tures of all public money shall be published from time "Money" defined, and Confederate Constitution com- APPROVAL of President makes a bill law, n. 66. Every bill takes effect prospectively from the time it is APPROVED. Any bill returned by the President with objection, may become a law if approved by two-thirds of both houses of Congress... The veto power and its history, n. 67. Two-thirds of a quorum is sufficient, n. 68. APPROVED. 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 to be approved or disapproved by him.... A joint resolution becomes a law, n. 70. ARE. Is 100 square meters, n. 102, p. 119, § 2. ARKANSAS. Qualification of suffrage in, n. 17, p. 60. Three representatives, by census of 1860, n. 24, p. 68. Population of, in each decade, n. 24, pp. 69, 70. Did not vote in the presidential election of 1864, n. 167. Assigned to the eighth judicial circuit, n. 197. Admitted into the Union, n. 230. Its history during the rebellion, n. 235. Ratified the 13th amendinent, n. 274; and rejected the 14th, n. 275. One of the non-reconstructed States, n. 276, § 1. Its provisional government defined, n. 276, p. 286. Number of registered voters, n. 273. ARMED troops. For quartering large bodies of, Dec. of Ind. p. 4. ARMIES. Congress shall have power to raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years... This power did not exist under the Confederation, n. 122. The rights of enlistment and conscription; extent of this power, n. 125. Limitation on appropriations for, n. 126. ARMING. Congress shall have power to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia. The extent of this power defined, n. 134, 135. ARMS. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Amendments... This is a national right; does not give the right to carry ARMY. Congress shall have power to make rules for the govern- ARMY. The President shall be commander-in-chief of the army. ARMY. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. Amendments... This relates to armies, n. 250. ARMY OF Navy. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service, in time of war or public danger. Amendments... The extent of this exception defined and discussed, notes 118, 274. ARREST. Senators and representatives shall, in all cases except same.... The privilege extends to all civil process, n. 57. The Extent of jurisdiction over, defined and discussed. The ARTICLES of Confederation and perpetual Union, pp. 8, 21. The preamble to, pp. 8, 9. By what States, p. 9. Style Each State retains its sovereignty, &c., Art. II. p. 9. A For common defense, the security of their liberties, and ARTS, Congress shall have power to promote the progress of To promote, progress, arts, science, and authors, defined, ASSEMBLE. Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, 1 0 1 26, 88 1 8 17 30, 136 1 8 8 29,121 on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by law The sessions now defined by law, n. 43. ATCHISON, DAVID R. Presiding officer of Senate, n. 38, pp. 80, 81. passed..... Bill of, defined and discussed, n. 142, pp. 146, 147. ATTAINDER. No State shall pass any bill of attainder, &c. These terms relate to criminal laws only, n. 156. ATTAINDER of treason. The Congress shall have power to declare ATTENDANCE. Less than a quorum of either house may compel Either house may compel attendance of witnesses, n. 49. ATTENDANCE. Members of Congress privileged from arrest during their attendance at sessions, &c. (See Arrest.) AUTHENTICATION of records, acts, and judicial proceedings of States... The act of Congress prescribing the mode of, n. 219, p. 221. Of legislative acts, n. 219, p. 218. The whole subject fully discussed, Id. AUTHORITY. Paramount, of the United States over the provisional governments of the rebel States, n. 276, p. 283, § 6. AUTHORS may secure exclusive rights to their writings for a limited time.... Defined, n. 107. No exclusive property in a published work except under an act of Congress, Id. BAIL. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Amendments See notes 12, 245, 275. The question of ability to be considered; the fifty-dollar fine under the internal revenue law is not excessive; six months imprisonment is not cruel, n. 267. The President cannot appoint commissioners of, n. 183, p. 178. BALDWIN, ABRAHAM. Deputy from Georgia. Signed this Constitution, pp. 43, 252. Presiding oflicer of the Senate, n. 38, p. 79. BALDWIN, HENRY. One of the supreme judges, n. 197, p. 193. BALLOT. The electors shall vote by ballot for President and VicePresident of the United States. They shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and, in distinct ballots, the person voted for as Vice-President. Amend ments BALLOT. If no person have a majority of the electoral votes, the BANISTER, JOHN, of Virginia. Signed Articles of Confederation, p. 21. Defined, n. 94, 95, pp. 113, 114. The States may pass, BANK bills are not bills of credit, n. 154. The repeal of a bank charter does not necessarily impair the contract, n. 157, p. 156. BANKS. The State may repeal their charters, when, n. 157, p. 155. BANKS, national. The States may tax the interest of the shareholders, n. 74. As to the power of Congress to create, n. 80. BANKS, NATHANIEL P. Speaker of the House, n. 26, p. 73. BARTLETT, JOSIAH, of N. H. Signed the Dec. of Ind. p. 7; and BASSETT, RICHARD. Deputy from Delaware. Signed this Constitu- BEDFORD, Jr., GUNNING. Deputy from Delaware. Signed this Con stitution, pp. 42, 252. BELL, JOHN. Speaker of the House, n. 26, p. 73. BENJAMIN, JUDAH P. Expelled from the Senate, n. 50. BILL of attainder. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed (See Attainder, n. 142.) Inflicts legislative punishment without a legal trial, n. 142, pp. 146, 147. The Missouri constitutional test oath is a bill of attainder, Id. BILL. Civil Rights, n. 6. Constitutional; discussed and explained, n. 274. Tenure of office, n. 184, p. 179. BILL. Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate shall, before it become a law, be presented to the President of the United States; if he approve, he shall sign it, but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to that house in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that house, it shall become a law. But in all such cases, the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each house, respectively..... When bills take effect, n. 66. Veto or negative defined, n. 67. History of the subject, Id. BILL. 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 adjourn ment, prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law There must be ten entire days, n. 69. BILL. 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; and, before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or, being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by twothirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a bill Joint and concurrent resolution defined, n. 70. 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 Copied, n. 64. Revenue defined, n. 65. BILLS of credit. No State shall emit bills of credit Defined and discussed, n. 154. Proposed in the clause to BLESSINGS of liberty, to ourselves and posterity. Preamble............. BLOOD. No attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood or BLOUNT, WILLIAM. Deputy from North Carolina. Signed this Con- Dis- BOND given to "fill up a vacancy does not cover matters after BORROW money. Congress shall have power to borrow money on How it originally read, n. 83. Authorizes bills of credit, BOUND. Persons bound to service for a term of years, included in See full notes upon, notes 226-228. BOYD, LYNN. Speaker of the House, n. 26, p. 73. BRADFORD, WILLIAM. Presiding officer of the Senate, p. 78. BRAXTON, CARTER, of Virginia. Signed the Dec. of Ind. p. 8. representative may be arrested. For any indictable offense, n. 56. Brearley, DavID. Deputy from New Jersey. Signed this Consti- BRECKINRIDGE, JOHN C. Vice-President, n. 37, p. 78. BRIBERY. All civil officers shall be removed from office on im- BRIDGES. A charter for is a contract, n. 154, p. 156. A railroad The power of Congress to build, is not found in the Bright, Jesse D. Presiding officer of the Senate, n. 38, p. 81. Ex- BROOM, JACOB. Deputy from Delaware. Signed this Constitution, BROWN, ALBERT G. Expelled from the Senate, n. 50. BROWN, JOHN. Presiding officer of the Senate, n. 33, p. 79. BUILDINGS. Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive This includes the power of taxation, n. 36. And exclusive BURR, AARON. Vice-President, n. 37. BUSINESS. A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business... BUTLER, PIERCE. Deputy from South Carolina. Signed this Con- CALHOUN, JOHN C. Vice-President, n. 37. |