congressional, 80. 191. Drawback, 105. Divisions, military, of United States, FAITH given to the public acts of each Duties, ad valorem, 104. collected, 108. defined, 101. net produce of, 34. of Clerk of House, 69. 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. Legal operation of new Constitution, | Misdemeanors, 184. 120. of United States at Philadelphia, Origin of title to America by Eng. land, 7. PACIFIC, Department of the, 191. power of, withheld from the Presi- Pardoning power, its extent, 173. adjourned by the king, 87. formerly assembled annually, 81. no act of, unconstitutional, 53. Passports, 188. Patent, 228. defined, 126. Commissioner of, 201. may be extended, 127. Patentee must furnish a model, 126. Peers, trial by their, a right, 262. People, rights of, 49. to bear arms, 48. Petitions, how presented, 244. punishment of, 128. under the Confederation, 129. Pirate, how regarded, 129. 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. present system of, 121. United States, directed by whom, 122. Post-offices and post-roads, 31. Post-roads, what considered as, 124. original designation of, 121. vested in President, 156. judicial, 39, 206, 212. of Congress, 31. each house, 83. to punish members, 84. impeachment, 27. States, 50. taxation, 100. Powers concurrent, 100. vested in Congress, 100. Preference, none given to any State, President answerable for misconduct, President, removal of, 37. commencement of, 156. Press, freedom of, 48. Primogeniture, law of, abolished, 12. Prizes, proceeds of, how distributed, Proceedings of the Convention, 46. Records of States, authenticated, 219. Registered vessel, privileges of a, 111. permanent, 112. of a vessel, 110. commerce, 31. Religion, free exercise of, 242. power of, vested in President, 176 vacancies in, 26. first House of, 65. House of, choose Speaker, 27. increased, 65. one for each State, 26, 65. term of, 58. whole number of, 67. officers cannot receive presents, Republican form of government, 42. 146. Punishment for treason, 78. QUALIFICATIONS of a representative, 59. Quarantine defined, 114. Quartering of soldiers prohibited, 245. majority of each house, a, 28. RANDOLPH, Peyton, first president of Ratification, dates of, 23. of Constitution, 21. North Carolina, 22. Ratio of representation, 67. Reconsideration of bills, 93. Records, &c authenticated, to receive faith and credit, 220. manuscript, 86. Resignation, vacancies by, 27. Retrospective, or retroactive laws de- Revenue, bills for raising, 92. |