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.
initiative and
527;
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
25, 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.
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.

Committees, correspondence, pp. 22 ff.
Committees in Congress, pp. 274, 276 ff.,
201 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 Council, colonial, pp. 7 f.; governor's,
in, p. 269; rules, pp. 272 ff.; Speaker
of House, pp. 272 ff.; committees of,
pp. 276 ff.; relation to President, pp.
205 ff.

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, 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.

Connecticut, colonial government in,
pp. 3-20 passim; part in the Revolu-
tion, pp. 22-33 passim; suffrage and

Conventions, state constitutional, pp.
458 f.

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.

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Criminal law, pp. 568 ff.; procedure, | Executive, see President and Governor.
pp. 150, 571 ff.
Executive agreements, p. 197.
Ex post facto, p. 434.
Extradition, p. 159.

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

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. 274; 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, state, p. 450.
Federal law, supremacy of, p. 156.
Delaware, colonial government in, pp. Fellow-servant doctrine, pp. 560, 738.
3-20 passim; formation of state gov- Felonies, p. 569.
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.

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.708; appropriations, p. 710;
supervision of expenditures, p. 712;
accounting, p. 713; kinds of taxes,

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 1; 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.

Health, municipal department, p. 614; Inferior officers, pp. 189, 190.
Inheritance, law of, p. 562.

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.

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, bureau of (federal), p. 393; rep-
resentation in state legislatures, p.
525; legislation (state), pp. 440, 732
ff. See Socialism.
Labor Reformers, p. 120.
Labor unions, combinations in restraint Liquor tax, p. 717.

of trade, p. 384.

Lobbying, pp. 543 ff.

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;

15;

Local government, colonial, p.
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.