Ideal state law for cooperation between state and federal authorities in the work of eradicating contagious animal diseases. C. J. Marshall. Journal of the Am Veterinary Medical Assn (Ithaca, N. Y.) n s 1:429-41 Ja '16 30c Lymphatic glands in meat-producing animals: their methodical examination with sanitary inspection as the viewpoint, topographical data and pathological alterations occurring in these organs. P. Godbille. 175p $2 '15 William R. Jenkins co., 6th av. & 48th st., N. Y. Rockefeller foundation appropriated $1,000,000 to the Rockefeller institute for medical research, for additional endowment needed in connection with the department of animal pathology, recently established at Princeton, N. J., to undertake the study of animal diseases (Mr 19 '16) See also Anthrax; Cattle-Abortion, Infectious; Cattle tick; Foot and mouth disease; Live stock; Live stock-Remedies; Lungworms; Tuberculosis of animals Humane Sunday was observed by churches thruout the country, May 21, 1916. The object was to have one Sunday in the year set apart for special services calling attention to the need for protection for animals Prevention of cruelty to animals in Illinois, Colorado and California. F. M. Hubbard. Proc Acad Pol Sci v 6 209-320p Ja '16 $1 Monograph prepared for the Henry Bergh foundation for the promotion of humane education and published by the Foundation as Bulletin of Social Legislation no. 4, March, 1916, Columbia university press vision for fifty-one senators was legal, but that the rest of the act, at least that portion of it affecting New York city, was unconstitutional (J1 26 '16) Ohio supreme court handed down a decision, April 18, 1916, holding that congressional redistricting bills are subject to the referendum. Decision was upheld by the U. S. supreme court Je 12 '16 Constitutional amendments, 1915 New York-Providing for a new legislative apportionment in 1916 on the basis of the federal enumeration. Amendment proposed by the constitutional convention. Rejected. Yes 371,588 No 891,337 N '15 Referendum measures, 1915 Ohio-Amending section 4828-1 of the general code, making an apportionment of the state of Ohio into congressional districts under the thirteenth census of the United States. Referred law (Sprague act. H B no 710) Rejected. Yes 271,987 No 329,095 N '15 Apprenticeship Apprentice system of the General electric company, West Lynn, Mass. 32p il Ja '16 General electric company, West Lynn, Mass. Practical, systematic training of apprentices. Am Ind 17:27-9 Ag '16 * Principles of apprentice training, with special reference to the engineering industry. A. P. M. Fleming and J. P. Pearce. 202p *3s 6d '16 Longmans * Opinion of the supreme court in the Fergus case, filed Nov. 6, 1915. 43p '15 Ill. leg. ref. bur. Status of the Fergus suits. 14p '15 Ill. leg. ref. bur. Fergus suits consist of five suits, each setting forth alleged irregularities in appropriations made by the 49th general assembly and praying for an injunction to restrain payment. The suits involve the "relief bills" including several sums granted to persons injured while in the employ of the state; deficiency appropriations; committee expenses; members' mileage appropriation; and the "omnibus bill" Apthous fever. See Foot and mouth disease * International arbitration of individual commercial disputes: tentative plan suggested by the Chamber of commerce of the state of New York. 51p '14 N. Y. chamber of commerce, 65 Liberty st., N. Y. Printed in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish for the delegates to the 6th International congress of chambers of commerce meeting in Paris, June 8, 1914 Organized arbitration of trade disputes. Samuel Rosenbaum. Nation's Business 4:11 Jl '16 Address delivered before the Chicago assn. of credit men Arbitration, Industrial Arbitration. In G: G. Groat. Introduction to the study of organized labor in America, p 204-38 '16 Arbitration and conciliation in Australasia. M. T. Rankin. 192p n p '16 Allen and Unwin, London Industrial arbitration: a world-wide survey of natural and political agencies for social justice and industrial peace. C. H. Mote. 351; xlvp *$1.50 '16 Bobbs Discusses conditions in England, Germany, France, New Zealand, and Australia, and takes up investigations, experiments, legislation, strikes and trade agreements in the U. S. Industrial peace in Australia through minimum wage and arbitration. H: B. Higgins. Monthly R v 2 no 2 p 1-22 F '16 Reprinted from Harvard Law Review, November, 1915 Arbitration, Industrial -Continued Labor and industrial courts. In F: C. Howe. Socialized Germany, p 182-91 '15 New province for law and order: industrial peace through minimum wage and arbitration. H: B. Higgins. Harv Law R 29:13-39 N '15 Describes the Australian methods of dealing with labor questions thru the court of conciliation and arbitration Wage theories in industrial arbitration. Wilson Compton. Am Econ R 6:324-42 Je '16 See also Collective bargaining; Conciliation; Hours of labor-Railroads; Street railroads-Strikes; Trade agreements Legislation Norway has recently passed an act for the settlement of trade disputes, which provides for compulsory investigation before stoppage of work takes place, compulsory registration of trade unions and employers' associations, and the recognition and regulation of collective agreements. It also provides for a labor court, sitting at Christiana, the decisions of which are enforceable and final, except on questions of law and jurisdiction. The court consists of a president and four other members, appointed by the crown, to hold office for a period of three years. The president must be qualified to act as a judge in the supreme court, and the members must be nominated, two by employers and two by labor. Fixed salaries are paid by the state to the members, none of whom shall be paid servants or officers of any trade union or employers' association (Mr 17 '16) Legislation, Comparative Legislation in the U. S. In C. H. Mote. Industrial arbitration, p 215-38 '16 [Review of legislation of 1915 relative to] trade unions and trade disputes. Am Labor Leg R 5:756-60 D '15 Arbitration, International Carnegie endowment for international peace. Yearbook for 1916. 204p '16 The Endowment, 2 Jackson Place, Washington, D. C. Justiciability of international disputes. J. S. Reeves. Am Pol Sci R 10:70-9 F '16 National chamber of commerce conducted a referendum for the purpose of ascertaining the business opinion thruout the country on the report of a special committee on economic results of the war and American business. 282 commercial organizations in 40 states, Hawaii and the District of Columbia filed ballots. A large majority were in favor of the recommendation that, for consideration of questions which arise between nations and which do not depend upon established rules nor upon facts which cannot be determined by an international court, the U. S. should take the initiative in establishing a council of conciliation. There was a majority vote. also, in favor of the following proposals: the establishment of an international court, thru the initiative of the U. S., for the decision of questions which arise between nations and which can be resolved upon the application of established rules or upon the determination of facts; better defined and stronger rules for the protection of life and property upon the high seas; frequent international conferences for the progressive amendment of international law; the use of concerted economic pressure on any nation resorting to military measures without submitting its quarrel to an international court. The measure providing for the use of force to establish peace was not carried (Ja 5 '16) Report [and resolutions] of com. on interna tional arbitration. In N. Y. state bar assn. Proceedings. 1916, p 103-15 Supreme court of the United States as an international tribunal. W: R. Vance. Judicial Settlement International Disputes no 23 21p N '15 Am. society for judicial settlement of international disputes, Baltimore, Md. Commencement address before the Uniersity of North Dakota, June 16, 1915 Toward world government: an interpretation of ten more constructive proposals. G: W. Nasmyth. Survey 35:183-7 N 20 '15 World court congress. Second meeting, New York, May 2-4, 1916. The program was limited to the one topic of promoting a true international court of justice, without reference to present conditions or the need for adequate defenses. Such a court has been endorsed by the Institute of international law, by all the leading powers, and by state legislatures, chambers of commerce and representative religious bodies; it has been exhaustively studied at four annual conferences of the American society for judicial settlement of international disputes. The program contained the names of many representative citizens including John Hays Hammond, president of the World's court league; William Howard Taft, honarary president; Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart, Simeon E. Baldwin, Oscar S. Straus. Judge Alton B. Parker, Henry Clews, Charles Thaddeus Terry and several members of the national senate and house of representatives. J: Wesley Hill, sec., N. Y. Reports New York state bar assn. Com. on international arbitration. Report presented at the 39th annual meeting, held at New York, Jan. 14-15, 1916. 11p Everett P. Wheeler, 27 William st., N. Y. The resolutions recommended in the report were unanimously adopted by the Association, Jan. 14, 1916 Archeological remains Preservation Nineteenth international congress of Americanists, at its meeting in Washington, D. C., Dec. 28, 1915, passed resolutions recommending that the different countries of the western hemisphere pass uniform laws that will effectively safeguard archeological remains, such as ruins, monuments and burial sites containing examples of industry and art as practised by the aborigines; and that the delegates to the congress use their influence to impress the governments with the importance of promoting research in this field, of organizing surveys for the study of primitive tribes and of building up national and local museums for the preservation of the data and materials collected Architects California. Bd. of architecture. 5th report: the law, rules of the board, and list of certificated architects. 48p '15 The Board, 1040 Phelan bldg., San Francisco Law of architecture and building: a consideration of the mutual rights, duties and liabilities of architect, owner and contractor, with appendices and forms. C. H. Blake, jr. 314p *$3 '16 William T. Comstock co., 23 Warren st., N. Y. License and registration Grand Rapids, Mich.-State supreme court has upheld the validity of the ordinance requiring architects to obtain licenses. R. A. Jorgen v. R. M. Wedgewood (Press rept Ap 6 '16) Reports Report of the committee on registration of architects. Am Inst Arch J (American institute of architects, The Octagon, Washington, D. C.) 4:358-9 Ag '16 30c Contains: Important provision of the law and criticism of New York law Architects, Municipal Seattle, Wash.-Joint com. of the Washington state chapter of the Am. institute of architects and the Municipal league have presented a resolution to the city council urging the permanent employment of a city architect at a salary of $300 a month. It was regarded as probable that the council would approve the bill when voted upon June 12, 1916 Architectural education Reports Report of the committee on education. R. C. Sturgis. Am Inst Arch J (American institute of architects, The Octagon, Washington, D. C.) 4:357-8 Ag '16 30c Army and militia: including publications on aviation, preparedness for war, export of munitions, pension laws. (Price list 19 6th ed) 26p Mr '16 U. S. supt. of doc. List of references on the Swiss military system. U. S. Library of congress. 9p N 30 '15 (Typew Cost of copying 45c) Obtained only thru P. A. I. S. Armor plate. See Munitions of war Legislation, Comparative * State armories: non-attendance at drills. R. I. leg. ref. lib. 6p Ja 10 '16 (Typew B 30c) Army worms Army worm. H. T. Fernald. il In Mass. Bd. of agriculture. 62d annual report, 1914, p 284-94 15 True army worm and its control. W. R. Walton. il map Farmers' Bul no 731 12p My 23 '16 of American federation of arts, composed museums, art assns., art comms., public libraries, universities, etc., is best known for its traveling exhibitions. It also sends out typewritten illustrated lectures on subjects pertaining to art, and publishes a monthly illustrated magazine, Art and Progress, and a yearly directory, the American Art Annual. At the annual meeting held in Washington, in the spring of 1915, an exhibition of American industrial art was inaugurated. It was held at the National museum. It is the first time manufacturers, artists and the federal government have combined in assembling such an exhibition. The chief topic of the convention was art education, with special reference to cultural and industrial development Study and teaching Art education. C: F. Kelley. In U. S. Comr. of education. Report. 1915, v 1 p 371-90 '15 Discussion is limited to the study of drawing, painting, design, and the history and appreciation of the fine arts Professional art schools. F. N. Levy. In U. S. Comr. of education. Report, 1914, v 1 p 375-99 '15 Statistics of art schools: schools and enrollment in 1913-14; List of art schools, classified as to management: Professional art schools classified by subjects, p 388-99 See also University extension-Art creased power for the art commission at the national capitol. Leila Mechlin, sec., American fine arts bldg., N. Y. Art commissions and the future of American cities. A. W. Crawford. Am Inst Arch J (Am. institute of architects, The Octagon, Washington, D. C.) 3:528-34 D '15 50c Chicago, Ill.-Municipal art league and other organizations have signed petitions asking for the appointment of a municipal art commission (My 10 '16) * Philadelphia, Pa. Art jury. Bulletin of information. 11p '13 Text of act creating an art jury for cities of the first class and prescribing its powers and duties, p 7-9 Reports Philadelphia, Pa. Art jury. Third and fourth annual reports, 1913 and 1914. 44, 44p il '13, '14 Art surveys Municipal art society of New York is to make an art survey of the city for the purpose of safeguarding the city against an invasion of misplaced art in the shape of monuments, statues, etc. A chart of all present monuments, etc., has been made and with this as a basis for its work the committee will begin a general survey of city property and take a sort of census of all available sites for monuments of the future in all the boroughs. Residents of every district in the city are to be consulted in regard to their wishes and desires in things artistic (F 18 '16) Ashes. See Refuse and refuse disposal City makes money by purchasing plant and laying its own asphalt paving: Flint, Mich., saved $43,000 last year under contractors' estimates by forming an efficient day-labor organization. C. E. Ridley. diags Eng Rec 73:767-9 Je 10 '16 Operation of the municipal asphalt plant of the borough of Manhattan, New York city. Good Roads n s 10:298-9 D 4 '15 Assessment How the state of Wisconsin improved its local assessment work; with discussion. T: S. Adams. In N. Y. state conference on taxation. Addresses and proceedings, 1916, p 88117 *Kansas-Revised instructions to be observed in the assessment and equalization of property, both real and personal, for purposes of taxation, revised 1916. 130p '16 Kansas tax comm., Topeka, Kansas Listing system. In N. Y. (state). Joint legislative com. on taxation. Report, p 143-8 '16 National tax assn. Com. on the method of selecting assessors. Report. 197-207p '15 Office of treasurer, 15 Dey st., N. Y. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the ninth annual conference of the National tax assn. Recommends four plans for choosing assessors, three of which make the county the unit New York (state). Tax dept. Manual for instruction of assesors. NY State Tax Bul v 1 no 3 84p My '16 See also Real estate-Taxation; Taxation County County simplification. H: J. Cookingham, jr. In N. Y. state conference on taxation. Addresses and proceedings, 1916, p 74-87 Conferences County assessors assn. of the state of California. 13th annual session, Dec. 7, 1914, Merced, Cal. In Cal. State bd of equalization, Report, 1913-1914, p 183-237 Contains: State budget and revenue, by J: S. Chambers, Controller; Federal income Assessment-County-Conferences-Continued tax, by C. C. Plehn; Methods of the N. Y. department of taxes and assessments, by J. D. Burks; Torrens land act in other lands, by John Ginty; Increase in public expenditures, by T: S. Adams Proceedings of the county assessors' assn. of California, in 12th annual convention. Jackson, Amador county, Nov., 1913. In Cal. state bd. of equalization. Report, 1913-1914, p 137-180 Contains: National tax association, by John Mitchell; Elimination of fraudulent land subdivisions, by C: O. King; Home rule in taxation, by W. G. Eggleston; Currency reform, by C. C. Plehn; Automobile tax, by C. E. Jarvis; Tax association, by Alexander Brown; Public opinion on assessments, by F. A. Bondshu; Federal income tax, by G: E. Mitchell Information from banks Virginia attorney general has given his opinion that all banking institutions in the state must disclose, on demand of the taxing officers of the state, complete lists of their depositors and the amount of their "time deposits" and "savings deposits." The text of the opinion appears in the Richmond Times Dispatch N 10 '15 Assessors Appointment Method of selecting assessors [in New York state cities]. NY State Bur Municipal Information Rept no 72 1p F '16 (Typew 5c) Obtained only thru P. A. I. S. Salaries See Salaries-Assessors Association of American agricultural colleges and experiment stations Proceedings, 1915. '15 J. L. Hills, sec., Agric. experiment station, Burlington, Vt. (Agricultural education-Conferences) Association of American dairy, food and drug officials Official proceedings of the 19th annual convention, Berkeley, Cal., 1915. $1 '15 J. B. Newman, SCC., Manhattan bldg., Chicago, Ill. (Food-Conferences) Association of governmental labor officials of the United States and Canada Proceedings, 1915. 50c; 35c to members '15 John T. Fitzpatrick, sec.-treas., Kansas City, Mo. (Labor bureaus-Conferences) Association of life insurance presidents Proceedings of the 9th annual meeting held at the Astor Hotel, New York, Dec. 9-10, 1915. '16 The Assn., 16 S. Broadway, N. Y. (Insurance, Life-Conferences) Attorneys * Association of the bar of the city of New York. Annual report of the com. on grievances for 1915. 9p '16 F. O. Poole, libn., 42 W. 44th st., N. Y. Read at the annual meeting of the association, Jan. 11, 1916 Lawyer-citizen: his enlarging responsibilities. Samuel Untermyer. 32p '16 Samuel Untermyer, N. Y. Address delivered at the meeting of the Commercial law league, Atlantic City, N. J., July 27, 1916 See also Bar associations; Legal education Admission to bar Texas. Supreme court. Rules prescribing a course of study and regulations governing the mode of examination for admission to the bar. 3p '16 Auditing New York university, School of commerce, opened a division of applied accounting in 1914. Students in the department conduct free audits and make classifications of accounts for charitable societies that apply. Similar work is done by students in the accounting dispensary opened by the University of Denver in 1914, while accounting for charitable organizations is planned in the future by the University of Pittsburgh (1916) Working papers. F. G. Colley. J Account 22: 43-9 JI '16 Address before the New York state society of certified public accountants, April 10, 1916 Legislation, Comparative Auditing of public accounts, and uniform accounting: digest of state statutes relative thereto. H. D. Scott and F. R. Smith, comps. R. I. leg. ref. lib. 31p Ja 4 '16 (Typew B $1.55) Auditoriums * Chicago needs a great convention hall. 11p '16 Chicago assn. of commerce, Otis bldg. * Municipal public halls: power of cities to erect halls for public meetings, conventions, entertainments and other purposes; court decisions in several states. John Simpson. Munic J 39:617-9 O 21 '15 Automobiles. See Jitney buses; Motor omnibuses; Ordinances List of references on ballot reform, exclusive of the short ballot. U. S. Library of congresa. 8p O 16 '15 (Typew Cost of copying 40c) Obtained only thru P. A. I. S. Referendum measures, 1915 California-Provides for the size, form and manner of printing of ballots to be used at general elections, including gubernatorial and presidential elections, for the determination of the order in which state, district and county offices shall appear thereon, for the preparation of ballot titles for measures submitted to the electors, and for the manner in which such titles, offices and names of candidates therefor, and instructions to voters shall be printed upon such ballots. Referendum measure by petition of voters. Rejected. Yes 106,377 No 151,067 O '15 Baltimore, Md. Board of police commissioners Report, 1915. '16 (Police-Reports) Banking and currency * American banking. H. P. Willis, sec., Federal reserve board. 361p chart map $2 '16 LaSalle extension univ. Chicago Dangerous drift towards monopolized banking in the United States. A. J. Frame. Econ World 12:204-8 Ag 12 '16 An address delivered before the State bankers association of Colorado, Denver, Colo., July 21, 1916 Federal reserve: a study of the banking system of the U. S., with an introduction by C: S. Hamlin. H: P. Willis. 342p *$1 '15 Doubleday First year of the new banking system. H. P. Willis. Pol Sci Q 30:591-617 D '15 History of currency in the United States, with a brief description of the currency systems of all commercial nations. A. B. Hepburn. 552p $2.50 '15 Macmillan Contains: Colonial currency; Continental currency; Sound money in national politics; Coinage system; Paper currency; Legal tender notes: Legal tender cases in the supreme court; Silver question; National banking system; Silver contest of 1896; Gold standard act of 1900; Defects of the old system and proposed reforms; Proposed federal reserve act; National bank act; General review and the federal reserve law; Currency systems of other nations; Bibliography Money and banking. W: A. Scott. 5th ed enl 406p bibl $2 '16 Holt Organization and work of the federal reserve board, by E. M. Patterson; Credit reformation, by William Ingle; Commercial_paper and the federal reserve board, by E. E. Agger; Some phases of the new check collection system, by G. B. Anderson; Develop ment of our foreign trade under the federal reserve act, by John Clausen; Completing the reform of our banking system, by G: J. Seay. Ann Am Acad 63:88-154 Ja '16 Principles of money and banking: a series of selected materials, with explanatory introductions. H. G. Moulton. 502p *$3 '16 Univ. of Chicago press Pros and cons of the use of federal reserve notes in bank reserves. Econ World n s 12: 268-71 Ag 26 '16 * What the banks of the U. S. think of the federal reserve act. 6p '16 Guaranty trust co., 140 Broadway, N. Y. Contains a chart showing favorable and unfavorable opinions held by banks regarding the act * National assn. of manufacturers of the U. S. A. Com. on banking and currency. Report presented at the 21st annual meeting, New York, May, 1916. 7p '16 The Assn., 30 Church St., N. Y. National assn. of manufacturers of the U. S. A. Com. on bankruptcy. Report presented at the 21st annual meeting, New York city, May, 1916. 3p '16 The Assn., 30 Church st., N. Y. In Report of com. on banking and currency. Nat. assn. of manufacturers. Proceedings, 1915, p 220-35 U. S. Federal reserve board. First annual report, for the period ending Dec. 31, 1914. 218p '15 Contains a map showing the location of the twelve federal reserve banks and the boundaries of the twelve federal reserve districts Bankruptcy Bankruptcy law and suggested amendments. Samuel Hershenstein. Nat Assn Credit Men Bul (41 Park row, N. Y.) 15:479-86 JI '15 United States supreme court has upheld the validity of a transfer of land although the deed was not recorded within four months of bankruptcy, while the law designates as invalid certain deeds not recorded within that time; held that the law invalidated only deeds required by local law to be recorded to make them valid as to creditors. This reversed the interpretation given the bankruptcy law in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico, and sustained the interpretations in New York, Vermont, Connecticut, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, California, Oregon, Nevada, Montana, Washington, Idaho, and Arizona (Mr 13 '16) Conferences Conference of representatives of the Southern wholesale grocers' assn. and other trade organizations. Memphis, Tenn., May 26, 1916. The principal topic considered was whether the present bankruptcy laws should be repealed. The matter was debated by J. H. Tregoe for the negative side and O. B. McGlasson for the affirmative Laws U. S. house committee on printing has favorably reported a resolution providing for the printing of 20,000 copies of the revised edition of the U. S. bankruptcy laws. This will allow each representative to secure about 20 copies for distribution (Ap 13 '16) Banks See also Deposits and depositories American bankers' assn. Executive council. Meeting at Briarcliff Manor, N. Y., May 8-10. 1916. Discussions were held on the Kern bill which allows a person to be director of two banks at once, if they are not competing, the recently defeated Philippines |