J. W. Garner
Urbana, Illinois.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| 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] | |