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Discussion: Delos F. Wilcox, Robert S. Binkerd, Laurence Arnold Tanzer and Walter T. Arndt

The following papers which were read by title are included in the two parts of the Proceedings which contain the report of the meeting:

1. The Problem of Adequate Legislative Powers under the Constitution

By Ernst Freund

2. Public Service Commissions and the State Constitution

By John N. Carlisle

3. Existing Constitutional Limitations on Sound State Fiscal Policy

By Ernest Cawcroft

4. Charitable and Correctional Institutions and Public Health By Homer Folks

5. The Constitution and Public Franchises

By Delos F. Wilcox

6. The Civil Service Clause in the State Constitution

By Samuel H. Ordway

7. The Constitutional Convention: Preliminary Work, Procedure and Submission of Conclusions

By Walter F. Dodd

8. Recent Experience with Initiative, Referendum and Recall By C. F. Taylor

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INDEX

ADAPTATION OF A CONSTITUTION TO THE NEEDS OF A PEOPLE, THE. Frank J. Goodnow, i, 27-38.

AGAR, JOHN G. State Policy of Forest and Water Power Conservation, ii, 144-164.

Amendment of constitution: By popular

initiative, i, 14, 43-4, 90-93; should be made easier, i, 14, 43. Amendments, proposed: See under separate headings.

ANDREWS, JOHN B. Discussion of

labor legislation, ii, 141-143.

Appeals, Court of, extending jurisdiction of, in certain cases, i, 201, 207208.

Apportionment of delegates to convention, i, 57-60.

ARNDT, WALTER T. Discussion of home rule for cities, ii, 73-79. Auditor-general, proposal to create office of, i, 161.

Ballot: See Short Ballot.

Bill of rights: Abridgment of, criticized, ii, 128; Abridgment of, urged, ii, 108, 119; exceptions to, to permit workmen's compensation laws, ii, 110-112. BINKERD, ROBERT S. Discussion of

home rule for cities, ii, 71-73. Board of estimate, state, not adapted to budget-making, i, 154-6. Bonds: Issue of, for charities and correction, ii, 172-174; municipal, sound state policy regarding issuance of, i, 243-250; outstanding, must be protected, i, 241-243; secured by public utilities, ii, 195-196.

Budget: Contents of, i, 144-146; English, i, 147-149, 158, 159, 190; fiscal irresponsibility in U. S. without, i, 149-151; governor should frame, i, 129, 134; legislature not adapted for making, i, 152-154; making of, an executive function, i, 156, 190; meaning of, i, 142-144; opposition necessary to success of, i, 159; purpose of, i, 142-144; specialized staff essential to making of, i, 157-158; state board of estimate not adapted to making, i, 154-156. BUDGET, CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION FOR A. Frederick A. Cleveland, i, 141162; discussion, Charles D. Norton, i, 189-192.

BUDGET SUMMARIES, ILLUSTRATIONS OF, ADAPTED TO SUBMISSION BY EXECUTIVE TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT, i, 163-188.

Cabinet: Governor's, should have seat in legislature, i, 16, 131, 135-136, 140, 161; appointment and removal of, by governor, i, 16, 44.

CARLISLE, JOHN N. Public Service Commissions and the State Constitution, ii, 165-171.

CAWCROFT, ERNEST. Existing Consti

tutional Limitations on Sound State Fiscal Policy, i, 241-250. CHARITABLE AND CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEALTH. Homer Folks, ii, 172-185.

Charities and correction: Administration of, flexibility needed in, ii, 185; appointment of local officers of, power

of, ii, 183; appropriations to private,
local, ii, 180-183; bond issues for,
ii, 172-174; county government and,
ii, 183; inspection of state, ii, 175-
178; management of state, ii, 178-
180; state funds for private, ii, 174.
Charters, city: See under "Cities" and
"Home Rule."

Child labor, in tenements, ii, 139-140.
China, constitution of: See "Adapta-

tion of a Constitution to the Needs

of a People."

Circuit court, abolition of, proposed, i,
206.

Cities: Checks upon freedom of, i, 9;
civil service in, i, 261; classification
of, ii, 4-5, 49, 62; debts of, limita-
tions upon, 247; fiscal policy of state
relating to, i, 243-250; suspensive
veto, power of, in New York, ii, 5-
10, 65. See also, " Courts," 'Fran-
chises,"
," "Home Rule," and "Munic-
ipal Ownership."

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CITY AND THE STATE CONSTITUTION,
THE. John Purroy Mitchel, ii, 61-
67.

City court of New York city, abolition

of, proposed, i, 205.

Civil service: Amendments relating to,
proposed, i, 255-262; competitive
principle in, extension of, i, 255-256;
history of, in New York, i, 251-255;
pensions, civil, in, i, 260; removals
from office under, i, 258-260; prefer-
ence to veterans, in, i, 256-258.
CIVIL SERVICE CLAUSE IN THE CONSTI-
TUTION, THE. Samuel H. Ordway,
i, 251-262.

CLEVELAND, FREDERICK A. Constitu-
tional Provision for a Budget, i, 141-
162.

Commission: Government of state, pro-
posed, i, 15, 97; joint, for uniform
legislation, i, 121; should be em-
powered to fill in details of labor
laws, ii, 132-135. See "Public ser-
vice commissions."

Commissioners, or masters to simplify

and frame issues for courts, i, 198,
206, 228, 229.

COMMISSIONS, PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE

STATE CONSTITUTION. John N. Car-
lisle, ii, 165-171.

Committees in constitutional conven-
tion, i, 62-70.

CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED, THE. Dis-
cussion of woman suffrage. Munroe
Smith, i, 82-88.
Conservation.

See "Forests," and

"Water power."

CONSERVATION, STATE POLICY OF FOR-

EST AND WATER POWER. John G.
Agar, ii, 144-164.

Constitution: Proposed amendments to:
See separate headings.
CONSTITUTION, ADAPTATION OF A, TO
THE NEEDS OF A PEOPLE, THE. Frank
J. Goodnow, i, 27-38.

CONSTITUTION AND PUBLIC OPINION,
THE. Frederic C. Howe, i, 7-19.
Constitutional construction, suggested
canon of, i, 117.

Constitutional amendments. See separ-
ate headings.

Constitutional convention. See "Con-
vention."

CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS ON Gov-

ERNMENTAL POWERS. Samuel Mc-
Cune Lindsay, ii, 93-97.

CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS ON SOUND
STATE FISCAL POLICY, EXISTING.
Ernest Cawcroft, i, 241-250.
Constitutionality of statutes: See “Ju-
dicial review."

Convention, constitutional: Apportion-
ment and election of delegates to, i,
57-60; committees in, i, 62-70; de-
bate in, i, 68; legislative control over,
i, 60-61; organization and procedure
of, i, 60-70; partisanship in elections
to, i, 59; parties in relation to, i, I;
preliminary work for, i, 54-57; pre-
vious, in New York, i, 51; submis-
sion of work of, to people, i, 71-72;
method of filling vacancies in, i, 58;
work of, must be scientific, i, 50.

CONVENTION, THE CONSTITUTIONAL:
PRELIMINARY WORK, PROCEDURE AND
SUBMISSION OF CONCLUSIONS. Walter

F. Dodd, i, 54-72.
CONVENTION, PROBLEMS OF THE CON-
STITUTIONAL. Albert Shaw, i, 39-53.
Correction, Charities and. See "Chari-

ties and correction."

CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND PUB-
LIC HEALTH, CHARITIBLE AND. Homer
Folks, ii, 172-185.

County courts, proposals relating to, i,

198, 210-213.
County government: Changes in, urged,
ii, 83-85, 88-89; and public charities,
ii, 183; classification in, urged, ii,
90-91; comptroller in, ii, 85; home
rule for, urged, ii, 89, 92; organiza-
tion of, ii, 80-81; reform in, needed,
i, 47; lack of responsibility in, ii,
81, 87, 91-92; short ballot in, urged,
ii, 84, 89, 92; waste in, ii, 86; work-
ing of, ii, 81-83.

COUNTY GOVERNMENT, THE ORGANIZA-
TION OF. George S. Buck, ii, 80-86;
Discussion, H. S. Gilbertson, ii, 87-
89; V. Everit Macy, ii, 90-92.
Court: Of appeals, extending jurisdic-

tion of, in certain cases, i, 201, 207-
208; city, of City of New York, pro-
posed abolition of, i, 205; circuit,
proposed abolition of, i, 206; county,
proposals relating to, i, 197, 210-213;
municipal, proposed abolition of, i,
211, 227; of oyer and terminer, pro-
posed abolition of, i, 206; supreme,
proposal relating to, i, 197, 202-205;
surrogates', proposed abolition of, i,
205, 226; ii, 85.

Courts: Proposed amendments relating
to organization and procedure of, i,
202-214; appellate, to dispose finally
of cases appealed, i, 230; commis-
sioner or master to frame and sim-
plify issues for, i, 198-199, 228; elim-
ination of certain, proposed, i, 196-
197, 205, 206, 211; ii, 85; present
inefficiency of, i, 194-195; law versus
justice in, i, 193-194, 223; too many,

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