legislates over certain places, 33. makes necessary laws, 140. tax laid by, 102. members of, compensated, 29, 88, Contract defined, 149. of delegates, 13. obligation of, 149. States, 21. proceedings of, 46. officers of United States cannot be Conviction on impeachment, 28. what it includes, 56. Congressional districts, 80. Copyright defined, 127. how obtained, 127. punishment for, 121. Court, Circuit, 209, 210. District, 209. Supreme, 207. Courts, martial, 248. of United States, judges of, 39. Connecticut, governor chosen by the Credit, bills of, 148. freemen, 11. Consignee, 107. Consignor, 107. Constitution, a State can alter its, 231. and the laws of United States amendment of, 42, 48, 232. difficulties in its formation, 20. how resembles Confederation, 70. Crew-list, 112. committed on the high seas, 216. Districts, collection, 108. congressional, 80. vote for President, 22. who may be, 35. who prohibited from being, 157. England has no written Constitution, 53. King of, not answerable, 184. Enlistments, 133. Entry, port of, 108. Enumeration of free persons and others, 20. Equality, political, 146. Excises defined, 102. Executive departments, 186. power, 155. where vested, 35. sessions, 85. Exportations from any State not tax- Ex post facto laws defined, 143, 149. Divisions, military, of United States, FAITH given to the public acts of each 191. Drawback, 105. Duties, ad valorem, 104. collected, 108. defined, 101. net produce of, 34. of Clerk of House, 69. specific, 104. uniform, 101. who paid by, 105. ELECTION Contested, 82. of President, 155. writs of, 69. Elections held in several States, 22. modes of, 80. regulations of, 79. times of holding, 28. Electoral college, 157. votes counted, 22. State, 41. Legal operation of new Constitution, | Misdemeanors, 18... Military divisions of United States, Officers, civil, 183. PACIFIC, Department of the, 191. Post-office Department, 186, 198. present system of, 121. United States, directed by whom, Post-offices and post-roads, 31. power of, withheld from the Presi- Post-roads, what considered as, 124. dent, 173. Pardoning power, its extent, 173. Parliament, acts of, 9, 263. adjourned by the king, 87. formerly assembled annually, 81. no act of, unconstitutional, 53. Passports, 188. Patent, 228. defined, 126. Commissioner of, 201. may be extended, 127. Patentee must furnish a model, 126. Peck, James H., 77. Peers, trial by their, a right, 262. People, rights of, 49. to bear arms, 48. Petitions, how presented, 244. punishment of, 128. under the Confederation, 129. Pirate, how regarded, 129. who deemed a, 130. Piracy defined, 129. Poll-tax, 102. Port of entry, 108. Postmaster-general, 122. duties of, 198. list of, 200. salary, 199. Postmasters appointed by Postmaster- general, 123. President, 123. duties of, formerly, 121. rates of commission of, 123, Posts established in modern Europe |