have expert knowledge and to port on llrison lallor coverlng the year 1910, have csl~ressedwningness to assist proper- in accorclance with the Ohio statute which ly accredited inquirers is bclieved to be limits the numl~erof prison illmates who something new 111 library extension. Mem- can engage in any form of manufacture not Ilershi11 in the new association costs nothing to exceed 10 per cent~uniof all persons out- excel)t Lhe expression of readiness to serve side the prisons, reformatories, etc., who all the other members whenever able to do manufacture the same arlicle, as shown by so. Payment for a bulletin service which U. S. Census, state enumeration or annual is expected to furnish the very moderate or special report of the State Bureau of funrls necessary for maintaining the scheme Labor statistics. Illus.. tables, 4511. 1911. is purely optional." Short ballot. The Short ballot orgnniza- The officers of the bureau are: tion, in distributing on Jan, 13, L912, a Presiclent, Robert P. Bigelow, Librarian, pamphlet entitled "The need of a short ass. Instil ute of Technology. ballot in Ohio, a report prepared and printed Vice President. Paul P. Foster, Librarian .by the Short ballot committee of the Munici- youths impa anion. pal ass'n of Cleveland for the Short ballot Secretary-Treasurer, G. It7. Lee, Librarian movement in Ohio, Dec. 1911," calls atten- Stone & Webster. tion to it as "the first comprehensive set of Editor of Publications, Thos. J. Homer.