ITS STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BY A. E. CLARENDON, A.M. MAYNARD, MERRILL, & CO. کے 1901, 15e.-c.. Y. Gift of the Publishers. TRANSFERRED TO HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY 1932 Copyrighted, 1897, BY A. E. CLARENDON. THE grateful acknowledgments of the author for valuable suggestions and assistance are due to R. G. Kinkead, Esq., of the Kansas City Bar, who read the work both in manuscript and in proof; to Hon. James M. Greenwood, Superintendent of the Kansas City schools, who also read it in manuscript and in proof; and to Hon. John R. Kirk, State Superintendent of Instruction, Missouri, who kindly read it in proof. 3 |