Art. VII. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reëxamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Art. VIII. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Art. IX. The enumeration in the constitution of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Art. X. The powers not delegated to the United States, by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Art. XI. The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.
Art. XII. The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice-president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice-president, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as president, and of all persons voted for as vice-president, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the president of the senate;--the president of the senate shall, in the presence of the senate and house of representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted;--the person having the greatest number of votes for president, shall be the president, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then, from the persons having the highest numbers, not exceeding three, on the list of those voted for as president, the house of representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the president. But in choosing the president, the votes shall be taken by states, the representatives from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the house of representatives shall not choose a president whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the vice-president shall act as president, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the president. The person having the greatest number of votes as vice-president, shall be the vice-president, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then, from the two highest numbers on the list, the senate shall choose the vice-president; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of president shall be eligible to that of vice-president of the United States.
Index
Academies and colleges, [82]
Accessories to crime, [220]
Actions at law, defined, [64]
how commenced, [64]
Adjutant-general, [92]
Administrators, duties of, [179]
Admission of states, [158]
Agent, responsibilities of, [202]-[204]
Alabama, constitution of, [259]
Aldermen, duties of, [60]
Aliens, power to pass laws for the naturalization of, [121], [122]
disabilities of, [121]
Alliance, defined, [135]
Alliances, when binding, [230], [231]
by states, prohibited, [135]
Amendments of the constitution, provision for, [160]
Appeals of suits, [68], [69]
Appellant, appellee, defined, [69]
Apellate jurisdiction, defined, [70]
Appointment, power of, (see Governor and President.)
Apprentices and servants, [175], [176]
Aquatic rights, [183], [185]
Aristocracy, defined, [25]
Arkansas, constitution of, [264]
Army, standing, [149]
Arrest and examination of offenders, [69]
Arsenals, use of, [92]
Arson, defined, [217]
Assault and battery, [220]
Assessment and collection of taxes, [76]-[78]
Assessors, duties of, [77]
Assignments, [197]-[199]
Assumption of public debt, [160]
Attachment, suit by, [68]
Attainder of treason, [155]
Attorney, defined, [65]
Attorney, county or state's, [51], [56]
Attorney-general, state, [51]
of United States, [151]
Auditor of state, [51]
county, [65]
Auxiliary executive departments, [147]-[151]
Bail, defined, how taken, [69], [70]
excessive, forbidden, [165]
Bailment, [200]-[202]
Ballot, defined, [33]
Bankruptcy, power to pass laws of, [124]
Banks, and their operation, [86]-[88]
Belligerent, defined [228]
Betting and gaming, [221]
Bigamy, defined, [219]
Bill, defined, [45]
Bills, passage of, [45]-[43]
Bills of attainder, by congress, prohibited, [133]
by states, prohibited, [137]
of credit, defined, [136]
passage of, prohibited, [136]
of exchange, [213]-[215]
Blockade, defined, [236]
Body politic, defined, [19], [54]
Bribery, defined, [219]
Broker and brokerage, [204], [205]
Bullion, defined, [125]
Burglary, defined, [218]
Cabinet, defined, [147]
officers of, and their powers and duties, [147]
California, constitution of [277]
Canals, construction of, [82]-[84]
tolls on, [84]
Canvassing of votes, [34]
Capital, defined, [41], [216]
Capitation or poll-tax, [76], [77], [133]
Carriers of goods, liability of, [201], [202]
Causes, criminal and civil, defined, [64]
Casting vote, when given, [46]
Challenging voters, [33]
Charges d'affaires, [145]
Charter, defined, [59]
Chattel mortgages, [199]
Cities, villages, &c., [59]-[62]
Citizens, privileges of, in the several states, [157]
Civil government, defined, [17]
mankind fitted for, [17]
Civil society, [17]
Clearance of vessels, [120]
Codicil, defined, [179]
Coining money, power of, [124]
by states, prohibited, [136]
Collection of taxes, [76]-[78]
Colony, defined, [95]
Colonies, government of, [95]
Commerce, foreign, regulation of, [114]-[119]
Commerce, domestic, power of congress to regulate, [121], [122]
with Indians, [122]
Commissary-general, [92]
Commissioners, county, duties of, [54]
Committees, legislative, [44], [45]
Common carriers, responsibilities of, [201], [202]
Common council, [60]
Common law, defined, [167]
Commons, house of, [29]
Common schools, school funds, &c., [79]-[82]
Commonwealth, defined, [26]
Confederacy, defined, [101]
Confederation, when formed, [97]
nature of, [98], [99], [101], [102]
Confiscate, defined, [230]
Congress, under confederation, how constituted, [97], [102]
Congress under constitution, how constituted, [104]-[109]
Congress, powers of, (see Powers of Congress,)
Counterfeiting, defined, [218]
United States coin, power to punish, [125]
Connecticut, constitution of, [244]
Constables, duties of, [58]
Constitution, defined, [27]
objects of, [27]
how formed, [27], [28]
of United States, [281]
history of, [100]
nature of, [101]-[104]
how amended, [160]
supremacy of, [161]
ratification of, by the states, [162]
amendments to, [163]-[166]
Consuls, appointment of, [144]
duties of, [145], [227], [228]
Contraband goods, [235], [236]
Contracts in general, [189]-[193]
Contracts of sale, [193]-[197]
Contracts, obligation of, not to be impaired, [137]
Controller, or auditor, [51]
Convention, defined, [28]
Conventional law of nations, [224]
Copy-rights and patents, power of congress concerning, [126], [127]
Coroners, duties of, [55]
Corporation, defined, [54]
Corporations, how formed, [59]
nature and powers of, [59]-[62]
Corruption of blood, [155]
Council, legislative, [38]
Counties, origin of, [53], [54]
powers of, [54]
County officers duties of, [54]-[66]
County commissioners, [54]
Courts, justices, [63]-[70]
county, [70]
common pleas, [70]
circuit, [70], [71]
oyer and terminer, [71]
supreme, [73]
of appeals, [73]
of chancery or equity, [73], [74]
of probate, [74]
of impeachment, [75], [76]
of United States, [151], [154]
martial, [92]
Crime, infamous, defined, [31]
Crimes and misdemeanors, [216]-[221]
Criminal suits, defined, [64]
Customs, duties, &c., defined, [113]
collection of, [119]