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ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS.

A.

Acts, records and judicial proceedings of each state entitled to faith

and credit in other states..

Amendments to the Constitution, how made.

which have been made, (see pp. 19-22.)

Appointments to be made by the President.

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Apportionment of representatives...

Appropriations by law...

Appropriations for army not to exceed two years.
Armies, Congress to raise and support..

Arms, right of people to keep and bear, (see p. 19.)
Arts and Sciences, to be promoted..

Assemble, people may, (see p. 19.)

Attainder bill of, prohibited to Congress..

prohibited to the States.

of treason shall not work corruption of blood or forfeit-
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Bail, excessive not required....

Bankruptcy laws to be uniform.

Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representa-
tives

before they become laws shall be passed by both houses and ap-
proved by the President; or, if disapproved, shall be passed
by two-thirds of each house

not returned in ten days, unless an adjournment intervenes,
shall be laws

Borrow money, Congress may

Capitation tax, apportionment of.

C.

Census, or enumeration, to be made every ten years

Citizens of each State shall be entitled to the privileges and immuni

ties of citizens in the several States.

who are, (14th amendment, section 1, p. 21).

Claims, no prejudice to certain..

of the United States, or of the several States, not to be preju-
diced by any construction of the Constitution.

Coasting trade, regulations respecting..

Coins, Congress to fix value of foreign..

Commerce, Congress to regulate....

regulations respecting to be equal and uniform.

Commissions to be granted by the President

Common law recognized and established, (7th amendment, p. 20)
Congress vested with power...

may alter the regulations of State Legislatures concerning elec-
tions of Senators and Representatives, except as to place of
choosing Senators

shall assemble once every year.

officers of government cannot be members of.

may provide for cases of removal, death, etc., of President and
Vice President...

may determine the time of choosing electors of President and
Vice President...

may invest the appointment of inferior officers in the President
alone, in the courts of law, or the heads of departments......

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Congress-continued.

may establish courts in ferior to the Supreme Court.

may declare the punishment of treason..

may prescribe the manner of proving the acts and records of
each State......

to assent to the formation of new States.

may propose amendments to the Constitution or call a conven-
tion

to lay and collect duties..

to borrow money..

to regulate commerce.

to establish uniform laws of bankruptcy and naturalization

to coin money, to regulate the value of coin, and fix a standard
of weights and measures

to punish counterfeiting

to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court..

to define and punish piracies, felonies on the high seas, and of-
fenses against the laws of nations..

to establish post offices and post roads.

to authorize patents to authors and inventors.

to declare war, grant letters of marque, and make rules con-
cerning captures...

to raise and support armies

to provide and maintain a navy

to make rules for the government of the army and navy

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to call out the militia in certain cases.

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to organize, arm, and discipline militia..

to exercise exclusive legislation over seat of government.
to pass laws necessary to carry the enumerated powers into
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to dispose of and make rules concerning the territory or other
property of the United States..

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President may convene and adjourn in certain cases

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Constitution, how amended

laws, and treaties declared to be the supreme law.
rendered operative by the ratification of nine States.

Contracts, no law impairing...

Conventions for proposing amendments to the Constitution.
Counterfeiting, Congress to provide for punishment of..
Court, Supreme, its original and appellate jurisdiction

Courts inferior to the Supreme Court may be ordained by Congress..

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Crimes, persons accused of fleeing from justice, may be demanded...

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on imports and exports imposed by States shall inure to the
treasury of the United States

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Elections of Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed by the
States..

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Elections, qualifications and returns of members of Congress to be determined by each house

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Electors of President and Vice President, how chosen, and their duties altered, (see 12th amendment, p. 21.)

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to vote the same day throughout the United States

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no senator or representative, or public officer, shall serve as

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Enumeration every ten years

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Executive power vested in the President, (see President)..
Exports not to be taxed

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and imports, States prohibited from laying duties on.

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Ex post facto law, none shall be passed

prohibited to States..

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Fines, excessive, prohibited, (8th amendment, p. 20.)
Fugitives from justice to be delivered up..

from service may be reclaimed..

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Habeas Corpus, writ of, can only be suspended in cases of rebellion or invasion..

House of Representatives. (See Representatives.)

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their compensation

Judiciary, tribunals inferior to Supreme Court may be created.
Judicial power vested in Supreme Court and courts inferior..

powers of the judiciary..

restriction as to suits against a State (11th amendment, p. 20.) Judicial proceedings of each state are entitled to faith and credit in every State

Jury trial secured, and shall be held in the State where the crime shall have been committed

further regulated, (6th amendment, p. 20.)

secured in suits at common law where the value in controversy
shall exceed twenty dollars, (7th amendment, p. 20.)

common, recognized and established, (7th amendment, p. 20.)

L.

Law, what is declared the supreme.

Laws, President to see them faithfully executed...

Legislative powers vested in Congress. (See Congress.)

Loans, authority to make

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to be commanded by the President..

their right to keep and bear arms secured, (2d amendment, p. 19.) Money shall be drawn from the treasury only by appropriation laws.. Congress to coin and regulate value of

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States cannot make..

Naturalization, uniform rules of.

nor by the States....

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Navy, Congress to provide and govern..

Nobility, titles of, shall not be granted by the United States.

Officers, of the House of Representatives shall be chosen by the House of the Senate shall be chosen by the Senate

civil, may be removed by impeachment.

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Order of one house requiring the concurrence of the other.

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Oath of the President.

of the public officers..

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Persons held to service or labor, their importation or migration into the United States may be prohibited after 1808...

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escaping from one State to another shall be delivered up to those
entitled to service

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Powers not delegated to Congress nor prohibited to the States are re

served, (10th amendment, p. 20.)

legislative. (See Congress.)

executive. (See President.)

judicial. (See Judicial.)

Presents from foreign powers to public officers prohibited....

Press, freedom of, (1st amendment, p. 19.)

President of the U. S. vested with the executive power.

shall be chosen for four years..

how elected.

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compensation of.

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shall take an oath of office..

may be removed by impeachment..

President, commander of army, navy and militia.

may require the written opinions of the heads of departments..
may reprieve and pardon....

may make treaties with consent of the Senate

may appoint to office with consent of the Senate...

shall fill up vacancies happening during the recess of the Senate

shall give information to Congress and recommend measures...
may convene both houses or either house.

may adjourn them in case of disagreement

shall receive ambassadors and public ministers.

shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.
shall commission all officers

Privileges and immunities of members of Congress.

of citizens. (See Citizens, also Rights.)

Property, Congress to provide for care of public..

shall not be taken for public use without just compensation,
(5th amendment, p. 20.)

Public Debt, not to be questioned, (14th amendment, sec. 4, p. 22.)
Punishment, cruel and unusual, prohibited, (8th amendment, p. 20.)

Q.

Quorum for business. what shall be a ..

of States in choosing a President by House of Representatives.. Quartered, no soldier to be quartered on a citizen, (3d amt., p. 19.)

R.

Receipts and expenditures, accounts of to be published..
Records, how to be authenticated

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Religion, no law to be made, free exercise of, (1st amendment, p. 19.) religious test not required

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Reprieves granted by the President.

2.

Representatives, House of, composed of members chosen every second

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apportionment of

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vacancies, how supplied

shall choose their officers.

shall have power of impeachment

shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its mem-
bers..

what shall be a quorum.

any number may adjourn, and compel the attendance of absentees
may determine the rules of proceeding

may punish or expel a member

shall keep a journal and publish the same

shall not adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other
place, without the consent of the Senate..

one-fifth may require the yeas and nays.
shall originate bills for raising revenue
compensation to be ascertained by law
privileged from arrest, except in certain cases

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