6. =Reasons for the popular distrust of state legislatures.= JAMES T. YOUNG, _The New American Government and Its Work_, pp. 643-651. 7. =How state administration has been simplified.= C. G. HAINES and BERTHA M. HAINES, _Principles and Problems of Government_, pp. 323-338. 8. =The government of the Philippines.= DEAN C. WORCESTER, _The Philippines, Past and Present_, Vol. I, pp. 325-407; Vol. II, pp. 768-791. 9. =The appointment and removal of judges.= S. E. BALDWIN, _The American Judiciary_, pp. 311-343; A. M. KALES, _Unpopular Government in the United States_, pp. 225-251. 10. =Plans for the reconstruction of state government.= W. B. MUNRO, _Government of the United States_, pp. 522-534; A. M. KALES, _Unpopular Government in the United States_, pp. 166-180. Questions 1. The national constitution provides that the United States shall guarantee to each state a _republican_ form of government. What does that mean? Would a state government be un-republican if it (_a_) raised the voting age to thirty years; (_b_) abolished the legislature and gave all lawmaking powers to an appointive board of five; (_c_) gave up the system of trial by jury in the state courts; (_d_) abolished private property? 2. If you were redistributing the respective powers of the national and state governments today where would you place (_a_) marriage and divorce; (_b_) education; (_c_) the regulation of child labor; (_d_) the chartering of banks; (_e_) the punishment of counterfeiting; (_f_) the protection of foreigners in the United States; (_g_) the punishment of persons for lynching; (_h_) the control of the national guard? 3. Go through your state constitution and check off four or five provisions which you think might better be left to be dealt with by the laws. 4. How may your state constitution be amended? What amendments have been made within the last ten years and by which method? Are amendments, in your opinion, too easy or too difficult to make? 5. If every state is entirely free to determine its own form of government why are they all so much alike? 6. Make a list of all the steps in the passage of a law from its introduction in the legislature to its final enactment. Does the governor give any reason when he vetoes a bill? Should he be required to do so? 7. Put each of the following offices at the head of a column and insert under each a list of matters with which the officials have to do: Board of Public Works; Commissioner of Corrections; Public Utilities Commission; Fish and Game Bureau; Board of Labor and Industries; Industrial Accident Board; Department of Social Welfare; Board of Agriculture; Attorney-General; Civil Service Commission. 8. Make a list of all the activities in which your state government is engaged where it acts in the capacity of (_a_) a business man or corporation; (_b_) an arbiter between parties; (_c_) a benevolent agency. In which of these does it meet competition from private individuals?