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Harvard Law Review. Published monthly, during the Academic Year, by Harvard Law Students. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $2 50 PER ANNUM 35 CENTS PER NUMBER. Editorial Board. Hugh W. Ogden, Editor-in-Chief. Justin D. Bowersock, Treasurer. Edward R. Coffin, Logan Hay. Robert Cushman, William H. S. Kollmyer, Robert G. Dodge, Herbert C. Lakin, Louis A. Frothingham, Arthur. M. Marsh, Edward K. Hall, Archibald C. Matfeson, James P. Hall, Edward Sandford, Livingston Ham, Henry Ware. The Law School. — During the past year no instruction was given in the School on procedure under the New York Code. This year a course of lectures on the subject was announced in the Catalogue, to occupy not less than thirty hours. The course is now being given under the charge of Mr. Francis C. Huntington, LL. B. '91, of New York City. The Law School Library. — During the last month gratifying pro- gress was made in securing Reports for the library. The Reports of the following States were purchased : Colorado, Dakota (Territory), North Dakota, South Dakota, Idaho, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Mon- tana, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, and Washington. This is in pursuance of the plan, decided upon three years ago, to have two complete collections of Reports in the stack-room ; and the rapid increase in the number of students in the School has shown the duplica- tion to be urgently needed. It is hoped that, by the end of the year, nearly all the Reports required will have been secured. By Whom shall a State Constitution be Adopted? — The recent constitutional convention in South Carolina pronounced its constitution to be in force, as the fundamental law of the land, without submitting it to a popular vote. The action is rare enough to call for comment. In none of the Northern or Western States, since the adoption of the earliest constitutions, has a constitution been promulgated without a ratification by the people. In all but two of the Southern States, the practice of withholding a constitution from the people has been abandoned, at any rate since 1865. The two exceptions are South Carolina and Mississippi. Even in those States, some constitutions have been submitted to a popular vote, — three out of six in the case of Mississippi, and one out of five in the case of South Carolina. 6a