The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota Compiled for the Legislature of 1947

St. Paul: The State of Minnesota, 1947 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black pebble-grained calf w/blind stamped triple rule border & decorations on boards, gold ink titles on spine & gilt owner's name on front board, 550, [8] pp. Leather cracked for 3 cm at top of front joint, titles faded, otherwise very good, paper browning. Arthur B. Anderson, whose name is stamped in gold leaf on the front cover, was Director of the Petroleum Division of the Department of Transportation and is pictured on page 481. Contents: Text of fundamental charters and laws (Organic Act establishing territorial government, Enabling Act of 1857 authorizing state government, State Constitution, Act of Admission to the Union of 1858, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, U. S. Constitution), biographies of legislators, lists of committee members, rules, apportionment, similar bios for executive branch officers, Supreme Court justices, district court judges, names of county officials, bios of federal office-holders, MN vote in presidential elections since statehood, permanent rules of Senate and House, color plates showing state seal, flag, and flower, maps of state showing congressional, legislative & judicial districts, descriptions of state institutions, detailed election statistics for 1946, list of constitutional officers of other states with salaries, various statistics. This issue also contains obituaries for former U. S. Senator and Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg (1856-1937), Congressman William J. Gallagher (1875-1946), and former Lieutenant Governor Edward E. Smith (1861-1931). Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . Good/No dj. 23½ X 16 cm.