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Show Lawmaking Bodies. The Ilrrlllsh cmptro has GS legislative legisla-tive bodies. In 190:1 they passed about 1,900 acts and ordlnnuces. Tho state legrslntures of tho United States In that year enacted more than 14,000 laws nnd resolutions, of which more thnn 5,400 wore genernl and tho remainder re-mainder wero local or prlvato. In America It Is not always tho most populous stato that needs, or seems to need, tho most legislation. In 1003 North Carolina led with 1,200 enactments. enact-ments. Philadelphia Ledger. |