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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 FEBRUARY 19 12 No. 2 -- PUBLISHED BY TI3E (c) Bibliographic Work.--Preparation SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION of special lists of references on subjects of Monthly except July nnd Angust. current interest to the legislator, with such Edltorlal and Publlcntlon Office. State LlbMrY.-. Indianapolis, 1nd: criticaI and analytical notes as can readily Bubscrlptlons, 03 Broad street. Boston, Mass. be made, Involving search for titles in Entered at the Postofece... at Iudlananolls.. . Ind.. prlnted catalogues of various libraries, aa second-class mitt&. bibliographies, indexes to periodicals, etc., Subscription. ...$2.602-yeafl10-numbs) and acquisition of publicatio~lsof importance Pound to be wanting. Single- couies ...... -- -26 cents Presldent ...... Robert H. Whltten 2. Indeucs, Compilations, nnd Digests of Publlc Bervlce Commlsslon, New York Clty. Vice-Presldent ...... Herbert 0. Brlghnm Laws, Etc. Rhode Islaud State Llbrnrr. (a) Indexes.-Detailed indexing of stat- Secretary-Trensurer ...... Guy B. Mnrlon utes, Court rel~orts,Government documents, Llbrnry, Althur D. Llttle, Inc., 93 Rrottd St. etc., of this and other countries to locate Boaton. Mass. esactly by volume and pnge the text of EXECUTIVE BOARD laws on special subjects, decisions of the Prealdent, Vice-President Secrctnry-Trensurrer, George W. Lee, Stone k Webster, Boston; W. courts interpreting them, administrative P. Cutter, Englneerlng Societies, N. Y. regulations, and statistical or other infor- Managlng Editor of Special Llbrnrles .--John A. mation showing the results of their opera- Lapp, State Librnry, Indiunnpolis. Ind. tion, to enable comparison to be made be- Asslstnnt Fd~tor. Ethel ('lelnnil. Stnle Llhrary.-. IndInnii[~olls, Jcl tween the laws of various countries. An appropriation of $28,000 to enable A Congreeslonnl Leglslatlve Reference Devartment. 13 Select References on the Pardoning Power: Federal the Library of Congress to prepare an in- and State ...... 16 dex of comparative legislation wan asked Works on Bill rafting ...... 19 for in 1902 and succeeding yeare, but not Public Utllltles References...... 20 Current References ...... 23 granted. Blbllogrm~hles ...... 26 (b) Compilations and Digests.-Corn------piling (and translating when necessary) A CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATIVE from printed omcial sources, with the ald REFERESCE DEPARTMENT of the above index, exact legal, political, and economic inforn~ationon subjects of (From n report to Congress by Herbert current legislation, and digesting the same Putnam, Librarian of Congress.) in legislative reference bulletins for im- The work of a legislative reference bu- medmte use in drafting bills, and to enable reau may include any or all of the follow- the legislator to judge of the merits of pro- ing kinds of service, ranging from library posed laws without elaborate research. work proper to lhat which is purely leg- Tho Wisconsin comparative legislation islative Intermediate between these ex- bulletins may be cited ae examples. tremes are certain classes of work which are gpecial extensions of the ordinary ac- :3. Specid Collections. tivities of a legislative library, of direct (a) Testimony of Experts.-Collection and immediate importance for legislation. of the opinions of specialists on subjects of 1. Librnry WOI-k Proper. (a) Acquisi- current legislation or on n particular bill tion of the Literature.-This is being un- for the use of the committee to which it dertaken at the Library of Congress to an has been referred. extent lwobably unparalleled elsewhere, the (b) Press Opinions, Magazine Articles, collections of the Library (in slatutes, re- Etc.-Collection of newspaper clippings, ports, commentaries, and miscellaneous lit- articles in magazines, etc., to show the eraturc, and in the published indexes, di- state of public opinion in regard to gro- gests, and com]?ilat~onsauxiliary to the use jected legislation, and arrnngemonts of the of these) belng probably the largest extant material in convenient files for ready ref- and improved by incessant effort. erence during t,he discussions in the legis- (b) Reference Wor1r.-Selection of lature. suitable material from the general collec- 4. 1~egl;lslativeWork. tions to meet the demands of an individual (a) B111 Drafting.-Utilization of all of legislator, with the aid of the subject cat- the resources of the bureau to draft bills alogue of the Library and general refer- or amendments in accordance with definite ence works or from the reference Iibrar- instruct~onsfurnjshed by a committee, a ian's personal knowledge of the subject. group of members, or, possibly, the Execu- SPECIAL LIBRARIES

tive, involving a study of the existing law as to merit, which it secures by correspond- as ~nterpretedby the courts, legislation £01' ence with experts. similar purposes In other countries, and The above work, whlch organizes and the probnble effect of the proposed enact- concentrates all the data pertinent to a ment. question in such form as to be readily re- (b) Explanatory memoranda.-haara- sponsive, is beyond the abilities of the LI- tion of synopses of b~llsand brief notes ex- brary with ~tsparent orgamzation. The planatory of their provis~ons. Library would gladly undertake it; il could undertake it without additional approprla- General Cons~derations.--The main ob- tion for the material itself, so far as this IS legislation. ject the improvement of The is 111 printed form; but ~t would require means proposed are- - for it an enlargement of its present Divi- 1. Improvement in substance by the as- slons of Law, Documents and Bibliogral)by, surance of adequate data. and in addition the creation of a new di- 2. Improvement in form through the vision under the title of a Legislative or employment of experts considering form Congressional Reference Division. alone. Indexes, Digests and Compilat~onsaf The Data.-In so far as these consist of Law.--As to the utility of such, and the printed literature in its regular forms, they qualifications requisite, I have no reason are already available to Congress in the to modify the opinions submitted with my Library of Congress, its collections (of estimates of 1902. The ensuing experieiice statutes, decisions, commentaries, and the w~ththe index to the Statutes at TJarge but n~iscellaneousliterature of stat~stic,theory confirms the ol3inion that the worlr of in- and discussion) bemg already one of the dexing the statutes, even the Federal stat- largest in the world, and undergoing im- ntes of this country, requires scientific provement without stmt. treatment by a corps of experts with a sub- A11 of the above 1s classified, catalogued stant~algeneral seducation, legal traiuing, ancl niacle to respond to any particular ancl experience in this class of work, and query, whether Prom Congress as a whole selected with regard solely to these qnnll- or any committee of Congress or any in- fications. It confirms also the expectation dividual member. Lists of references to that where the Library was charged v,%h the material (whether docun~ent, mono- such a task the men would be so selected graph, society gubhcat~on,or periodical) and the worlr 'would be scientifically ac- bearlng upon particular topics under dis- complished. cussion in Congress-exactly such lists as Such a corps once organized and experi- are issued by certain state legislative ref- enced, the economy of continuing it as a erence bureaus-are Issued by the Library permanent bureau is obvious, as, 011 the of Congress. Other such lists exist in other hancl, is the extravagance of dispers- typewritten form and are froely supplied ing it The corgs which handled this 13ar- upon request. A request, whether from ticular work on the Federal statutes would Congress or a committee, or a member for not, of course, be sufficiently large, or sim~larreferences to topics not so broadly contain the vaned accon~plishnlentsrequi- treated, is always met by the Library with- site for indexes, digests and compilations in its ab~lities.The staff of the Library in- of the various material of concern to Con- cludes men highly expert in the prepara- gress and to the Federal authorit~es;espa- tion of such lists, so Par as this is within c~allywould it be lacking in experts quali- the scope of b~bliography proper or re- fied to deal with the legislation of foreign search work of a bibliographic nature countries (the interest of which is of rela- A legislative reference bureau goes fur- tively small concern to state legislators, ther. It undertakes not merely to classify but is or increasing concern to Congress). and tp catalogue, bnt to draw OK from The organization suggested in my esti- a general collectian the literature-that is, mates of 1902 might be suitable as a be- the data-bearing upon a particular legis- ginning, the salaries would, however, be lative project. It indexes, extracts, com- altogether too small. The conduct of the piles. It acquires extra copies of society work in particular should require a salary publications and geriodicals and breaks of $5,000. these up for the sake of the articles per- Bill Drafting -The drafting of bills, or tinent to a 1)articular subject. It clips the revision with reference to form of bills from newspapers, and it classifies the ex- drafted and otherwise ready for enactment, tracts, the compilations, the articles, and certainly requires experts educated to an the clippings in scrapbook, or portfolio, or accurate use of the English language, vert~calfile, in such a way that all material trained in the law, competent to ascertain relat~ngto that topic is kept together and and compare precedent legislation, and, can be drawn forth at a moment's notice. so far as practicable, exactly familiar with To printed literature it often adds written this. The fannliarity with antecedent and memoranda as to fact and even opinions comparative legislation gained through the SPECIAL LIBRARIES

indexing, digesting and compiling of it, ganization of these to respond to the leg- would doubtless be a valuable auxiliary islative need, and the aid to their use; or qualification in any bill drafter. It can in addition to this (2) the preparation of not, however, be said that for the drafting indexes, digests and compilations of law of bills the current association with such not having directly such ends in view; or other work is indispensable. The bill drafl- in addition to both the above (3) the dratt- er should have its results at hand; should ing and revision of bills. be expert in the use of them; but he need In ally case it must be emphasized- not necessarily himself have produced 1. That the 01-ganization must be elab- these results in order to utilize them prop- orate beyond that provided by any state, erly. since the subjects to be dealt with are far Assuming, therefore, that the work of wider in scoge, the material more remote, a legislative reference bureau (in addition more complex, and more difficult, ar~dthe to that part of it which is already being precedents less available. undertaken here), should be undertaken 2. That (the field being unique) the by the Library of Congress, and that the needs (in tho way of organization) can be work of indexing, digesting and compiling ascertained only by experiment. The first laws should be part of it, it does not neces- appropriation should be, therefore, a sarily follow that the drafting or revision "lump sun^." of the bllls themselves should be asso- 3. That for the wo~kto be scientific ciated with it. That Congress should em- (i. e., having only truth as its object) it ploy a corps of bill draftercl is obvious; must be strictly nonpartisan; and that, that these should be experts, and non- therefore, whatever the appointing or ad- partisan, whose purpose would be purely lninistrative authority, the selection of the scientific, is equally obvious; but these ex~ertsand the direction of the work considerations ought not to imply that the should by law and in fact be assuredly non- qualifications could be fiecured only by the partisan. selection and maintenance of a corps out- ---- side of the legislative establishment. Con- The following bill was introduced in gress might well prefer otherwise; and the House of regresentatives January 25, there seems no neceseary obstacle to the 1912, by Hon. John M. Nelson, of Wiscon- creat~onof a corDs of experts as part of sin. A hearing was held on February the organ~zationof Senate and House, gro- 26Lh, which was attended by many promi- vided Congress itself really desires that nent advocates of legislative reference: the sole considerations in the selection of the men shall be those above noted. A Bill Wherever the work is to be placed, the To establish a legislative reference bu- provision for it should be ample. Its el'- reau in the Library of Congrees. ficiency will depend not upon a large num- Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of ber of lroutine workers, but upon the high Representatives of the United States of qualificat~onsof a few. No expert ade- America in Congress assembled. quate to such a task could be secured for That for the purposes hereinafter pro- less than a salary of $5,000, and at least vided there fs hereby created in the Li- four or five exjerts of this grade should be brary of Congress and under the adminis- recluisite, aided by an auxil~arycorps of tration of the Librarian of Congress a leg- clerks, stenographers, etc. islative referellce bureau. Even then it is clear that the service of Sec. 2. That the said bureau shall be euch experts should not be dissipated need- under tho immediate direction of a chief leasly. To invoke them at the ~nitialstage who shall be appointed by the Librarian of of every bill introduced would be extrava- Congress without reference to party affllia- gant, and cast upon the corps an over- tion and solely on the ground of Atnees by whelming burden (this will appear upon character, tralning and experience to ger- consirleration of the number of bills intro- form the duties of the office. His salary duced Into a single Congress-during the shall be flxed by the Librarian of Con- Sixty-flrst, for instance, some 44,000). gress. The drafters should be at the diqposal of Sec. 3. That there shall be in such bu- any conmittee considering or proposing to reau such legal, technical and clerical as- report, a bill. Beyond this t,hey ought not sistants as may from time to time be neces- to be calIed upon, unless in connection sary. They shall be allpointed in the same with sonze projected bill of interest to a manner as other employes in the Library, considerable group. by the L~brarian of Congress, who shall The organization requisite to a con- flx the compensation to be paid to each. gressional (leglslativo) reference bureau There may also be emplo~edby the L1- will, therefore, depend upon the functions brarian special or temporary service for proposed for such a bureau, whether (1) research not within the abilities of the nlerely the acquisition of the data, the or- regular staff. 16 SPECIAL LIBRARIES

Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of the SELECT REFERENCES ON THE PAR- said bureau to gather, classify, and make DONING POWER: FEDERAL arailable in translations, indexes, digests, AmSTATE romgilations, and bulletins, and otherwise, (Coml~iledunder the direction of H. H. data for or bearing upon leg~slationand B. Meyer, Chief Biliographer, Library of to render such data serviceable to Congress. Cougress, with the Co-operation of the State Libraries and State Legislative The several extensive and scientific depart- Reference Departments.) ments, bureaus, and con~missionsof the An Abuse of the pardoning power (by Federal Government shall give to the bu- Governor Patterson, of Tennessee). Law reau ready access to their records and full notes, May, 1910, Vol. 14:22. ~niormationand reasonable assistance in Aldea, Carlos Coolidge. The pardoning any matters of I-esearch ~eguiringrecourse power of state executive. *Intercollegi- to them or to data within their knowledge ate Law .Journal, Vol. 2: 8. or control. Bnldwin, Simeon E. The American Ju- diciary. New York, The Century Co , 1906. Sec. 8. That gublic bills or ainendments 403 pages. (The American State Sgries). to public bills shall be drafted by the bu- Pardoning power. Pages 62-53. JKl5 21, reau, under the directlon of its chief, B2. whenever any committee of either House Dnl~kwrerking and Clemency. Nation, of Congress or five members of the Sen- ate Or fifteen members of the House of June 1, 1911, Vol. 92:647-648, Ap2, N2, Re~resentatives or the President of thb Vol. 92. United States shall make a request and T3entha111, Jeremy. Principles of Penal shall furnish to the chief of the bureau Law. Book VI, Chapter 4. (In His Works. written instructions setting forth the sub- Published under the superintendence of his stance of the provisions desired. And in executor, John Bowring. adinburgh, 1843, all cases such instructions shall be con- Vol. 1, pages 620-521 ) sidcred confidential until the bill shall Ilonnparte, C. J. Pardoning Power. (Flea- sons for Its Existence.) Yale Law Jour- have been presented to Congress. nal, June 1910, Vol. 19, 803-608. Sec. 6. That the bureau shall not draft 13onney, Charles C. Pardoning Power. Cur- private or local bills or bills for private rent Comment, January 15, 1889, Vol. l, persons. 7-16. Sec. 7. That space and equipment for Boyd, Archibald C. Pardons. (In the the bureau shall be prov~dedin the Library Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure. New building, in addition to such space and York, 1908, Vol. 29, pages 1558-1574). equipment as may be-desirable in the Cap- nurnett, .J. D. Grounds for the Pardon itol and Senate and House Office buildings; in the Courts. Yale Law Journal. Decem- and the regular appropriations of the Li- ber, 1910. Vol. 20, 131-137. brary shall be available for its purposes in Canada, Dept of Justice. Report of the addition to the special appropriation here- Minister of Justice on his official action inaEter provided. under the minute of Council of 29th May, Sec. 8. That for the establishment and 1876, on certain public matters-extradi- inailltenance of the said bureau during the t~onof criminals, maritime jurisdiction fiscal year ending June 30. 1913, there is upon the inland waters, and of the royal hereby appropriated to the Library of instructions to the Governor General, par- Congress the sum of $150,000; and this ticularly as to the prerogative of pardon. sum shall be available for all the require- (Printed by order of Parliament.) Ottawa. ments of the bureau, including the acquisi- Printed by Naclean, Roger & Co., 1877. tion of data, advance subscription to and 28 pages. ~~43i8.C2AS. 1877. purchase of publications and other mater- Colorado, State Board of Pardons. Bi- ial in addition to that which may be ac- ennlal rel~ortof the -State Board of Par- quired out of the ordinary appropriations dons. ~knver,Colo 1896-1906. Five of the library, and to service, transporta- parts. 13V8325 A3. tion, traveling expenses, stat~onery,post- See especially fifth biennial report, age, teIegranls and incidentals. Printing 1901-1902, pages 90-102: Pardons and Pa- and bind~ngrequired for the use and serv- roles in the United States. ice of the burean shall be provided for out Conditional Pardons. Editorial. Har- of tho annual allotnient of the Library of vard Law Review, ~ovember-~ecember, Congress for prmting and binding 1888. Vol. 2, 181. Contempt of Court and the Pardoning For succeeding gears estimates of the ap- Power. - N,a$ional Corporation ~e~ortet gro~~rintionsnecessary for its n~aintenance February 11, 1909, Vol. 37, 818. and for any additional work in the library Cook, C. C. Pardons and Criminals. (In auxiliary thereto shall be included in the Ohio State Bar Association. Report, 189 1. est,imates for the library annually sub- Cleveland, 1S91, 8th, Vol. 12, 163-180). mitted by the Librarian of Congress. Jknhrns, August. The Criminal, Hie SPECIAL LIBRARIES

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Railway Age Gazette, Jan. 5, 1912, in the 1906 Apgraisal of the Railways of 11. 19. Minnesota. Engineering-Contracting, Jan. Railway Capital: Bonds vs. Stocks. Wln. 10, 1912, p. 922. 2. Ripley. Railway Age Gazette, Dec. 1, Franchises 1911, p 1098. Railway Share Capital. Wm. 2. Rip- Franchise Provisions in Commission ley, Railway Age Gazette, Nov. 24, 1911, Charters and Statutes. Annals Amer. p. 1064. Academy Political and Social Science, Nov., Transit-New York City. Conlmercial 1911, p. 113. and Financial Chron~cle,Nov. 25, 1911, p. Suggestions for a Model Street Railway 1421. Franchise. Elec. Rwy Jnl., Dec 23, 1911, Decapitalization of Public Utihties. De- p. 1281. Engineering News, Dec. 7, 1911, 10s F. Wilcox, City Club Bulletin (Chi p. 690. cago), Dec. 16, 1911, p. 976. Suggestions for a Model Street Rwy. Franchise. James W. S. Peters and Delos Valuntion F. Wilcor, Nov. 16, 1911, 11, 793. Physical Valuation in Nebraska. E. C. Competitors in a Strict Legal Sense So Hurd, Eng~neering-Contracting, Dec. 27, Far as Exclusive Franchises are Con- 1911, p. 694. cerned. Maryland. Central Law Journal, Plant Valuations. W D. Scott, Journal Oct, 13, 1911, 13. 73. of electric it.^, Power and Gas, Dec. 9, 1)epreciation 1911, p. 549. Re~ortof Hadley Securities Commis- Depreciation in New York Electrical World, Dec. 9, 1911, p. 1420. sion. Railway Age Gazette, Dec. 15, 1911, Depreciation in Nebraska Electric 11 1210, Ed. p. 1203. Going Value of Pubhc Utillties. F. F. Railway Jnl., Nov. 4, 1911, p. 990-973. F'owle. Electric Railway ,Jnl , Nov. 25, Del)reciation--New York State. Elec- 1911, p. 1115 Electrical World, Dec. 2, trical World, Dec. 9, 1911, 11. 1420. 1911, 11. 1344. Electrical Review and West- Rolings of the Board of Sul~ervisingEn- ern Electrician, Dec. 2, 1911, p. 1126. Ed. gineers, Chicago Traction Relating to p. 1114. Charges to the Renewal Funds Provided Responsibility of Electrical Engineers for in the Various Traction Ordinances in Making A~praisals. Bion J. Arnold Passed by the City Council of the City of and others. Proceedings Amer. Institute Chicago. Feb., 1911, p. 766. Electrical Eng., Nov., 1911, p. 2356. Custody of Depreciation Funds. Elec- Paving Over Gas Mains and Capitaliza- trical World, Jan. 20, 1912, p. 126. tion of Profltable Contracts as Elements Municipal Ownership in Rate Making. Engineering News, Nov. Prospects of State Ownership or Rail- 16, 1911, p. 604. ways in England and in the United States. Physical Valuations. Editorial on 0. T. W. M. Acworth, Railway Age Gazette, Nov. Crosby's paper, Stone & Webster Public 3, 1911, p. 876. Service Jnl., Nov., 1911, p. 309. Libmries Appraisal of the Spokane and Inland Engineering Reference Libraries. En- Empire Electric R. R. System. Henry L. gineering News, Nov. 23, 1911, 1). 631, Ed. Trnnsf el's Privilege Becomes Property under the Report of Comnllttee on Fares and Fourteenth Amendment: The Consoli- Transfers, Amer. Elec. Rwy,, Transporta- dated Gas Decision. Jeese F. Orton. In- tion and Traffic Assn., 1911, 1). 893. dependent, Oct. 12, 1911, p. 719. Competition Telephone Valuation, Oklahoma. Pio- Recent Trust Decisions. Henry R. neer Telephone & Telegraph Co, vs. E. S. Seager, 1911, p. 681-614. SPECIAL LIBRARIES 23 Garbage Collecti0n-hfilwaukee. The City 1)eveloplnent. Case and Comment Milwaukee Bureau of Economy and ~fl- for December, 1911, is the Modern city CienCY issued it~twelfth bulletin on Jan- number. The four leading articles are: uary 15, 1912. It deal8 with the reor- Legal Aspect of Municipal Aesthetics, by ganization of the system of garbage col- R. A. Edgar; ~0mmiSSionGovernment of lection and is by R. E. Gaodell. A saving Cities, by L, A. Wilder; Municipal Owner- of $16,416 is offered by the proposed sgs- ship of Public Utilities, by A. C. Wllcox; tem. 24 pages. Municipal Sdcialism, by Emil Seidel. HnlSbors. The Department of ~ocksand City 'I)evelopnlen~~nltimore.A vol- Ferries of New Yorlr City, appointed to aid ume of addresses delivered at the "Flrst in the modernization ot harbor conditions, City-Wide Congress of Baltimore, Md," has issued several valuable reports; Re- calls attention to a progressive meeting port on Physical Characteristics of Euro- held in that city March 8-10, 1911, by a pean Seaports, by C. W. Staniford. 47 large number of organized associations in- gages, Sept., 1911; Studies for Combined terested in the dev~lopnlentof Baltimore Waterfront and Terminal Industrial De- The topics of the various sessions indicate velopment, Applicable to Frontage on Dif- ferent Parts of New York Harbor, by the... - -scone .. - - of the movement: Public HY- giene; Municipal Government; City plan- Calvin Tomkins, 11 pages, maps, Aug 1, ning: Taxation, Manufacture and Finance; 1911; Report on the Proposed Plan of socLl Problems; Resolutions submitted by Operations for Jamacia Bay Improvement, organizations and delegates. 244 pages. by Calvin Tomkins, 16 pages, maps, Bug. 21.- - , 1911. ~on~~nonLaw. The Common Law num- I~ColtIeTax-l'iscollsin. The Wisconsin ber of Case and Comment, January, 1912, state tax C~nlnli~Si~llpublished Novem- contains eleven articles devoted to differ- ber, 1911, the first edltion of the Wiscon- ent phases or discussion of the law by such sin income tax law, with explanatory notes authorities as James Bryce, U. M. Rose, as to its illterpretation and a memorandum Roscoe Pound and others. by Governor McGovern on the occasion Corpoi*utions-Taxation. The third re- of signing the bill. 68 pages port of the Joint Special Committee on the Inili~strinl Educntion-Rhode Tslnnd. taxation laws of Rhode Island, made to The Commissioner of Public ~chools of the General Assembly, January, 1912, em- Rhode Island gave out, March 28, 1911, bodies two proposed bills on the taxing of his special report on industrial education, corgorations, in one of which the cor- which was authorized by the General As- porate excess system is applied to all cor- sembly of 1910. The report aims to pre- porations doing business for profit in the sent such facts on the subject as may help state, at a uniform rate, and in the other to determine future legislation. Foreign a tax 1s imposed on the gross earnings of and United States cond!tions, as well as public service corporalions and certain Rhode Island needs, are summarized, and other corporations at established rates and recommendatiolls are made. Supylemen- the corl~orateexcess system is applied at tary articles include historical and biblio- a unlform rate to all other corporations. graphical material. 102 gages The second bill is recommended. 103 Tlisnnc Hospitnl-Federal. On .January pages. 13, 1912, President Taft transmitted to Employers' T~inbility. The Legislative the Senate a report of the committee to reference bureau of the Rhode Island state consider the organization and needs of the library i~sueilas its fourth legislative ref- government hospital for the insane, which erence bulletin, January, 1912, a digest of has been printed as Senate Document No. the employers' ,liability and workmen's 266 of the Second Session of the Sixty-sec- compensation laws of the states, with an ond Congress. The report embodies a ten- original draft of a proposed bill and argu- tative bill to provide for admission and one ments for the provisions thereof, and a for transfer of Federal prisoners to the b~bliography. 6 9 lmges. hospital. 37 pages. Perz-ies-Con~~ecticut. The governor of Tnwrnnce, Worlringn~en's- Genunny. Connecticut in accordance with a legisla- The workingmen's insurance code of July tive act of 190 9, appointed a Special Com- 19, 1911, of Germany, is published in Bul- mission to inquire into the advisability of letin No. 96, Sei'egtember, 1911, of the the state's assuming aontrol of the dn- United States Bureau of Labor, pages 501- necticut river ferries. The report of this 774. This supplements the Twenty-fourth conlmission wo.~submitted in 1911 and as Afinual Report of the United States Corn- a result of its investigations, It recom- missioner of Labor "Workmen's Insurance mends the continuation of local ownership and Compensation Systems in Europe," and control of ferries at certain places, which was published before this revision except where trafRc demands the substi- had been acted upon by the German Par- tution of a -bridge for a ferry. 28 pages. liament. SPECIAL LIBRARIES

Irrigation. The official proceedings of first annual report of the New Jersey Board the Nineteenth Kational Irrigation Con- of Public Utility Commissioners of the year gress, held at Chicago December 5-9, 1911, 1910 has been printed. On March 24, have been published, and in the eleven 1910, this Commission was created to take sessions every aspect of irrigation and the place of the already existing Railroad drainage seems to have been covered. A Commission. 285 pages. 1911, valuable paper on the "Principles Underly- Puhlic Utilitiedaxation. A paper by ing water rights" was contributed by W. Alfred E. HoIcombe on the "Assessn~entof J. McGee, of the United States Bureau of Public Service Corporations," read at the Soils. 359 pages. fifth annual conference held under the Liquor Problem. The Pear Book of the aus1)ices of the International Tax Associa- United States Brewers' iAssocia&ion for tion, Richmond, Va., September 5-8, 1911, 19 11, which has been recently issued has appeared in pamphlet form of 52 consists of two parts, the report of the pages, including an appendix containing Proceedings of the Fifty-first Annual con- extracts from reports of State Tax Com- vention of the Association, held in Chi- missioners, writings of economists, etc,, cago, Kovember 19-20, 1911, and "Liter- upon the subject of the taxation of public ary Treatment of the Liquor Question," service corl>orations by gross earnings consisting of articles culled from popular method, with notes on the constitutionality magazines, etc. 331 pages. of such a method. Marriage and Ilivorce. .Joseph Mitchell ltoads-New Hanipshire. Bulletin Donovan, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 42 of the United States Office of Public has issued the eleventh edition (1911) of Roads is devoted to New Hampshire con- his Law of Marriage, Annulment, Dom- ditions, being a report of an inspection of icile and Divorce This includes a digest highways in that state, August, 1911, pre- of the laws and references to decisions on pared by Charles E. Hoyt of the United all phases of the question. 100 pages. States Office of Public Roads, at the re- Price, $1. quest of Governor Bass. 35 pages aith 40 Milk Supply-Municipal Control. The plates. Civic League of St. Louis has issued a pro- Isural Schools-Teachers. "A Course of posed ordinance for the regulation of the Study for the Preparation of Rural School milk supply of St. Louis, the result of the Teachers, Nature Study, Elementary Agri- work of the special committee of the culture, Sanitary Science and Applied Houaing and Sanitation Committee. This Chemistry," by Fred Mutchler and W. .T. ordinance provides for a chief milk inspect- Craig, Bulletin, 1912, NO. 1, whole No. or and twelve deputies, that only milk 469 of the United States Bureau of Edu- from inspected dairies may be sold, a li- cation, is designed to be helpful in solving cense and certificate system, standards, the problem of adapting the work of the rules for inspection, revocation of certifi- rural schools to the needs of rural life. cates, reporting or sick or diseased cattle, Suggestive courses for teachers are out- shipping, sale, pasteurization and confisca- lined. 23 pages. tion. 32 pages January, 1912. Sctlool Ruilding. The Department of Moving Pictures--Massacllusetts. The Education of the state of Georgia, believ- laws and regulations of Massachusetts re- ing it to be almost as cheap to build an at- lating to moving pictures have been col- tractive school house as an ugly one, has lected in a little booklet of 36 pages and ehbodied these ideas in a pamphlet en- published by the Inspection Department of titled "School Architecture, Plans and the District Police. Accompanying the spe- Suggestions for Building 1, 2, 3 and 4- cifications for the construction of portable rooxri School Houses." Architects' booths or enclosures for the machines are sketches and plans accompany the text, eight plans, 1911. 46 pages, 1911. PuMic ImprovementeNew York City. School Cor~solidation. . Consolidation. The chief engineer of the New York City Consolidation of rural schools and trans- Board of Estimate and Apportionments, in portation of pupils is the subject of Bul- submitting his report for 1910 adds to the letin No. 7, August, 1911, of the Depart- tables and statistics of the actual work ac- ment of Education of the State of Wash- compIiahed a few comments on the broader ington. State conditions and schools are aspects of some of the engineering prob- described in the text and shown in the il- lems which have come before the board, lustrations, benefits and disadvantages are such as parks, roadway widths, sewerage summarized and sevedal pages are devoted plans, cemeteries, pavements, new streeta, to brief expressions of opinions from coun- borough assessments, excess condemnation ty superintendents and members of the in Europe, city planning, franchises, rail- United States Country Life Commission. road terminals, grade crossings, etc. 25 9 120 pages. pages. 1911. Sewage ~)isyosal--.~~~icago.A report dn Pt~hlicUtilities-State Regulation. The sewage disposal made on October 12, 1912, SPECIAL LIBRARIES by G. M. Wisner to the Board sf Trustees franchise. This has been published in of the Chicago 8anitary distuiet comprises: se~aratepamphlet of 13 pages. The efficiency, of the Chicago drainage S~lbnlergerl and Shore hnds-Illinois. canal; the sanitary condit~onof the Illinois The regort of the Submerged. and Shore river; the use of settling tanks and puri- Lands Legdative Investigating Comm~ttee flcation works as adjjuncts to the present made to the Governor and the Borty-sev- dilution system of sewage disposal; and the enth General Assembly of Illinois, January protection from pollution oP the water sup- 1, 1911, appears in three volumes, which ply of Chicago. 83 pages, illus., maps, contain many illustrations, in addition to tables. the duties of such a bo,dy. 3 v. , Sewngc Disposal-,)3[ilwuukee. The Mil- tables and maps. After their .exhaustive waukee commission, appointed September investigations in regard to private or cor- 2, 1909, to mrllre a comprehensive study of poration encroachment upon public waters sewage d~sposalin that city made its report of the state the committee recommends a to the Common Council April 25, 1911. A Rivers and Lakes Commission and outlines summary of this report has been printed the duties of such a body. Three volumes. in pamphlet form of 24 pages, showing Tnxntion. The resolutions, om~ers, the problem, methods for relief, recom- committees, delegates and speakers of the mendations for sewage disposal, recom- second conference on taxation, Buffalo, mendations as to the water supply, esti- N. Y.,January 9-11, 1912, are recorded in mates of cost and summary of the estimat- a pamphlet of 23 pages, ~ssuedby the sec- ed cost of the projects recommended. retary. Socinl Evil-IEnnsns City. The Super- Tnxation - Michigan.. The Michigan intendent of the Research Bureau of the Commission of Inquiry into Taxation, Board of Public Welfare of Kansas City, which made a preliminary report of 37 F. R. Johnson, is the compiler of a pam- pages, October 7, 1911, to give the public phlet of 16 pages, "The Social Evil in an opportunity to be heard on the plans Kansas' City," which consists of a report to be recommended, made its final report of an investigation made in 1911, limited December 16, 1911. The points covered to but one phase of the question, i. e., data in the report are: Reasons for commis- regarding the houses of 111-fame in the ston; results of investigation; introduc- city and recommendations on that subject. tion to corrective measures, including a periment of non-segregation for nine discussion of separation of sources; two Fourteen tabulations of the inmates of plans favoring separation; a third plan, these houses are included. with a discussion of the disadvantages of Social Evil-Minneapolis. In rmponse separatnon; recommendations, consistent to a citizen .petition, the Mayor of Minne- with both plans; observations on present apolis appointed July 31, 1910, a commis- average rate system. 53 pages. sion to consider the subject of social vice in Teachers' Aids. The Teachers' Year that city and to make suggestion6 and rec- Book for 1911-1912, issued by the State ommendations on that subject. Its report Superintendent of Schools of Maryland, is submitted July 10, 1911, adds another an illustrated booklet of 106 pages for the document to the list of vice commission re- information, use and guidance of olflcials ports. Minneapolis had attempted the es- and teachers of the public schools of the months and on the receipt of this report state. This 16 an invaluable aid to a teach- the Mayor announced his intention to con- er, containing special articles, information tinue the suppression policy and also rec- about normal schools, reading circles and ommended to the City Council the enact- school libraries, laws affecting teachers and ment of several ordinances presented by suggestive programs for celebrating public the commission. 134 pages. scllool anniversaries State Universities. The United States Vocntionnl Education. VO. 1, NO. 1, of Bureau of Education has issued as its Bul- a new magaz~nedevoted to the problems letin, 191.1, No. 19, whole No. 468, a com- and progress of vocational education and pilation of the statistics of state universi- known by the title "Vocational Education," ties and other institutions of higher edu- appeared September, 1911. This valuable cat~onpartially supported by the state for current contribution to the literature on in- the year ending June 30, 1911. This is a dustrlal education and training for voca- tabulalion from returns as repnpted in re- tionsis edited by Charles A. Bennett, pro- ports of the varions institutions. 23 pages fessor of manual arts, Bradly Polytechnic Street Rnil\\lnys-F~nnchise. At the Institute, Peoria, Ill., and a staff of asso- Richmond conference of the National MU- ciate editors, including Arthur D. Dean, nicipal League, November 16, 1911, a sub- State Education Department, Albany, N. committee of the Committee on Fran- Y.; W. E. Roberts, supervisor of manual chises, consisting of J. W. S. Peters and training, Cleveland, O., and Frank M. Delos I?. Wilcox, submitted as a rellort Lcavitt, assistant professor of industrial suggestions for a model street railway education, Chicago Un~versity,and is pub- SPECIAL LIBRARIES

lished bilmonthly by the Manual Arts 186 factories employing women is em- Press, Peoria, Ill. Subscription, $1.50 a bodied in the report and existing labor year; 35 cents a single copy. laws are briefly summarized. This com- Water Rates. A report by Benezette and m~ssionreceived no money from the state C. B. Wilhams to the Mayor and City and the expenses were borne by private Council on water rates for the plant be- corporations. 66 pages. longing to the Peoria water works com- Women's Labor - Stores - Baltimore pany, Peoria, Ill., made September 8, 1910, Among tho early issues of 1912 is a new has been received. This investigation was publication of the Russell Sage Pounda- undertaken to furnish a proper basis for tion, "Saleswomen in Mercantile Stores, a fair readjustment of the rates schedule Balhmore, 909," by Elizabeth Beardsley of thls company and was based itself on Butler, a similar but less extensive study a previous valuation of its property and than the author's earlier one made in Pitts- a summary of an examination and analysis burgh, ent~tled"Women and the Trades." of the rating cards of the company. In 217 pages. addition to the technical details which it may be proposed to embody in a rate ordi- BIBLIOGRAPHIES nance the report attemgts to show reasons BoycotLs nnd InjuncLions. 1-1. H. B. for the adoption of any proposed scale of Meyer, chief biographer of the Library of rates, the princqdes which have controlled Congress has compiled for publication by in its making and its probable effect upon the Library of Congress a "Select list of the revenue of the company. Decisions of iaeferences on boycotts and injunctions in courts and public utility commissions are labor disputes " 69 pages. 1911. discussed as they bear upon the Peoria sit- Chilcl Welfare. A list of books and ref- uation. Appendix I gives the statistics of erences to periodicals in the Chicago public thirty-nine municipal water works plants library on the subject of "Child Welfare" supplied by pumps in various cities having has been published by those in charge of a pogulation of 25,000 to 240,000. 105 the Chicago Child Welfare Exhibit of 1911 pages. in connection with that exhibit, in a com- Water Waste. In Bulletin No 11, pact little handbook of 3 5 pages. "Water Wastes Survey," issued December City I>evelopment. The January, 1911, 30, 1911, the Milwaukee Bureau of Econ- bulletin of the Worcester free public li- omy and Efficiency presents the flrst of a brary contains a "Selected list of recent proposed series of studies of efficiency of material on municipal improvement." water works operation. The conclusion Pages 27-31. reached are that all private and public The Syracuse public library has service water consumers be supplied with combined three earlier bulletins on social meters, that the city maintain or inspect betterment Into one, "A List of Books on service pipes, that the use of hydrant Municipal Affairs and Civic Improvement wrenches be eliminated as far as possible, in the Syracuse Public Library." Almost that new mains be tested and that the city every up-to-date municipal question is in- purchase recording meters. An appropria- cluded in the sub-divisions of the list and tion is asked to continue the work. 38 a reading list on Syracuse is added. 64 pages, charts, maps, tables. pages. 1911. Welfare Work. In the report of the City Planning. The Municipal Refer- annual meeting of the National Civic Fed- ence branch of the Milwaukee public 11- eration, held in New York, January 12-14, brary, situated in the City Hall, is respon- 1911, are included a summary of the an- sible for a "List of Books and Periodicals nual meeting of the Woman's Welfare De- on City Plannmg," contained in a leaflet partment of the Federation, and a complete of four pages. November, 1911. report of a conference of welfare workers, Conservation of Nnturnl Resources. The held under the auspices of the Employers' state library of Washington has issued a Welfare Department of the Federation, "Select List of References on Conservation pages 291-385. The papers printed are of Natural Resonrces," compiled by o- fully illustrated and cover many phases sephine Holgate, in a small pamphlet of of welfare work: light, ventilation, wash 19 pages. 1911. rooms, conditions in mines, tuberculosis Criminology. An exhaustive bibliography prevention, dangerous machinery, flrst aid on crirnlnology is the "List of works in the to injured, etc. New York public library relating to crim- Women's T~abor--Keatucky. The Con- inology," which that institution published sumers' League of Kentucky was behind in 1911. The extent of the material listed the appointment by Governor Willson of ~howsthe enormous resources of the new that state of the commission to investigate New York City library. The references the conditions of working women in Ken- are sub-divided into the following main tucky, which made its report December, groups Bibliography, periodicals, socie- 1911. A three months' investigation of ties, congresses, general and systematic SPECIAL LIBRARIES 27

worlm, criminal anthropology and sociol- A Beard. The Advisory Board includes ogy, Ianguage of criminals, special classes the names of many prominent men, actively of criminals, special crimes, criminal jjuris- interested in different lines 05 work for prudence, penology, these main groups municipal development. in turn, in several cases, subdivided. 362 pages. The following reports of public utility Iklinquent Children. The latest biblio- commissions were reviewed in the January graphy comililed by the New York School issue of the National Municipal Review, of Philanthrophy deals with "Juvenile De- Vol. 1, No. 1, page 80, by Robert H. linquency--causes and Treatment." It is Whitten. Library Bulletin No. 4, and No. 6 of Vol. Report of the Public Service Commission 5 of the Bulletin, February, 1912. 4 pages. of Maryland, for the eight months ending Library Publicntions. The University of December 31, 1910. 399 pages. Illinois Library School has comgiled a list Twenty-sixth annual report of the Board of the United States and foreign library of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners, reports and bulletins in the collection of of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the librai'y school, which will be a valu- 1910. 211 and 334 pages. able check list for libraries, as the school Forty-second annual report of the Board has from its beginning made an effort to of Railroad Comn~issioners,Commonwealth collect and preserve all library publica- of Massachusetts, 1910. 389 and 962 tions. The list is printed as University of pages. Illinois Bulletin, Vol. 9, No. 12, January Eighteenth annual report of the Massa- 29, 1912. 22 pages. chusetts Highway Commission for lhe year 'U. S. Se~intors-Election. The Library endi~gNovember 30, 1910. 264 pages. of Congress has through its chief biblio- First annual report of the Board of grapher, H. H. B. Meyer, supplemented its Public Utility Commissioners for the State list of 1904 on the "Popular Election of of New Jersey, 1910. 285 pages. Senators" by a list of additional refer- Third annual report of the Public Serv- ences on the subject. 56 pages. 1911. ice Commission, First District, New York, year ending December 31. 1909, three The flrst number of a new Quarterly, volumes. "The National Municipal Review," pub- Fourth annual report of the Public lished by the National Municipal League, Service Commission, First District, New appeared January, 1912. Clinton Rogers York, year ending December 31, 1910, Wooclruff heads the staff of editors. In a volume 1. salutation to the public in the nrst issue, Third annual report of the Public Serv- the Aeld of the new publication is out- Ice Commission, Second District, hew York, lined as follows: year ending December 31, lg(1.3, two vol- "In presenting the National Municipal umes. Review to its members nnd to publicists, Fourth annual regort of the Public officials and students of 11~~-.~:ipalaffairs Service Commission, Second Distriot, New generallysr'the National Municipal League York, year ending December 31, 1910, does so inu response to a long- volume 1. continued and widely exgresaed de- Fmrth annual report of the Railroad sire for a thoughtful discussion of Commission of Wisconsin, year ending city problems and a careful chronicle June 30, 1910. of municipal events. While the proceed- Second and Third annual reports of the. ings and activities of the League will be Corporation Colnmission of the State of fully reported, the Review will be in no Ol~lahoma,190 9-1910. 1,002 pages. sense of the word an organ of the League, Twelfth bi-ennial report of the Public or of any other organization. It will alm Service Colnmission of the State of Ver- to present fairly and impartially the muni- mont, 1908-1910. 974 pages. cipal programs of all parties and all or- First annual regort of the Public Utili- ganizations and to have technical matters ties Commission, Kansas City, Mo., April treated by qualifled exgerts...... 17, 1911. 59 pages. The editors will accord full treatment to First annual report for the Board of municipal functions and $velfare enter- Public Utilities, Los Angeles, Cal., June prises, as well as to ballot laws, c:arters 30, 1910. 195 pages. and bureaus of municipal research. Report to Municipal Assembly of EX. In addition to the leading articles in Louis on rates for electric light and power, each number, there will be three perman- St. Louis Public Service Commission, 1911. ent departments, in charge of three as- Report of St. Louis Public Service Com- sistant editors: Reports and documents, mission to the House of Delegates on the edited by John A. Fairlle; Current muni- transfer system of the United Railways cipal legislation, edited by John A. Lapp; Company, October 23, 1911. 14 pages Events and personalia, edited by Charles and 32 maps.