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PIJBLISI-TED nY ~r-lfi; THE LIBRARY SIDE OF THE DEPART- SPECIAL LIDRARIES ASSOCIATION MENT OF LEGISLATIVE REFER- Edilorial Once, State Library. ENCE, BALTIMORE. Indianapolis, Ind. ?.T wr H. \VAI,I.IP.C~~liiln~rr. Appllcatlon pcndlng for. aclmls~ion as sccnnA- Thc mere details of 1ibra1-y routine work clnss matter nt the PosCoRicr. Intl~nnnpolis,Ind m~kera1:lc.r dry ret~dingfor those not es- 1)ecially interested in the kind of work clis- Su11srril)tion...... $2.00 :L year (10 n~unl~crs)c.uhsctl: but special Ilbraries have little Single copies...... 2,5 cenls ~)roblenlsof their own ansing, and such in- -. . ------formation n.; to ~118~others arc doing to Prcsldent JOIINCOTTON DANA solvo Iheln will 116 welcome lo each one 1a7r& P~ll>licLIIira~y, Newnrlc N 3 in its rleve1ol)ment. As legislative refer- Vlcc-prt'sidrn1 llonmw 'T-I. I\'IIITTBN Pul~llc~ervlce ~olnrnlssion, New Yorlc City. ence librnrles are increasing so ral)idly, we Ser~~c~tn~~v-'l'leas~ilc'i'- - - Gcr 1% MARION may expect 11efore very long an ~nterchange Arthur D. Llttle, Inc., 93 Rrond St., Boston, h1a.s~ of l)il)liogral~l~ies,digests of laws, and die- Executive 1:onrtl : PIWSIUBNT.VICE-PIIESIDI.:NT Sl:rRW~.41lY-'I'IU3,ingroom and slorage. New sections sociation in I3oslo11, Sovember 11, adds fin- of six FIIBIV~S each have just been 01'- dered, which will require a shifting of al- other clialller to the significant progress no st the whole library, colisist~ngof 1,315 wllicll the association is making. The pro- l?oolrs and G,I.IG ~)ampl~lets,excluding bills, gram was practical anrl coml~reliensive,Lhe clil11)ingh and articles of four pages nncl attendancc was good; and the l~ul~liciiv less. At lhe same time an inventory will he taken and there will I)e a careful weecl- given to the meet~ngsby lhe press shows in.: out process, for atl yet nothinq has the lively interest being lnlren in the work. hen cliscardecl hul 1mirn1)ortanl dul~llcates. A fuil d~zestof the pal)ers and adclrcsses Some of our volumes lo which refe~wxeis will be 11ul)lislied in (he January issue of seldom made, such as out or chle financial reports, TTnited States labor ~.cl)ortsand Special IJbraries bullelins, hnvc been stored away in a cor- The conslitution of the association was ner of a council committee room, arranged amended to ~nakethe clues one dollar per syst,ematicnlly, and the ])!ace of each vol- year. The subscril~tion pisice of Spec~alLi- ume desiqnated ulmn the cnlalog carcls by a braries will remain at two dollars, but to sn~allred rross members the price will be one dollar. This The sllennl scheme of tho Dewey cleci- action was necessary lo conform to Ille ma1 clnssification, as devised by the Wis- rules of the postofficc clepartn~ent regarcl- COIIS~II tlej)artment, has bean found lo be a ing second class mail matter. very satisfactory basis, with, oP course, utl- h second meeting will be hold tho first ditions and changes to s111t~ndividual needs week in Jannary in Chicago, the I]rogram of the lil~~~ary.Each s1)ecial lil)rary must and exact date of which mill be Infer nn- devise its own schen~cor else adapt an- nounced. otlle~~wI1ic11 scrves as n bnsis, for the de- SPECIAL LIBRARIES mands of each differ considerably. The ever-growing catalog. Condensation in cer- number for taxation in Baltimore Was ex- tain cases is helpful to the investigator as panded to include tax on city stock, depart- well as a saving of labor on the part of the ment stores, manufactures, taxation in the cataloger; for example, references to laws anqex, etc., as these qu'estions came UP or ordinances on a certain subject are ar- for discussion. The number for Commls- ranged in a list on one or two cards, in- sion governn~entwas changed to take its stead of a separate card for each one. The place before the citv charters in the execu- catalog tells, among its other detailed in- tive's room, where it was in demand. Many formation, what subjects may be found In changes and additional subject headings the letter file: thus the catalog is a key to were made and are being made continu- the whole library, and in minute analyxa- ally, for investigations along new subjects tion scarcely an article of importance, ~f are ceaseless. The aim in classifying is to only a page, is allowed to escape. The hard place all material on a given subject in one and fast rules of cataloging a large public place. Although this necessitates filing or college library may be boiled down or papers, clippings, hills, and pamphlets dispensed with in a library of this kind. among >he books unon the sh~lvns,the con- Thus, the author's full name, date of birth venience in knowing what may be had at a and death are not necessary, and a name glance, justifies the method. Large ma- list is of little value, while a subject list nila cnv~lopesand pamphlet boxes of two is of great value to the cataloger. Accu- sixes are used for the preservation of the racy, hoyever, regarding rules adopted nlust scrappy material. Separate bills from other be observed. states are classifled according to subject During the session of the legislature the and tied with red tane hetween cardboard bills are indexed as fast as they are sent in pamphlet form. Clippings from news- up from the printers. At the last session papers are mounted upon cardboard, tied twelve copies of each bill were received, tog~therwith tape, or, if over size, placed one each for our permanent flle, SIX for in large envelopes, while Dazes cut from coniplete sets to exchange wilh other stales, books and magazines are made into Pam- and the rest for general distribution The ]lhkt~by thc Hotchkiss pamuhl~tmachine. proceedings as printed in the newspapers All these arc classified according to sub- &re clipped and preserved. When the list ject. The clippins method is used freely of bills as signed by the governor nllpeass, ullon magazines, newsnallers and some du- it IS indicated on the cards by the letter glicates, requirinx so much time that out- "P," meaning "passed." In case of amend- sid? help had to be engaged several times ments, notes are added on the cards refer- to get through with the mass of it. The ring to pages in the journal proceedings most useful of our magazines, such as The or perhaps to typewritten copies in the let- City Hall, The American' City, Municipal ter flle. Ordinances are received from the Journal and Engineer aud The Survey will city register soon after they are passed by be sent to the binder's, but cards are made the council and approved by the mayor. for all articles in them to which refe+ence and are a190 indexed under specific sub- may be made. Duplicates are kept sepa- jects. Thus we have four card indexes, rate, classifled and arranged on top of the the regular dictionary catalog, legislatwe shelves, except thoso which are in con- bills, ordinances and the hills of the dif- stant demand, such as the Maryland pub- ferent states received from the Law Re- lic service commission law, which are porting Company. placed with t,he library copy; no record is The checking up of all the cards as pub- kept of them, as they are given freely to lished by the Law Reporting Conlpany is those who wish them. too great a task for the cataloger during Letters, in answer to circular inquiries the busy time of the legislature, but the nlm slleclfic subjects are placed in the let- sheets were found very useful in tracing ter file under the subject, these forming up Maryland bills and in checking up those an entirely separate file frotn the general that had been passed. After reviewing and correspondence which is Lrranged by city discardmg all local and unimportant bills, and state. Typewritten reports of investi- they were filed under our own subject head- gations made by the department are placed inzs which were typewritten in the upper in the subject file under "General Informa- left-hand corner. This, however, had to tion." All Baltimore material is placed be discontinued under pressure of other together in one room won sena.ra.te shelves, work. We think the experiment of the covering almost the whole scheme of classi- Law Reporting Company a success, though fication in itself. its value will become greater as it develo1)s The dict~onarycatalog is now composed into more perfected service. To keep in of about 16,000 cards. The weeding out touch with legislat~onall over the country process upon the shelves will necessitate should certainly be the aim of legislative a corresponding weeding among the cards, reference libraries. yet the daily increase of material means an A careful selection of public documents SPECIAL LIBRARIES is kept on flle, and is of much value for and telegraphs, taxation and allied topics. statistical purposes. They include reports A considerable mass of data bearing on And bulletins of the Department of Labor, municipal activities Is scattered through the Department of Agricultnre, Rureau of the various census reports and bulletins, and Census and the Rureau of Statistics. is readiiy available upon proper search be- Besides legislators and councilmen, .to ing made. whom preference is given, the library is The bi-monthly bulletins of the United utilized by reporters looking up informa- States Bureau of Labor from time to time tion for their "stories," heads of depart- contain coml~arative material on manici- ments, lawyers, students and many others pal functions in this country and in Europe. who generally come for some deflnite in- The reports of the United States commis- formation. If it is not on hand, it is imme- sloner of labor are replete with matter cov- diately procured if possible. A careful rec- ering municipal topics, viz : public utilities, ord is lce~tof material loaned, but there education, hours of labor, liquor problem, are no strict rules as to their return. If housing, etc. in demand from another source, or we have The Bureau of Manufactures of the De- good reason to think that the borrower partment of Labor issues reports on city af- bas flnished with it, notice may be sent by fairs and government. The scope of these letter or teleuhone. repolSts may be instanced by the following As the latest information on any sub- titles taken at random, viz.: "Municipal ject is in most demand, the material is kept Marlceta and Slaughter Houses in Froye" as strictly up to date as possible. Bulle- and "Mun~cipal Taxation in Europe. The tins and reports of municipal leagues, city daily and monthly consular reports are also clubs and other organizations often give useful. information as to recent pubiications The reports of the federal coinmissioner A wise selection of malerial, a thorough of education contain the educational sta- system of preserving it, and a cheerful tistics of cities. The Geological Survey spirit of helpin5 each visitor as completely and the Bureau of Statistics of the Depart- as possible, often bring to the legislative ment of Labor issue matter periodically, reference department those who have bearing on municipal questions. The henr- ~earchedin vain elsewhere, and they often ings before the committees of the House find what they wnnt but did not expect. of Representatives and Senate and of the So such libraries will grow in the public special government comn~issionsare often confidence, and they will be the flrst ones very elaborate and contain discussions of to which surh investigators will turn every clty problems at the hands of experts. time. The bibliographies most widely attempt- ing to cover the fleld of inuniclpal informa- SOURCES OF MUNICIPAL INFORMA- tion are Brooks' "Bibliography of Munici- TION. pal Problenls" and Brown's "List of Titles hi<~r;nrc~tJ:nx, Ass~stnntStntlst~clan Munlcignl on Municil~al Government," prepared for Library, Chicago. the use of the Chicago charter convention. The sources of munici~alinformation are The usefulness of the flrst Is limited by the chiefly docdmentary, secreted in the re- period of time elapsed since its publication. ports and publications issued by the nu- Brown's bibliography contains niuch mate- merous boards and departments of the fed- rial on the legislative and administrative eral, etate and local governments. functions of cities. There are also many llha.United States Census Bureau issues s])ecial bibliographies treating on certain publications relating to municipal govern- phases of civic problems ment in its various phases. Among its an- The city charters and ordinances, as a nual publications the "Mortality Statistics" rule, can be obtalned for the asking, and and "Statistics of Cities Having a Popala- are helpful as aids in comparative legisla- tion of Over 30,000" may be cited as bear- tion. Hatton's "Digest of City Charters" Ing on municipal affairs. The former an- readily gives the seeker the information nually gives statistics of mortality in the which ollierwise can only be compiled after "registration area," while the latter each painstaking search. The annual municipal year contains the financial statistics of mu- departmenlal reports must be thoroughly nicipalities, and in alternate years includes indexed lo make then1 available as sources. their social statistics. The preparat~on Here lie h~ddenamidst a mass of irrelevant and printmg of the last named report material data on street cleaning, reCuse and usually takes from one year and a half to sewage disposal, paving, harbors, trnfRc two years, and includes monographs on spe- regulation, public baths, the milk problem, cial topics, such as water supply, sewerage nlunicipal finances, and the like, which systems, milk, etc. Among the bureau's taxes the skill of experienced index clerks less frequenl publfcations are reports on in the attempt to garner the wheat from the llublic utilities, VIZ.: electric light and chaff power stations, street railways, telephones Extended studies are made occasionally SPECIAL LIBRARIES by acknowledged experts in their respective census will be considered in nearly every fields for cities seeking ways and means to state. solve vexing problems, among a number, California: D11iTo1m accounting nil11 csnmi~ln- the following being ~nstanced: Parsons- tloll of accounts: C:eneraI act POI com~n~sslon Hering-Whinery report on street cleaning and waste disposal, Arnold's reports on traction matters, Burgess and Jackson re- ports on the telephone, and Haslcins and fiation and reclamation rl~stricts: hl~nprnl Sells on municipal accounting. iitnds~;Inltlatire~~ i:e&iil ~eferentlu~l;;El~niln;~- As a means of keelling abreast with cur- tion of pa1.L~ drc-le and party column fro111 the b:~llot; on-'partls:~n ludic1;~ry; puhl~cityof cam- rent municipal legislation, it is essentlal Pllign cspeiist~s,I:cgula~~ori of iol~l)ylsts:restor- that the gubllshed proceedings of boards :rtlon of Xustrallan Iinllot : Short Imlll)t. Slm- of aldermen and city councils be obtained pliilrxt~onor illrGct pi~lrniiyInw geheraliy nnA regularly and indexed carefully. Rel~orts prov~dingfor st:rtculde ;~dvlsoryvolc on 11 S senators : Entorcement oC ;mh-trust lawq ; Eln- made by state boards and colnrnlssions hav- ing jurisdiction over inunic~galmatters can be obtained upon payment of express charges or poslage, if not gratis. Clip])inps from newspapers and magazines furnish a 1:1w of c,~.ln~rnnloroceclure . Publtc ser\'lcLb coin- fund of information hard to procure other- niihhion : I:.~ilror~ilconiiiilss~on ; Leg~rl:ltion pro- Iill~lt~ngfrec ptwses ; Rcfoimatory for ll~~:.tor- wise. The local public and special refer- rerlrlc~x:l~hyslr~al valu.lt~ori of rnllnwv propert)': ence libraries are additional sources and \\70~iinnsuCfrnze. Mnrll~etax, Inlierilnnc~~Lt~s. frequently the worklng libraries of sl~ecial- Fc[ur.Ltlon ut the sourctSs ol st;~lv ;und local revenues. ists, experts and corporations furnish the Connecticut: Public u t~llty comm ~ss~on:Pri- data for whlch an unavailing search has mary elccllons: I*:ml)loycl s' I~nhll~tyand woi k- been made. Other methods failing or prov- rncn's comnens:illoii. ing unsatisfactory, questionaries may be Il;l1101:,~ Clvil service Cook county . In1t1.1- tli e rind referr~~du~n, 1:heal (11 cu~nuit~ii\r. vol- sent out to those able to furnish informa- lng provlhlon of constitullon , Currul~LprnCllces tion, ancl the replies duly summarized and :~cl;Occupntionfll disea-rs. ICmlllo~.l'l'~'Iial)~lily tabulated. nnd \\'ri~l~rnen'scolnlirns;~tlon , 11ltl~4tiI:lI i'ducil- t1011, Bafrguniilina of mines, Ite~~~lutionof hrr It is not here intended to demarcate the Insu~.tinr!c r:ltlng nucl cl:~ssiAct~tlo~l sources of nlunicl~lal information. On the Indiana: Itepeal of county ol>Llun lax ; Town- contrary, they may be defined as bemg en- slllp nnil, werd option tuicl ri~gulatioil 01 Ilquor tirely dependent on the ingenuity and origi- tr,~ftic: I ,egist~atton of Loters ; Interurban rail- nays, safety regu!ntion , Teachers' pension>, nality of the librarian and his staff. stnte Iii~liwayct1:rlrnlss1on; 1Bni1iIoycl~s'i~l~illty niid \\oi'l - -- - - , ~~ealtli- - - -. ... laws:- - ~ntox~cnilnaIlr~uor~: Pull- ity and workmen's conlpe~lsation will be Ilcity 'i th~st:ltcSs n$vnntages lo: res~~lcnceant1 business ; Prlvate 11anlts : Peddlers, especially considered everywhere. The reports of vendors of cl~iigh, School lawh, Wnn~tln's re- seven state commissions will be made A rorrnntory , 1:oflil . laws ; Taxtitlon In Rellel al , uniform law for the control of fraternal 'mx comnushlon , Primary laws, Cnnvlcl Ifllior PIII-P. -.. .. fnnrls:. -Pulill~ - .. ..- .snnlw . .~ cornrn~sslon:. . Ciili insurance companies and for the control servlce : State public~tybu~.enu-; 'I'en~portl~ y tnx of casualty and health insurance compa- cornml~.;ion ; 1:epeal af tax on nioneys and cred-

nies will be presented. its~ -~ : Public ul~l~licscommlsslon : Cnnin~lssloii rtlni~for schools In citiri ovrr 25.000. Ilnilelltlc The unifornl divorce act of the commis- h&i~iai,3otnLn suffrage ; New drahiag8 laws, sioners on unifornl laws will also be pre- Creation of fivc water storage Iinsins, Provls~on for women fnclnl v lnspecturs, Xew 1n4urflncP seuted department' Transfrr ot bankmy departnirnt tn The sanitary factory measure advocated state trens;lrersh office: Ke\v aootl roddb Ian; by the Association of Food and Drug Com- %Lgartiean joilic~ary. nlissioners, and passed in several states Xanras: Assessment ancl tauation. i cvislon of lawfi; A~~tomol)lles,refi'ulal~on of, Cnmllalqn cx- two years ago, will be p~~esentedto all the yciises, publicity of ; Ih-nmnge, ditcl~csand dlltes ; remainmg states. Employers' Ilnbil~ty;Fees nncl halarles of Li~mii The income tax amendlllent to the fed- nncl county offic.ers. Trllicrltnace tax, InitinL~ve and refe~enrlunl;Insnrance Iawh, ~evi~lonwith elal constitution wilc be presented to all spec1:ll rcecrence to fee:. charger1 Porcign coin- states which have not yet adopted it panles : Jury I:lw, revlslon oC ; T~nbor dispules, ~ongressionalalq~ortionnlent and leglsla- m-b~twLion of, Land reqietratlon: IvIr~rt~ng~ ltluntion; I\LovinC plctules, renulation of: PII- tive al)i)ortionment following the recent mnry elcctlons, Public ulil~tlcs, stntc regula- 'SPECIAL LIBRARIES tion; Recall: Removal of cause to federn1 ucntlonal institutions : Prlmary laws-exten- courts' Schools centrnliznllon, medlcal exam- slon : Non-nartisan judicinru : Free ansses : Clnss- inatloi of pupiis, mlnimum term, state ald to Iflcatlon or nronort? for takatlon 6urooses: Pel- wenlc districts stnte publicntion of text-books; low-servant'rde, Uniform icGuritiig: Freight Short ballot. ~~hug~l~er-~louseregulation; Stnie and express ~ates; Clvll servlce; Four year term omcers feu;. year terms, Sunday amusements for governor and state officers. (bnsebill tllenter etc.) . Teachers' pensions; Ohio: Publlc ulillty commlsslon; Slngle board Uniform ' rnunicipb~ and county accounting: of control for state Instltutlons' hlaxlmum tax VentllaLion of publlc bulldlngs; Weights end rate of ten mills, to be increasdd only by vote measul'es-law to require stanrlarizcd barrels. of the people * Employers' liability and mrorkmcn's boxes, I)nskels, anclrs, elc. compensntlon'; Canal Improvement ; Local op- Masracliusetts: State Income tnx: Free mill tlon, probable amendment of county option lnw; lux : Uncnrned lncremenl tax : Foreign cornor- Necessary action for a conventlon of the states ntlon tnx ; Worltlnginen's conipensntlon Poi*-111- to elect Unlted States scnators by populnr sole; juries ; Elgl~t-hourbill ; Fifty-four-hour bill ; L~L- Uniform school book law' Inltlatlve and refer- bor unlon flnes bill, Injunctions a Clllld labor; endum; Extension of thd teachmg of ngricul- SLrllcc lt~w,~nltiati~e and referdndum; Direct ture ' Non-pnrtlsan judlclarv Limiting the hours nomlnatlons: Dlrect election of United Stntes of dbor of employed wo&eh ; Competltlve bid- senators Womnn sufcrage ' Corrupt Practlces ding by hnnlcs for state depos~ts. nct, espeklnlly in regard to il~nltcdexpentlttules Oregon: Employers' Ilnbillty' Constltutional by cnndldntes ' Tuberculosis ' Ivlllk lnspectlon ; convention; mstenslon of dlrclt prlinary law; Meat inspectioh . Cold storade freight rates on Normal schools; Board of ~eople'slnspeclors milk: ~ndustrlnl'and tcchnlcnl educatlon: uni- of government: Proportional representallon, form'nccnunt~nc: Local covernment board: C~vil Liquor legislntion; Initlnllve, modlflcntion of servlce as nppligh toclll~snnd towns: ~ulilcipal law; Income tnx; Cablnet system 01 sink gov- chnrtcw, espcclally co~nmisslon form of go\'- rrnmenl; Road leglslntlon; Water power legis- emlng; Clvll pensions, espec~nllyteachers' pen- lation. Pennsylvania: Snvlng bnnlc annultles' Olr? age pensions; Attnchment of wages, ~olh'stor- age. Commlsslon form of government, Comprh- sori arblllnlion of labor disputes; ~ixntionof corporations; Graduated dlrect lnherltnnce tnx; cmllon:... Llouor. Includinz treatn ness. General election 18W; Dlrcct nomlnatlons es- Minnesota: County option; Taxation of iron pecially of Unltcd Stnles senators; ~egulhtl~n of exgert iesllmony' Jury system ' Juvenllc ore ; Employers' llr~bllfly and workmen's com- courts, extension or 'jurisdiction ; 011 nncl gns pensallon ; Protecllon against forest files; Re- well legislt~tlon: Bxtencllng power of the railroad fore~tatlon;Woman suRra,ee; Sale of staLe commission. over public ut~llties;Welghts and lands : Gooll rands : Primary e!cction Inw and tnetrsures ; Stntc wide improvement or roads. amendments. South Dakota: One oP the chief leglslnLlve Miruourl: Tnxntion* Higlin~nys;Public ulil- measures wlll be the complete revlslon of the It'es re~~lnllon; contrbl of electlons and police school system from cl~stllct schools to stnte in la~gccltles; Divoi~ce; Convict labor; Crlmes university. c'enernlly; Iiegulation of sale of 1ntoxiCnti~g Texas: Regulation of weights and measures; 1101101'S. Regulntlon of L)xlceries, Regulation of automo- Montana: Rond Inws, considering e,wec~i\lly biles' Management of county and clty jalls and convlct Inbor on highways : Emp'oye~s llabllity poor ?arms; The lnstltutlon of county boards of nr~dworkmen's corn~ensullon: Free enlploynlcnL eclucatlon ; A constitut~onal amendment sepnr- bureeus ; Comminsloil government for cltlea : DI- atlng the stnle unlverslty and the agrlculturnl rvl p1'1n1arlen: Incoinc inx. Creatlon of publlc and mechanical collcpe ; A special slatutory tax ulllity commlssiot~; ~onservktlonof natural 1-( - sourcon. Tor the support of the university: A tax prob- Nebraskn: County optlon; Initlt~civcand ref- ably by constltutlonal nmendmcnt for tho orendurn consrlturlonnl nmendmcnt; Good support of the nfiricultural and mcchan- mn0a on-oartlsnn Iioa~dsof conLrol for mate Ical college ' Indetermlnnle and suspended sen- i~;I;IT~ii;lioG-;F~m~id~ers'linhlilty and workmen's tence and pkrole ; Xmp!oyersl Ilnbillty; Compul- sory atlendmlce ; Brandlng of convict-made co~npe~isotion; 'I'nxation ; Amendment lo consti- goods : Chlld lnbor ; Compelling street cw corn- turlon : T~UYLcolnnnny rcgu'ntlon ; Au~omoblle~; panles to furnlsh their cnrs wlth vestibules for UrldRd conslruction; safe~unrcls for ~ubllc, motormen nnd conduclors. nonrd of pardons; Consolldnt~on of COLI~~~Y schools : Industrlnl educatlon ; Bnnlc gunrnntee Wireonsin: Cert~fledaccountants; Agprentice nmendment. Inws ; AssessmenL (Mllwaultee property at full New Hamyahire: Express and frelghL rntes; value\ ; Automobile regulntlon Ballot laws, Puhllr. utllltles commission : Good roads a B~IIOL-S~IO~~~Child ~abor-&se~lce in fac- torv prima hcie evidence of employment, child Inbor-prohlblt girls in factories , under 16 ConservaL~on. Contlnuiltion schools, Con- vlci labor-binding twine plant; Cowupt prac- tices-regulntion ' Co-opcratlon commlsslon- establishment ; cbunty hospitnls for chronlc tu- berculnr Dntlenta ; Court procedure-1nvestig.a- nnri automobiles. Lion ; Election laws, second cholce bnllots, CIOS~A New Jersey: Governor's power of remorn1 of primary corrupt prncticc act, registmiion Inws, publlc omccrs ; Primnry elections ; Corpornllon disfmncillsement on account of inovlng; Em- control ; Ll~uorlicensing~ h~ilomoblles' Indus- ployers' liability mid worlcrnen's compensntlon , trial educatlon: ~mploye?s liability anh work- Forest Ares, protcctlon : Fraternal socletles- men'h comcensntlon. prohibited occupaflons I-Ioine ~urchnse-easy mew York: Uircct nominations: Personnl paymenl schemes 1301me rule for cltles; Itl- reglstrntlon of votcrs ' Corrupt practice! ; Regu- come tax : ~ndustheducation : Initiative and Inllon of elecllons in' New York Clly, Sunday reierendum' Industr~nllnsurnnce; Llmitatlon baseball ; Ilnce-tmclc regulation ; Income tax : of clcction' expenses; Llcluor, manufacturer3 Conservatlon or Coyeats and water-power; Agri- not to be interested In retail Ilcense, building, cultural education Tuberculosis-locnl prcven- etc.; nieat ~nsgectlon,stnte: Medical inspectlon tive measures , or legislation ; Local rcm- of ~chools~Nurses-registration; Old age pen- lation of publlc utilities in Ncm York Clty. slon~-su<~ortof federal Inw: Recall-commls- aorth Dakota: Good roads; Stnte tax com- slon government law; Restraint 01 trade-re- mlsslon Inltlatlve and referendum ; Board of peal; Roads; San!tnry quarters for men work- control 'of state charllable, penal and reforma- Inp on construction work; Spring sbootinr- tory institutions; Bon1.d of regents for stnte ed- .~bl~shed: Statc lands to nctual settlers; Stnte SPECIAL LIBRARIES

1mrcliaslng agent; Strikes-com~ellinp employ- Food-Prices. Report of joint cornmiltee ers to mentlon thc fnct that a strllte is on of the Ohio legislature to inquire into the when fldvertishig for men durlng n strike; Suf- frage-edumttonal qunllflcatlons ; l'e;lcllrl's' pen- llurchase, storage, sale of and traffic In food trlonn ; Test books, free ; Town~hlpschools, wlth ~)roducts, comlnodities and sup1)lies. Co- Lmn-;portnllon,bi~lld~ngs, agricalturnl ~nstr'uc- lumbus, 1910. 30 pages. Contains results tlon, clt~rensl~lpto be taught, ~~lnygrounrls,ctc of investigations and recommendations. Fire Losses. The Insurance Press, Now PUBLIC AFFAIRS, NOTES AND Yorlr City, publisl~edJanuary 8, 1930, gives REFERENCES. a ten years' fire record for the wllole Banking. The general banking law of country. Nevada, gassed in 1909 (ch. 191), was de- Game-Interstate Commerce. The Eed- clared unconstitutional in Maryn~ont vs. eral law prohibiting shipment in interstate Nevada State Ranhng Board, 111 Pac. R. conmierce of game k~lled in violation oC 495. Reqalres that banking be engaged in local laws was ul~heldin Rulicrt vs. U. S. only by corporations chartered lor the pur- in the district court for the western dis- pose. Denies Inherent right of every citi- trict of Oklahoma, March 5, 1910. 181 Fed. zen to engage in a lawful business. Rep. 87. Child Labor. Part VT of the fourteenth Game Laws. Fanners' B~~llettn,KO. 418, biennial report of the Wiscnnsin nuretlu of U. S. Depa~~tmentof Agriculture, conln~ns Labor and Industrial Statistics is devoted a smltnary of the provisions relating lo to child labor in Wisronsin. Gives text of seusons. shipments, sale lim~tsand licenses. the lam on child lalior and a comlllete sta- Wnsl~inq~nn(1910). 47 ])ages. tistical rellort of its olleration. Madison Good Roads. The imst useful publication (1910). 73 pages. to legislators on this subject is tlie bulle- Child Labor. nulletin No. 80 (July, 1910) tin of the Icsis~at~vcwfc-rcnce department of the TJ S Hurenu of Labor contams the of North Dalrotn, wh~cllgives an ontline of results of an extended investigation oE child the state road systems, with nseful sum- labor In Austria, Belgium, Prance, Germany, maries and statistics. Prel~a~wlby S John- Italy and Swilzerland, by C. W. A. Veclitz son (1910) 96 ],ages his repnrt gives a history of thc legisla- Inebriates. Report of dclnrtnlental conl- tion in each country and the practical work- nitt tee on 01)erntion in Scotland of the law ings. Bulletin No. 80 (January, 1909) cov- relating to inebriates ant1 their detent~on ered the subject lor Great Britmn. in rdorrnatories and retreats. London, 1909. Commission Government. A dlgest wlth 1'. S. King. 3d. an excellent bibhography of the Des Molnes lnitrat~veand Referendum. The la~sor 1)lan of city government has bcen compilcd OrPgon 1'equiw the pbl~cntionof ~n~tiative by Edward C Lytton, secretary to the ~etltionsw~th arguments for and aqainst, mayor I1 ])ages if nnir are furnished. The publicalion for Employers' L~abllityand Workman's Com- 1910, Issued by the secvetavy oC state, con- pensation. The colnn~ission appointed in tains 208 pagw of l~rol~osetln1e:isures and Illinois in 1910 to investigate this subject argummts. This is invalmble in showing has issuecl its report, Chicago, I11 (317 the initiative and refe~wxltlm in l~ractice. Fisher Dldg.), 1910 249 pap~This coni- Marriage. Second tentative draft of 1)ro- mlssion drsagreed npon the form of a b~ll, i~osecl uniform acts on niarriagcs and li- and the dissenting ol~inion is given. The censes to mal'ry and family desertion and report gives much valuable opinion and non-supl)o~~LPrepared by the commission- data. Co~nm~ssionsw~ll report on this sub- ers on urnform state laws. Edward W. ject this wmter in Wisconsin, Minncsota, Frost, chairman or the committee. Rlilwau- New .Jersey, Ohio and RIassacllusetts. Re- lree, 1910. 55 pages. pant reDorts have been made in New Pork, Paving Laws. The Indiana le~islatlve Connecticut and New Jersey The scbject reference department has niacle a digest of will come before practically every legisla- the laws of several states and cities on the ture in session A recent work of great subject. of paving, covering principally the value by Brankel and Dawson has been is- authority to determine whether a pavcmenl sued by the Russell Sage foundation on shall be laid, the selection and approval of workmen's coinpensation in Europe. material, and the cost of ~ntersections. Election Systems. A royal comn~issionin Professional Requirements. The laws reg, England investigated the sy~trn~sof elec- ulating the practice of law, medicine, den. tlons. The minutes of evidence just pub- tistry, l)harn~acg,vetennary medicine, and lished is a blue boolr of 203 pages. It cov- wrgery, certified lmblic accountants, regis- ers defects of 111,esent syste~n,second bal- tration of Ilnrses, and ol)lometry In the State lot, alternative vote, minority rel~rescnta- of New l'orlr are given in a series of hanrl- tion, ~lroportional regresentation, rransfer- boolrs ])~lt)lisbeclby tlie education depart- able role. The queytion of transfora1)le ment. Each handbook gives in concise form vote is extcnsivelv discussed. P. .S King Tor its subject the requirements of all the (1910). Price, Is 8d. states of the union hav~ugsuch laws SPECIAL LIBRARIES

Railway Superanuation. Parliamentary BIBLIOGRAPHIES.. report on railway sbperanuation funds. Lon- Accountancy. The legislative reference don. P. S. King. 10d. department of Wisconsin is preparing for School Books. The Indiana legislative ref- early issue, a bulletin on certified public ac- erence department has several mimeo- countdnt laws. graphed copies of a complete digest of the Boy Life. Mimeographed bulletin No. 26 laws relating to unlform text-books with of the New York school of philanthropy, 106 short biblographies on each phase of the East 22nd street, New York City, issued subject, made in 1908. Copies may be had November 12, contains 24 references to books from the department. and articles on boy life and boys' clubs. Sunday and Rest-Day Labor Laws. The Reference is made to a classifled blbliog- New York department of labor, by John A. raghy of 49 pages on boy life and organized Fitch, expert, has published a digest of laws work with boys, by J. T. Bowne. and decisions on the subject of Sunday and Building and Building Trades. Th'e Brook- rest laws to determine the legal and judicial lyn gublic library has issued, recently, a basis for laws providing for a day of rest. reading and reference list of a part of the Bulletin, September, 1910. books in the library on this subject. Books . Parliamentary report relative to only are listed and are classifled under legislation in foreign countries on weekly thirteen heada. 30 pages. A very useful rest day. Includes ~ustria:Belgium, Den- bibliography. mark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Insurance. The Kalendar of the insur- Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland ance society of. New York issued in 1910 con- and United States. P. S. King. 21/I?d. tajns a classifled list of books and other Taxation-Lan d Values. Consular report material in their library. This list is val- on taxation of land values in New York, uable in its classification to persons inter- Boston, San Francisco and Cleveland. Par- ested in any phase of insurance whether liamentary pager. P. S. King. 2Sd. from the standpoint of the companies or the Liquor Sales-Evidence. Laws of Ten- public. nessee, 1909 (ch. 479), making the record Prison Labor. The National committee on of t!'e internal revenue tax competent evi- prison labor, 23 West 44th street, New York dence of a violation of the liquor law, was City, has prepared a tentative bibliograph~ ul-held in Tennessee supreme court in Dia- on the subject of prison labor in three parts: mond vs. State, October 22, 1910, 131 S. W. articles in encyclopedias; general article8 6G6. on penology; and reports of legislative com- Mining Laws. The mining laws of Aus- mittees, commissions and bureaus and ex- traIia and New Zealand are discussed in a ecutive documents, 14 pages, mimeograph. rcl:ort by A. C. Veach, special commissioner Rapid Trans~t. A compilation of edi- of the U. S. Geological Survey, for the torials and newspaper and magazine al.- joint committee of Congress, to investigate ticles was recently published under the the Department of Interior and Bureau of title "Transit in Greater New York by the Forestry. Washington (1910). 180 pages. Bronx Transit Association." Singer build- Municipal Ownership. Three special re- ing, New kork. This sheet contains a bibli- ports by the U. S Bureau of Manufactures ography of ral~idtransit in New York, Lon- from consular reports are of special sig- don, Paris, Boston, Chicago, PhllndelphIa niflcance; Municipal Slaughter Houses In and Pittsburg. Europe, 26 pages; Municipal Markets in Reinforced Concrete Con6truction. At tlie Europe, 90 pages, and Municipal Lighting Thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Are un- in European Cities, 16 pages. derwriters association of the Pnciflc, Prof. Prisons and Reformation. A handbook Chas. Derleth, Jr., of the University of Cal- issued by the prison department of New ifornia, presented a lengthy paper with ex- York gives information in concise form of haustvie references and a bibliography on the various prisons of the state of New reinforced concrete construction. Published York, together with excerpts from the by the society in annual proceedings, San prison laws. Albany (1910). 64 gages. Francisco, 1910. . A similar publication by the Signaling. The railway signal nssocintion, state board of prison directors of Caiifor- Bethlehem, Pa., has issued a bibilograpdy nia gives the history, development and of 183 pages coverlng all phases of signaling, management of California prlsons. Sacra- and educational institutions glving signaling mento (1910). 78 pages. courses. This is one of the most practical Plumbing. The official handbook of the bibliographical undertakings. It consists oC Massachusetts Association of Plumbing two sections, Section 1, an alphabetical list Inspectors, Boston, gives all the statutes of books, pamphlets, catalogues, etc., llsted of Massachusetts on the supervision of under author's names; Section 2, a classifled plumbing and the ordinances of Boston, ex- index to articles that have appeared in peri- tracts from the ordinance8 of other cities odicals relating to railway signaling. Ar- and by-laws of boards of health. ticles in 137 different magazines are listed. SPECIAL LIBRARIES

Some of the headings in this classification size yet issued in this country. This 1i- as they relate to signalirlg are: accidents, lwary has for many years been collecting automatic st011 and cab signals, batteries, municipal documents and is probably the biogrnl~h~es,block signaling under different best equipped in documents of any special systems, grade crossings, telephone dispatch- library of municipal subjects in the coun- ing, education, electric railways, highway try. The catalog, although two years old, crossing alarms, interlochng, laws, .main- is of great value as a source book of in- tenance, rules, signals of different kinds, for~nationon municipal material. It is to subway signaling, track circu~ts, uniform be hoped that in the near future this cata- signaling. An edition has been prepared In% ?:nay be supplemented by the additions for libraries, printed on one side so that the ahir'l have been made to the library dbr pages niay be cut out and pasted. lnq the last two years, which, in tho mu- nicipal fleld, have been active ones. The Kansas state library has been ac- tively engaged in the prer~arationof bibli- The Wisconsin legislative reference de- ographies and digests for the use of the partment has recently prepared typewritten legislature. The following have lieen ])re- copies of the bibliographies on evening con- pared and copies will be loaned lo other tinuation schools; co-operative societies, libraries for colwing. State meat insl~ection;medical inspection of Governors' Power to Remove or Suspend schools, and spring shooting. State OfRcers. D~gestof laws in all states. 1910. lnitiatlve and Referendum. Laws and The bulletin of the Studehaker Company, conslitutional provisions. November, 1910. South Hend, lnd., published weekly, is one Injurious lnsects and Plant Diseases of the pioneer 1)uhl~cationsin the field of Laws of states In force, 1906-1909. SUD]J~-sl,ecial commercial and trade libraries. It mentary to Bullet~nNo. 61, of the U. S En- 1s designed to carry the latcst information lornology Tjureau. of puhlicatjons to the officers and men of Insane. Laws of all Mates relation to. the company The index is made of th~ 1909. articles of interest to any department o (a) Liability of family for support of Studehaker's. It is very valuable as a par insane. tial trades index. The bulletin deserver (b) State provision for care of insane. praise for its useful ~ndevand for the pio. fc) T'oluntary commitment. neer work nhich it is doing. Mortgaqe Taxation. Laws of several statm relating thereto. 1910. The office of the seci'etary of the Special Murder In the First Degree. Digest of Libraries Association IS at the service of laws relating thereto. 1910. librarians and employers as a clearing Re~novalof Cause to Federal Courts, by house of information concerning ~ositions Corporations. Laws of various states In special library work Librarians seeking 1910. positions In this field, and those seeking the Subjects in preparation me: service of libranans, may be thus brought Courts-District. Digest of laws relating together by listing thei~wanls with the to special phases of subject. secretary. Juries, Digest of laws relating to selec- tion, qualificat~onand verdlcts of juries and bibliography on the subject. Norrnal Schools and Their Relation to the THE H. R. HUNTING GO. State. Laws and reference list. - Springfield, Mass. The Indiana legislative reference depart- makes a specialty of lookmg up and report- ment and the Kansas state library have ing on special items. Classified contracts are undertaken to corngile, co-operatively with issued monthly. Correspondence invited. other libraries and departments, a coin- Special library binding. plete list of officers for each state, with their method of election, term of office and salary. The information for many of the states has been secured. Copies will be The standard of binding established and loaned to other departments for copying. lt is hoped that this work may be com- maintained by pleted for all the stales at an early date. - THE AMERICAN LIBRARY BINDERY The catalog of the munfc~palIlbrary, of of Philadelphia Chicago, issued in 1908, is the only catalog af a municipal library of any considerable has become universally recognized