congressional, 80.

191.

Drawback, 105.

Duties, ad valorem, 104.

collected, 108.

defined, 101.

net produce of, 34.

of Clerk of House, 69.
Sergeant-at-arms, 69.
imports, 104.
tonnage, 104.
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.

120.

land, 7.

PACIFIC, Department of the, 191.
Pardon defined, 173.

power of, withheld from the Presi-
dent, 173.

Pardoning power, its extent, 173.
Parliament, acts of, 9, 263.

adjourned by the king, 87.
assembles, how, 80.

formerly assembled annually, 81.
members of, not compensated,
89.

no act of, unconstitutional, 53.
term of members of, 58.
what it consists of, 55.

Passports, 188.

Patent, 228.

defined, 126.

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.

Port of entry, 108.

Postmaster-general, 122.

duties of, 198.

list of, 200.

salary, 199.

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,

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,

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.