Materials of this sort are being gradually accumulated and indexed in the expectation that the work of the fund will substantially contribute to the effectiveness of instruction in the subjects with which its activities are concerned. PUBLICATIONS Index digest of state constitutions, prepared for the New York state constitutional convention commission, by the Legislative drafting research fund of Columbia university. [Albany?] New York state constitutional convention commission, 1915. vii, 1546 p. Wyoming. In Wyoming, a Bill Drafting Committee was created as the result of an appropriation act approved February 24, 1917,1 which contained the item entitled "Compensation, Bill Drafting Committee," and made appropriation "for services rendered to members of both branches of the Legislature, and its committees, during the session, in the preparation of bills, resolutions and amendments thereto, examining and revising proposed bills, advising as to the effect thereof on existing laws and pending measures." The amount of the appropriation indicates that the members of the Bill Drafting Committee are expected to devote but a small part of their time to this service. Other States. It will be seen from the foregoing that but few states have made provision for separate services to perform the functions of assisting members of the legislature in drafting bills. A very considerable number, however, have, as has been pointed out, entrusted this duty to their legislative reference department. In a number of states, moreover, such as Oregon and Washington, the office of the attorney general renders assistance of this kind. New Jersey, by an act passed in 1914, provided for the appointment of an assistant attorney general to act as a legislative advisor and bill examiner, but this act was repealed in 1917. 1 Wyoming, Acts, 1917, Sec. 55, Ch. 125, p. 232. INDEX Accident insurance, 351. (municipal), 189; Accounting (state), California, 258, 260; New Jersey, 116, 119; gestions for developing uni- IIO. Adjutant General's Office, busi- organs of, in states, 283-300; in cities, Agriculture, Department of, Ala- Akron Bureau of Municipal Re- Aliens, restriction on, in war- |