The _New York World_ secured “interviews” with nineteen governors on the subject of the proposed visit of the committee. See _American Law Review_, November-December, 1894 (28: 904). Footnote 279: See _Literary Digest_, July 14, 1894. Footnote 280: See _Independent_, May 16, 1901 (53: 1133). Footnote 281: See article by Edward Leigh Pell on “Prevention of Lynch-law Epidemics,” _Review of Reviews_, March, 1898 (17: 321). Footnote 282: See Georgia Code, 1895, Sections 356–359. Footnote 283: Public Laws of North Carolina, 1893, ch. 461. Footnote 284: Georgia Laws, 1895, Part I, Title 7, No. 209. Footnote 285: Constitution of South Carolina, Section 6, Article 6. This article of the constitution with additional provisions necessary to make its operation effective was passed by the legislature in 1896 as “An Act to Prevent Lynching.” See Acts of South Carolina, 1896, p. 213. Footnote 286: 92 Ohio Laws 136. In this the original act the amount of damages that could be recovered was fixed at a certain sum; for assault, “the sum of $1000,” for suffering lynching “the sum of $500,” &c. In thus fixing the amount of damages it was said that the legislature had assumed judicial power and had thus rendered the act unconstitutional. To remedy this defect, the legislature on April 21, 1898, amended the act so that the amount of damages that might be recovered should be, for assault “any sum not exceeding $1000,” for suffering lynching “any sum not exceeding $500,” &c. See 93 Ohio Laws 161. Being Sections 4426–4 to 4426–14 of the Revised Statutes. Footnote 287: 93 Ohio Laws 411. Being Section 6908 of Title I, Part Fourth, Revised Statutes, Crimes and Offenses. Footnote 288: Acts of Tennessee, 1897, Chapter 52. This act was approved March 24, 1897. Footnote 289: Laws of Kentucky, 1897, Chapter 20. For the amendment and re-enactment of this law see Laws of Kentucky, 1902, Chapter 25. In the above résumé of the law nothing has been included from the sections which were repealed in 1902. Footnote 290: Laws of Texas, 1897, Chapter 13. This act was approved June 19, 1897. Footnote 291: Acts of Indiana, 1899, Chapter 218. Being Sections 2065a–2065d, 2065f of the Revised Statutes (1901). By an act approved Feb. 24, 1899, boards of county commissioners in Indiana are authorized to pay five hundred dollars reward for the arrest and conviction of a murderer or lyncher.—Acts of 1899, Chapter 100. Footnote 292: Acts of Indiana, 1901, Chapter 140. Being Section 2065e of the Revised Statutes (1901). Footnote 293: Public Acts of Michigan, 1899, No. 252. Repealed by Public Acts of Michigan, 1903, No. 26. Footnote 294: Constitution of Alabama, Section 138. Footnote 295: Acts of West Virginia, 1903, p. 305; Joint Resolution, No. 12, adopted Feb. 3, 1903. Footnote 296: See newspapers of the date Dec. 26, 1902, and subsequent dates. Footnote 297: