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The government class book / Designed for the instruction of youth in the principles of constitutional government and the rights and duties of citizens. Andrew W. Young · Teaching_and_Education · 99 章
目录 Different Forms of Government. Monarchy; Aristocracy; Democracy; Republic. The Nature and Objects of a Constitution, and the Manner in which it is made. Qualifications of Electors; or, by whom Political Power is exercised in the States of this Union. Elections. Division of the Powers of Government. State Legislatures--how constituted. Meetings and Organization of the Legislature. Manner of Enacting Laws. Executive Department. Governor and Lieutenant-Governor. Assistant Executive State Officers. Counties ind County Officers. Powers and Duties of County Officers. Towns and Town Officers. Powers and Duties of Town Officers. Incorporation and Government of Cities, Villages, &c. Judicial Department. Justices' Courts. Trial by Jury; Execution; Attachment; Appeals; Arrest of Offenders. Courts other than Justices' Courts; Grand and Petit Juries, &c. Chancery or Equity Courts; Probate Courts; Court of Impeachment. Assessment and Collection of Taxes. Education. School Funds; Schools, &c. Canals and Rail-Roads. Banks and Insurance Companies. The Militia. Causes of the Revolution. Nature of the Union under the Confederation. Nature of the Union under the Constitution. Legislative Department. House of Representatives. The Senate. Power of Congress to lay Taxes, Duties, &c.; Power to Borrow Money. Power of Congress to Regulate Commerce. Commerce with Foreign Nations. Power to regulate Commerce, continued. Navigation; Commerce among the States, and with the Indian Tribes. Powers of Congress in relation to Naturalization; Bankruptcy; Coining Money; Weights and Measures; Punishment of Counterfeiting. Powers of Congress in relation to Post-Offices, Copy-Rights, and Patents, and Inferior Courts. Powers of Congress in relation to Piracy and Offenses against the Law of Nations; War; Marque and Reprisal, Public Defense, District of Columbia; Implied Powers. Prohibitions on Congress. Prohibitions on the States. Executive Department. President and Vice-President; their Election, Qualifications, &c. Powers and Duties of the President; Treaties; Public Ministers; Appointments and Removals. Auxiliary Executive Departments. Departments of State, of the Treasury, of the Interior, of War, of the Navy, of the Post-Office; Attorney-General. Judicial Department. Treason, defined; its Punishment. State Records; Privilege of Citizens; Fugitives; Admission of New States; Power over Territory; Guaranty of Republican Government. Provision for Amendments; Assumption of Public Debts; Supremacy of the Constitution, &c.; Oaths and Tests; Ratification of the Constitution. Amendments to the Constitution. Rights of Persons. Personal Security; Personal Liberty; Religious Liberty; Liberty of Speech, and of the Press; Right of Property. Domestic Relations. Husband and Wife. Domestic Relations, continued. Parent and Child; Guardian and Ward; Minors; Masters, Apprentices, and Servants. Right of Property. How Title to property is acquired; Wills and Testaments Title to Property by Descent. Deeds and Mortgages. Incorporeal Hereditaments. Right of Way; Aquatic Rights, &c. Leases:--Estates for Life; Estates for Years; Estates at Will; Estates by Sufferance; Rent, &c. Contracts in General. Contracts of Sale. Fraudulent Sales; Assignments; Gifts, &c. Bailment. Principal and Agent, or Factor; Broker; Lien, &c. Partnership. Promissory Notes. Bills of Exchange; Interest; Usury. Crimes and Misdemeanors. Rights and Duties of Neutral Nations; Contraband Goods; Blockade; Right of Search; Safe Conducts and Passports; Truces; Treaties of Peace. Maine. New Hampshire. Vermont. Massachusetts. Rhode Island. Connecticut. New York. New Jersey. Pennsylvania. Delaware. Maryland. Virginia. North Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia. Florida. Alabama. Mississippi. Louisiana. Texas. Arkansas. Missouri. Tennessee. Kentucky. Ohio. Indiana. Illinois. Michigan. Wisconsin. Iowa. California. Minnesota. Amendments. Index Chapter 95 Chapter XXX. Chapter LVII. Chapter LXVII. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE