ACADEMY, military, 311; naval, 314.
Adams, John, President, 298; Vice-presi-
dent, App., i.
Adams, John Quincy, President, 299.
Agriculture, department of, 320.
Alabama, secession of, 225; reconstruction
of, 228; admission of, 281.
Alloy of gold and silver coins, 99.
Ambassadors, etc., 302.
Amendments to the Constitution, clause |
regarding, 230; nineteen proposed, fif-
teen ratified, 231, 244; three limitations,
231; difficulties in the way of, 232; ap-
proval of President not necessary, 233;
publication of, 231; can a State with-
draw her ratification of, 234; dates of,
237; first, 215; second, third, fourth,
fifth, 247; sixth, seventh, eighth, 248;
ninth, tenth, 249; eleventh, twelfth,
thirteenth, 252; fourteenth, 254; fif
teenth, 260; list of, App., xliii.
Amendments to Ohio constitution, 345.
Amnesty, action of Congress as to, 166;
proclamations of, 258.
Annapolis, Convention of 1786, 39; recom-
mended a convention to revise Articles
of Confederation, 40.
Appellate jurisdiction of U. S. Courts, 192,
193; two views of, 194.
Appointments by the President, 167, 175;
power of Congress over, 167; by heads
of departments, 167.
Apportionment of Representatives, 49-51.
Appropriations, 143.
Area of the United States, 291.
Arizona Territory, 287, 293.
Arkansas, secession of, 225; action of, 226;
reconstruction of, 228; admission of, 282.
Armies, power of Congress as to, 122.
Army, regular, 123; list of officers in, 124;
rules for the government of, 125, 126;
pay of officers, 312.
Arthur, Chester A., President, 300; Vice-
president, App., i.
Articles of Confederation, adopted by
Congress 1777; ratified by the States
March 1, 1781, 35; failure of, 35-38;
provisions as to States, 144-149; amend-
ment of, 230-237; Appendix, xvii.
Assessor of Internal Revenue, 309.
Assessor, township officer in Ohio, 341.
Attorney-General, duties of, 186; office of
established, 323; salary of, 324; list of,
App., ix; assistants, 324, 325.
Auditors of the treasury, 305, 306.
Auditor, state and county in Ohio, 332,
338.
BANK currency, 104-107.
Bankrupt, allowance to, 92; discharge of,
93; influence of creditors, 93; moral ob-
ligations of, 94.
Bankruptcies, 87; limited to traders orig-
inally, 92; power formerly in the States,
93; three acts passed, 93; voluntary and
involuntary, 93.
Bill of attainder, 140; case ex parte Gar-
land, 141; forbidden to States, 144.
Bill of rights, not in original constitution,
245; in first eight amendments, 245; the
constitution a, 249; in Ohio, 330.
Bills, how passed in Congress, 75; in Ohio,
68, 332.
Bills of Credit, treasury notes, 101; States
can not emit, 144; defined, 146; emitted
by Congress, 148.
Blount, Wm., expelled, 69; impeached,
180.
Bonds of U. S., 83; not taxable, 81.
Breckenridge, J.C., Vice-president, App., i. | Commissioners, county, in Ohio, 337.
Bright, Jesse D., expelled from Senate, 69.
British Parliament, cabinet officers mem-
bers of, 74; power of, 195: may amend
constitution, 232.
Buchanan, James, President, 300.
Commissioner, term not now applied to
diplomatic representatives, 303; of Cus-
toms, 308; of Internal Revenue, 309; of
Patents, 116, 317; of Pensions, 317; of
Land Office, 317; of Indian Affairs, 319.
Bureaus, in the departments, 301; names Committees of Congress, 296.
of in Treasury Department, 305.
Committee of the Whole, 297.
Burr, Aaron, tried for treason, 206; Vice- Compensation of Congressmen, 71; none
president, App., i.
CABINET officers, 300; salaries of, 301.
Cadet-midshipmen and engineers, 314, 315.
Calhoun, John C., Vice-president, App., i.
California, admission of, 287.
Capitation tax, clause as to, 141.
Carriers, for free delivery of letters, 112.
Census, 50; Superintendent of, 320.
Cession of territory by various States, 216.
Chargé d'Affaires, 303.
Charter governments (colonial), 24-26.
Chase, Samuel, impeached, 181.
Circuit Courts, established, 183.
Cities, in Ohio, 343.
Citizens, defined, 87, 210, 211, 254; Judge
Taney in Dred Scott case, 211; not
necessarily voters, 257; right to vote,
260; free negroes citizens in 1781, 212.
Citizenship, privileges of, 210, 211.
Civil Rights Bill, 211, 255.
Civil Service Reform, 174.
Clerk of House of Representatives, 55.
Clerks, in departments, 325.
Cleveland, Grover, President, 200.
Clinton, George, Vice-president, App., i.
Coast Survey, 309.
Coinage, 94; international, 107.
in British Parliament, 71; various rates
in Congress, 72.
Comptroller of the Currency, 308.
Comptroller of the Treasury, 306.
Confederation, see Articles of.
Congress, of two Houses, 47; new one every
two years, 60; annual sessions, 66; in-
stances of three sessions, 67, 177: a ma-
jority a quorum,68; each House the judge
as to its own members, 68; members priv-
ileged from arrest, 71; members can hold
no other office, 73; organization of the
first, 272; powers of, 78; punishes treason,
206.
Connecticut, no constitution but its co-
lonial charter till 1818, 26; ratification of
the Constitution by, 269.
Constitution of Ohio, 330-345.
Constitution the, the work of the nation, 15;
of the nation distinguished from that of
the government, 15; unwritten, 16; re-
ception of, 268; ratification of, 269; App.,
xxxii.
Consul-General, 304.
Consuls, 304.
Contempt, power of Congress to punish, 69.
Continental Congress, First, 30; Second,
31; action of, as to the Constitution, 267,
272.
Coinage of money forbidden to States, 144. Contracts, States can not pass laws impair-
Coins, 95; of 1873, 98; foreign, 100.
Colfax, Schuyler, Vice-president, App., i.
Collector of Internal Revenue, 309; of
Customs, 310.
Colonies, the thirteen, 23; government of,
24; colonial union of 1643, 27; meeting at
Albany, 27; at New York, 1765, 28.
Colorado, 292; bill to admit as a State
vetoed, 292; admission of, 292.
Commerce, power of Congress to regulate,
85; formerly in the States, 88.
ing obligation of, 144; United States as
to, 148; include grants, case of Dart-
mouth College, 148.
Convention of 1787, 40, 241, 242, 264; reso-
lutions of, 265; secret proceedings, 268.
Copyrights, Congress may issue, 114; for-
merly issued by the States, 115; term of,
115; mode of obtaining, 115; interna-
tional, 115.
Coroner, in Ohio, 339.
Corporations, in Ohio, 343.
Corruption of blood in treason, 206; misin-
terpreted, 207, 208.
Counterfeiting, 109; laws in force, 109; act
of 1884, 110.
County government in Ohio, 335-340.
Court of Claims, 185.
Courts of Great Britain, sphere of, 194.
Courts of Ohio, 333.
Courts of U. S., three classes of, 183, 185;
officers of, 186; not open to citizens of
District of Columbia and the Territories,
192; powers, 195.
Currency, Bureau of, 308.
Customs, Commissioner of, 308; Collector
of, other officers, 310; revenue from,
1886, 83.
Dallas, George M., Vice-president, App., i.
Debt, public of U. S., 84; validity of, 259.
Declaration of Independence, App., xiii.
Delaware, ratification of the Constitution,
269; first constitution, 329.
Delegated powers, 249-252; to States, 331.
Democracy defined, 18.
Departments, three, 47; Legislative 47-151,
295-298; Executive, 151-182, 298-325;
Judicial, 182-209, 325-327.
Designs, patents for, 116.
Director of the Mint, 309.
Direct taxes, 79; laid by U. S. but five
times, 80; act of 1861, 80; clause as to,
141.
Disabilities, removal of, 258.
District Courts established, 183.
District of Columbia, clause regarding,
128; history of, 128, 129; Congress has
power over,129, 130, slavery in, abolished
1862, 131; government in, 131.
Elections for Congressmen, 65.
Electors of President and Vice-president,
153, 161.
Eleventh Amendment, 252.
Emancipation, proclamations of, 137.
Embargo act of 1807, 86.
Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Pleni-
potentiary, 302.
Excises, power of Congress to lay, 78;
meaning of, 81; act of 1791, 81.
Executive Council in certain States, 346.
Executive Department, 151-182; 298-325;
in State of Ohio, 332.
Expatriation, act of 1868, 90; treaties in
regard to, 90.
Expenditures must be published, 143.
Exports, value of for 1886, 87; duties on
forbidden, 142, 149.
Ex post facto law forbidden, 140; case ex
parte Garland, 141; forbidden to States,
144.
Expulsion, 69; cases in Senate, 69.
Extradition, 213.
FAITH and credit to be given to the public
acts, 209; mode of doing it, 210.
Fifteenth Amendment, 260, 261.
Fillmore, Millard, President, 299; Vice-
president, App., i.
Finance, in constitution of Ohio, 342.
Fines, excessive, forbidden, 249.
Florida, purchase of, 218; secession of,
225; reconstruction of, 228; admitted
into the Union, 284.
Fourteenth Amendment, 254, 260.
Franchise, elective, in Ohio, 333.
Franking privilege, 113; abolished, 113.
Freedom of speech and of the press, 245,
Dollar, Spanish, milled, 95; weight in 1792, Fugitives from justice given up, 212; law
95;
in 1853, 97; trade-dollar, 98.
Duties, power of Congress to lay, 78; act
of 1789, 80; protection of manufactures,
81; must be uniform, 78; on exports for-
bidden, 142; forbidden to the States, 149.
of 1793, 213; from another nation, 213.
Fugitives from labor to be given up, 214;
laws of 1793 and 1850 repealed, 214.
GALLATIN, ALBERT, as Senator, 62.
Garfield, James A., President, 300.
EDUCATION, office of, 320; Commissioner General, office of, 123; pay of, 312.
of, 320; in constitution of Ohio, 334, 341. | Georgia, but one legislative House in 1787,
A. C.-34.
47; secession of, 225; reconstruction of, | Imposts, power of Congress to lay, 78.
Income tax, first levied in 1861, 82.
Independence, resolution for and declara-
tion of, 33; Declaration of, App., xiii.
Indiana, admission of, 280; Territory of, 279.
Indian affairs, Commissioner of, 319.
Indian country, 294.
228; ratification of the Constitution by,
269; first constitution, 330.
Gerry, Elbridge, Vice-president, App., i.
Gold, used for money, 91, reduction of
coins in 1834, 97; a legal tender, 97, 98;
ratio to silver, 97, 98; the only standard
in England, 98; coinage of 1873, 98; the
unit since 1873, 98, 100.
Government, civil, 9; object of, 10; not
merely repressive, 11; not a necessary
evil, 11; forms of, 17.
Indians, in the United States, 85-87.
Indictment, 200, 201; or presentment nec-
essary for trial, 201, 247.
Indirect taxation, 79.
Infirmary, county,
Government of the United States, 19-21; Inspection laws, 149.
of States, 328-348.
Governor, in Ohio, 332.
Grand jury, 200, 247, 248.
Grant, Ulysses S., President, 300.
Great Britain, government of, 17, 18; im-
peachment in, 63, 64; cabinet officers in
Parliament, 74; legislation in, 195.
Guaranty of republican form of govern-
ment to the States, 222-230.
HABEAS CORPUS, the writ of, 137-140.
Interior, Department of, 316-321; salary
of Secretary of, 317.
Internal Revenue, system begun in 1791,
81; act of 1862, 81; Bureau of, 309;
amount of, in 1866 and 1886, 309.
Invasion, protection from, 222.
Iowa, admission of, 285..
JACKSON, ANDREW, President, 299.
Jefferson, Thomas, President, 299; Vice-
president, App., i.
Hamlin, Hannibal, Vice-president, App., i. Johnson, Andrew, impeached, 181, 182;
Harrison, Benjamin, President, 300.
Harrison, William H., President, 299.
Hayes, Rutherford B. President, 300.
Heads of departments, 161, 167.
High treason, 204.
Home Department, 316.
Humphries, West H., impeached, 181, 182.
IDAHO Territory, 291.
Illinois, admission of, 280.
Impeachment, power of in House of Rep-
resentatives, 55; method of, 55; power
of trial in Senate, 63; if President is
tried, Chief Justice presides, 64; seven
cases, 64: punishment for, 64; officers
liable to, 179; cases of, 181; two con-
victions for, 181, 182.
Implied powers of Congress, 132 views of
Madison, Hamilton, Marshall, Story,
133, 134; reasons for, 134, 135; instances
of, 135, 136.
Import duties in 1789, 81.
Imports, value of for 1886, 87.
President, 300; Vice-president, App., i.
Johnson, Richard M., Vice-president,
App., i.
Journal of proceedings, 69.
Judge-Advocate-General, 311.
Judges, term of office, 182-185; compensa-
tion of, 183, 186; two classes of, 183;
in 1869, three classes, 183; resignation
of, 186; in different States, 346.
Judicial circuits, 326.
Judicial power, where vested, 182; its ex-
tent, 187.
Judicial system, of Ohio, 333.
Judiciary, act of 1789, 183, 186, 191, 194,
Jurisdiction, 192, 193; two views, 194.
Jury, grand and petit, 200.
Jury trial, 198, 203; in criminal prosecu-
tions, 248; in other cases, 248.
Justice, Department of, 323-325; salaries
KANSAS, admission of, 289.
Kentucky, admission of, 276; from Vir-
ginia, 276.
84; has power to coin and regulate, 94;
defined, 95; history of, 95-100.
King, William R., Vice-president, App., i. Monroe, James, President, 299.
Legislation, mode of, 296.
NATIONAL Banks, established in 1863, 105;
amount of circulation, 106; advantages
of, 106; number of, 309.
Legislative Department, 47-151; 295-298; Naturalization, power of in Congress, 87;
Legislatures, State, 346.
Lieutenant-General, office of, 123.
Light-house Board, 310.
Lincoln, Abraham, President, 300.
Louisiana, purchase of, 218, 279; seces-
sion of, 225; action of, 226; reconstruc-
tion of, 228; admission of, 279.
MADISON, JAMES, President, 298.
Magna Charta,' quoted, 198.
Maine, admission of, 281.
Male citizens, right of to vote, 257.
Marque, letters of, 120; signification of,
121; forbidden to States, 144.
Maryland, ratification of the Constitution
by, 267; first constitution, 329.
Massachusetts, ratification of the Consti-
tution by, 269; first constitution of, 330.
Metric system, 108.
Michigan, admission of, 283.
Military Academy at West Point, 311; Jus-
tice, Bureau of, 311.
under Confederation, States had the
power of, 88; laws of, 88; present mode,
90; case of soldiers, 89; of seamen, 89;
restricted, 90; suffrage without, 91; in
districts, 92; law of 1870, 92.
Navy, Congress has power to provide a,
123; officers in, 124; government of, 125;
Department of, 312-316; salary of Secre-
tary, 313.8
Navy Yards, 313.
Nebraska, admission of, 292.
Nevada, admission of, 291.
New Hampshire, ratification of the Con-
stitution by, 269; temporary government
in 1776, 329.
New Jersey, ratification of the Constitu-
tion by, 269; temporary government in
1776, 329.
New Mexico Territory, 293.
New States, 215; no general provision for
admitting in Articles of Confederation,
215; twenty-five admitted, 215; mode of
admitting, 221.
Militia, Congress may call forth, etc.; laws, New York, ratification of the Constitution
126; called out three times, 126; number
in war of the rebellion, 127; necessary,
Ministers Plenipotentiary, salaries of, 303.
Ministers Resident, salaries of, 303.
Minnesota, admitted, 287.
Mint, established, 94; branches, 95; a
bureau, 309.
Mississippi, secession of, 225; reconstruc-
tion of, 228; admission of, 280.
Missouri Compromise, 282, 285, 289.
Missouri, in 1861, 226; admission of, 281.
Monarchy, 18.
Money, Congress has power to borrow, 83,
by, 270; first constitution, 330.
Nobility, no titles of shall be granted, 144;
proposed amendment touching, 262.
North Carolina, secession of, 225; recon-
struction of, 228; ratification of the Con-
stitution by, 271; ceded her territory,
276; first constitution, 330.
North-west Territory, 278; divided, 279;
ordinance for, App., xxv.
Nullification of South Carolina, 238.
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