Commissioner of, 201.
cost of, 127.

may be extended, 127.

Patentee must furnish a model, 126.
Peck, James H., 77.

Peers, trial by their, a right, 262.
Penn, William, a proprietary, 10.
Pensions, Commissioner of, 201.
defined, 135.
gratuitous, 135.
invalid, 135.

People, rights of, 49.

to bear arms, 48.

Petitions, how presented, 244.
right of, 244.
Pickering, John, 77.
Piracies, 32.

punishment of, 128.

under the Confederation, 129.
Constitution, 129.

Pirate, how regarded, 129.
who deemed a, 130.

Piracy defined, 129.

Poll-tax, 102.

Post-office Department, 186, 198.
established in England, 121.
by Prideaux, 121.

present system of, 121.

United States, directed by whom,
122.

Post-offices and post-roads, 31.

established, 121.

Post-roads, what considered as, 124.
Posts established in modern Europe,
121.

original designation of, 121.
Potomac and Pocomoke rivers, 18.
Power, executive, 155.

vested in President, 156.

judicial, 39, 206, 212.

where vested, 206.

United States, 39, 51.

of Congress, 31.

each house, 83.

to punish members, 84.

impeachment, 27.
President, 38.

States, 50.

taxation, 100.

Powers concurrent, 100.

vested in Congress, 100.

Preamble of Constitution, 54.

Presentment, 248.

Preference, none given to any State,
145.

President answerable for misconduct,
184.

can fill vacancies, 180.

commander-in-chief, 38, 172.
commissions all officers, 183.
compensation of, 171.

duration of his term, 35.

duties of, devolve on Vice Presi-
dent, 76.

President, removal of, 37.

salary of, 37.
testimony of, 184.
time to vote for, 21.
voted for, 51.

who eligible for, 37.
Presidential term, 156.

commencement of, 156.
expiration of, 156.
Press, freedom of, 48.
Prideaux, Edward, institutes a post-
office, 121.

Primogeniture, law of, abolished, 12.
Privileges of citizens of each State, 41.
members of Congress, 88.
Prize defined, 131.

Prizes, proceeds of, how distributed,
132.

Proceedings of the Convention, 46.
each house determined, 29.
Property, how purchased by Congress,

139.
private, 250.
public, 224.

Proprietaries, 10.

their power, 10.

Proprietary governments, 10.
Protection certificate, 112.

Provincial colonies, names of, 10.
governments, 10.

Public lands, auction of, 227.

disposed of by Congress, 226.
survey of, 227.

ministers, 177.

Records of States, authenticated, 219.
Register, to obtain a, 111.

Registered vessel, privileges of a, 111.
Registry, certificates of, 111.

permanent, 112.
temporary, 112.
of a vessel, 110.
Regulation of coin, 31.
commerce, 31.

Religion, free exercise of, 242.
Religious liberty secured, 243.
test not required, 239.
Removal, &c. of the President, 37.
from office, 28.

power of, vested in President, 176.
Representation, ratio of, 67.

vacancies in, 26.
Representative population, 61, 62.
removal of residence of, 60.
seven years a citizen, 26.
Representatives, age of, 26, 59.
apportioned, 26.
first House of, 65.
for each State, 66.

House of, choose Speaker, 27.
must reside, where, 26.
number of, 26, 60.

increased, 65.

one for each State, 26, 65.
qualifications for, 59.

term of, 58.

whole number of, 67.
Reprieve defined, 173.

Reprisal defined, 131.

146.

Punishment for treason, 78.

QUALIFICATIONS of a representative,

59.

Quarantine defined, 114.

Quartering of soldiers prohibited, 245.
Questions, how decided, 16.
Quorum, 81, 83.

majority of each house, a, 28.

RANDOLPH, Peyton, first president of
Congress, 14.

Ratification, dates of, 23.

of Constitution, 21.

North Carolina, 22.

Rhode Island, 22.

Ratio of representation, 67.

Reconsideration of bills, 93.

Records, &c. authenticated, to receive

faith and credit, 220.

manuscript, 86.

Resignation, vacancies by, 27.
Restrictions upon Congress, 141.
Senate, 147.

Retrospective, or retroactive laws de-
fined, 151.

Revenue, bills for raising, 92.
originate, where, 30.

cutters, 110.

use of, 110.

Revolutionary government, 17.

Rhode Island, governor chosen by the
freemen, 11.

ratification of, 22.

Right of discovery, 7.

eminent domain, 250.
petition, 244.

of colonies, 263.

to bear arms, 245.

Rights, Declaration of, 9, 14.

of authors, 32.

inventors, 32.

the people, 49, 50.

Robbery at sea, 129.

Rome, census of, 62.

Rule of apportionment, 103.
uniformity, 103.

Rules determined by each house, 83.
for land and naval forces, 32.

Senator, vote of, 27.

Senators, act under oath, when, 76.
age of, 27, 72.

classification of, 27, 71.
how chosen, 27, 70.

Sergeant-at-arms, duties of, 69.
Servants of ambassador, 180.

salary, 201.

Navy, duty of, 196.

salary, 196.

State, duties of, 187.
salary, 188.

Treasury, duties of, 193.
salary, 193.

War, duties of, 190.

salary, 190.

Sections of land, 227.

Senate changed gradually, 71.

Speaker of House of Commons, 69.
Representatives, 69, 74.

presiding officer, 69.

Special sessions of Congress, 182

Specific duties, 104.

Specification defined, 126.
Springfield, 191.

State, Department of, 186.
States, admission of new, 41.
cannot declare war, 154.

enter into treaties, 147.
lay taxes, what, 151.
committee of, 155.

eighteen new, 223.

elections held in several, 22.

faith given to public acts, 41.
formation of new, 42.

majority of, not represented, 20.
number of original, 223.

elective, 93.

elects its president, 74.

not permanent and hereditary, 93.

officers of, how chosen, 74.

of United States, 70.

how composed, 27.

on oath or affirmation, 28.

Supreme Court, 207.

judges of, 173.

of United States, 208.

Suits at common law, 50.

Survey of public lands, 227.
Surveyor of the port, 109.

who, 27.

restrictions upon, 147.

tries impeachments, 28, 75.
Vice-President, president of, 73.
when powers of suspended, 71.
Senator, qualifications of, 72.

required residence of, 27, 72.
term of citizenship, 27, 72.

sentatives, 68.

Tariff, 106.

Tax defined, 61.

direct, 61.

how laid, 33.

in proportion to census, 144.
indirect, 61.

on migration or importation, 141.

Treasury, accounts, how kept, 145.
Department of, 186.

organized, 193.

list of Secretaries, 194.

money drawn when, and what, 34,
145.

money in, belongs to the people,
145.

Solicitor of, 194.

Treaties, right to make, 131.
supreme law of the land, 236.
with Indians, 226.

foreign powers, 224.

who formed by, 174.

Treaty defined, 174.

making power, where vested, 147.
ratification of, 175.

Trial by jury, 40, 49, 215.
speedy, 215.

Trials for impeachment, 76.
Tribunals, 32.
True bill, 248.

Turnpikes, laws respecting, 115.

UNIFORMITY, rule of, 103.

Uninhabited countries belong to whom,
8.