Executive Department, proposed constitution and powers of, II. [56], [170]. Relation of, to legislature, [57], [247]. Unknown to Confederation, [60]. Powers of, defined by constitutions in America, [72]. Influence to be allowed to, over legislative, [244]. Action of, requires discretion, [246].
"Executive Power" vested in President, meaning of, [412].
Exports, taxation of, Pinckney's proposition concerning, II. [189]; refusal of South Carolina to submit to, [281], [285]; an undoubted function of government, [282]; consequences of denial of, [282]; when only beneficial, [282]; question of, as affected by variety, [283]; members of Convention in favor of, [284]; report of committee of detail respecting, [290]; great embarrassments respecting, [294]; arguments for and against, [294], [297]; opposition to, not confined to South, [294]; by States, an oppressive power, [295]; finally prohibited, [295]; for what reasons opposed in Convention, [297]; by States, arguments for and against, [368].
Ex Post Facto Laws, definition of, II. [360], [367]. Passage of, prohibited to Congress, [360]; to States, [368].
F.
Faith and Credit, to be given to certain acts, &c., I. [143].
Falmouth (now Portland), burnt, I. [38], [74].
Faneuil Hall, meeting at, respecting a national regulation of commerce, I. [336].
Federal Census, origin of its rule of three fifths, I. [213].