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             EDITORIAL RESEARCH REPORTS




                  UNICAMERAL LEGISLATURES

                         By  BRYANT PUTNEY



                                                               PAGE
 RECONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATIVE STRUCTURES IN THE STATES ........ 103

 DEVELOPMENT  OF BICAMERAL SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES .......... 105

     Organization of State Legislatures After Revolution............ 105
     Adoption of Bicameral Plan in Constitutional Convention ....... .105

     Ascendency of the Senate in the Federal System ............... 107

 BICAMERAL VS. UNICAMERAL PLAN FOR STATE GOVERNMENTS ........... 109
     Representation by Area and by Population..................... 109

     Effectiveness of Check Provided by Two-House System ......... 110
     The Revisory Function of Second Chambers .................... 111
     Effect of Legislative Organization on Party Government........ 112

 STATE MOVEMENT  FOR SINGLE-BRANCH LEGISLATURES ................ 114
    Legislative Action and State Referendums Since 1910........... 114

    Recent Adoption of Unicameral System in Nebraska ............ 114
    Election of Legislators on Nonpartisan Ballot.................. 115
    Possible Disappointment with Unicameral System.............. 116

COST OF PRESENT STATE LEGISLATURES ............................. 116
    Methods  of Amending State Constitutions ..................... 118

                                             (February 9, 1935)

VOLUME  I, 1935                                          NUMBER  6




               Copyright, 1935, Editorial Research Reports
                    1503 Twenty-first Street, N. W.
                            Washington

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