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Coal supply, pp. 409 f.
Codification of the law, pp. 555 ff.

Coins, p. 376.
Colorado, suffrage, pp. 453 f.; amend-
ment process, p. 458; salary and term
of governor, p. 491; pay and term of
legislators, p. 527; initiative and
referendum for cities, p. 597; commis-
sion government in, p. 599; ballot law,
p. 681; state support of campaigns,
p. 703.

Commander-in-chief, power of President
as, pp. 194 ff.

Commerce, under Articles of Confedera-
tion, pp. 37 ff.; interstate and foreign,
pp. 55, 258, 379; state interference,
p. 432; state regulation, pp. 724 ff.
Commerce and labor, department of,
pp. 222, 392.

Commission government, municipal, pp.
484, 598 ff.

Commissions, state, pp. 501 ff.; criticism
of, p. 502; proposals for reform, p.
504; public service, pp. 508, 730 f.
Committee (party), national, pp. 166,
172; state, pp. 657, 690 ff.; county,
p. 691.

qualifications for office in, pp. 80 ff.;
salary and term of governor, p. 491;
representation in, p. 521; pay and
term of legislators, p. 527; ballot law,
p. 681.

Conservation commission, p. 406.
Conservation of natural resources, pp.
405 ff.

Constitution, federal, demand for, pp.
42 ff.; call of convention to frame, p.
44; the framing of, pp. 44 ff., 49 ff.;
compromises of, p. 52; contrasted
with Articles of Confederation, pp.
53 ff.; ratification, pp. 56 ff.; develop-
ment of, pp. 60 ff.; amendments to, pp.
63 ff.; principles of, pp. 145 ff. See
Amendments.

Constitutions, state, formation of, pp.
28 ff.; size of, p. 79; tendencies in
development of, pp. 78 ff.; principles
of, pp. 445 ff.

Consuls, appointment of, p. 196; func-
tions of, pp. 322 ff.

Contract, obligation of, pp. 40, 76, 434
ff.

Contract labor, exclusion of, p. 387.
Contracts, law of, p. 560.

Committee of the whole (Congress), p. Contributory negligence, pp. 560, 738.

274 and note.

Committees, correspondence, pp. 22 ff.
Committees in Congress, pp. 274, 276 ff.,
291 ff.; in state legislatures, pp. 534 ff.
Common law, p. 553.
Comptroller, state, p. 500.
Concurrent resolutions, pp. 201 note 2,
290 note.

Confederation, Articles of, pp. 26 ff.
Confederation, New England, p. 20.
Conference committee, p. 291.
Congress, first Continental, pp. 23 ff.;
second Continental, pp. 25 ff.
Congress, United States, salary of
members, p. 244; freedom of arrest,
p. 245; freedom of speech, p. 245;
internal organization, p. 246; quorum,
p. 246; sessions, p. 248; powers,
pp. 253 ff.; debate in, p. 254; party
organization in, pp. 267 ff.; business
in, p. 269; rules, pp. 272 ff.; Speaker
of House, pp. 272 ff.; committees of,
pp. 276 ff.; relation to President, pp.
205 ff.
Connecticut, colonial government in,
pp. 3-20 passim; part in the Revolu-
tion, pp. 22-33 passim; suffrage and

Convention of 1787, pp. 43 ff.

Conventions (party), early, p. 127; rise
of national, p. 130 ff.; working of
national, pp. 166 ff.; state, pp. 128,
489, 659, 699.

Conventions, state constitutional, pp.
458 f.

Copyrights, pp. 259 f.
Coroner, p. 646.

Corporations, federal regulation, pp.
380 ff.; state regulation, pp. 440, 451,
724 ff.; law of, p. 563; contributions
to parties, p. 702; taxation of, p. 716.
Corrupt practices acts, p. 701.
Council, city, pp. 584 ff.; form of, p.
585; size of, p. 585; elections for,
p. 586; decline in, p. 587; powers of,
pp. 588 ff.; and administration, p.
590; relation to mayor, p. 591.
Council, colonial, pp. 7 f.; governor's,
p. 88.

County, government, pp. 639 ff.; court,
pp. 13, 548, 642; elections in, p. 484;
party organization, p. 661.
Courts. See Judiciary.
Crimes, power of federal government
over, p. 262.

Criminal law, pp. 568 ff.; procedure, Executive, see President and Governor.

pp. 150, 571 ff.

Cuba, relation to United States, p. 427.
Cumulative voting in Illinois, p. 523.
Customs court, p. 300 note 1.

Debate, limits on in House of Representa-
tives, p. 274; in the Senate, p. 275;
in state legislature, p. 538.

Debt, national, p. 373 note; state, p. 707.
Debt limit, state, p. 450.

Delaware, colonial government in, pp.
3-20 passim; formation of state gov-
ernment, p. 31; suffrage and qualifi-
cations for office, pp. 80 ff.; salary and
term of governor, p. 491; pay and
term of legislators, p. 527; ballot law,
p. 681.

Democracy, in colonial times, pp. 16 ff.;
in the national convention of 1787,
pp. 46 ff.; rise of political, pp. 79 ff.;
rise of western, pp. 108 ff.
Democratic party, pp. 106, 123, 134, 391.
Departments, heads of federal, pp. 210 ff.;
and Congress, pp. 210, 212, 213 note,
217, 215 ff.; state, 499 ff.

Des Moines, commission government,
pp. 600 ff.

Dilatory motions, p. 272.
Dingley bill, p. 391.

Direct nomination, for Representatives,
p. 238; for Senators, pp. 242 ff., 478,
489, 693 ff.

Disputed election, the, p. 182 note.
District of Columbia, courts of, p. 300

note ; government of, p. 426.
District court. See Judiciary, federal.
Divorce, p. 562.

Domain, public, pp. 401 ff.

Domestic relations, p. 561.

Due process of law, pp. 147, 437 ff.

Education, in cities, p. 624; state and
local, p. 746 ff.

Educational tests for voting, p. 455.
Eight-hour day, p. 733.

Elections, theory of popular, p. 470; num-
ber of, pp. 471 ff.; separation of state
and local, p. 484; regulation of, pp.
672 ff.; primary, p. 685 ff.; money in,
p. 701.

Electors, presidential, pp. 179 ff.

Employer's liability, pp. 736 ff.
Enrollment, party, p. 687.

Equity, origin and character of, pp. 553 f.

Executive agreements, p. 197.
Ex post facto, p. 434.
Extradition, p. 159.

Factory legislation, p. 735.
False imprisonment, p. 559.
Farmers' alliance, p. 122.
Farms, abandoned, p. 407.
Federalist, the, pp. 51, 104 ff.
Federal law, supremacy of, p. 156.
Fellow-servant doctrine, pp. 560, 738.
Felonies, p. 569.

Finance, federal, pp. 257, 210, 355;
taxing power, pp. 358 ff.; direct tax,
p. 359; indirect tax, p. 360; revenues,
pp. 360, 369; revenue bills, pp. 361 ff.;
appropriations, pp. 365 ff.; collection
of revenues, pp. 373 ff.; money, pp.
374 ff.

Finance, municipal, pp. 589, 591, 592,
595, 603 ff.

Finance, state, limitations on legislatures,
pp. 706 ff.; state debts, p. 707; uni-
formity in taxation, p. 707; legislative
methods, p.703; appropriations, p. 710;
supervision of expenditures, p. 712:
accounting, p. 713; kinds of taxes,

p. 714.

Fire department, p. 615.
Florida, popular election of Senators.
p. 252; judges, p. 452; salary and
term of governor, p. 491; legislative
apportionment, p. 520; pay and term
of legislators, p. 527; ballot law,
p. 680; primary law, p. 694.
Foreign affairs, pp. 315 ff.
Forestry service, p. 412.
Forests, pp. 411 ff.

Fourteenth amendment, pp. 436 ff.
Franchises, corporate, p. 135; referen-
dum on, p. 465; municipal, pp. 590,
619, 634.

Fraud orders, pp. 218, 399.
Free delivery service, p. 397.
Full faith and credit clause, p. 158.

Galveston, commission government in,
p. 598.

General property tax, p. 714.
General staff, p. 348.

Georgia, colonial government in, pp. 3-20
passim; formation of state govern-
ment, p. 31; suffrage and qualification
for office, pp. 80 ff.; constitutions of,

p. 98; popular election of senators, p.
242; salary and term of governor,
p. 491; pay and term of legislators,
p. 527; ballot in, p. 679; primary law,
p. 694.

Gerrymander, origin of term, p. 235 note;
in congressional districts, p.. 235;
state, pp. 520, 523.
Gold basis, p. 376.

Governor, colonial, pp. 3 ff.; early, pp.
87 ff.; state, nomination and election,
p. 489; qualifications, terms, salary,
pp. 490 ff.; and militia, p. 492; power
of, over state administration, pp.
492 ff; appointing power, p. 494; and
the budget, p. 495; and martial law,
p. 495; and special sessions, p. 496;
growth of power, p. 497; veto power,
p. 498; pardoning power, p. 498;
proposals to increase power, pp.
504 ff.; removal power, p. 510.
Governors' conference, p. 406.
Greenback party, p. 122.
Greenbacks, p. 376.

Guan, p. 425.

Habeas corpus, suspension by President,
p. 194; writ of, p. 302; in war time,
p. 353; in states, p. 495.

Hague conferences, pp. 340 f..

Hawaii, pp. 420 ff.

system, pp. 458 f.; public opinion law,
p. 464; salary and term of governor,
p. 491; civil service law, p. 512;
cumulative voting in, p. 522; pay and
terms of legislators, p. 527; legislative
operations in, p. 539; legislative
reference, p. 545; restrictions in favor
of cities, p. 584; ballot in, pp. 681, 682;
primary law, pp. 690, 694 note;
railroad rates, p. 727.
Immigration, pp. 387 ff.
Impeachment, federal process, p. 264;
state process, p. 509.
Imports, tax on, p. 430.
Inauguration, presidential, p. 185.
Income tax, amendment, p. 71; federal,
pp. 122, 360 and note 1; state, p. 716.
Incorporation, federal, p. 386.
Indeterminate sentence, p. 575.
Indiana, residence requirement for voting,
p. 454; amendment process, p. 459;
local referendum, p. 465; eligibility of
governor, p. 490; salary and term of
governor, p. 491; civil service, p. 512;
pay and terms of legislators, p. 527;
ballot law, pp. 678 ff.; primary law,
p. 694 uniform accounting, p. 713;
railroad rate law, p. 727; travelling
libraries, p. 749; local option, p. 752.
Indians, p. 393 note.

Individualism, p. 722.

Health, municipal department, p. 614; Inferior officers, pp. 189, 190.

public, p. 742.

Home rule (municipal), pp. 579 ff.
Homes in cities, pp. 631, 633.
Homestead act, p. 402.

House of Representatives, organization of,
pp. 231 ff.; party organization in,
pp. 262 ff.; log-rolling in, p. 269;
rules of, p. 272; debate in, p. 274;
committees of, pp. 276 ff.; Speaker
of, p. 280; committee on rules, p. 283;
order of business, pp. 284 ff.; minority
in, p. 289.

Idaho, popular election of Senators, p.
242; suffrage, p. 453; initiative and
referendum, p. 463; salary and term of
governor, p. 491; pay and term of
legislators, p. 527; initiative and refer-
endum for city government, p. 597;
commission government, p. 599;
ballot law, p. 682; primary law, p.
694; preferential voting, p. 696.
Illinois, suffrage, pp. 85, 453; amending

Inheritance, law of, p. 562.

Inheritance tax, federal, pp. 352, 360;
state, p. 715.

Initiative and referendum, state, pp.
460 ff.; municipal, p. 597.
Injunctions, pp. 124, 304 ff., 449.
Instrumentalities, federal, tax on, p. 431.
Insular cases, p. 419.

Insurance, regulation of, p. 732.
Interior, department of, p. 222.
International law, pp. 337 ff.
Interstate Commerce. See Commerce,
federal.

Interstate Commerce Commission, pp.
222, 292, 380 ff.

Iowa, negro suffrage, p. 86; popular
election of Senators, p. 242; prohibi-
tion law, p. 433; amendment process,
pp. 458 f.; salary and term of governor,
p. 491; pay and term of legislators,
p. 527; legislative reference, p. 545
note; initiative and referendum for
cities, p. 597; commission government

in, pp. 599 ff.; ballot in, p. 681;
primary law, pp. 686, 691, 695.
Irrigation, p. 408.

Japan, p. 331.

Japanese laborers, exclusion of, p. 387.
Judiciary, federal, origin of, pp. 54 ff.;
expansion of the Constitution by, pp.
75 ff.; supremacy of, p. 164; organi-
zation and functions of, pp. 294 ff.;
power over statutes, p. 307; power of
Congress over, p. 263; control over
state governments, p. 429.
Judiciary, state, pp. 547 ff.; election of,
pp. 550 ff.

Jury, pp. 89, 448, 549, 564, 572.
Justice, department of, pp. 221, 300.
Justices of the peace, pp. 121, 548.

Kansas, direct nomination of Senators,
p. 242; suffrage, p. 453; amending
process, p. 459; salary and term of
governor, p. 491; pay and term of
legislators, p. 527; initiative and refer-
endum for cities, p. 597; commission
government in, p. 599; ballot law,
p. 681; primary law, p. 694; prohibi-
tion in, p. 752.

Kentucky, popular election of Senators,
p. 242; bill of rights, p. 449; suffrage,
p. 453; amendment process, pp. 458 f.;
salary and term of governor, p. 491;
pay and terms of legislators, p. 527;
ballot law, p. 681; primary law, p. 694.

Labor, bureau of (federal), p. 393; rep-
resentation in state legislatures, p.
525; legislation (state), pp. 440, 732
ff. See Socialism.

Labor Reformers, p. 120.

torts, p. 559; contracts, p. 560; do-
mestic relations, p. 561; inheritance,
p. 562; corporations, p. 563; procedure
(civil), p. 653; criminal, pp. 568 ff.;
felonies, p. 569; misdemeanors p. 570;
procedure (criminal), p. 571.
Legislation (state), criticism of, pp. 540 ff.;
amount of, p. 541; causes for bad
quality, p. 541; technical defects, p.
542; drafting, p. 543; lobbying, p.
543; special, p. 530.
Legislature, colonial, pp. 7 ff.; decline of,
p. 86; appointing power, pp. 92, 494;
state, criticism of, pp. 516 ff.; decline
in power, p. 517; official name, p. 518;
size of, p. 519; the two houses, p. 519;
apportionment of representation; p 520;
gerrymandering, p. 521; cumulative
voting for members, p. 522; terms of
members, pp. 524, 527; quality of
membership, p. 525; salary of mem-
bers, p. 527; sessions of, p. 528;
powers of, pp. 529 ff.; relation to
governor, pp. 496 ff.; special legisla-
tion, pp. 530 ff.; procedure in, pp.
532 ff.; Speaker in, p. 533; commit-
tees in, p. 534; introduction of bill,
p. 537; limitation of debate in, p. 538;
actual operations of, pp. 538 ff.; faults
of, pp. 540 ff.; output, p. 541; bill
drafting, pp. 542 ff.; lobby in, p. 543;
legislative reference, p. 544; special
committees, p. 545; and the public,
p. 546; removal power, p. 510.
Libel, law of, pp. 448, 570.
Liberal construction, p. 255.
Liberty, legal definition of, p. 438.
Libraries, city, p. 627; travelling, p. 751.
Library hall association, p. 705.
Lieutenant-governor, p. 499.

Labor unions, combinations in restraint Liquor tax, p. 717.

of trade, p. 384.

Laissez faire, policy of, pp. 722 ff.

Lands, public, pp. 120, 401 ff.; disposi-

tion of, p. 403; office, p. 404; state
policy, p. 723.

Land values, pp. 631 f.

Larceny, p. 569.

Law, due process of, pp. 437 ff.
Law, international, pp. 337 ff.
Law, martial, p. 345.

Law (private), pp. 553 ff.; common, pp.
553 ff.; codification of, pp. 555 ff.;
civil, pp. 557 ff.; of real property, p.
557; of personal property, p. 558;

Lobbying, pp. 543 ff.

Local government, colonial, p. 15;
modern, pp. 481, 638 ff.
Local option, p. 752.
Log-rolling, pp. 269 ff.

Louisiana, constitutions of, p. 98; pop-
ular election of Senators, p. 242; bill
of rights, p. 449; residence require-
ment for voters, p. 454; educational
test, p. 455 note; suffrage, p. 456;
amendment process, p. 458; salary
and term of governor, p. 491; pay
and term of legislators, p. 527; parish
in, 639 note.

McKinley bill, p. 391.

Mail matter, definition of, p. 395.
Maine, judges, p. 452; suffrage, p. 455;
initiative and referendum, p. 463;
salary and term of governor, p. 491;
pay and term of legislators, p. 527;
ballot law, p. 681; prohibition in,
p. 752.

Majority, rule, p. 46; right of, limited,

P. 449.

Mandamus, p. 303.
Manslaughter, p. 569.

Manufactures, bureau of, p. 393.
Marbury v. Madison, pp. 76, 308.
Marque and reprisal, p. 257.
Maryland, colonial government in, pp.
3-20 passim; formation of state consti-
tution, p. 32; suffrage and qualifica-
tions for office, pp 80 ff.; constitutions
of, p. 98; popular election of Senators,
p. 242; term and salary of governor,
p. 491; pay and term of legislators, p.
527; ballot in, p. 680; primary law,
p. 694.

Marriage, law of, p. 561.
Marshals, federal, p. 300.
Martial law, pp. 345, 495.
Massachusetts, colonial government in,
pp. 3-20 passim; part in the Revolu-
tion, pp. 22-23 passim; formation of
state constitution, p. 29; Shay's
rebellion, p. 40; suffrage and qualifi-
cations for office, pp. 80 ff.; governor
of, p. 87; elective offices in, p. 90;
constitution of, p. 97 note 1; elective
offices in, p. 90; judiciary, p. 452 note;
educational test, p. 455 note; amend-
ing process, pp. 458 f; public opinion
bill, p. 466; salary and term of
governor, p. 491; civil service law,
p. 512; legislative apportionment, p.
520; pay and term of legislators; p. 527;
sessions of legislature, p. 528; com-
mittee system in legislature, p. 535;
judges, p. 452; suffrage, p. 597;
commission government in, p. 599 note;
ballot, pp. 677 ff.; state committee,
p. 691; primary law, debt, p. 707;
income tax, p. 716; labor legislation,
pp. 733 f.; arbitration board, p. 740;
public health commission, p. 742.
Mayor, pp. 591 ff.; relation to council,
p. 591; veto, p. 591; powers of,
pp. 483, 592; growth of power, p.
593.

Message, governor's, p. 496; President's,
pp. 197, 199.

Michigan, suffrage in, pp. 85, 453, 454;
popular election of Senators, p. 242;
amending process, p. 458 f.; salary and
term of governor, p. 491; gerry-
mander in, p. 523; pay and terms of
legislators, p. 527; cities law, p. 583;
local government, p. 641; ballot law,
p. 681; primary law, p. 694; railroad
rate law, p. 727.

Military officers, appointment of, p. 194.
Militia, pp. 195, 343, 495.

Mineral lands, p. 404; resources, p. 409.
Ministers, pp. 317 ff.

Minnesota, admission of, p. 445; suffrage
in, p. 453; amending process, pp. 459 f.;
term and salary of governor, p. 491;
pay and terms of legislators, p. 527;
initiative and referendum for cities,
p. 597; ballot in, p. 680; primary law,
p. 694; constitutional provision for
cities, p. 583; railway rates, p. 727;
eight-hour day, p. 733.

Mints, federal, p. 376.
Mississippi, popular election of Senators,
p. 242; suffrage, pp. 454 ff.; amend-
ment process, p. 458; salary and term
of governor, p. 491; pay and term
of legislators, pp. 527 f.; ballot law,
p. 680; primary law, p. 694.
Missouri, popular election of Senators,
p. 242; amendment process, p. 458;
initiative and referendum, p. 463;
salary and term of governor, p. 491;
pay and term of legislators, p. 527;
legislative control of cities, p. 599;
ballot law, p. 679; primary law, p. 694.
Money. See Finance, federal.
Monopolies, forbidden, pp. 448, 723.
Monroe doctrine, pp. 333 ff.
Montana, suffrage, p. 453; initiative
and referendum, p. 463; salary and
term of governor, p. 491; state ad-
ministration, p. 507; pay and term of
legislators, p. 527; initiative and refer-
endum for cities, p. 597; ballot law,
p. 681.

Morning hour, p. 286.
Municipal. See City.
Municipal ownership, pp. 634 ff.

National resources, pp. 401 ff.
Nationalism, p. 26.
Naturalization, p. 161.

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