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recent years are constantly in need of legislative favours; they are also compelled to protect themselves against legislation which is unreasonably severe, and against what are known in the See also:

SLANG

slang of politics as strikes or hold-ups.' In See also:

order that these See also:

OBJECTS

objects may be accomplished there are kept at See also:

Washington and at the various state capitals paid agents whose influence is so well recognized that they are popularly called " the third See also:

house." Methods of the most reprehensible See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind have often been employed by them. Att empts have been made to remedy the evil by constitutional prohinition, by See also:

STATUTE

statute See also:

law and by the See also:

ACTION

action of the See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the state supported by.public See also:

OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion. Improper lobbying has been declared a -See also:

FELONY (0. Fr. felonie, from felon, a word meaning " wicked," common to Romanic languages, cf. Italian fella, fellone, the ultimate origin of which is obscure, but is possibly connected either with Lat. fel, gall, or fallere, to deceive. The English " fel

felony in See also:

California, See also:

GEORGIA

Georgia, See also:

UTAH

Utah, See also:

TENNESSEE

Tennessee, Oregc n, See also:

MONTANA

Montana and See also:

ARIZONA (from the Spanish-Indian Arizonac, of unknown meaning,—possibly " few springs,"-the name of an 18th-century mining camp in the Santa Cruz valley, just S. of the present border of Arizona)

Arizona, and the constitutions of practically all of the states impose restrictions upon the enactment of special and private legislation. The See also:

MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts See also:

ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-lobbying See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of 189o, which has served as a See also:

MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model for the legislation of See also:

MARYLAND

Maryland (19oo), See also:

Wisconsin (1905) and a few of the other states, is bas ,d upon the publicity principle. Counsel and other legislative agents must See also:

register with the sergeant-at-arms giving the names and addresses of their employers and the date, term and character of their employment. In 1907 alone laws regulating lobbying were passed in nine states—See also:

ALABAMA

Alabama, See also:

CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, See also:

FLORIDA

Florida, See also:

IDAHO

Idaho, See also:

MISSOURI

Missouri, See also:

NEBRASKA

Nebraska, See also:

North Dakota, See also:

South Dakota and See also:

TEXAS

Texas. See See also:

James See also:

BRYCE, JAMES (1838- )

Bryce, American See also:

COMMONWEALTH

Commonwealth (New See also:

York, ed.

1889), i. 673-678; See also:

Paul S. Reinsch, American Legislatures and Legislative Methods (New York, 1907), chaps. viii., ix.; See also:

Margaret A. Schaffner, " Lobbying," in Wisconsin See also:

COMPARATIVE

Comparative Legislation Bulletins, No. 2; and G. M. See also:

Gregory, The Corrupt Use of See also:

MONEY

Money in Politics and Laws for its Prevention (See also:

Madison, Wis., 1893).

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