6.  Give illustrations of the governor’s exercise of the four functions of advising, vetoing, pardoning, and commanding (consult the newspapers while the legislature is in session).

7.  Mention some things done by the governor that are not included in the enumeration of his functions in the text.

8.  Visit, if practicable, the State House.  Observe the various offices, and consider the general nature of the business done there.  Attend a session of the Senate or the House of Representatives.  Obtain some “orders of the day.”

9.  If the legislature is in session, follow its proceedings in the newspapers.  What important measures are under discussion?  On what sort of questions are party lines pretty sharply drawn?  On what sort of questions are party distinctions ignored?

10.  Consult the book of general or public statutes, and report on the following points:—­

  a.  The magnitude of the volume.
  b.  Does it contain all the laws?  If not, what are omitted?
  c.  Give some of the topics dealt with.
  d.  Where are the laws to be found that have been made since the printing
     of the volume?
  e.  Are the originals of the laws in the volume?  If not, where are they
      and in what shape?

11.  Is everybody expected to know all the laws?

12.  Does ignorance of the law excuse one for violating it?

13.  Suppose people desire the legislature to pass some law, as, for example, a law requiring towns and cities to provide flags for school-houses, how is the attention of the legislature secured?  What are the various stages through which the bill must pass before it can become a law?  Why should there be so many stages?

14.  Give illustrations of the exercise of federal government, state government, and local government, in your own town or city.  Of which government do you observe the most signs?  Of which do you observe the fewest signs?  Of which government do the officers seem most sensitive to local opinion?

15.  Are the sessions of the legislature in your state annual or biennial?  What is the argument for each system?

For answers to numbers 16, 17, 18, and 19, consult the public statutes, a lawyer, or some intelligent business man.  A fair idea of the successive steps in the courts may be obtained from a good unabridged dictionary by looking up the technical terms employed in these questions.

16.  What is the difference between a civil action and a criminal?

  a.  In respect to the object to be gained in each?
  b.  In respect to the party that is the plaintiff?
  c.  In respect to the consequences to the defendant if the case goes
      against him?

17.  Give an outline of the procedure in a minor criminal action that is tried without a jury in a lower court.  Consider (1) the complaint, (2) the warrant, (3) the return, (4) the recognizance, (5) the subpoena, (6) the arraignment, (7) the plea, (8) the testimony, (9) the arguments,(10) the judgment and sentence, and (11) the penalty and its enforcement.