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Excerpt from Report of the Special Committee on Legislative Drafting: To Be Presented at the Meeting of the American Bar Association, at Washington, D. C., October 20-22, 1914 We are glad to be able to report that since the publication of the committee's report in 1913 the following progress has been made in the establishment of official reference and drafting bureaus: First. Congress has appropriated for legislative refer ence work under the direction of the Librarian of Congress. Second. New York has created a legislative bill drafting com mission and has appropriated for the expenses of the commission for the year beginning October 1, 1914. Third. Illinois has created a legislative reference and drafting bureau. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.