INDEX

OF SUBJECTS, MOST OF WHICH ARE NOT FOUND IN THE
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

The Numbers refer to the Sections.

AMBASSADORS, Powers and duties of, 483; privileges of, 386; how appoint-
ed, 479, 480.

ARISTOCRACY, defined, 34.

APPOINTMENT of subordinate executive officers, how made, 91, 92, 479.
ATTAINDER, (See bills of attainder.)

BAIL, definition and objects of, 127; (See bailment.)

BAIL, excessive, prohibited by constitution, 576.

BAILMENT, definition of, 654.

BIGAMY, definition of, 604; (See polygamy.)

BILL, defined, 75; bills, how passed, 75-82; for raising revenue, originate

only in the House, 260, 261.

BILLS of attainder, may not be passed, 432, 442, 448; defined, 433.

BILLS of credit, states may not emit, 442; defined. 446.

BODY politic, meaning of, 15.

BRIBERY, what it is, 737; how punished, 740.

BURGLARY, what it is, 731; how punished, 740.

CAPITATION tax, 131; in what cases restricted by constitution, 434, 435.

CARRIERS, how far liable for loss of property, 663, 664.

CHARGE of affairs, duties and compensation of, 484.

CENSUS, origin and meaning of, 208.

CHARTER, definition of, 40.

CHATTELS real, 640.

CITIZENS, privileges of, secured in all the states, 533, 534.
COASTING trade, regulations concerning, 301.

COMMUNITY, meaning of, 15.

CONGRESS, Compensation of members, 253, 254; officers of. how chosen,
214.

CONSTITUTION, signification of, 40; of United States, supreme law of the
land, 554, 555.

CONSULS, powers and duties of, 485; how appointed, 479.

CONTRACTS, obligation of, may not be impaired, 442, 449.

CONTRACTS of sale, law concerning, 648, 653.

CORPORATION, definition of, 15.

CORRUPTION of blood, abolished, 529; defined, 531.

COUNTERFEITING, defined, 732: punishment of, 740.

COURTS of justice, in states, different kinds of, 107–119.

CUSTOMS, meaning of, 136.

DEEDS and mortgages, nature of, 635-639.

DEMOCRACY, definition of, 37, 38.

DESPOTISM, defined, 32, 33.

DUELLING, what constitutes the offence, and how punishable, 738.

DUTIES, different kinds defined, 135, 136, 271, 274, 292, 293; must be equal
in all the states, 436, 437; collection of, 272, 275-281; may not be laid
by states, 450, 451.

ELECTION, by ballot and viva voce described, 53; majority and plurality,

54.

EMBARGO, its meaning and constitutionality, 317.

EMBEZZLING, definition and punishment of, 735, 740.
ENVOY, plenipotentiary. (See ambassador.)

ESTATES real, title to, how acquired and secured, 630-639.
EXCISE, meaning of, 136.

EX POST facto law, may not be passed, 432, 433, 442, 448.
FACTION, in what it consists, 189.

FEDERAL, meaning of the term, 179, 183.

FORGERY, defined, 732; how punished, 740

FREEHOLDER, definition of, 56, 631.

GIFTS, when valid, 643.

HABEAS CORPUS, privileges of writ of secured, 430; meaning of, 431; writ,
how obtained, &c., 598-600,

HOMICIDE, defined, 728.

IMPEACHMENT, and mode of trial, 105, 106, 229, 230, 231; what officers

removed by, 496.

IMPOSTS, definition of, 136.

INTERNAL improvements, power of congress concerning, 424, 425; effects
of on productive industry, 872-879.

JUDGES, appointment and compensation of, 98, 102, 479, 509.

JURISDICTION, defined, 107.

JURY, trial by, secured, 122, 521, 522, 575.

LARCENY, definition and punishment of, 734, 740.

LIBEL and slander, 592-596.

LIEN, general and particular, 668.

MANSLAUGHTER, law concerning, 726, 727; how punished, 740.

MARRIAGE, law relating to, 602-608.

MILITIA, power of congress concerning, 403, 408.

MINISTERS, public, appointment and duties of, 479, 480, 483-485.
MINT of the United States, and manner of coining money, 337-339.
MONARCHY, absolute and mixed, 31-36.

MONEY, cases of abundance and scarcity of, 907; quantity and value of,
not the same thing, 904.

NEGATIVE, power of, absolute and qualified, defined, 80; utility of, 81,

82.

NOBILITY, title of, may not be granted by United States, 440, 441.

NOTARIES PUBLIC, duties of, 687, 688.

OATH to support constitution to be taken, 473, 474, 556, 557.

OLIGARCHY, definition of, 34.

PARDON and reprieve, utility of power, 90.

PARLIAMENT of Great Britain how constituted, 35.

PASSPORTS, what, and when granted, 310.

PERJURY, definition of, 736; punishment of, 740.

PETITION, right of secured, 563.

POLYGAMY, definition and punishment of, 604.

PRICE, causes of the fluctuation of, 754, 906.

PRODUCT, definition of, 755, 771.

PROPERTY, manner of descent to heirs, 632-634.

QUARANTINE, defined, and regulations concerning, 318.
QUORUM, definition of, 243.

RELIGION, establishment of prohibited, 563, 564.

RELIGIOUS liberty, secured by constitution, 563.

REPRIEVE and pardon, power of, where vested, and why, 90.
REPUBLIC, defined, 38.

REVENUE, defined, and power to raise, where vested, 134.
RIGHT of suffrage, definition and extent of, 55, 56.

RIGHT of people against unreasonable searches and seizures secured, 570,

571.

RIGHTS and powers of states and people, what reserved by, 578, 582.
ROBBERY, crime defined, 733; how punished, 740.

SAFETY-FUND, in New-York, how created and replenished, 940.
SEARCHES and seizures, how authorized, 570.

SHERIFFS, origin and duties of, 113.

SINKING-FUND, national, how provided, and for what purpose, 287-288.
SLANDER and libel, definition of, and law concerning, 592–596.

SLAVE-TRADE. foreign, how long tolerated by constitution, 427; laws con-
cerning, 382, 383.

SPEAKER and officers of legislature, how chosen, and duties of, 71, 72;
of congress, 214.

STOCKS, what, and how created, 285, 932.

TAX and taxes, different kinds of, defined, 131, 135, 136.

TREATIES, how made, 27, 479, 480; supreme law of the land, and why,
554, 555.

in state representation in congress, how filled, house, 212, 213;
220, 222; in office of President, 468-470; in subordinate execu..
tive offices, 487.

VALUE, intrinsic and exchangable, defined, 749.

WARRANTY of title, 650, 651.

WEALTH, definition of, 748; by what produced, 751.