J. W. Garner

Urbana, Illinois.


CONTENTS

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I.LOCAL GOVERNMENT: TOWNS, TOWNSHIPS, AND COUNTIES[5]
II.LOCAL GOVERNMENT, CONTINUED: CITIES AND VILLAGES[25]
III.THE STATE GOVERNMENTS[57]
IV.THE STATE LEGISLATURE[73]
V.THE STATE EXECUTIVE[91]
VI.THE STATE JUDICIARY[109]
VII.SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS[125]
VIII.POLITICAL PARTIES AND NOMINATING METHODS[144]
IX.THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNION[159]
X.THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS[174]
XI.ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE OF CONGRESS[197]
XII.FEDERAL FINANCE, TAXATION, AND MONEY[217]
XIII.THE REGULATION OF COMMERCE[236]
XIV.OTHER IMPORTANT POWERS OF CONGRESS[248]
XV.THE PRESIDENCY: ORGANIZATION AND MODE OF ELECTION[274]
XVI.THE PRESIDENCY, CONTINUED: INAUGURATION, POWERS AND DUTIES[298]
XVII.THE CABINET AND THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS[324]
XVIII.THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY[353]
XIX.GOVERNMENT OF THE TERRITORIES AND DEPENDENCIES[369]
XX.CITIZENSHIP[383]
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION[393]
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES[399]
INDEX[411]

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