Academic Examination Papers for the Academic Year (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: High School Department I72D EXAMINATION CIVICS Thursday, January 30, 1902 ?1.15 to 4.15 p. m., only Answer 10 questions but iro more. If more than 10 are answered only the first 1o answers will be considered. Each complete answer will receive 1o credits. Papers entitled to 75 or more credits will be accepted. 1 Define five of the following: constitution, charter, anarchy, guardian, ambassador, forgery, extradition. 2 Distinguish between a limited monarchy and a republic. Give an example of each. 3 Show the necessity of laws and state two limitations imposed by law on individual liberty. 4 Explain the importance of the signature of the wife to a deed of real estate conveyed by a married man. The following five questions refer to New York state: 5 Give with reference to each of two of the following a) mode of selection, b) length of term, c) manner of compensation, d) two duties: school-district collector, supervisor, district attorney. 6 Describe the organization and mention the principal functions of the state board of charities. 7 State the manner of obtaining office, the length of term and the chief duty of each of three of the following: governor, member of assembly, secretary of state, commissioner of excise. 8 Give in substance the constitutional provision in relation to one of the following: prison labor, liability of stock-holders of banks. State a reason for the provision mentioned. 9 Give an outline of the method of legal procedure in ordinary civil cases. The following questions refer to the United States: 10 Give the substance of the law governing naturalization. 11 State two particulars in which the constitutional qualifications of the president and of a member of the house of representatives differ. Account for these d...