Instructor in Economics, University of Minnesota
(Sometime Fellow in Economics, University of Wisconsin)

A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

1906

(REPRINTED FROM THE BULLETIN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE SERIES, VOL. 2, PP. 183-475)

MADISON, WISCONSINY

1908

CONTENTS

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PREFACE.

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CHAPTER I. Historical Sketch of Wisconsin's Political Status.

CHAPTER II. Finances and the Constitution......

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CHAPTER IV. The Administration of the Trust Funds....

CHAPTER V. The Sale and Management of the State Lands...

CHAPTER VI. Financial Administration

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