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NOTE. For additional references to states and cities, consult the several func-
tions of government, for example, finance, judiciary, etc.

Acceptance speech, p. 172.
Accessory to crime, p. 570.
Administration, national, pp. 215 ff.;
state, pp. 492 ff.; municipal, pp. 593
ff.; centralization of, p. 654.
Advisory initiative, p. 464.
Agriculture, department of, pp. 222, 408.
Alabama, constitutions of, p. 97; popu-
lar election of Senators, p. 242; suf-
frage, pp. 454 f.; amendment process,
p. 458 f.; salary and term of governor,
p. 491; pay and term of legislators,
p. 527; ballot, p. 681; primary law,
p. 694.

Alaska, p. 425.

Alien act, p. 107.

Aliens, admitted to suffrage, p. 454.
Ambassadors, appointment of, pp. 196,
317 ff.; functions of, p. 319; immuni-
ties of, p. 319.

Amendment clause, of federal Constitu-
tion, pp. 56, 60 ff.
Amendment, Thirteenth, pp. 68 ff.;
Fourteenth, pp. 69 ff., 436 ff.; pro-
posed Sixteenth, p. 71.
Amendment process in state constitu-
tions, evolution of, pp. 96 ff.; charac-
ter of, pp. 458 ff.

Amendments, to federal Constitution,
adoption of, pp. 63 ff., 201 note.
American republics, bureau of, p. 222.
Annapolis, convention of (1786), p. 43.
Anti-federalists, pp. 106 ff.
Anti-lobby legislation, pp. 543 f.
Anti-masons, p. 131.
Anti-trust Act (1890), p. 383.
Appeals, in colonial courts, p. 13; in
civil cases, p. 566; in criminal cases,
p. 576.

Appointment, to office, pp. 89 ff.; federal,
p. 216; state, pp. 494, 508, 511; city,
p. 592.

Appropriations, federal, pp. 365 ff.;
state, pp. 508 ff.

Arbitration, international, pp. 339 ff.;
labor and capital, p. 741.
Arizona, p. 420.

Arkansas, popular election of Senators,
p. 242; suffrage, p. 455; amendment
process, p. 458; salary and term of
governor, P. 491; pay and term of
legislators, p. 527; ballot law, p. 680;
primary law, p. 694.

Army, United States, pp. 342 ff.
Arrest, warrant for, p. 571.
Articles of Confederation, failure of,
pp. 28, 36 ff.

Assessments, state and local, p. 714.
Assessor, county, p. 647.
Attainder, bill of, p. 434.
Attorney-general, federal, pp. 189, 198,
204, 210, 219, 221, 300; state, pp. 483,
501.

Attorney, prosecuting, pp. 549, 572, 643.
Auditor, state, pp. 483, 500; county,
p. 647.

Australian ballot, pp. 675 ff.

Ballot, popular control through, pp.
469 ff.; Australian, p. 675; Massachu-
setts, p. 677; party column, p. 678.
Banks, national, p. 377.

Banking associations, p. 376.
Banking (state), supervision of, p. 731.
Bankruptcy, p. 259.

Baths, municipal, p. 630.

Bicameral legislature, pp. 53 ff., 505, 519.
Bill of attainder, p. 434-
Bill of credit, pp. 40, 375.

Bill of rights, federal, p. 147 ff.; state,
P. 447.

Bills, introduction of, into Congress,
p. 271; drafting of, p. 497; in state
legislature, pp. 537, 542, 545.

Apportionment, for state legislatures, Board of estimate and apportionment
in Ne. York City, p. 595.

p. 520.

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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,
р. 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.

PD 150 571.

Cuba relation to United States, p. 427.
Cumulative voting in Illinois, p. 523.
Customs court, p. ,00 note 1.

Executive agreements, p. 197.
Ex post facto, p. 134-
Extradition, p. 159.

Factory legislation. p. 735.
False imprisonment, p. 559.
Farmers alliance, p. 122.
Farms, abandoned, p. 407.

Debate limits on in House of Representa-
tives p 271: in the senate, p. 275:
in state legislature, p. 538.
Debt national. p. 373 note; state, p. 707. Federalist, the, pp. 51, 104 ff.
Debt limit

tate p 450.
Delaware, colonial government in pp
3-20 passim; formation of state gov-
ernment p. 31, suffrage and qualifi-
cations for office pp 30 ff., salary and
term of governor, p. 101: pay and
term of legislators, p. 527, ballot law
p. 581

Democracy, in colonial times pp. 16 ff.
in the national convention of 1787
pp 46 ff: rise of political, pp 79 f.;
rise of western, pp. 108 tf.

Democratic party, pp. 106, 123, 134, 301.
Departments heads of federal, pp. 210 tỉ

and Congress, pp 210, 212, 213 note,
217. 215 ff, state, 100 ff.

Des Moines, commission government,
PP 500 if

Dilatory motions p 272.
Dingley bill p. 301

Direct nomination for Representatives
p238 for Senators, pp. 242 ff, 478.
480-60; f

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 cha

Dom un pubs, pp. 401 ff
Domestic relations, p shr

Due process of law, pp 117, 437 ff.

Education in cities, p 624; state and
Top 746 ff

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

Federal law, supremacy of. p. 156.
Fellow-servant doctrine, pp. 560, 738.
Felonies, p. 560.

Finance, tederal, pp. 257. 210, 355:
taxing power, pp. 358 ff., direct tax,
p. 350; indirect tax, p. 360: revenues,
pp. 360.300: revenue bills, pp. 301 f.;
appropriations. pp. 365 ff.; collection
of revenues, pp. 373 ff, money, pp.
374 ff

Finance, municipal, pp. 589, 591, 502.
595. 603 f

Finance state, limitations on legislatures,

pp. 706 ff, state debts, p. 707: ni-
formity in taxation, p. 707; legislative
methods. p 708 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. 5:0; pay and term
of legislators, p 537: ballot law,
p 680, primary law p 604.
Foreign affairs pp 315 ff.
Forestry service, p. 412.
Forests pp. 411 ff.

Fourteenth amendment, pp 436 f
Franchises corporate, p 135; referen-
dum on. p 465, municipal, pp. 590,
610. 634

Fraud orders, pp. 218, 309.

Free delivery service, p. 307
Fall faith and credit clause, p 158.

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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

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