W. W. WILLOUGHBY and LINDSAY ROGERS, _Introduction to the Problem of Government_, pp. 407-429. Group Problems =1. A revision of your state constitution.= Make a tabulation of the more important provisions in your state constitution, under the following heads: 1. Organization of the legislature. 2. Powers of the governor. 3. Relations between the governor and the legislature. 4. Organization of the state departments. 5. Control of state finances. Compare these in parallel columns with the corresponding provisions in the model state constitution of the National Municipal League. Discuss the relative merits of each provision. =References=: National Municipal Review, Vol. IX, No. 11, pp. 711-715, November, 1920. Copies of the state constitution may usually be had on application to the Secretary of State at the State Capitol. The state constitution is also published in the handbook or manual which is supplied to members of the legislature. For general discussions of the subject, see C. G. HAINES and BERTHA H. HAINES, _Principles and Problems of American Government_, pp. 321-338; 423-440; W. B. MUNRO, _Government of the United States_, pp. 522-534; J. M. MATHEWS, _Principles of American State Administration_, pp. 499-516; A. N. HOLCOMBE, _State Government in the United States_, pp. 106-142; Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918, _Bulletins_, Nos. 2, 4, 10, 15, 29 and 35; New York State Constitutional Convention, 1915, _Index Digest of State Constitutions_, _passim_. =2. What we get for our state expenditures.= =References=: United States Bureau of the Census, _Financial Statistics of States_ (issued annually since 1918); W. B. MUNRO, _Government of the United States_, pp. 445-472; R. T. ELY, _Taxation in American States and Cities_, pp. 13-24; J. M. MATHEWS, _Principles of American State Administration_, pp. 296-400. =3. Can the procedure in state legislatures be simplified?= =References=: P. S. REINSCH, _American Legislatures and Legislative Methods_, pp. 126-158; H. W. DODDS, _The Procedure of State Legislatures_, pp. 36-62; A. N. HOLCOMBE, _State Government in the United States_, pp. 253-279; H. M. ROBERT, _Rules of Order_, _passim_. Short Studies 1. =The place of the states in the nation.= W. B. MUNRO, _Government of the United States_, pp. 389-403. 2. =The organization and procedure of constitutional conventions.= Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918, _Bulletins_, No. 1 (The Procedure of Constitutional Conventions). 3. =Committees and committee work in state legislatures.= P. S. REINSCH, _American Legislatures and Legislative Methods_, pp. 159-182. 4. =The growth of executive power in state government.= J. M. MATHEWS, _Principles of American State Administration_, pp. 25-133. 5. =The drift of legislation in recent years.= F. J. STIMSON, _Popular Lawmaking_, pp. 117-123.