Iowa it is too much to expect that the trails of the
researchers would be left altogether free of brush
and stones: the paths of research become smooth only
after they have been traveled by many scholars.
BENJ. F. SHAMBAUGH

OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND EDITOR
THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA
IOWA CITY IOWA 1916

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

HISTORY AND ORGANIZATION OF THE LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCTION

IN IOWA

BY JOHN E. BRIGGS

I. COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

II. SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

III. ORGANIZATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

IV. PROCEDURE IN THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

V. THE GOVERNOR AS A FACTOR IN TERRITORIAL LEGIS-

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LATION

VI. CHARACTER, PUBLICATION, AND DISTRIBUTION OF

TERRITORIAL STATUTES

VII. COMPOSITION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

VIII. SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY .

IX. ORGANIZATION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

X. PROCEDURE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

XI. THE GOVERNOR AS A FACTOR IN STATE LEGISLATION

XII. CHARACTER, PUBLICATION, AND DISTRIBUTION OF

STATE STATUTES

NOTES AND REFERENCES

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II. LAW-MAKING POWERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 142

III. LAW-MAKING POWERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 147

NOTES AND REFERENCES

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METHODS OF STATUTE LAW-MAKING IN IOWA

By O. K. PATTON

V

I. INTRODUCTION

161

II. GENERAL RULES REGULATING THE PROCEEDINGS OF

A LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

169

III. STEPS IN THE MAKING OF STATUTE LAW IN IOWA

196

IV. SUMMARY OF THE STAGES OF PROCEDURE THROUGH

WHICH A BILL MAY PASS IN THE GENERAL ASSEM-

BLY OF IOWA

262

NOTES AND REFERENCES

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FORM AND LANGUAGE OF STATUTES IN IOWA

BY JACOB VAN DER ZEE