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England: Budget in, i, 142, 147-149;
cabinet government in, i, 16; consti-
tution of aristocratic, i, II.
Estimate, state board of, not adapted
to budget making, i, 154-156.
Executive: And the budget, i, 156, 158,
160-161, 162, 190. See also "Cabi-
net" and "Governor."

EXECUTIVE AND THE JUDICIARY, THE.
Francis Lynde Stetson, i, 236-239;
Jacob Gould Schurman, i, 239-240.
EXECUTIVE, PARTICIPATION OF THE, IN
LEGISLATION. E. M. Sait, i, 127-
133. Discussion, Ogden L. Mills, i,
134-137; Edgar Dawson, i, 137-140.

FISCAL POLICY, EXISTING CONSTITU-
TIONAL LIMITATIONS ON SOUND STATE.
Ernest Cawcroft, i, 241-250.
FOLKS, HOMER. Charitable and Cor-
rectional Institutions and Public
Health, ii, 172-185.

Forests, Conservation of: Existing con-
stitutional provision for, ii, 149; pro-
posed constitutional provision, ii,
155-157; criticisms of present state
policy of, considered, ii, 149-155;
history of, ii, 145-149; should be ad-
ministered separately from conser-
vation of water power, ii, 144.
FOREST AND WATER POWER CONSERVA-
TION, STATE POLICY OF. John G.
Agar, ii, 144-164.

FOWLER, ROBERT L. Discussion of the
organization and procedure of the
courts, i, 232-235.

Franchise, The. See "Suffrage."
Franchises, public utility: Present con-
stitutional provisions relating to, ii,
186-189; proposed constitutional pro-
visions relating to, ii, 201-202; and
municipal home rule, ii, 41, 192-196;
indeterminate, ii, 200; suggested limi-
tations upon power to grant, ii, 71,
198-200, 201; limitations on renewal
of, ii, 202; perpetual, ii, 186-189,
198, 201, 202; acquisition of, by tax-
ation, ii, 197.

FRANCHISES, PUBLIC, AND THE CON-
STITUTION. Delos F. Wilcox, ii, 186-

202.

FREUND, ERNST. The Problem of Ade-
quate Legislative Powers under State
Constitutions, i, 98-126.

GILBERTSON, H. S. Discussion of or-
ganization of county government, ii,
87-89.

GLYNN, MARTIN H. Local Govern-
ment and the State Constitution, ii,
57-60.

GOODNOW, FRANK J. The Adaptation
of a Constitution to the Needs of a
People, i, 27-38.

Government as a social instrument, ii,

94.

Governor Should have power to ap-
point and remove executive heads, i,
16, 43; should make the budget, i,
156, 160-161, 190; share of in legis-
lation, i, 101-102, 127-133, 134-140;
legislature should be compelled to
vote on proposals of, i, 139, 140;
should have seat in legislature, i, 16,
22, 131, 135-136, 140, 161; message
of, should be oral, i, 128.

Health of laborers: Constitutional pro-
vision safeguarding, ii, 101, 109, 118,
120, 125. See also "Labor legisla-
tion."

Health, public: Constitutional provision
for administration of, ii, 185; flexi-
bility needed in administration of, ii,
185.
HEALTH, PUBLIC, CHARITABLE AND
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND.
Homer Folks, ii, 172-185.
Home rule for cities: Advocated, i, 17;
bosses favor, ii, 75-76; conflict be-
tween charter provisions and state
law under, ii, 22-36; difficulties of
phrasing constitutional provision
for, ii, 10, 39-43; fiscal policy of
state and, i, 245-250; franchises and,
ii, 192-196; legislature and, ii, 1-5,

78; local officials favor, ii, 76-77;
methods of municipal legislation un-
der, ii, 50-51; need of, i, 9; optional
city charter law and, ii, 59; pre-
sumption in law against power of
city and, ii, 72, 74; proposed amend-
ment of Municipal Government As-
sociation of New York state for,
ii, 52-56; proposed amendment of
National Municipal League for, ii,
69-70; proposals relating to, ii, 37-
38, 52-56, 64-67, 69-71, 72-73; public
sentiment for, ii, 57-58; restrictions
upon needed, ii, 69-71; scope of cities'
powers under, ii, 11-21, 43-48, 69-71,
72; ii, 192-193; state versus munic-
ipal functions under, ii, 39-43, 64;
states now having, ii, 10-11; suspen-
sive veto of cities and, ii, 5-10, 65.
HOME RULE FOR CITIES. Howard L.
McBain, ii, 1-38. Discussion, Walter
T. Arndt, ii, 73-79; Robert S. Bink-
erd, ii, 71-73; Laurence A. Tanzer,
ii, 39-56; Delos F. Wilcox, ii, 68-79.
Home rule for counties urged, ii, 89,
92.

Home rule in administration of public

health undesirable, ii, 184.
HOWE, FREDERIC C. The Constitution
and Public Opinion, i, 7-19.

Impeachment: Need of change in pres-

ent provisions relating to, i, 44; con-
stitutional proposal relating to, i, 210.
Inherent limitations, doctrine of, i, 117-

122.

Initiative: In proposing constitutional

amendments, i, 14, 43; more important
than referendum, i, 18.
Initiative and referendum: In propos-
ing constitutional amendments, i, 90-
93; local use of, i, 95-96; in propos-
ing statutes, i, 93-95; for elaborat-
ing workmen's compensation amend-
ment, ii, 102.

INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL,
RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH THE.
Charles Fremont Taylor, i, 89-97.

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JESSUP, HENRY W. The Organization
and Procedure of the Courts, i, 193-
214.

Judges: Changes in method of choos-
ing, suggested, i, 219-221; tribunal
to hear complaints relating to, i, 222-
223.

Judicial decisions, recall of limited
scope of, i, 100.

Judicial review of constitutionality of
statutes: Criticized, i, 17; means
domination of legislature by courts,
i, 99; in Ohio, i, 17; suggestions for
procedural limitations upon, i, 225-
226.

JUDICIARY, THE EXECUTIVE AND THE.

Francis Lynde Stetson, i, 236-239;
Jacob Gould Schurman, i, 239-240.

Labor legislation: Child labor in tene-
ments to be regulated by, ii, 139-140;
clearness in, necessary, ii, 142; com-
missioners should be empowered to
fill in details of, ii, 132-135; enforce-
ment of, problem of, ii, 142; home
work, necessary to regulate, ii, 135-
136, 138-141; hours of labor, neces-
sary to limit, ii, 131; minimum wage,
to be secured by, ii, 136; police
power clause of constitution the basis
of, ii, 130-131.

LABOR LEGISLATION AND THE CONSTI
TUTION. Abram I. Elkus, ii, 130-
137. Discussion, John B. Andrews,
ii, 141-143; Owen R. Lovejoy, ii, 138-

141.

Legislation: Concurrent,

legislative
agreements for, i, 121; constitution,
written into, i, 96, 98-99; executive,
share of, in, i, 101-102; experts should

draft, i, 109; inherent limitations,
doctrine of, in, i, 117-122; local and
special, evils of, i, 46; procedure in,
constitutional requirements relating
to, i, 103-104; quality of, constitu-
tional provisions to improve, i, 108-
110; resulting limitations, doctrine
of, in, i, 110-117; special and local,
evils of, i, 46; style of, require-
ments relating to, i, 105-108; uni-
formity in interstate, provision for,
i, 120-122; unity in, provision for,
i, 119.

LEGISLATION, PARTICIPATION OF THE
EXECUTIVE IN. E. M. Sait, i, 127-
133. Discussion, Edgar Dawson, i,
137-140; Ogden L. Mills, i, 134-137.
LEGISLATIVE POWERS, THE PROBLEM OF
ADEQUATE, UNDER STATE CONSTITU-
TIONS. Ernst Freund, i, 98-126.
Legislature and the budget, i, 152,
161, 190-191; constitutional amend-
ments, proposed by, i, 90-93; consti-
tutional convention, control of, over
procedure of, i, 60; delegation of its
powers necessary, i, 4; distrust of,
i, 8, 127; election of, present method
of, criticized, i, 45; executive, rela-
tion of, to, i, 16, 22, 101-102, 127,
140, 161; fiscal policies, powers of,
relating to, i, 249; franchises, power
of, to grant, ii, 190-193; governor's
proposals, compelled to vote on, i,
139, 140; governor and cabinet to
have seats in, i, 16, 22, 131, 135-136,
140, 161; home rule for cities, atti-
tude of, toward, ii, 1-5, 47-49; home
rule for cities, powers of, under, ii,
47-49, 65-66, 73; irresponsibility of,
i, 21; procedure in, constitutional
provisions relating to, i, 103-104;
public service commissions, relation of,
to, ii, 165, 166-167, 169; sessions of, i,
8, 15; size, reduction in, urged, i, 16,
97; strengthening, methods of, i, 45;
terms, longer, for members of, i, 97;
unicameral, advocated, i, 15, 97.
Limitations: Doctrine of inherent, in

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MACY, V. EVERIT. Discussion of the
organization of county government,
ii, 90-92.

MCBAIN, HOWARD L. Home Rule for
Cities, ii, 1-38.

Message of governor should be oral, i,
128.

MILLS, OGDEN L. Discussion of the
participation of the executive in legis-
lation, i, 134-137.
MITCHEL, JOHN PURROY, The City
and the State Constitution, ii, 61-67.
Municipal court, abolition of, proposed,
i, 211, 227.

Municipal Government Association of
New York State, proposed home-rule
amendment of, ii, 52-56.
Municipal League, National, proposed
home-rule amendment of, ii, 69.
Municipal ownership of public utilities:
Debt limit and, ii, 195; fiscal policy
of state relating to, i, 244-245, 248;
power of, under home rule provi-
sions, ii, 16; permission for, pro-
posed, ii, 45, 64, 65, 69, 193, 197;
taxation to make possible, ii, 197.
Municipalities. See Cities."

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National Municipal League, proposed
home-rule amendment of, ii, 69.
Non-partisanship: City charter com-
missions, favored in, ii, 65; delegates
to constitutional convention, in elec-

tion of, i, 59; judges, favored in
election of, i, 220; public service
commissions, favored in, ii, 170.
NORTON, CHARLES D. Discussion of
constitutional provision for a bud-
get, i, 189-192.

ORDWAY, SAMUEL H. The Civil Ser-
vice Clause in the Constitution, i,
251-262.

ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT,
THE. George S. Buck, ii, 80-86.
ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE OF THE
COURTS, THE. Henry W. Jessup, i,
193-201; Appendix, i, 202-214. Dis-
cussion, Robert Ludlow Fowler, i,
232-235; William L. Ransom, i, 215-
232.

Oyer and terminer, proposal to abolish
courts of, i, 206.

PARKINSON, THOMAS I. The Future of
the Workmen's Compensation Amend-
ment, ii, 98-112.

Parties, relation of, to constitutional
conventions, i, 1, 59.

Phi Delta Phi Club, constitutional
amendments relating to courts pro-
posed by Committee of Seven of, i,
202-214.

Police power: and labor, ii, 101, 109,

118, 120, 125, 130-131; legislative
action under, i, 119.

POWELL, THOMAS REED. Woman Suf-
frage, i, 73-81.

Power. See "Water Power."
POWERS, THE PROBLEM OF ADEQUATE
LEGISLATIVE, UNDER STATE CONSTITU-
TIONS. Ernst Freund, i, 98-126.
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF CONSTI-
TUTIONAL REVISION, THE.
Root, i, 1-6.

Elihu

PROBLEMS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CON-
VENTION, THE. Albert Shaw, i, 39-
53.

PROCEDURE, THE ORGANIZATION AND,
OF THE COURTS. Henry W. Jessup,
i, 193-201; Appendix, i, 202-214.
Discussion, Robert Ludlow Fowler,

i, 232-235; William L. Ransom, i,
215-232.

Proportional representation, advocated,
i, 97.

PUBLIC FRANCHISES, THE CONSTITU-
TION AND. Delos F. Wilcox, ii, 186-

202.

Public health. See "Health."
PUBLIC HEALTH, CHARITIBLE AND COR-
RECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND. Homer
Folks, ii, 172-185.

PUBLIC OPINION, THE CONSTITUTION
AND.
Frederic C. Howe, i, 7-19.
Public service commissions: Constitu-
tion, should be provided for in, ii,
165, 167; criticisms of present sys-
tem of, ii, 166-167; functions of,
suggested, ii, 168; legislature, fric-
tion with, ii, 168; power of, should
be exclusive, ii, 169; powers of, sug-
gested, ii, 168; retention of existing,
favored, ii, 170.

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONS AND THE
STATE CONSTITUTION. John N. Car-
lisle, ii, 165-171.
Public utilities. See
ership," "Public

sions."

Municipal own-
service commis-

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RESPONSIBILITY, THE PRINCIPLE OF, IN
GOVERNMENT. Henry L. Stimson, i,

20-26.

Resulting limitations, doctrine of, in
legislation, i, 110-117.

ROOT, ELIHU. The Principles and
Practice of Constitutional Revision,
i, 1-6.

SAIT, E. M. Participation of the Ex-
ecutive in Legislation, i, 127-133.
SEAGER, HENRY R. Discussion of the
future of the workmen's compensa-
tion amendment, ii, 118-120.
Separation of powers: History of
theory of, i, 22; theory of, criticized,
i, 23, 131, 133, 139-140; ii, 135.
SHAW, ALBERT. The Problems of the
Constitutional Convention, i, 39-53.
Short ballot: Advocated, i, 16, 44, 97,

127, 138; in counties, ii, 89, 92.
Sinking funds, constitutional provi-
sions relating to, i, 248.

SMITH, MUNROE. The Consent of the
Governed, i, 82-88.

Special legislation, relating to cities,
ii, 3-4, 45, 48-49; evils of, i, 47.
Statute law. See Legislation."
STIMSON, HENRY L. The Principle of
Responsibility in Government, i, 20-

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Experience with the Initiative, Ref-
erendum and Recall, i, 89-97.
Technicalities in judicial procedure:
Commissioner or master to eliminate
certain, i, 198-199, 206, 228; evils of,
i, 194-195; not to defeat justice in
reversals and new trials, i, 229-230.
Terms of office, should be longer, i, 16,
43, 97; ii, 170.

Terminer and oyer, proposed abolition
of courts of, i, 206.

Uniformity in legislation: Bills of
rights of state constitutions should
be abridged to secure, ii, 120; fed-
eral review of state decisions on
questions of constitutionality would
further, ii, 129; labor legislation,
lack of, in, ii, 140; proposals de-
signed to secure, i, 120-122.

Unity of statute law, provision for, i,
119.

Utilities, public. See "Municipal

ownership" and "Public service
commissions."

Vacancies in constitutional convention,
how filled, i, 58.

Veto: Cities, power of suspensive, ii,
5-10; executive, i, 8.

Water power:
Condition changed, re-
lating to, ii, 154; conservation of,
proposals relating to, ii, 160-164; de-
velopment of, methods of, ii, 163-
164; ownership of, existing, ii, 159-
160; resources, existing, ii, 158-159.
WATER POWER CONSERVATION, STATE
POLICY OF FOREST AND. John G.
Agar, ii, 144-164.

WILCOX, DELOS F. The Constitution
and Public Franchises, ii, 186-202;
discussion of home rule for cities,
ii, 68-79.

WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Thomas Reed
Powell, i, 73-81. Discussion, Munroe
Smith, i, 82-88.

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