12. Discuss briefly the work of the Department of Agriculture.
13. What is the function of the Department of Commerce? Of the Department of Labor?
14. Name some of the more important boards and commissions which are independent of the ten executive departments.
REQUIRED READINGS
1. Beard, American Government and Politics, chapter ii.
2. Guitteau, Government and Politics in the United States, chapter xxvii.
3. Munro, The Government of the United States, chapter ix.
4. Reed, Form and Functions of American Government, chapter xxiv.
QUESTIONS ON THE REQUIRED READINGS
1. Outline the duties which are common to the heads of all of the executive departments. (Beard, pages 216-218.)