LIBRARY LEGISLATION
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- 1879Report of committee on library legislation.Library Journal, 1879, 4:300–302
- Discusses tax rate, board of control, and desirable features in a law.
- 1880Library legislation.Library Journal, 1880, 579–80; 109–11.
- List of state public library laws classified; text of New Hampshire and Illinois laws.
- 1887Nelson, C. A.Library legislation.Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia, 1887, pp. 318–20.
- Summarizes laws of 29 states and territories.
- 1891Fletcher, W.I.Best library legislation.Library Journal, 1891, 16:C31–34.
- Outlines past stages and present trend. See also his Public Libraries in America, 1894, pp. 20–30.
- 1894Harrison, J. L.Public library movement in the United States.New England Magazine, 1894, 16:709–22.
- Covers history, legislation, statistics, and organization of libraries and librarians.
- 1896Presnell, Henderson.Library legislation in the United States. (In U.S. Bureau of Education. Annual Report, 1896, 2:523–99.)
- The most extensive compilation in print. Covers (i) incorporation of associations and societies; (2) school-district libraries, township libraries, free public libraries, recent state laws; (3) resume of legislation; (4) text of laws in each state. Includes F. C. Patten's paper on Library legislation (see next item).
- 1897Patten, F. C.Library legislation.Public Libraries, 1897, 2:3–5.
- Essentials and outline of a good law; also printed separately and in U.S. Bureau of education. Annual Report, 1895–96, 2:526–28, and in Dana's Library Primer, 1899, pp. 147–51.
