ANALYTICAL INDEX.

The texts of the Constitution are arranged analytically and alphabetically. The Articles, Sections, and Clauses are shown both as to the Constitution noted and not noted. The Preface, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation and the author's notes are likewise copiously indexed.

ABANDONED lands. (See Freedmen.)

ABATEMENT.

Want of citizenship must be pleaded in, n. 206, p. 202
ABEYANCE. Offices when held in, n. 184, § 3.
ABSENCE. In the absence of the Vice-President the Senate shall

choose a President pro tem...

Practice as to; list of Presidents pro tem., n. 38. ABSENT members. A smaller number than a majority of either House of Congress may compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties, as each house may provide....

ABSENT suitors. Effect of judgments against, not served, n. 218.
Not republican government to render judgment against,
n. 233.
ABSOLUTE rights of private property is an universal common law
principle, n. 258.

ABSOLUTELY necessary. The strongest qualification of necessary,
n. 162. Necessary not used in the sense of, n. 128, p. 139.
ACCEPT. No person holding any office of profit or trust under the

United States, shall, without the consent of Congress,
accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any
kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign States..
Office defined, n. 151. U. S. Marshal cannot hold two
offices, n. 151, p. 153. To accept a new office vacates the
first, n. 63. A pardon must be accepted before it will take
effect, n. 177.

ACCOUNT. A regular statement and account of the receipts and
expenditures of all public money shall be published from
time to time..........

How these accounts are kept, n. 149.

ACCUSATION. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation. Amendments...

Accused defined and the subject discussed, n. 260. ACQUISITION of territory. A consequence of the war power, notes 118, 274; and of the right to admit new States, n. 229. The history and right to acquire discussed, n. 232. Revolutionary results of, n. 286.

ACQUITTAL. No one shall be tried for the same crime after, n. 255. ACT as President. In case of the removal, death, resignation, or inability of both the President and Vice-President, the

Congress shall, by law, declare what officer shall then act
as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until
the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
A list of the Vice-Presidents who have acted as Presi-
dent, n. 172. The act of Congress regulating who shall
act. n. 172.

ACTION. (See Case, Suits.)
ACTS, records, and judicial proceedings. Full faith and credit shall
be given in each State to the public acts, records, and
judicial proceedings of every other State. And the Con-
gress may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in which
such acts, records, and judicial proceedings shall be proved,
and the effect thereof....

Full faith and credit defined, n. 218. The law of Congress for proving these acts, n. 219. p. 218. Must be under the Great Seal, Id. Copied from the Confederation, p. 10. ACTS of Congress. To regulate time and manner of electing senators, n. 30. To fix a standard of weights and measures, n. 102, p. 117. To regulate the tenure of office, n. 113. Prescribing manner of proving laws, records, &c., n. 219. The several reconstruction acts, n. 276.

Take effect from their approval by the President, n. 66. ADAM, ANDREW, of Pennsylvania. Signed the Articles of Confederation, p. 21.

ADAMS, JOIN. Delegate from Mass. Signed the Dec. of Ind. p. 7,
First Vice-President of U. S., n. 37. Second President, n.
166. Messages of, as President, delivered to Congress in
person, n. 187.

ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. Sixth President of the U. S., n. 166.
ADAMS, SAMUEL. Delegate from Mass. Signed the Dec. of Ind. p.
7; and the Articles of Confederation, p. 21.
ADAMS, THOMAS, of Virginia. Signed the Articles of Confodera-
tion, p. 21.

ADJOURN from day to day. A smaller number than a majority of
each house of Congress may adjourn from day to day....
ADJOURN. Neither house, during the session of Congress, shall,
without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than
three days, nor to any other place than that in which the
two houses may be sitting

ADJOURNMENT of the Congress of the Confederation not longer than
six months, Art. IX. p. 18.
ADJOURNMENT. If any bill shall not be returned by the President
within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have
been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like
manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their
adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall not
be a law...

The President must receive the bill ten entire days
before, or it will not become a law, n. 69.
ADJOURNMENT. Every order, resolution, or vote, to which the

concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives
may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment),
shall be presented to the President of the United States.
(For proceedings, see Resolution.)..

ADJOURNMENT. In case of disagreement between the two houses
of Congress with respect to the time of adjournment, the
President may adjourn them to such time as he shall think
proper...

This power has never been exercised, n. 188.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL. An officer in the army, n. 124.
ADMINISTRATION. Effect of judgment and sales under, n. 161.
ADMINISTRATION of justice. He (George III.) has obstructed the

Dec. of Ind. p. 3.

ADMIRAL. Chief officer in the navy, n. 128.

ADMIRALTY and maritime jurisdiction. The judicial power shall extend to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. Defined; extent of jurisdiction; has been enlarged to navigable waters, n. 203.

ADMITTED. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union............

Effect of admission, n 229. List of new States and dates of admission, n 230.

ADOPTION of this Constitution. All debts contracted or engagements entered into before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution as under the Confederation.

This article explained, n. 237. When the States shall have adopted the 14th constitutional amendment, n. 276, p. 283, § 5.

ADVICE and consent of the Senate. President shall have power, by and with the. to make treaties and appoint ambassadors and all other officers.

When and how given, n. 178. When necessary to an appointment, n. 179. Effect of, in fixing tenure of office, n. 184, p. 179, § 1. To advise upon suspension, if the Senate refuse to concur, Id. § 2. If the Senate fail to advise, the office to remain in abeyance, n. 184, p. 180, § 3. (See Tenure of Office.)

AFFIRMATION. (See Oath or Affirmation, n. 242.)

AGE.

Qualification for a representative in Congress, 25 years.....
See remarks upon, n. 46.

AGE. Qualification for a senator in Congress, 30 years..
AGE. Qualification for President of the United States, 35 years...
35 years an indispensable requisite, n. 171.

AGE. Qualification for Vice-President of the United States, 35
years. Amendments..
AGREEMENT or compact. No State shall, without the consent of
Congress, enter into any agreement or compact with an-
other State or a foreign power.

Relates to what prohibitions; may enter into what, n.

164.

ALABAMA. Qualifications for suffrage in, n. 17, p. 58. Six representatives, by the census of 1860, n. 24. Population of, in every decade, n. 24, pp. 69-71. Did not vote in the Presidential election of 1864, n. 167. Admitted as a State, n. 230. Ratified 13th amendment, n. 274. Rejected 14th amendment, n. 275. One of the non-reconstructed States, n. 276. Its provisional government defined, n. 276, p. 286, § 1. Action of its convention upon reconstruction, n. 277. Number of registered voters under the reconstruction laws, n. 278.

ALIEN. A naturalized is a natural bornsubject, from birth, notes 274 to 276.

ALIEN enemies. During war the inhabitants of each country are, n. 118. The inhabitants of the insurgent and rebel States were not, during the rebellion, n. 213.

ALIENAGE is an indispensable element in the process of naturaliza

tion, n. 274, p. 276.

ALIENS, or persons of foreign birth, not eligible as President or
Vice-President of the United States

Amendments.

Effect of naturalization upon, notes 93, 209. Of what suits courts have jurisdiction. Cannot maintain a real action; defined, n. 209. May take and hold real estate, n. 209, p. 204. May be made citizens by revolution or general law. The Constitution provides for naturalization of, n. 167. See Citizen, notes 19, 30, 35, 63, 69, 170, 206, 220, 221, 274, 275, 277. Negroes born in United States cannot be, n. 274. ALLEGATION. Citizenship of different States must be averred to give jurisdiction, n. 206.

Native born
All persons

ALLEGIANCE. Defined, n. 220, p. 164. An alien is one born out
of, n. 209. Treason is a breach of, n. 215.
owe allegiance to the United States, n. 220.
born in the, of the United States, are native citizens
thereof, n. 274. Paramount to the United States and
qualified to the States, n. 118, p. 129, Pref. p. xiii. Indians

owe no, to the United States, n. 92, p. 112. "That I will
bear true faith and allegiance to the United States," n.
242, p. 251. Native born owe allegiance from their birth, n.
220, p. 225. Claim of allegiance to the Colonies and Great
Britain and how absolved, n. 274. p. 273.

ALLIANCE. No State shall enter into any alliance..

This is a national power, n. 152. The same under the
Confederation, Art. VI. p. 11.

ALMIGHTY GOD. "Looking to the favor and guidance of," n. 5,
p. 53. Remark on this, n. 5.

AMBASSADORS. The President shall nominate, and by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate appoint, ambassa-
dors, &c.
AMBASSADORS. The President shall receive ambassadors and other
public ministers...

The power to receive, and other public ministers, carries along with it the power to receive consuls, n. 188. AMBASSADORS. The judicial power shall extend to all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls Defined, n. 195. By what suits they are affected, n. 202. AMBASSADORS. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction

This clause explained, n. 210. No State under the Con-
federation to receive without the consent of Congress,
Art. VI. p. 11. The Congress might send and receive,
Art. IX. p. 14.

AMENDMENTS, as on other bills. All bills for raising revenue shall
originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate
may propose, or concur with, amendments, as on other
bills..
AMENDMENTS to the Constitution. The Congress, whenever two-
thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall pro-
pose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the applica-
tion of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States,
shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which,
in either case, shall be valid, to all intents and purposes,
as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legis-
latures of three-fourths of the several States, or by con-
ventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other
mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress;
provided that no amendment, which may be made prior to
the year 1808, shall, in any manner, affect the first and
fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and
that no State, without its consent, shall be deprived of its
equal suffrage in the Senate..

In what way they have been proposed; President's ap-
proval not necessary. n. 236. Date and history of the, notes
244, 274, 275. Twelfth amendment, relative to election of
President, pp. 46, 164. Compared with original Constitu-
tion, notes 168, 1686. For amendments, see pp. 43-50,
164, 254-294, notes 245-286.

AMERICA. The Confederacy shall be "The United States of."
Art. I. p. 9.

AMERICA. "We, the People of the United States," &c., “do ordain
and establish this Constitution for the United States of."
Preamble.

United States of, defined, n. 13. Preamble of the
Constitution of the Confederate States of America, n. 5,
p. 51.
ANDERSON, JOSEPH. Presiding officer of the Senate, n. 38, p. 79.
ANNIHILATION. Legislative bodies incapable of, Dec. of Ind. p. 3.
APPEAL. In disputes between States, Art. IX. p. 14.
APPELLATE jurisdiction. The Supreme Court shall have, both as
to law and fact. (See Supreme Court.)..

Defined; can only be exercised under acts of Congress,
n. 211.
APPOINT. Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the legis-

lature thereof may direct, a number of electors. (See
Electors)...

All the States now appoint electors by popular election,
n. 167. President's power to appoint defined, n. 179, pp. 175,
176. To appoint and commission are not the same thing,
n. 179, p. 176. The power to appoint carries the power to
remove, n. 184, p. 178; but this is restricted by the Civil
Rights Bill, n. 184, p. 179, § 1, 2. Duty of the President
to appoint commanders of military districts under the
reconstruction laws, n. 276, p. 282, § 2. The commanding
general of each district shall appoint boards of registration,
n. 276, p. 282, § 4.

APPOINTED. No senator or representative shall, during the time
for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office
under the authority of the United States, which shall have
been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been
increased during such time....

To accept such office vacates his seat, n. 62, 63. (See
Office.)
APPOINTED. No senator or representative, or person holding an
office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be
appointed an elector.

APPOINTMENT of officers of the militia reserved to the States re-
spectively..

This power discussed, n. 135. This power ceases when
the citizens are conscripted, n. 118, p. 132.

APPOINTMENT of electors of President and Vice-President of the
United States. (See Appoint.) Amendments.
APPOINTMENTS. The executives of States may make temporary
appointments of Senators in the recess of the legislatures
thereof to fill vacancies

He cannot make an appointment to fill a prospective
vacancy, n. 33.
APPOINTMENTS. The President shall nominate, and by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint, ambas-
sadors, other public ministers, and consuls, judges of the
Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States
whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for,
and which shall be established by law. But the Congress
may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers,
as they think proper, in the President alone, in the courts
of law, or in the heads of departments..

This duty is imperative, n. 179, p. 175. Without a com-
mission there is no appointment Nomination and appoint-
ment are voluntary acts, n. 179, p. 176. President may
make temporary, during suspension, n. 184, p. 179. § 2.
APPOINTMENTS. The President shall have power to fill up all
vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate,
by granting commissions (or appointments), which shall
expire at the end of their next session.

The subject discussed and explained; "vacancy" de-
fined, n. 185. Such appointments continue during the
session, n. 186.

APPORTIONED. Representatives and direct taxes to be apportioned
among the several States according to their respective
numbers, &c. Amendments...

Defined, n. 23. (See Representatives.)

APPORTIONMENT. Ratio for, through each decade, notes 21, 280.
Direct taxes to be laid by the rule of, notes 22, 144. The,
of Representatives under census of 1860, n. 24.

APPRAISEMENT and stay laws unconstitutional, n. 160.
APPRENTICES are "persons held to service," n. 226.

APPROPRIATION of money to the use of armies shall not be for a
longer period than two years. May be for a shorter period,
n. 126..

APPROPRIATIONS. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury
but in consequence of appropriations made by law, and a
regular statement and account of the receipts and expendi-

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