Oaths of office, [161]
test, forbidden, [161]
Obligation of contracts, may not be impaired, [137]
Obligations of nations, [225]
Offenders, arrest of and examination, [69]
Offenses against the law of nations, power to define, [128]
Ohio, constitution of, [269]
Overseers of highways, duties of, [58]
of poor, duties of, [58]
Pardon and reprieve, power of, [49], [143]
Parent and child, law concerning, [174], [175]
Parliament, how formed, [29]
Parol contracts, defined, [190]
Partnership, law concerning, [205], [207]
Passports, defined, [120], [121]
Patents and copy-rights, how secured, [126], [127]
Patriarch, defined, [23]
Pawnee, liability of, [201]
Peace, treaties of, [237], [238]
Pennsylvania, constitution of, [248]
Pensions, military, [149]
Perjury, defined, [219]
Personal estate, defined, [77]
Piracies and felonies, power of congress concerning, [128]
Pleadings, in justices' courts, [65]
Police courts and justices, [60]
Policy, insurance, defined, [89]
Political law, defined, [21], [27]
power, by whom exercised, [29]-[31]
Poll, defined, [32], [33]
Poll-list, how and by whom kept, [32]
Poll or capitation tax, [76], [77], [133]
Polygamy, defined, [219]
Poor, overseers of, their duties, [58]
Postmaster-general, power and duties of, [149], [150]
Postmasters, appointment and duties of, [149], [150]
compensation of, [149], [150]
Post-offices and post roads, power to establish, [126]
Power of congress to lay and collect taxes, &c., [112]-[114]
to borrow money, [114]
to regulate commerce, [114]-[119]
in relation to naturalization and bankruptcy, [122]-[124]
to coin money, and regulate weights and measures, [124]-[125]
to punish counterfeiting, [125]
to establish post-offices, &c., [126]
to secure patents and copy-rights, [126], [127]
to define and punish piracies, felonies, &c., [128]
to declare war, [128]
to issue letters of marque and reprisal, [129]
to provide for the national defense, generally, [129],[130]
to legislate over the District of Columbia, [130]
to make all necessary and proper laws, [130], [131]
Power of congress to declare punishment of treason, [155]
to admit new states, [158]
to dispose of and regulate territory and other public property, [159]
Powers prohibited to congress, (see prohibitions on congress.)
Premium, defined, [89]
Prescription, right by, [183], [184]
President and vice-president, how chosen, [139]-[141]
President, powers and duties of, [143]-[147]
vacancy in office, how filled, [142]
power of, to fill vacancies, [146]
Principal and agent, responsibility of, [202], [205]
Printing, public, by whom and how done, [52]
Privateering, in what cases authorized, [233], [234]
Prizes in war, how disposed of, [234]
Prohibition on congress--
to abolish the slave trade, [131], [132]
to suspend habeas corpus, [132], [133]
to pass bills of attainder, [133]
to pass ex post facto laws, [133]
in relation to taxation and commerce, [133], [134]
to grant titles of nobility, [135]
Prohibition on the states--
to form treaties, alliances, &c., [135]
to grant letters of marque and reprisal, [136]
to coin money, [136]
to emit bills of credit, [136]
to make anything but coin a tender, [136]
to impair the obligation of contracts, [137]
to pass bills of attainder or ex post facto laws, [137]
to grant titles of nobility, [137]
to lay duties, [137], [138]
Promissory notes, rules concerning, [207]-[212]
Protective duties, nature of described, [116], [117]
Quarantine regulations, [121]
Quorum, defined, [42]
Rail-roads, by what authority and how made, [84], [85]
Ratification of constitution by states, [162]
of treaties, [144]
Ratio of representation in congress, how ascertained, &c., [105], [106]
Real estate, defined, [77]
of intestates, descent of, [179], [180]
Rebellion, defined, [90], [91]
Recognizance, defined, [69]
Recorder or register, county, duties of, [55]
Records, public, proving and effect of, [156], [157]
Registry of vessels, [120]
Religion, freedom in matters of, secured, [163]
Representative, defined, [27], [28]
Representatives, state, how apportioned and elected, [37]-[39]
qualifications of, [40]
Representatives in congress, how apportioned, [105]
qualifications of, [104], [105]
Reprieve and pardon, defined, and power to grant, [49], [143]
Reprisals, power to make, forbidden to states, [136]
Reprisals in war, [229], [230]
Republic, defined, [26]
Republican government, guarantied to the states, [159]
Respondent, defined, [69]
Revenue, defined, [80]
national, how raised, [112]-[114]
Revolution, causes of, [94]-[97]
Rhode Island, constitution of, [243]
Rights and liberty, defined, [18]-[20]
Rights of person and property, defined, [18], [19], [167]
Right of property, how acquired, [16], [177]
Right by prescription, [184]-[186]
Right of way, law concerning, [183], [184]
Right of waters, [183], [185]
Right of search, [236]
Riot, defined, and how suppressed, [220]
Roads, (see Highways.)
Robbery, defined, [218]
School funds, schools, &c., [79]-[82]
Sealer of weights and measures, duty of, [59]
Secretary of state, of state government, [50]
Secretary of state of the United States, duties of, [148]
of the treasury, [148]
of the interior, [149]
of war, [149]
of the navy, [149]
Selectmen, duties of, [57]
Senate, state, how constituted, [38]-[40]
Senators and representatives, qualifications of, [40]
(See State Constitutions.)
Senate of the United States, how formed, [108], [109]
qualifications of members of, [111]
vacancies in, how filled, [110], [111]
Sergeant-at-arms, appointment and duties of, [42]
Servants, rights and liabilities of, [176], [177]
Sheriff and shire, origin of, [53], [54]
powers and duties of, [55]
Slander and libel, law concerning, [168], [169]
Slave trade, not to be prohibited before 1808, [131], [132]
declared piracy, [132]
Society, civil, defined, [17]
mankind fitted for, [15]-[17]
South Carolina, constitution of, [256]
Sovereignty, defined, [24]
Speaker of house and senate, [41]
Specialty, defined, [283]
Spies in war, [233]
State and nation, defined, [17]
State constitutions, synopsis of, [239]-[280]
State officers, executive, [50]-[52]
State records, effect and proof of, [156], [157]
State printer, appointment and business of, [52]
Statute law, defined, [167]
Stocks, public, defined, [84]
Stratagems in war, [233]
Subpœna, nature and service of, [65]
Summons, suits commenced by, [64]-[66]
Superintendent of schools, duties of, [52], [81]
Supervisors, board of, of whom composed, [54]
of towns, duties of, [54], [57]
of highways, duties of, [58]
Surveyor of county, [56]
Surveyor-general, duties of, [52]
Swearing, profane, unlawful, [221]
Synopsis of the state constitutions, [239]-[280]
Taxation, power of congress in relation to, [112]-[114]
Taxes, assessment and collection of, [76]-[78]
how apportioned among the states, [106]-[107]
Tender, what lawful, [136]
Tennessee, constitution of, [266]
Testament, (see Wills and Testaments.)
Texas, constitution of, [263]
Theocracy, defined, and government of, [24]
Town clerk, duties of, [57]
Town officers, election and duties of, [56]-[59]
Towns and townships, organization and powers of, [53], [56]
Treason against states, defined, [217]
power of congress concerning, [155], [156]
attainder of, [155]
Treasurer, of state, duties of, [51]
of county, [54], [55]
of towns, [58]
Treaties, how and by whom made, [244]
by states prohibited, [135]
of peace, [237], [238]
Treaty, defined, [144]
Truces in war, [237]
Trustees of townships, power and duties of, [57]
Tunnage, duties, states prohibited to lay, [119], [120]
Union, nature of the, [101]-[104]
Usury, defined, and forfeiture in case of, [215]
Vacancy, in legislature, how filled, [40]
in United States senate, how filled, [110], [111]
Venire issuing of, [67]
Verdict, defined, and how rendered, [67]
Vermont, constitution of, [241]
Vessels, registry, and measurement of, [120]
Veto, defined, [47]
Veto, in different states, (see State Constitutions.)
Villages, incorporation and government of, [61]
Virginia, constitution of, [253]
Viva voce, voting by, [34]
Voters, qualifications of, in different states, (see State Constitutions.)
War, power of congress to declare, [128]
offensive and defensive, [228], [231]
causes and objects of, [228], [229]
reprisals in, [229], [230]
alliances in, [230], [231]
how declared, [231]
effect of, on the enemy's subjects, [232]
stratagems in, [233]
privateering and prizes, [233], [234]
truces in, [237]
Warrant, prosecution by, [69]
Weights and measures, [59], [125]
Wills and testaments, [177], [179]
Wisconsin, constitution of, [275]