The numbers refer to pages.

Absentee voting, 157
Administration, 164-9, 226-7, 244,
259-60, 286-90; heads of, 166–7,
281, 284, 288. See also Executive,
Salaries, Supervision

Alabama, 74, 94, 141, 196, 225
Alaska, 22, 108, 152

Alien voters. See Suffrage

Amendment, the fifteenth, 66;
fourteenth, 64, 66-7, 292;
thirteenth, 63

the

the

14,

Amendments, constitutional,
32-5, 105-7, 119, chapter xi, 242,
248-52, 275; number of, 90, 106,
149; should be separate, 141, 275.
See also Constitutions, Conventions
American Bar Association, 224, 227
American Year Book, 90, 166
Amnesty proclamation, 60, 62
Apportionment in state legislatures,
54, 185-6, chapter xvi
Appropriations for sectarian insti-
tutions forbidden, 126, 131-2, 238
Arizona, 109-10, 112, 123, 177, 181,
192, 196, 220

Arkansas, 59, 61, 74, 135, 149, 196,

Bills, drafting of, 227-8, 274, 281,
284, 289, 295; legislative, 189-
93, 282-3; revenue, 189, 190
Boards of administration, 165, 167,
230, 259-60, 286-7
Bodies-politic, local, 230-3
Boundaries of states, 121
Bryce, James, 8, 128, 139, 231
Budget, the, 168, 236, 281, 289
Bundesrat, 212

"Business manager" of the state,
277, 285, 287-8

California, 83, 90, 106-8, 169, 193,
220-1, 231-2
Capital punishment, 100
Carpet-baggers," 64, 69, 71, 75
Censors, council of, 28, 30, 35, 47,
80, 140
Census, federal, 195
Centralization

of

administration,
160, 166, 168–9. See Administra-
tion

Charity, 72, 108, 137, 240

Checks and balances, 8, 160, 263-4,
278

Citizen, native-born, 42, 243

City, the, 96, 195, 231, 252. See
Government, municipal

Civil service rules, 96, 167-8, 230,
277

Codification, 240-1, 291
Colorado, 87, 177, 220

Commissions, administrative, 165,
167, 234, 287. See Boards; for
constitutional amendment and
revision, 29, 30, 80-3, 101-3, 117,
145-7, 211, 249-50, 276;
statutory purposes, 241
Committees, legislative, 98, 190-1,
226, 236, 281-2

for

Compacts, irrevocable, 19, 44, 50,

70, 110, 120, 123

Congress of the United States, 31,

156, 212-3, 282
Congressional policy, 61, 63-8, 70
Connecticut, 9, 25, 39, 42, 102, 204,
209-10, 251, chapter xix
Conscience, liberty of. See Reli-
gious provisions

the

Constitution, of the Southern Con-
federacy, 9, 58; prepared by legis-
lature, 86, 104. See Convention,
revolutionary; the national, 127,
150, 266, 276, 282, 293;
written, 25, chapter ix, 254-5
Constitutions, flexible or rigid, 10-2,
139; growth of, chapter iv; length
of, 39, 44, 53, 79, 111, 118-20, 242,
256, 293-5; numbering of para-
graphs of, 124, 242, 294; number
of, 51, 117; of the New England
states. See New England States;
parts of, 119-24; promulgation
of, 145; revision of, 14, chapter
xi.
See Commissions, Conven-
tion; stages of development of,
20-3, 118-9

Continental congress, 13-25
Convention, the constitutional, 7,
51, 55, 94, 116, 229-30, 248, 267-8,
275-6; calling of, 143, 248-9;
importance of, 258; membership
of, 144, 249, 252, 275; the rev-
olutionary, 25, 27-30, 34, 60, 77,
265; as sovereign authority, 35,
145

Convicts, 133, 136, 239

Corporations, 92, 94-5, 112-3, 233-4
Corrupt practices acts, 158
Corruption in politics, 54, 158, 239,
252, 277

Council, the executive. See Execu-
tive

Count, the (in elections), 154, 156,
158

County, the, 195, 206, 231–2, 243, 268
Court, contempt of, 125, 181; opin-

ions of the supreme court, 143, 180,
248, 261, 268; the supreme, 173-4,
176, 194

Courts, grades of, 173, 238; powers
of, 172-3, 261. See Judicial
department

Education, 108, 237-8, 272
Educational qualifications, 52, 88,
91, 97, 104, 150-1, 154, 247, 262,
272
Efficiency movement, 165, 167, 230,
260, 283-4, 288-9

Elections, chapter xii; times of, 38,
156, 281

Electorate, 122, 150, 170, 215-6,
257, 262-5, 269, 271-4, 285-6;
powers of the, 273

"Emergency" clause, 192-3, 217-8
Eminent domain, 97, 126, 234
Employers' liability, 107, 238-9
Enabling act, 18, 44

Enabling act (for initiative and ref-
erendum), 218

Enacting clause, 119

English system, the, 226-7, 255
Equalization, boards of, 227, 236
Equity, 179, 217, 233, 284
Executive council, 37, 53, 164, 244,
289; department, chapter xiii,
258-9, 285-6. See Administra-
tion, Governor; powers, 160, 258–9
Expansion, national, 21-2, 108
Ex parte William H. McCardle, 65

Federal government, chapter i, 295-
6. See Constitution, the national
Federalist, the, 51
Federation, 1, 13, 296
Field, David Dudley, 179
Finance, 165, 167, 235-7, 246
Finty, Tom, on the thirty-third
(Texas) legislature, 283
Flexibility. See Constitutions
Florida, 76, 166, 196

Franchises, 126, 235-7, 246
Frankland, State of (Franklin),
31, 136

Georgia, 29, 40, 75, 205
Gerrymandering, 113, 295

God, denial of His existence, 135; in
the constitution, 74, 119, 128, 134-
5, 137
Government, municipal, 170, 217,
223, 231-3, 246, 268-9, 277-8
Governor, 160-4, 244, 258-9, 283,
285-6; messages of the, 162, 225,
259, 286; powers of the, 162-4,
244, 285-6; term of office, 161,
259. See also Executive
"Grandfather clause," 94, 123, 149,
152

Grand jury, 178

Habeas corpus, 10, 65, 125
Haines, C. G., 8, 28

Homestead laws, 18, 85, 240

House of representatives (national),
212-3

Houston, Rev. Samuel, 136

Idaho, 108, 197, 221

Illinois, 81, 142
Impeachment, 180

Improvements in state constitutions,
254, chapters xxi, xxii
Indestructible union, 4, 68, 296
Indiana, 46, 83, 104-5
Initiative and referendum, consti-
tutional, 105, 107, 117, 147-9, 217,
258; direct, 148, 217, 274; in-
direct, 148, 217; statutory, 104,
107, 215-24, 278, 284. See Refer-
endum

Instrument of government, 254
"Intention" voters, 54, 94, 106, 150
Interests, constitutional regulation
of, chapter xviii

Iowa, 197

38, 175-6, 248, 290-1; tenure of,
53, 175-6, 248, 261, 291
Judicial department, 38, 53-4, chap-
ter xiv, 248, 261-2, 290-2; deci-
sions, 177, 180; districts, 173, 175,
179, 261

Jurors, religious qualifications for,
130, 135

Jury, 125, 178-9; the judge of law
and fact, 178-9
Justice, substantial, 181
Juvenile courts, 93

Kansas, 47, 51, 134, 157, 197
Kentucky, 16, 31, 59, 92, 132

Labor, 238-9
Laboratories, political, 147
Land, 237-8

Law, 7, 115-6, 225, 254-5, 257, 291
Legal sovereign. See Sovereign
Legislation, efficient, 283; local, pri-
vate or special, 191, 224-7, 246,
281, 289
Legislative department, chapter xv,
182, 265-7, 277-84; distrust of
the, 120; expense of the, 267, 279;
limitations on the, chapter xvii,
53-4, 223-4, 246, 266–7; member-
ship of the, 183-5, 267; names of
the, 183; organization of the,
chapter xv; powers of the, 255,
277. See also Committees, Pro-
cedure, Representation, Unicameral
Legislative districts, 124, 186, 258,
266, chapter xvi; reference bu-
reaus, 227, 274, 276, 289, 292
Legislators, capacity of, 224-5, 230,
279-80; salaries of, 187-8, 245,
280; terms of, 186
Libel, 126, 180

Lieutenant-Governor, 164, 244, 287
Lincoln, President, 57, 60, 62, 66
Local government, 98, 106, 230-3
Lockean teachings, 26, 255
Longworth Act, 99, 105, 141
Los Angeles, 170

Louisiana, 45-6, 49, 61, 76, 90, 93,
131, 172, 198

Magna Carta, 35

Maine, 16, 43, 82, 104, 130, 146, 198,
207, 219, chapter xix

Majority of all voters, 46, 54, 81, 99,

104, 113, 141, 144, 147
Maryland, 29, 40, 48-9, 53, 59, 79,
130, 133, 135, 206
Massachusetts, 26, 42, 104, 137, 207,
294, chapter xix

Michigan, 54, 81, 97, 128, 131, 133,
146, 191, 222-3

Military service and exemption from,
130-1

Minimum wage, 107, 239
Minister of the gospel, 130-1, 136
Minnesota, 44, 50, 84
Minority representation, 81, 159,
280

Miscellaneous, 123, 136-8, 179-81,
237-41, 293-6

Mississippi, 71, 91, 132–3, 135, 198
Missouri, 44-5, 59, 77-8, 133, 198–9,

219-20

Montana, 108, 131, 199, 219
Montesquieu, 8, 255, 263

Morals, regulation of social, 240, 246
Mortgages, 235

Municipal. See Government

National. See Constitution, Federal
National civic federation, 227
Nebraska, 86, 141, 221, 279
Nevada, 5, 85, 219

New England States, 100-4, 110, 118,
183, 207-12, 225, chapter xix
New Hampshire, 27, 82, 100, 129,
137, 199, 208, chapter xix
New Haven, 210

New Jersey, 28, 83, 200

New Mexico, 18, 109-10, 112, 123,
136, 191, 220

New Orleans, 93, 172, 198
New York State, 30, 41, 80, 89, 96,

146, 200—1, 276

North Carolina, 29, 58, 75, 147, 201
North Dakota, 108, 129, 222, 237.
Northwest Ordinance. See Ordi-

nance

Oaths or affirmations, 91, 113, 129,
135, 239-40

Ohio, 44, 82, 98-100, 201-2, 222, 233,
279.

Oklahoma, 95, 109, 111-3, 123, 149,

194, 219
"Old soldier" clause, 152

Paine's Common Sense, II
Paramount authority, 68, 72–6, 79,
85,92

Pardon, power in, 162, 244
Parties, political, 158-9, 264-5, 271,
281

Passes, free, 136, 239

Pennsylvania, 28, 35, 82, 202
Petition, initiative, 148, 217; recall,
170-1

Pierpont government, 60
Plato's Republic, 270

Poll tax, 73-4, 106-7, 153, 155, 235,
272

Polygamy, II, 130

Powers, concurrent, 4; implied, 3;
war, 160, 162, 244. See Separa-
tion of, Sovereign
Preamble, 35, 43, 121
Primaries, 156, 158-9

Procedure, legislative, 98, 188-93,
281-3

Prohibition, 82, 88, 106, 240, 246
Property exempt from taxation, 133,
235; qualification, 54, 101, 151-2,
154, 247, 262-3
Proportional representation, 106,
159, 280

Protestantism, 36, 83, 137-8
Providence, the city and county of,
206, 210-1

Provisions of existing constitutions,
part ii; religious, chapter x
Publication, 142, 226, 274
Publications, series of state, 273-4.
Publicity pamphlets.
pamphlet

See Voter's

Qualifications. See Property, Reli-
gious, Suffrage
Quorum, 190-1

Radicalism, 11, 22, 43, 106-7, 109,
292

Ratification, 14, 35, 60, 119, 123
Ratio, 185-6, 195. See chapter xvi
Recall, the, 169-71, 288; the general,
106-7, 170; the judicial, 110, 170,
177-8, 261, 291; of judicial deci-
sions, 177, 261, 292
Reconstruction, 60-6, chapters vi,
vii; acts, 64-5
Referendum, chapter iii, 27, 44, 96,
112, 143, 145, 170, 223.
Initiative

See

Registration of voters, 153-4, 263,
272; life, 154

Religious provisions, 36, 53, chapter
x; freedom, 128-34; intolerance,
128, 135-6; qualifications, 128-9,
135; tests, 129–30, 135, 258. See
Appropriations, Sectarian
Removal of public officers (article),
167

Reorganization, governmental, 254,
chapters xxi, xxii

Representation, 54, chapter xvi,
185-6; in the national congress,
212-3

Residence as requirement, 155, 247
Revenue bills, 190, 236, 246
Revisers of statutes, 228, 292
Rhode Island, 9, 13, 25, 39, 42, 49,
50, 101-2, 129, 143, 146, 151, 206,
210-1, 249-50. See chapter xix
Rights, newer, 126. See Bill of
rights
Rousseau, 263

Sectarian doctrines, institutions, and
schools, 53, 84, 126, 132, 238
Senate of the United States, 212-3
Separation of church and state, 128;
powers, 8, 36, 122, 160, 214, 243,
255, 264-5
Sequoyah, 109

Session, annual, 186, 245, 258; legis-
lative, 186-7, 266; limits to, 187,
245, 280; split, 107, 187, 189
Sheriffs, 52, 248

Slavery, 10, 51–2, 61–2, 77, 85
South Carolina, 27, 40, 48, 57-8, 72,
92, 202

South Dakota, 108, 218
Southern Confederacy, 9, 57-9
Sovereign, legal, 257-8, 265, 274-6;
people, 214-6, 255

State constitutions. See Constitu-
tions

States, the, and the Union, chapter i,
296; admission of, into the Union,
chapter ii; diagrams of relation-
ship, 6-7; priority of, 6-10
States' rights, 12

Statutes, general, 215, 283, 291-2.
See Legislation

Statutory output, 224-5, 282
Suffrage, 22, 45, chapter xii, 247,
271-3; alien, 94, 106, 150;

a

privilege, 272-3; "grandfather"
clause, 94, 123, 149, 152; negro,
64, 66-8, 71, 79, 86, 90, 152;
"old
soldier" clause, 152; restrictions
on, 22, 136, 150, 247. See chap-
ter xvi; women's, 22, 88, 98, 100-
1, 106-7, 152-3, 262-3, 271-3.
See Educational, Property, Reli-
gious
Supervision over administration,

164-8, 227, 244, 260, 285-6, 288
Supreme court. See Court
Suspension of the rules, 189, 282