The author is indebted to the Michigan Law Review and the Quarterly journal of the Uni versity of North Dakota for permission to cull from articles formerly contributed by him to these magazines. He also desires to express his thanks to his wife, Elizabeth Bruce, and to Mr. Iver Acker of the North Dakota Legisla tive Reference Bureau, for valuable assistance rendered.

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