TY  - BOOK
AU  - Miller,Elmer I.
TI  - The Legislature of the Province of Virginia Its Internal Development
T2  - Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law
SN  - 9780231937221
AV  - H31 .C7 v. 28, no. 2
PY  - 1907///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - Columbia University Press, 
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / State
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNING OF THE LEGISLATURE UNDER THE LONDON COMPANY --; CHAPTER II. THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES—APPORTIONMENT, LENGTH OF TERM, AND QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS --; CHAPTER III. THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES—SUFFRAGE, ELECTIONS, AND ELECTION CONTESTS --; CHAPTER IV. THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES—ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE --; CHAPTER V. THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES—ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE CONTINUED --; CHAPTER VI. THE GOVERNOR AS A PART OF THE LEGISLATURE --; CHAPTER VII. THE COUNCIL AS A PART OF THE LEGISLATURE --; CHAPTER VIII. FEATURES OF THE LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE --; BIBLIOGRAPHY; restricted access
N2  - Traces the growth of the legislature of Virginia, which began without any form of local self-government. The colony was established and governed by a commercial company until 1619 with the calling together of the first American legislature at Jamestown
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7312/mill93722
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