North Carolina Blue Book

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This is the North Carolina Blue Book for 1918, compiled by Legislative Reference Librarian W. S. Wilson under a 1917 state law requiring the creation of a public roster of state officers and employees with compensation. The book provides a statutory framework mandating the detailed collection and publication of government payroll data across all state departments, educational institutions, and charitable establishments. The contents include legislative, executive, and judicial departments; administrative agencies; state educational facilities including universities and normal schools; charitable institutions for the insane and infirm; county and municipal bonded indebtedness; and appropriation laws. Individual entries list employee names with per diem and mileage compensation. Wilson notes the compilation challenges, including incomplete data from roughly 600 sources and the lack of enforcement mechanisms to ensure compliance.