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Municipal government in St. Joseph, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1904)
The aim of this paper is to trace the growth and development of the governmental organization and powers of the City of St. Joseph, Missouri, and to describe them as they exist to-day. St. Joseph was chosen as the subject ...
The poverty of place : a comparative study of five rural counties in the Missouri Ozark
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1999)
to further the understanding of the dynamics driving this phenomenon or to discover what types of public policies are likely to be successful at breaking up these areas of persistent poverty. The existence of a five county group in the south central Missouri...
The growing power of the governor
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
of the state's history. It has been possible in this study only to follow the growth of the governor's power as it is exhibited in the constitutions, constitutional amendments and statutes. And this, because of limitations of time, has not been pursued farther...
Municipal organization in Missouri, an historical study of the legislation affecting cities and towns
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1909)
It is the purpose of this study to trace the development in organization of Missouri towns and cities by considering the general and special acts of the legislature affecting such organization. This development falls into ...
The organization of the courts of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
This thesis details the history of the court organization of Missouri and offers conclusions about its problems. Perhaps the most important defect in the judicial system of the state has been lack of coordination. The constitutions have established...
The railroad and warehouse commission of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
of imitative adaptation. The one form of corporate business with which this paper deals is the methods of railroad regulation in Missouri. The railroad corporation was the first of a class of public utility corporation was the first of a class of public utility...
The taxation of railway gross receipts in Wisconsin
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1902)
The classification of railways for the purpose of taxation is one of the prominent features of the Wisconsin system. By means of the classification certain railways are fostered and the industrial development of the state ...