CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE ATTEMPTS TO SECURE AMENDMENTS.

1. Origin of the amending power in the Constitution of the United

States: Proceedings of the Federal Convention......

2. Purpose and scope of the monograph; division of the proposed

amendments into periods..

3. The first period: 1789-1803

4. The second period: 1804-1860..

5. The third period: 1860-1870..

6. The fourth period: 1870-1889

CHAPTER II.

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AFFECTING THE FORM OF GOVERN-

MENT-LEGISLATIVE.

7. Distribution of powers among the three branches of the Gov-

ernment

8. The legislative department; classification of amendments..

9. Regulation of elections to Congress....

10. Regulation for proving of elections....

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11. Qualification of members of Congress..

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12. Incompatibility of other functions for members of Congress.

13. Compensation of members.

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14. Oath to the Constitution

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15. Changing the date of inauguration day and the time of the

sessions of Congress..

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16. Extra sessions of Congress; quorum and vote..

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29. Recall of Senators by the States.

30. Term of Senators

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31. Trial of impeachment of Senators

32. The present status of amendments relating to the legislative

department..

CHAPTER III.

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AFFECTING THE FORM OF THE GOV-

ERNMENT: EXECUTIVE.

33. Executive department....

34. Plural Executive: Abolition of the Presidency or Vice-Presi-

dency.....

35. Filling of vacancies in the office of President or Vice-President:

Addition of Vice-Presidents

36. Qualifications of the Executive....

37. Choice of President and Vice-President...

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38. Choice of Presidential electors: The twelfth amendment..

39. Choice of electors by districts

40. Choice of electors by general ticket in each State..

41. Election of the President by the people as the legislature

of the State shall direct ...

44. Election of President and Vice-President directly by a com-
bination of districts and votes at large.....

43. Election of President and Vice-President directly by dis-
tricts...

42. Election of President and Vice-President by a general

direct vote...

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45. Election of President by a direct vote by States.

46. Election from candidates designated by the States

47. Election of President by lot......

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48. Election of President from Presidential Sections.

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49. Election of President and Vice-President by the voters as

Congress shall direct....

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50. Election of President and Vice-President in case of no

choice at the first election

55. Exclusion of electors from appointment by the President..

56. Terin of the President and Vice-President.....

59. Limitations upon the appointing power of the President..

60. Regulation of the power of removal..

68. Composition of the court and number of judges...

69. Choice of judges..

70. Judges to be ineligible to other offices.

71. Removal of judges: Impeachment.

72. Term of judges: Age limit....

73. Compensation of judges...........

74. Establishment and jurisdiction of inferior courts.

75. Jurisdiction of the court......

76. Jurisdiction of the courts: Suits against States....

77. Other tribunals for the settlement of disputes between the

States and the General Government..

78. Summary of the propositions relative to the judiciary.

CHAPTER V.

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AFFECTING

GOVERNMENT.

THE POWERS OF THE

79. Division of powers between the States and the General Govern-

ment.....

80. Reservation of nondelegated powers to the States.

81. Effect of express prohibition on Congress..

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88. Limitations on the States by the "Reconstruction Amend-

ments"...

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89. Territorial powers

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90. Exclusive power of Congress over the seat of government

and other sites.

98. Doctrinaire propositions on the rights of man.

99. Titles of nobility....

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103. Habeas corpus, freedom of speech and of the press..

104. Protection of personal liberty.

105. Slavery propositions before 1860..

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112. The District of Columbia and places under Federal juris-

117. Interstate slave trade and introduction of free negroes....

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132. Miscellaneous propositions on the suffrage since the fifteenth

amendment

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144. Claims for damages arising out of the civil war..

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174. Summary of amendments on the powers of the Government...

175. Proposition to change the name of the country....

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181. Propositions to change the majorities required by Article V.

182. Ratification by popular vote..

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183. What constitutes two-thirds majority under Article V...

184. Is signature of the President essential to amendments.

185. Is the signature of the governor essential to an amend-

ment to the Federal Constitution approved by the legis-

lature of the State......

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186. What constitutes three-fourths of the States....

187. Can a State reconsider its action upon an amendment..

188. The difficulties of amendment.................

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APPENDIX.

Calendar and bibliography of proposed amendments...

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