09764cam a2200457 4500001143630MiAaHDL20250726000000.0m d cr bn ---auaua751114s1934 nyuak b 000 0 eng 34013273 (MiU)990011436300106381sdr-miu.990011436300106381sdr-nrlfGLAD50428914-B(MiU)MIU01000000000000001143630-goog(OCoLC)1835461(SAZTEC)066201740(CaOTULAS)176140202(MiU)Aleph001143630DLCengJPLSEROCLOCLCQOCLCGSTFOCLCFOCLCQOCLCOOCLMXLn-us---JK2443.M25Copy 2.353.9Macdonald, Austin F.(Austin Faulks),1898-1962.http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88002857http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n88002857http://viaf.org/viaf/1086581http://isni.org/isni/0000000109476732American state government and administration /by Austin F. Macdonald ...New York :Thomas Y. Crowell Co.,[©1934]xiii, 839 pages :diagrams, folded form ;21 cm.texttxtrdacontentunmediatednrdamediavolumencrdacarrierCrowell's social science series"Selected references" at end of each chapter except chapter VI; "Table of cases": pages 811-815.Local jails -- Reformatories -- Prison administration -- Probation and parole -- Should a board of sentences be created? -- Habitual offender laws -- The pardoning power -- Sterilization -- 16. Charity : Public or private poor relief? -- Indoor versus outdoor relief -- The Almshouse -- Old age and poverty -- Old age pensions -- The care of poor children -- Placement in private homes -- Mothers' aid -- The able bodied unemployed -- Administrative organization -- 17. Education : The school district -- Township and county -- The New England town -- Inequalities in educational opportunity -- State financial support -- State administrative organization -- Certification of teachers -- Compulsory school attendance -- State control of courses, textbooks and other matters -- Private and parochial schools -- Schools for handicapped children -- Higher education -- 18. Health : Organization of the State health department -- Local health organization -- Communicable disease control -- Vital statistics -- Public health laboratories -- Sanitary engineering -- Child hygiene -- Public health nursing -- Educational activities -- Socialized medicine -- 19. Highways : The bicycle and the Automobile -- Township and county road administration -- The State highway departments -- Federal aid for highways -- Financial problems -- Other means of financing highways -- Speed laws --Examination of drivers and vehicles -- Other safety factors -- 20. Natural resources : Forestry -- Fish and game -- Agricultural extension works -- Agricultural and mining experiment stations -- Conservation of oil and gas -- Water power -- Land utilization -- State parks -- 21. The State and business : Corporation charters -- What is "Interstate Commerce?" -- Freedom of competition -- Anti-trust laws -- Pure food and drug acts -- Blue sky laws -- Usury laws -- Business affected with a public interest -- State regulation of banking -- Insurance -- Public utility regulation -- Handicaps to effective utility regulation -- Smyth v. Ames -- Prudent investment or reproduction cost? -- State ownership -- Regulation of professions and trades -- 22. The State and labor : Promotion of safety in industry -- Exclusion from dangerous industries -- Workmen's compensation -- Dangerous industries -- Workmen's compensation -- Protection of health -- Hours of labor -- Wages -- Collective bargaining -- The Right to strike -- Remedies for unlawful strikes -- "Yellow dog" contracts -- Peaceful settlement of industrial disputes -- Public and private employment agencies -- Public work -- Unemployment insurance -- 23. State control over local government : Legislative control of local government -- Prohibition of special legislation -- Classification of cities and counties -- Home rule -- Spread of the municipal home rule movement -- Arguments for and against home rule -- The optional charter plan -- The movement for state centralization -- Administrative control -- City county relations -- 24. City government : The mayor council plan -- Commission government -- The city manager plan -- The manager as an administrator -- The manager as a political leader -- Improvement of municipal administration -- 25. County government : The county board -- The treasurer -- Clerk of court, county clerk, register of deeds, and surveyor -- County organization is defective -- lack of a responsible executive -- The county manager plan -- Poor administrative technique -- County consolidation -- Functional realignment.1. History of American State Government : The Governor versus the Assembly -- Suffrage in the Colonies -- Confederation and Union -- States Rights -- The first State Governments -- State Government in 1850 -- The latter part of the Nineteenth Century -- Recent trends -- 2. The States and the Nation : Powers of the Federal Government -- Judicial Interpretation -- Federal aid -- Reasons for the Expansion of Federal Power -- Powers of the States -- Constitutional limitations on State power -- Admission of New States -- Interstate relations -- 3. State constitutions : Lack of originality -- The Bill of Rights -- Protection of life and liberty -- The structure of Government -- Amendment of State Constitutions -- Constitutional conventions -- State constitutions are growing longer -- 4. Nominations and elections : The Convention System -- The Direct Primary -- Nomination by petition -- Elections -- The Ballot -- Direct Legislation -- Merits and defects of direct legislation -- Who may vote? -- Registration of voters -- Absent voting -- Non-voting -- Compulsory voting -- 5. Parties and politics : The functions of political parties -- National parties in State and local elections -- Definitions of a political party -- The Two Party System -- Organization of the major parties -- The precinct captain -- Sources of revenue -- The Boss -- 6. State Legislatures : Size of State Legislatures -- Terms, qualifications and salaries -- Selection of legislators -- Under representation of cities -- Bicameral or Unicameral? -- Legislative sessions -- Restrictions on the Power of the Legislature -- The Legislature's non-legislative functions -- 7. The Legislative Process : The Speaker -- The Committee System -- Size of committees -- History of a Bill -- Second reading -- Third reading -- Congestion at the end of the session -- Legislative reference bureaus -- The Lobby -- 8. State Governors : Divided responsibility -- Concentration of responsibility is necessary -- Selection, tenure and salary -- Removal of the Governor -- Merits and defects of the recall -- Powers of the Governor -- Ordinance making power -- Control of the Militia -- 9. Administrative Organization : The Secretary of State -- The Attorney General -- The Treasurer -- The Auditor -- The Superintendent of public instruction -- Multiplication of administrative agencies -- Individuals or boards? -- Distinction between boards and commissions -- Types of boards -- The administrative reorganization movement -- Standards of administrative reorganization -- Growth of the reorganization movement -- Growing influence of administration -- 10. The Merit System : Civil service commissions -- Selection of employees -- Supervision and removal -- Pensions -- Methods of financing pension systems -- 11. State expenditures and indebtedness : Payments to local governments -- State budget systems -- Preparation of the budget -- The role of the Legislature -- The Budget Bills -- Central purchasing -- Indebtedness -- 12. State revenues : The cannons of taxation -- The general property tax -- Attempts to tax personal property -- The tax on real estate -- Review and equalization of assessments -- The problem of exemptions -- The Income tax -- Inheritance taxation -- Business taxes -- State tax commissions -- Special assessments -- 13. Enforcement of law : Work of the National Guard -- State police forces -- Organization of the State Police -- Municipal police -- The Sheriff -- The public prosecutor -- The public defender -- The Coroner -- The State fire marshal -- 14. The Courts : Organization of the Courts -- The Magistrates' courts -- County, appellate and Supreme Courts -- Selection and removal of judges -- Delay in the administration of justice -- Judicial reform -- The jury system -- Declaratory judgments -- Conciliation and arbitration -- Judicial review -- Advisory opinions -- 15. Correction : Mental and physical factor involved in crime -- Social and economic factors -- Treatment of criminals -- Capital punishment -- Imprisonment -- Prison labor --Mode of access: Internet.State governments.fasthttp://id.worldcat.org/fast/1131814Politics and government.fasthttp://id.worldcat.org/fast/1919741State governments.http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85127498United States.fasthttp://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155United StatesPolitics and government.http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410Online version:Macdonald, Austin F. (Austin Faulks), 1898-American state government and administration.New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Co. 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